[proposal] - Andrei Kuzmenko + ??? for Adam Larsson

[Jeremy Hronek]

What is the '???' that the Canucks would need to add?

[Miss Korea]

1 hour ago, Jeremy Hronek said:

What is the '???' that the Canucks would need to add?

Casey DeSmith.  They are dying in net.

[PeteyBOI]

i think its  a waste of resources... having at least a 3 million dollar players as our 7th defenceman... hoglander and lafferty become our 6th and 7th best forward... surely its just better to trade them away for a pick and pickup a rental top 6 forward...

[Bob Long]

It's not an easy deal to make since Seattle is capped out. 

 

Maybe the +++ is retention to make it happen.

[Coconuts]

Raymond, Ballard, and a 1st

[Iron Fist]

I don't think he wants to play in Canada. he took less from seattle than what edmonton was offering

[EB43]

55 minutes ago, Coconuts said:

Raymond, Ballard, and a 1st

No more and no less.

[spook007]

4 hours ago, Miss Korea said:

Casey DeSmith.  They are dying in net.

No deal.... finally have a decent back up to Demko...

[Jeremy Hronek]

6 hours ago, Miss Korea said:

Casey DeSmith.  They are dying in net.

Good point but I think the Canucks would need to be careful if they ever moved DeSmith.  

 

Demko is a great goalie but history has shown that he tends to get injured when overworked........and we all saw what happened with Spencer Martin last season 

[Jeremy Hronek]

5 hours ago, Coconuts said:

Raymond, Ballard, and a 1st

 

Hoglander, Soucy (welcome back!), and a 1st? 

 

I'd pass if that was the deal. 

[Alflives]

7 hours ago, Jeremy Hronek said:

What is the '???' that the Canucks would need to add?

Actually it’s the Krackheads who who be adding. 
Larsen +++ for Kuz Missile. 
Alvin is a smart GM. He would turn Kuz into Larsen, but not directly. He’d trade Kuz for the assets needed to get Larsen. And he’d have some of those assets left over while getting Francis (The Talking Mule) to add to Larsen.

 

[PhillipBlunt]

8 hours ago, Iron Fist said:

I don't think he wants to play in Canada. he took less from seattle than what edmonton was offering

He just didn't want to play in Edmonton, brah.

[Mike Vanderhoek]

Canucks would be better off keeping and working with Kuzmenko, Seattle would need to add if they were dealing Larsson.

[DownUndaCanuck]

Kuzmenko + Myers for Kuraly + Peeke

We'd have to retain 50% on Myers to get it done

[Reznor]

I really liked Larsson when there was an opportunity to maybe sign him back in... 2020?

 

By this point, he's going to start to regress soon. In fact, it already might be happening this current year, as he's on pace for 19 points - which would by far be his lowest since joining Seattle. It is entirely possible it will be an anchor contract in a year or two.

To me, this only makes sense if Kuz continues to show questionably and we believe we will be just as well off moving a player like Podz or Hogs higher in the lineup to replace him. (The latter of which has been happening anyway). In that case, then improving our D while maintaining a similarly effective forward lineup would be a win.

[HKSR]

7 minutes ago, Reznor said:

I really liked Larsson when there was an opportunity to maybe sign him back in... 2020?

 

By this point, he's going to start to regress soon. In fact, it already might be happening this current year, as he's on pace for 19 points - which would by far be his lowest since joining Seattle. It is entirely possible it will be an anchor contract in a year or two.

To me, this only makes sense if Kuz continues to show questionably and we believe we will be just as well off moving a player like Podz or Hogs higher in the lineup to replace him. (The latter of which has been happening anyway). In that case, then improving our D while maintaining a similarly effective forward lineup would be a win.

Larsson's contract is up in a year.  So if he regresses, he couldn't be an anchor.

[Reznor]

12 hours ago, HKSR said:

Larsson's contract is up in a year.  So if he regresses, he couldn't be an anchor.

I assumed we would want to re-sign him afterwards, but anchor for us, or whatever team signs him. Point being that either way, he's going to end up costing a team to have him soon, and Kuz has many more years before he's at that point. The value of the assets isn't likely in our favor.

[Jeremy Hronek]

Kuzmenko is good again, this thread has been null and voided!  

[Phil_314]

4 hours ago, Jeremy Hronek said:

Kuzmenko is good again, this thread has been null and voided!  

Probably still worth considering, depending if Tocchet gives him more opportunity.
If he doesn't, we might as well ship him out for someone who could be a physical presence and defensive stopper next to Hughes.

[6of1_halfdozenofother]

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