[Discussion] What could we get realistically for Lankinen

[Hughes43]

Lankinen has been fantastic addition for us but the teams future is Demko. Lankinen also will command a lot more and terms on his next contract. Once Demko is back in the groove, could we realistically target a top 4D by packaging Lankinen, Hog and/or pick? 

 

Which team needs a goalie that can afford a legitimate top 4D in return?

[EB43]

Too risky with Demkos injury to even consider any time soon.

[Goalie29]

25 minutes ago, Hughes43 said:

Which team needs a goalie that can afford a legitimate top 4D in return?

 

I agree with EB43, but let's say he was expendable...

 

Isn't Lankinen a free agent at the end of the year?  I can't see any team giving up a top 4D for a guy that's only under contract until the end of the year.  The market for goalies (even though we are the most important players on the team) just isn't there.  Even Markstrom, who is a proven goalie, only got the Flames a prospect and a pick.

 

Any team that needs a goalie that bad is probably already out of the playoff picture and will wait for the summer to see what their options are.

 

Just my two cents.

[Ghostsof1915]

Ahhh CFF. One great game by a player and instead. Wow! Great game. It's "What can we get from him in a trade?" 

[Iron Fist]

Rather have 3 goalies for the playoffs.

[Hughes43]

54 minutes ago, Ghostsof1915 said:

Ahhh CFF. One great game by a player and instead. Wow! Great game. It's "What can we get from him in a trade?" 

He has been good for the season, not just one. It's also called asset management, which some people refuse to get until they walk or value drops,then they have a penchant to include the player in every trade at peak value like other teams have no clue.

 

We have Demko signed long term, with Silovs as the next reign. Lankinen is expandable especially if he helps us improve other areas of need immediately.

[SuchaNuxtalgia]

When can you re-sign a guy of his status?(After Jan?)

 

I'd throw a 3 yr, 2 - 2.5 mill(ish) carrot his way. Why the heck not?!

[Elias Pettersson]

We aren’t trading Lankinen.  We need him in case Demko gets injured again.  Even if we were to trade him, the goalie market isn’t strong for a career backup.  We wouldn’t get more than a 3rd round pick for him is my guess.  So best to have him as Demko’s backup when he returns and we could have the best 1/2 punch in the NHL…

Edited Wednesday at 11:09 AM by Elias Pettersson

[Nurange]

A Stanley Cup !

 

[Jess]

Honestly, a tandem like Demko and Lankinen is a good way to win a Cup. Demko is also becoming concerningly injury-prone. Not that Lankinen is likely a long-term star goalie who can play 55+ games and be elite, but he's at least a capable starter for sure.

[nzan]

3 hours ago, SuchaNuxtalgia said:

When can you re-sign a guy of his status?(After Jan?)

 

I'd throw a 3 yr, 2 - 2.5 mill(ish) carrot his way. Why the heck not?!

 

Agreed - then if Demko looks like his health is back for real and Silovs keeps developing we can trade him next year with some term for a better return.

[DrJockitch]

Trade this guy and we have a very high draft pick, assuming JR doesn’t trade it first. 

[HKSR]

You never really get full value for goalies when you trade them.  Lankinen has way more value to us as a goalie tandem with Demko than trading him away.  I rather we find our top 4D by trading away our 1st and giving this group another chance at a solid playoff run.

[Alflives]

Come the TDL if Demko is back to healthy Double Bubble Demko, then we could move Lanky. We will not re-sign him so trade in that scenario. 

[PunjabiCanucks23]

Resign Lankinen for atleast 1 years, maybe 2 . 

 

Demko needs time off even when healthy- id rather Demko have 50 of 82 starts.

 

Silovs need a year to get his shit together- yes he had 1 good game finally but we need consistency.

[BCNate]

With word that the cap could be going up significantly this offseason (rumour was 9, but assume maybe 6), I would spend a good chunk on that on KL to solidify our goaltending.  Having a rock solid tandem is massive, think where we would be if it was Silovs playing the lion share of games right now.  

 

No way we tarde KL, he will either re sign with us, or go UFA, but he is arguably our MVP so far, aside from Quinn Hughes.

[Ronaldoescobar]

Maybe a 3nd rd pick if he keeps his play up to deadline day. As one poster mentioned (with a few exceptions) you don’t get a lot for goalies in trades. Definitely more valuable to the nucks now than he would be to other teams.  

Edited Wednesday at 08:56 PM by Ronaldoescobar

[Bob Long]

I suspect he'd take lower AAV for term. If we can lock him up in the mid 2 mil or less range we should, at least one year past Demkos current deal.

[Alflives]

4 minutes ago, Bob Long said:

I suspect he'd take lower AAV for term. If we can lock him up in the mid 2 mil or less range we should, at least one year past Demkos current deal.

Demko is great. But is there a scenario (not health related) where we trade him and extend Lanky, after we win the Cup in June 2025?  

[Bob Long]

14 minutes ago, Alflives said:

Demko is great. But is there a scenario (not health related) where we trade him and extend Lanky, after we win the Cup in June 2025?  

 

Post cup? Totally.

[Coconuts]

Goaltenders don't generally get as much in a trade as forwards or D, and Lankinen's never been a proven starter throughout his NHL career up til this point 

 

More than likely he's more valuable to us on the roster than whatever we'd get back via trade, regardless of whether we retain him or not, a team almost certainly isn't giving us a top 4D for him

 

If anything I could see us extending Lankinen and potentially trading Silovs

Edited Thursday at 12:52 AM by Coconuts

[CanuckMan]

I would not trade him. With Silovs shaky play and Demko’s injury issues we are again faced with a goalie dilemma. 
I would be looking to re-sign Lankinen to a 2 year 2-2.5M AAV contract. 
 

The fact that we got him for 875K this year is INSANE. Big props to Alvin & Co finding and signing this guy. He is only 29, still has 3-4 good years in him.

[EB43]

17 hours ago, CanuckMan said:

I would not trade him. With Silovs shaky play and Demko’s injury issues we are again faced with a goalie dilemma. 
I would be looking to re-sign Lankinen to a 2 year 2-2.5M AAV contract. 
 

The fact that we got him for 875K this year is INSANE. Big props to Alvin & Co finding and signing this guy. He is only 29, still has 3-4 good years in him.

I agree, good article here on his worth, 2M/2 years seems fair.

 

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