[Trade] OEL and Garland to Vancouver

[Daydream Nation]

Nah….. won’t happen. They’ll play Dickinson @3C

PP1 could get interesting though….. Garland could bump someone out

Sounds good to me. I own Miller in a league and with his FOW and grit stats, he is a top 20 player in the league.

[stick boy]

Sounds good to me. I own Miller in a league and with his FOW and grit stats, he is a top 20 player in the league.

He’ll still take draws for Petey….. just don’t expect high FOW totals.

[Daydream Nation]

He’ll still take draws for Petey….. just don’t expect high FOW totals.

He averaged over 5 per game this season and to get from a wing position is great. I also have Lindholm in the same situation. With having O'Reilly, I had the most FOW by a comfortable margin last year.

[tweetdrivr]

This trade is a disaster for Vancouver. They just traded $12 mil in contracts that were gone after the season and a 1st rd pick for an atrocious $42 mil contract. This is the worst trade of the day and that’s saying something.

[hawkdog]

This trade is a disaster for Vancouver. They just traded $12 mil in contracts that were gone after the season and a 1st rd pick for an atrocious $42 mil contract. This is the worst trade of the day and that’s saying something.

Its a bit earlier to say disaster. Garland is a great pick up and fills the top 6. If they can sign him to better deal than the coilers sign Hyman, its a win - they were going to have to go out and get another top 6 player - a UFA potentially would cost much more.

Louie would have cost a first to trade regardless - the first was going for cap space - this was a tax Benning had to pay.

It kicks the ball down the road a few years sure but if they can get a few decent years out of OEL it will be ok and they will have to buy him or trade before he hits 35.

If OEL sucks from the get go well maybe its a disaster. Without Garland yes disaster.

[Rato]

If OEL sucks from the get go well maybe its a disaster.

Isn't this very likely to happen?

[Feenom]

I like this deal for Van. Adds good forward depth and some valuable experience on the blue line. Maybe OEL will take some of the pressure off of Hughes to think he has to do everything. Help him clean up his defensive play a bit.

[kovalchuk17]

i believe OEL will bounce back. the way Tocchet coaches is not how OEL plays and Id bet he mentally checked out when arizona asked him to waive his no move last offseason. the recently hired sedins had some say in this im sure so while i dont expect OEL to put up 50 i think he'll be motivated to play to his level and should have more fun with more talent around him

in addition, its so easy to say the canucks shouldve waited one more year and if a rebuild was in the cards then sure. but the canucks just came off an awful year of injuries and they need some help after nearly beating vegas in the bubble. athletes arent big on giving up one of their prime year 'to wait out some bad contracts' after coming off a bad year. youre practically inviting disgruntled employees and trade requests. want quinn to not bolt for NJ first chance he gets? give him a reason. want petey to take a discount? give him a reason. miller brock and bo deals are up soon, i understand going for it now.

after seeing the ristolainen and seth jones trades + signings i feel alot better about the OEL/Garland deal also haha

[tweetdrivr]

There is no way this isn’t a terrible trade for Vancouver. The OEL contract is anchor that will weigh them down until they pay another high pick to get rid of it. And to top it all off Guenther fell to Arizona at 9. When the window opens for the core kids in a few years Guenther and that cap space would be far more useful than OEL being gone and Garland.

[Daydream Nation]

i believe OEL will bounce back. the way Tocchet coaches is not how OEL plays and Id bet he mentally checked out when arizona asked him to waive his no move last offseason. the recently hired sedins had some say in this im sure so while i dont expect OEL to put up 50 i think he'll be motivated to play to his level and should have more fun with more talent around him

in addition, its so easy to say the canucks shouldve waited one more year and if a rebuild was in the cards then sure. but the canucks just came off an awful year of injuries and they need some help after nearly beating vegas in the bubble. athletes arent big on giving up one of their prime year 'to wait out some bad contracts' after coming off a bad year. youre practically inviting disgruntled employees and trade requests. want quinn to not bolt for NJ first chance he gets? give him a reason. want petey to take a discount? give him a reason. miller brock and bo deals are up soon, i understand going for it now.

after seeing the ristolainen and seth jones trades + signings i feel alot better about the OEL/Garland deal also haha

Nice post. Drance on his recent podcast mentioned many of the same things about OEL. Let’s hope a new team and environment invigorate OEL’s game.

[rataylor22]

Fair enough, he’s been in Arizona, but people clearly haven’t being paying attention to OELs performance for the last couple years. He’s been a disaster and this is a terrible trade for Van.

Also, this has nothing to do with Tocchet’s coaching. OELs decline pre-dated Tocchet.

[newper114]

Any word on garlands contract?

[hawkdog]

"Evolving-Hockey's contract projection model has him in line for a four-year deal at an annual average value of about $4.7-million." JD Burke

[hawkdog]

i believe OEL will bounce back. the way Tocchet coaches is not how OEL plays and Id bet he mentally checked out when arizona asked him to waive his no move last offseason. the recently hired sedins had some say in this im sure so while i dont expect OEL to put up 50 i think he'll be motivated to play to his level and should have more fun with more talent around him

in addition, its so easy to say the canucks shouldve waited one more year and if a rebuild was in the cards then sure. but the canucks just came off an awful year of injuries and they need some help after nearly beating vegas in the bubble. athletes arent big on giving up one of their prime year 'to wait out some bad contracts' after coming off a bad year. youre practically inviting disgruntled employees and trade requests. want quinn to not bolt for NJ first chance he gets? give him a reason. want petey to take a discount? give him a reason. miller brock and bo deals are up soon, i understand going for it now.

after seeing the ristolainen and seth jones trades + signings i feel alot better about the OEL/Garland deal also haha

I agree with this - give the kids a reason to take a discount. Definitely like this better than the Jones trade.

[Daydream Nation]

Definitely like this better than the Jones trade.

LOL- that's not a particularly high bar.