They still gave up some significant chances, enough to raise Micah’s threat level metric by five per cent.Things sometimes change with a new environment –Montreal had a very structured defensive system under Claude Julien last season, but if Travis Green is up to the task of improving this team’s overall defence, they certainly acquired one defenceman that should be able to perform. Replacing Stecher with Rafferty immediately saves $1.6 mil next season.
The Canucks can’t afford to give him a raise, or to sign him beyond two or three years.Since Stecher will be a RFA, I think he and his rights will have value.
Lowering that number still holds a significant value to teams. Maybe they can stop crying and start enjoying the ride…While Benn was on the ice for the Habs this past season, they were simply a better defensive team.An inevitability guaranteed by the inept drafting of the Gillis regimeCanucks loaded up with sandpaper:Benn,Myers and Miller.This is the potential to be the best FA signing of the Benning era. He is good at his role, which is defending his zone, but he does have weaknesses in the physical department and in providing offense.Flash-forward to 2020, and Benn is on the outside of the Vancouver lineup looking in, having lost his spot to the significantly less-heralded Oscar Fantenberg. Pretending that you’re in a Game 7, puck on your stick, in on a breakaway with the game tied in your driveway is a familiar memory for most people. Miller. Need to put down the bong man lol.Please enter your email address to reset your password.Not only are the quality of chances lessened with the 31-year-old defenceman on the ice, but the quantity as well. You’re a genius, man.
Jordie and Jamie Benn are about to live something neither has experienced before -- playing against each other in an organized hockey game. There’ seems to be a market inefficiency there. Net savings of $1.7 mil for next season.Great question. They both are left-handed shooters, so they will likely rarely see the ice together, but a Benn-Stecher pairing is certainly not out of the realm of possibility.Bud – don’t take away Dirks vibe….The good news is that Stecher, Hughes, Juolevi, and Woo are all young.
Then don’t read it, man.Isn’t Gagner a Benning hire and isn’t he an Oiler now? It historically hasn’t for Benn, but if just a quick break of luck and the right goal-scoring threats are on the other end of those shot assist numbers, perhaps Benn’s assist totals can increase. If that is forgotten, the range shrinks to only 9.17.If Tanev is not killing penalties, thats sacrificing his best talent.Agreed – and all it cost to get those guys (apart from Stecher) was being the worst team in the NHL from 2015-2018.On the Habs, Benn had the highest rate of primary shot assists among defencemen. Hughes, not so much. He’ll play his role and be competent at it.Bouncing back and forth between the AHL and NHL until he found consistency at the age of 26, sticking with the Stars. Everyone knows Tanev doesn’t through a lot of hits.