Kyllä minäkin tuon Huttonin pitämisen tekisin mielummin kuin Myersille tuollaisen sopimuksen, vaikka eivät nyt suoranaisesti samasta paikasta kisaakaan. Olkoonkin, että Myers on parempi puolustaja ja olisi ollut varmasti monessa muussa joukkueessa ylempänä pakkihierarkiassa kuin Jetsissa oikealla puolella Trouban ja Byfuglienin takana. Tuossa huhutussa sopimuksessa on vain niin paljon liikaa, että jättäisin kyllä tuollaisen miettimisen muille. Nähty tarve oikean puolen vahvistamiseksi on kyllä ihan aiheellinen, sitä ei käy kieltäminen. Joku sinne pitäisi hankkia, mutta ei keinolla millä hyvänsä kuten nyt mahdollisesti käy.Kyllähän tämä erikoiselta kuulostaa varsinkin, kun huhuissa on ollut Myers järkyttävällä sopparilla (esim 7x7). Mielestäni olisi oikein hyvä vaihtoehto ottaa Hutton 1-2 vuodeksi 4 - 4,5 millin sopparilla kuin Myers 7 vuoden sopparilla jossa haisee buyout jo sopimuksen allekirjoittamisen ainaan.
Granlundin tapaus menee tuohon samaan sarjaan. Ei hän mikään tähti ole, mutta hän on monipuolinen pelaaja, joka pystyy pelaamaan sentteriä, laitaa tai erikoistilanteita ja on saanut Greeniltä kohtalaisen hyvin peliaikaa tuon vuoksi. Ihmettelisin jos häntä ei oltaisi saatu kaupattua tuolla sopimuksella. Toivottavasti tässäkin olisi kyse vain siitä, että Canucks uskoo saavan hänetkin halvempaan sopimukseen.
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Canucks Armyn artikkeli: Why Brock Boeser should be captain of the Vancouver Canucks.
GM Jim Benning has made it a definitive goal of his tenure with the Vancouver Canucks to add players of outstanding character, and he’s certainly done that—but Boeser still stands head (and hair) and shoulders above the rest of the pack.
In fact, Boeser is so morally upstanding that he’s reminiscent of another notable leader currently dominating the cultural zeitgeist—Steve Rogers, better known as Captain America. Like Rogers, Boeser is in possession of a just heart, a great head of hair, and an unerring desire to do what is right. And like any good Avenger, Boeser has dedicated himself to helping those in need—and that can make for a pretty inspiring figure for any hockey team to follow.
The stories of Boeser’s kindness are too numerous to recount here, and they’ve been around since before he was drafted into the NHL. Who could forget Boeser taking Baylee Bjorge—his biggest fan in the world, who also happens to be a person with Down syndrome—to her high school prom. All Baylee had to do was ask, and Boeser was there to support her.
He’s also made a concerted commitment to shutting down any hateful trolls sharing negative messages about Bjorge on social media. In other words, Boeser doesn’t just exude morality and justness—he’s also unafraid to do battle with the injustice in the world.
Baylee Bjorge isn’t the first individual that Brock Boeser has inspired, and she won’t be the last. Boeser stands as a powerful testament to the importance of always trying to do the right thing—and the enormous impact such an attitude can have on the people around him.
Before he even hit high school, Boeser’s father Duke was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease at the age of 49. The same week, his paternal grandfather passed from pancreatic cancer. Two years later, his Duke was involved in a serious accident and suffered a traumatic brain injury. He spent the next few years watching his parents struggle with medical bills and appointments—all the while continuing to support his emerging sports career—and those experiences taught him to never take hockey for granted.
If that lesson wasn’t already apparent in Boeser’s life, it became even more apparent in August of 2014. While captaining Team USA at the Hlinka-Gretzky Cup tournament, Boeser received news that four of his closest friends had been involved in a serious car crash. One of Boeser’s closest friends, Ty Alyea, died as a result. Boeser continues to wear #6 on his jersey as a tribute to Alyea.
These tragedies have no doubt given Boeser the important perspective that hockey isn’t everything, and that there are other things in life that are infinitely more important. However, his experiences have also shown him that hockey is still pretty important—and that his natural skills in the game can be used to better the lives of those around him.
Of course, Boeser’s accolades as a potential captain don’t all come from his time at North Dakota. Since joining the Canucks at the tail-end of the 2016/17 season, Boeser has already made an enormous impact on the culture of the team—and he’s already started to mentor the few players younger than him.
Nowhere is Boeser’s mentorship more apparent than in the brilliant rookie campaign of Elias Pettersson. The young center spent much of the year with Boeser riding shotgun with him on the ice, and the pair became practically inseparable off it. For a player to come to an NHL franchise without a clear veteran leader must have been difficult, but Pettersson immediately found someone to look up to in Boeser—and it’s hard to imagine he isn’t significantly better off for it.
En usko, että Boeserista tulee vielä kapteenia esimerkiksi pidempään joukkueessa olleen Horvatin sijaan. Eittämättä Boeser on kuitenkin loistava jääkiekkoilija, mutta ihmisenä kaikkien raporttien mukaan vielä parempi. AIka harva nuori pelaaja on tehnyt asioita kentän ulkopuolella kuten Boeser jo ennen NHL-uraa ja aika harva toisen kauden pelaaja on ottanut tulokkaan niin lähelle auttaakseen kuin Boeser Petterssonin otti. Ehkä tämäkin esimerkki voisi olla yksi syy, miksi Canucksin ei ehkä vielä kannata nimetä ketään nuorista kapteenikseen. Ehkä vielä pitäisi antaa ajan kulua ja katsoa kuka sen roolin ottaa. Esimerkiksi Edler voisi olla siihen nyt ihan hyvä vaihtoehto lyhyellä tähtäimellä.