Comments on: What to do with Kyle Wellwood http://www.yankeecanuck.com/2008/10/what-to-do-with-wellwood/ 0-38 ain't nothing but a thang Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:40:29 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mike http://www.yankeecanuck.com/2008/10/what-to-do-with-wellwood/comment-page-1/#comment-3033 Mike Fri, 03 Oct 2008 22:01:20 +0000 http://www.yankeecanuck.com/?p=740#comment-3033 Jeremy - You're right, I could have put a few more names in that poll but my reaction was more directed at that quote that Raymond would be the one who got sent down. I've sense seen a rumor (in the Province I think?) that a potential second line could be Raymond/Demitra/Wellwood or Raymond/Wellwood/Demitra allowing Pavol to return the wing where he wants to play. And, yeah, they definitely need another top six unless a bunch of their current crop suddenly have career years. That said, the Bieksa/Pyatt for Savard trade sounds better and better the more I think about it. Jeremy – You’re right, I could have put a few more names in that poll but my reaction was more directed at that quote that Raymond would be the one who got sent down. I’ve sense seen a rumor (in the Province I think?) that a potential second line could be Raymond/Demitra/Wellwood or Raymond/Wellwood/Demitra allowing Pavol to return the wing where he wants to play.

And, yeah, they definitely need another top six unless a bunch of their current crop suddenly have career years. That said, the Bieksa/Pyatt for Savard trade sounds better and better the more I think about it.

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.yankeecanuck.com/2008/10/what-to-do-with-wellwood/comment-page-1/#comment-3029 Jeremy Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:29:15 +0000 http://www.yankeecanuck.com/?p=740#comment-3029 I'd include Pyatt in the poll...and I'd likely vote him odd man out. Perhaps Hansen should be in the second-line mix too, despite his recent good chemistry with Burrows/Kesler. So it would be more about keeping three of those four, and splitting them between the second and third lines. Or keep the odd man out as #13 or fourth-liner. I think in a second-line role, it's all about the points -- give them all enough ice time and see who produces. I know everybody loved Raymond last year, but I honestly thought he seemed lost; a younger, more popular Richard Park (all wheels, no finish). And all of that said, the Canucks still need to find a real top-6 forward. Maybe the forward equivalent of Mathieu Schneider -- a slightly overpaid, talented player on a team that needs to get under the cap. Not sure that exists right now... I’d include Pyatt in the poll…and I’d likely vote him odd man out. Perhaps Hansen should be in the second-line mix too, despite his recent good chemistry with Burrows/Kesler. So it would be more about keeping three of those four, and splitting them between the second and third lines. Or keep the odd man out as #13 or fourth-liner.

I think in a second-line role, it’s all about the points — give them all enough ice time and see who produces. I know everybody loved Raymond last year, but I honestly thought he seemed lost; a younger, more popular Richard Park (all wheels, no finish).

And all of that said, the Canucks still need to find a real top-6 forward. Maybe the forward equivalent of Mathieu Schneider — a slightly overpaid, talented player on a team that needs to get under the cap. Not sure that exists right now…

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