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Originally Posted by Bingo
Yeah still only a month and change into season two, but through two years he's providing top pairing work on a 4/5 salary.
He is going to have to decline a lot in the rest of his contract to not be worth the dollars given the value he's booked already.
I was iffy on the signing too as I thought he was going to be more a 4 in years one and two and a 6 in years 3 and 4.
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I'm just checking what my reaction to the signing was:
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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
He's a downgrade on Brodie
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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
So here are my thoughts on this signing:
- I used to really liked Chris Tanev's defensive play
- I don't know if he's still that good, because I barely watched the Canucks last year. when I did I was too busy oohing and aahing about Pettersson and shutting the game off because I want Pettersson on my team
- The numbers suggest he's declined rapidly
- Maybe he has, or maybe Gaudette, Sutter, beagle etc... - the Canucks' bottom sixers - are responsible for the decline in the shot metrics.
- I'm curious to see stats on zone entry denial. To me this is what separates wheat from the chaff for defensemen - gap control.
- hearing his skating has declined is concerning. Giordano's skating hasn't exactlty improved either
- Right now, I'm hopeful Tanev can slot in across from Valimaki or Kylington as those two can really glide around
- the AAV seems a bit steep for a defensive defenseman.
- the term might be a year too much
- i don't trust Flames pro scouting, but I also know I used to like the player every time I watched him, and not for those silly heart and soul nonsense reasons but because he had a fantastic stick and positioning. But if his skating has really declined that may not be the case.
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So going back to that - I think the fact that Gaudette, Sutter, Beagle etc were
so bad, helped us get Tanev on a very solid deal.
It's awesome how I wanted him across from Kylington, and we're getting that this year and it's been a perfect fit.
In retrospect, I'm pretty happy with the AAV and term. I think he's shown enough offense that he's not a liability in the O-zone, and I expect him to age gracefully considering his skating is just fine.