Vancouver aquire Ehrhoff and Lukowich From SJ

[rick zombo 3,739]

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=289113

Good move for the Canucks.

[RedWings Gone Wild 6]

Ok, their defense is going to be pretty nasty next season.... I wonder what this means for SJ tho, it'll be interesting to see who they're clearing the cap space for... Heatley deal coming soon perhaps?

[The Mule 0]

It also says they've inked Schneider, which altogether gives the 'Nucks blue line a lot more depth.

[Lidstrom for life 20]

Ok, their defense is going to be pretty nasty next season.... I wonder what this means for SJ tho, it'll be interesting to see who they're clearing the cap space for... Heatley deal coming soon perhaps?

aren't they just clearing room because they cant sign the players they already have?

[stevkrause 1,247]

ouch... Vancouver just became legit...

that D in front of Luongo now?!? there's gonna be some low scoring games in Van this year....

I'm calling it right now - Luongo for the Vezina next season, with a league winning save % and GAA...

[T-Ruff 47]

Big steal for Vancouver.... You can get more for Ehrhoff even if you do have to clear space....

[mmamolo 287]

aren't they just clearing room because they cant sign the players they already have?

you got it

before this trade they were already a little over 300k over the cap with 19 players..which only includes 10 forwards

[Peleshob 0]

Wow... some serious blueline depth for Vancouver now. Luongo should re-sign longterm anytime now. They need to add some offensive d-men and they did just that.

[Chunkylover 26]

I think you guys are missing the little fact that the signings of Rahimi and White are exactly what will put the Sharks over the top. Surely they must have blackmailed Gillis somehow. Such a steal.

[soultrain 43]

looks like they got some youth in san jose...things were looking kinda bleek..still do...i don't know if clearing cap space for heatley is the answer. but if the sharks do get danny then big joe is gonna be on fire next season...playoffs are always a different story for the chokes, i mean sharks.

[TheDetroitRedWings 286]

San Jose is positioning themselves to afford Dany Heatley. If and when that happens, the Sharks will be scary.

[GMRwings1983 8,794]

Two average defensemen, one of whom should have retired years ago.

No big deal if you ask me.

[Doggy 130]

The Canucks are one star forward away from actually contending. So they sign Schneider.

Good one.

[GMRwings1983 8,794]

Vancouver is already solid on defense, unless they have more injuries like they did last year.

These moves don't really make them that much better. They're not very deep at forward right now and Luongo sucked in the playoffs against Chicago.

They're not a team I'm worried about. To me they're like the Sharks. Call me when they become a perennial playoff force.

[jollymania 162]

Ehrhoff is the main guy in this deal i remember when he cracked that dude's back a few years ago with a monster hip check into the bench area.

Edited August 28, 2009 by jollymania

[Heroes of Hockeytown 694]

They're not clearing space for Heatley, they're clearing space so they can sign a full roster. They were over the cap with like 19 guys signed beforehand. Salary dump to avoid the cap crunch.

[Heroes of Hockeytown 694]

This has seemingly flown under the radar but the Canucks have also signed Matthieu Schneider.

[puckbags 863]

I dont know where the Canucks are gonna put all these guys, they are about 8 NHL defenceman deep now.

Salo-Edler

Mitchell - Bieksa

Obrien - Lukowich/Erhoff/Schneider

Wow..good crew of d men !!

[chrisdetroit 189]

Vancouver is already solid on defense, unless they have more injuries like they did last year.

These moves don't really make them that much better. They're not very deep at forward right now and Luongo sucked in the playoffs against Chicago.

They're not a team I'm worried about. To me they're like the Sharks. Call me when they become a perennial playoff force.

I agree. I don't see this as enough to put them over the top. And if Luongo doesn't learn to play better in the playoffs, it really doesn't matter which 40 year old d-man they sign

[ben_usmc 253]

eh and the addition of Scnieder isn't much; he's slow old and doesn't play defense.

[MadMan Mark 0]

Not that big of a story. . . SJ needs cap space and they are not getting Heatley. They have to move more than Heatley's salary to get him on board. Ehrhoff is the upside to the deal, but this doesn't guarantee Luongo seeing less shots. If I recall, SJ dumped in Round 1 (Ehrhoff=6 games, 0 points, -2) and the Hawks made Luongo look very average.

Regarding the Schneider signing. . . he should have hung up the skates after last year, old and slow

[Zetterberg_is_god 0]

Agreed!!! A massive youth movement must be in play for the Sharks. According to Capgeek.com they only have 10 forwards, 5 D, and now its added back up goalie Thomas Greiss to their roster assuming hes called up as Nabokov's backup. They have less than $5M and about 5 spots to fill. Should be an interesting year for the Sharks.

Cap Geek

As for the Nucks their D core looks good, but not great. They have a nice combination of vets and youth with many different attributes. Still no elite puck moving defenseman.

When the Wings and Nucks meet I'm thinking the Wings line of Bert-Flip-Mule is starting to sound better and better. Bert and Mule causing all kinds of comotion while Flip sets up the play, should be fun playing Vancouver this year.

[T.Low 1,011]

(heavy sigh) If Bertuzzi could just stay healthy this season, he may actually be quite a contributor.

[Detroit # 1 Fan 2,204]

If they deal Salo for a cheap forward there looking better then Calgary, which always makes me a happy man.