Tanner, Funk and Desbiens Are Official
by Yankee Canuck on Jul 22, 2009 1:34 PM PDT
in Free Agency
Email
Print
The Gillis man announced today the official signings of forwards Tanner Glass and Guillaume Desbiens in addition to defenseman Mike Funk.
Funk we already took a look at and Glass was briefly talked about before the best summer bargain Mikael Samuelsson signing came down and blew his off the radar. But this is the first I've really heard of any legitimate Desbiens interest at the NHL level.
The 6’2", 205-lbs Desbiens was originally drafted by the Thrashers 116th overall in the 2003 NHL Draft. He appeared in 78 games last season with the Moose (21-26-47) and collected 158 PIMs.
Excluding this post, a search for the guy across all SBN hockey blogs reveals he was only in three, all by the Falconer at Bird Watchers Anonymous and the last related post was in July 2007 to which he wrote, at the time, "I like Desbiens but his skating isn't up to the NHL."
Sadly, this seems to echo what Hockey's Future had to say:
Desbiens is a physical forward who hits hard and is more than willing to drop the gloves. He has decent hands and is hard to move from the front of the net.
His skating must improve significantly for his potential as a fourth liner in the NHL to be realized.
Nevertheless, we shouldn't argue with a guy picked by the AHL executive of the year now should we? In fact all three fit the Gillis youth model just fine.
For the second day in a row, it's a good time to get excited about training camp. Now, about that need for a top four defenseman...
Update: Vancouver also signed 19-year old Kellan Tochkin to an entry level deal. The Abbotsford native, nicknamed Toch, lists Vancouver as his favorite team and Linden as his favorite player. I saw this signing floating around last night but wanted to see confirmation of it and I'll trust Capgeek (who also, by the by, has Hodgson listed as a roster player. Just sayin') Thanks to Smoboy41 for the head's up.
17 comments
|
0 recs |
Do you like this story?
Comments
Canucks also signed Abby product Kellan Tochkin to a 3 year deal, according to Capgeek. Kid’s kind of small, but has talent.
I've seen enough to know that I've seen too much.
Ah, thank you sir. I’ve updated the post.
'Nucks Misconduct - Housing Swedish Millionaires Since 2000.
by Yankee Canuck on Jul 22, 2009 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions
What the shit is up with the NYI signing Biron? Don’t they have enough goalies? And what the shit is up with Philadelphia choosing Emery over Biron as their starting goalie? Biron took them to the eastern finals not two season ago, and had at least average stats for a starting goalie last year, and a good overall track record I think as a legit starting goalie. He’s a better goalie than Emery, even if Emery made it one step further to the Cup finals one year earlier. But he sucked his way out of Ottawa and was a bitch. And now Biron signed for ONLY $1.4 mill. Whereas Emery signed for $1.5 mill. This makes no fucking sense to me in anyway whatsoever. Was there a big falling out between Philly and Biron? And if so, why would Biron choose to go to a team with TWO other #1 goalies? And why for so cheap? Does anyone know what the hell this is about?
by Beantown Canuck on Jul 22, 2009 4:49 PM PDT reply actions
Yes.
The Islanders hired Emery to be their enforcer.
(taps head and nods sagely)
Those Islanders, always rolling the dice I say.
Seems to be a lot of teams(cough,cough PhillyOttawa cough) who like to throw their goalies under the bus when their season doesn’t pan out the way they hoped.
In defense of the Isles, some folks over on Lighthouse hockey are saying that maybe DiPietro’s rehab isn’t going so well. and are praising this signing.
I've seen enough to know that I've seen too much.
Flyers had to eat that Pronger extension and that was in addition to five guys who make over 5 million each. Simply said, they needed the cheapest option that could carry a team. That sure as hell isn’t Raycroft, so they went overseas and took a gamble on a guy who has at least been to the finals.
As for Biron, clearly something is up with DiPetro’s health. Biron and Roloson isn’t that bad a tandem (sort of funny for Roloson considering his days in Minny with Fernandez) and Biron’s contract is nothing so it’s an asset to trade if DiPetro suddenly comes back. On paper it makes no sense, but I think the Biron move is a good one. The Emery one? We’ll see.
'Nucks Misconduct - Housing Swedish Millionaires Since 2000.
by Yankee Canuck on Jul 22, 2009 8:00 PM PDT up reply actions
If they need the cheapest option, why didn’t they stick with Biron, who’s a) better and b) SIGNED for LESS!
by Beantown Canuck on Jul 22, 2009 8:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Biron signed for cheaper now. We don’t know what he asked for before July but, from all accounts, it wasn’t 1.4 million for a single season. Otherwise a lot of teams would have jumped at him. He signed for that much now because it was either Long Island or the KHL
'Nucks Misconduct - Housing Swedish Millionaires Since 2000.
by Yankee Canuck on Jul 22, 2009 8:11 PM PDT up reply actions
I can’t believe Biron gets no love either. It looks like Dipietro (who now has had surgery on both hips in less than a year) isn’t coming back for a while. When he does, the Islanders have assets for a trade. Maybe Dipietro will be back by October and the Isles are planning a trade this summer. Hmm…
But yeah, Emery over Biron makes no sense to me. There had to be a falling out.
by Sean Zandberg on Jul 22, 2009 9:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Anybody ever think that Holmgren is just a crappy GM?
I've seen enough to know that I've seen too much.
They went to the conference finals last year. So if your team making it to the conference finals makes you a crappy GM, then yeah. Just like Dale Tallon this year…
by Beantown Canuck on Jul 23, 2009 6:09 AM PDT up reply actions
Biron originally wanted 4.5 Mill a season. After getting no bites whatsoever he fired his agent, but it was too little to late. Most teams with glaring openings at Goalie had already signed someone. So if he wanted to play with someone he had to sign cheap.
Talking about DiPietro most people knew he wasn’t going to be back this season. When you have someone signed to a 14 year contract and your rebuilding your in no rush to bring him back if he’s not 100% Why bring DiP back to a bad Isles team that isn’t ready to compete yet?
If Biron had signed more then a one year contract, then something might have been wrong. But I take the idea here is that Roloson will either platoon or be backup (he is 40 after all) and if Biron gets hot or puts up some good numbers he’ll likely be traded before the deadline. Plus even if he’s not traded he can at least put up some good numbers to prove he should be starting.
Plus if you had the misfortune of watching the Islanders last season, it was a horror show in the net despite Yann Danis decent numbers. I’ve hated MacDonald since his stint with the Red Wings and he showed why the Wings were smart in dumping him. Danis would put up a good fight, but he was a head case. He’d let up a goal in the 3rd period and you could tell from his body language that he was going to let up 3 more goals in the next five minutes. The season before last Dubie put up better numbers that DiPietro and suddenly the Isles weren’t interested in bringing him back. The Isles farm system had no goalies, and Snow felt safe going with DiP coming off his injury and MacDonald and Danis as backups. This is a good move because at the end of the year the Islanders still have Roloson who will be the first backup goalie for back to back seasons since the lockout, and will have given DiP plenty of time to heal, instead of rushing him in and possibly having a career ending injury for a guy with a 14 year contract.
Nathan Smith:
Likely already been reported, but former Nucks ‘prospect’ Nathan Smith signs a 1-year deal with the Wild.
In other news, the Wild will miss the playoffs this year in spectacular fashion.
That’s adorable. It’ll be tougher for him to steak when it’s fucking freezing outside.
'Nucks Misconduct - Housing Swedish Millionaires Since 2000.
by Yankee Canuck on Jul 22, 2009 8:01 PM PDT up reply actions
In other exciting Vancouver hockey news, the Giants apparently just landed a highly touted 6-4" 16 year old defenceman, David Musil, from Czech (though he grew up in Edmonton) who is projected to be a top-5 NHL draft pick in 2 years time. If Kane gets sent back from Atlanta, expect another excellent Giants season ahead, for all those Vancouver WHL fans out there.
by Beantown Canuck on Jul 22, 2009 7:15 PM PDT reply actions
Comments For This Post Are Closed
Secondary Sidebar
User Tools
Related FanPosts on Nucks Misconduct
FanPosts
Community blog posts and discussion.
Recommended FanPosts
Recent FanPosts
Nucks Misconduct Store
Your clothing sucks. Go fix it.
