After Some Tough News, a New High-Level Center Target Suddenly Emerges for the Vancouver Canucks
Photo credit: Sportsnet
The Vancouver Canucks' options to acquire a new center to replace J.T. Miller and Pius Suter is pretty slim, but their might be one name on the Ottawa Senators that makes a lot of sense for General Manager Patrik Allvin to pursue.
With not many incentives to offer free-agents to sign here in Vancouver, it does not leave a lot of options for the Canucks, especially after the organization received some tough news that makes it unlikely they will be able to find a suitable second- line center before the season begins in early October.
«This might be the team that you see day one of training camp,» Dhaliwal said on Halford & Brough in the Morning. «Looks like Pettersson, Chytil, Raty, and Blueger could be your centers.
One team told me last night, there's not many centres available. There's too many teams looking for centers. That's an issue right now for the Canucks.»
One team told me last night, there's not many centres available. There's too many teams looking for centers. That's an issue right now for the Canucks.»
Potential new second-line center option emerges from the Ottawa Senators
Even with that likely and disappointing outcome, Canucks GM Patrik Allvin still needs to do his job and try and pull the right strings in order to find a center that can effectively backup Elias Pettersson.
Options now need to be created, not given, and with the amount of high-level depth already down the middle in Ottawa, Shane Pinto could be a perfect candidate for Vancouver to target.
Wonder if this is a guy the #Canucks try to pursue. Ottawa has a lot of forwards who can play down the middle on their roster.
Pinto is a 24-year-old right shot centre who can score, has good defensive numbers and still has room to develop. The type of player you gamble on.
Pinto is a 24-year-old right shot centre who can score, has good defensive numbers and still has room to develop. The type of player you gamble on.
Scoring 21 goals and 16 assists for 37 points in 70 games last season may not seem like the numbers you want to see out of a second-line guy, but at just 24-years-old, Pinto has a lot more left in the tank when it comes to his offensive ceiling.
Tim Stutzle and Dylan Cozens ahead of him in the depth chart, at some point they will have to make a hard decision on whether they want to slot him above the third-line center role.
This opens the door for Patrik Allvin to get a solid young center that can reach his full ability in a new city and role.
It is not clear what they would have to give up in order to land Pinto, but it makes a lot of sense for Vancouver to at least give it their best shot.
Previously on CanucksDaily
| POLL | ||
JUILLET 5 | 2262 ANSWERS After Some Tough News, a New High-Level Center Target Suddenly Emerges for the Vancouver Canucks Do you think the Vancouver Canucks targeting Shane Pinto from the Ottawa Senators makes sense? | ||
| Yes | 1439 | 63.6 % |
| No | 823 | 36.4 % |
| List of polls | ||
TRENDING NOW
