2020 STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS

The SCF is scheduled for EDM, right?

 

Yes, sir... it is.

 

I like Lehner a lot... good for him.

 

2 games in the West... 2 shutouts.

 

Markstrom, Canucks negotiating new contract prior to free agency
Emergence of Demko in playoffs will have no bearing on talks with goalie, GM says

Jacob Markstrom and the Vancouver Canucks have begun negotiations on a new contract before the can become an unrestricted free agent after this season.

Canucks general manager Jim Benning said Tuesday he spoke to Markstrom's agent, Pat Morris, on Monday, three days after Vancouver was eliminated from the Stanley Cup Playoffs with a 3-0 Game 7 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights in the Western Conference Second Round.

"We want him back and we're going to start working on that this week," Benning said of Markstrom, who was unfit to play the final three games against Vegas.

Thatcher Demko started in place of Markstrom and won two of the three games. Demko saved 123 of 125 shots in his first three Stanley Cup Playoff starts, including 42 saves in a 2-1 win in Game 5 and a Canucks and NHL rookie record 48-save shutout in a 4-0 win in Game 6. Vegas didn't score on him until 6:08 remained in Game 7.

Re-signing Markstrom has been the Canucks' expressed intent throughout the past year, and Benning said Tuesday that hasn't changed because of how well Demko played. The 24-year-old, who relieved Markstrom for 8:26 in Game 1 against Vegas, finished the playoffs with an 0.64 GAA and .985 save percentage.

"It was nice to see him get a chance and rise to the occasion," Benning said. "We've spent a lot of time with his development, and I know [goaltending coach] Ian Clark has worked really hard with him, and so for him to come in and see him play that well I think was good for everybody involved."

Markstrom was 8-6 with a 2.85 goals-against average, .919 save percentage and one shutout starting the first 14 games of the postseason for Vancouver, including a four-game win against the Minnesota Wild in the best-of-5 Stanley Cup Qualifiers and eliminating the defending Stanley Cup Champion St. Louis Blues in six games in the best-of-7 first round. This was Markstrom's first NHL postseason.

Markstrom had resumed skating prior to Game 7, Benning said, and might have been able to return if Vancouver advanced to the Western Conference Final. The 30-year-old, who completed his third full season as the Canucks' No. 1 goalie, was 23-16-4 with a 2.75 GAA, .918 save percentage and two shutouts this season.

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Spot on, Matty... Vancouver is listening to you.

 

me too. everything that he's gone through in his life and in the league, hard to not root for him.
he seems to have reeled in his on-ice temper. used to be such a maniac out there, a tough way to be to try and make a living as an NHL goalie...gotta be able to bury bad goals or games behind you.
Dan and I went to a Sabres/Bruins game a few years back, if i recall correctly the Sabres got hosed on a call and Marchand was given a penalty shot that he then scored on. Lehner fired his mask against the boards and you could see pieces flying off of it. not exactly instilling confidence in your team when your starting goalie does things like that. and thats just a small example of something that probably wasnt even seen on tv.........Dan got us awesome seats up close and thats the only reason we saw it.
Lehner seems to have moved on from this sort of behavior. I give him all the credit in the world for bringing attention to his struggles and moving on. someone needs to pay this man and if its Carolina that will be bad news for the Eastern Conference. LV will have to move pieces to afford him this off season.

 

have to think this is more beneficial for TB than the NYI. Barzal will fly out there but the team in general will hunker down and go up the boards. TB will utilize the middle of the ice more.
expecting the Isles to come out swinging tonight. last game was more about their play than Tampa's id say.

 

I mean, can you do it any better than that? Cause a turnover on one end, move the puck through the neutral zone, and score on the opposite end, all within seconds. I mean... that was beautiful and terrifying to watch, as a division rival fan.

 

my thoughts exactly.
then i think of Point, Stamkos, Hedman, Mcdonagh and Vasilevskiy and it only gets worse for us.

 

It's a good thing Yzerman left and went to... Detroit. Oh...

 

Spot on, Matty... Vancouver is listening to you.


Sign him and Trade him Will..........get a High Draft Pick......we still have Michael DePietro in the wings.

 

i dont think you can treat this like its a video game and i would think Markstrom will get some form of NMC at this point. Either way, if you screw over a FA signing like that you can kiss future FAs signing with you good bye.
DiPietro seem slike he could be something but you're talking about yearS away, Canucks are pretty good right now.

 

I had never heard this, kind of wild that a volleyball coach with connections in SD started this relationship.

 

That's just a fantastic anecdote, Matty. It also is one of the reasons that York is a HoF'er; he built relationships and contacts based on his character - his likability. You never know where your next recruiting gem is going to come from. Great to have so many chips at the table.

 

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