But that potential addition will have to wait until next season.Other candidates for vacancies on the Canucks’ backend next season include injury-prone former high draft pick Olli Joulevi and hot shot NCAA prospect Jack Rathbone. At the very least Nikita Tryamkin I think is an NHL defenceman if not on the Canucks then on another NHL team. He averaged just under twenty-three minutes of ice time per game. Nikita Tryamkin has signed for 1 more year in KHL. Nikita Tryamkin’s Avtomobilist hockey club was eliminated this morning by a 2-1 score in the first round of the KHL playoffs by Sibir. He is an eight season proven professional hockey player and has spent one season plus in the NHL already.
I know the Desjardins hate train is strong with Canucks fans, but logic points to Tryamkin being the problem, not Willie. He doled out eighteen hits and blocked six shots and also added two assists on the offensive side of his game. If they make the playoffs will they go out quietly or make some noise?There was a concern raised that a new KHL rule that would penalize his team by forfeiting his future KHL rights would stand in the way of an early contract release. The latest is that Nikita Tryamkin, the towering 6-foot-7 defenceman from the 2014 draft, ... Tryamkin’s Next Contract. Sibir won two of the games in sudden death overtime.If signed, Nikita Tryamkin would be a heavy favourite to start the season as a member of the Canucks’ revamped 2020/21 defence corps. It would be different if the intervening 3 years hadn't happened and Tryamkin was still a tantalizing mystery box who hadn't fled home to Russia and played three years of deteriorating hockey. Agent Todd Diamond on #TSN1040 Rinkwide on Nikita Tryamkin : "It's very much on the table, the goal and desire is to sign in Vancouver, that's what we have had discussions about." And Tanev is definitely walking this season, regardless of what happens. On the negative side he did take a sneaky tripping penalty in today’s game that an eagle-eyed referee saw him do. This time around he is considered to be a Restricted Free Agent (RFA) and this precludes the Canucks from registering a contract with the NHL Office for him until July 1st, 2020.So there could be as many as four available spots if the Canucks stick with seven defencemen on their roster or even five spots if they choose to run with eight defencemen like they have done so in previous seasons.Whatever the final result of the Canucks’ 50th Anniversary season, you can already be assured that there will be some new members in the seven or eight defencemen that appear on their NHL roster to start their 2020/21 51st season. Rathbone probably comes in cheaper as well than Tryamkin. The playoffs will be key to decide who stays and who goes. Guy had issues with Willie, then went on to the KHL where he had issues with his coaches there as well. Thought we had him signed lolTryamkin needs a reality check about what it takes to earn ice time, until then, I'm glad he isn't anywhere near our young players.Yea, whether or not Rathbone signed was probably the deciding factor for the Canucks on whether to sign Tryamkin.Back in February, Tryamkin's agent made it very clear that playing in the AHL was not an option for Nikita, they weren't even willing to entertain the possibility when asked about it in an interview.Guess that means Tryamkin won't be coming back anytime soon.My guess is that his rights will be traded at some point for whatever they might be worth.Guy had issues with Willie, then went on to the KHL where he had issues with his coaches there as well. Not to mention he had the C stripped from him in the KHL and was demoted in ice time steadily throughout his years there.Quite honestly, I'll take Rathbone 100 times out of 100.Good, he's a fringe NHLer and was asking for too much. Right now the biggest competition for that spot's probably Benn or Rafferty, so I don't think Tryamkin's any worse of a potential choice.The minute Rathbone signed it was over for the BFGI honestly think he’s a 5D at best, ppl need to chill with just penciling him into our futureOh I didn't realize it was only a rumor. The Canucks will overpay to keep him if they have too (and maybe flip him for a first or Top 4 D at the deadline?). Before all that can happen, a contract will have to be signed. Got the same sense. He was such an intriguing package at the time. And Markstrom is easily more valuable than Tanev.Yeah. The Best of Seven series was close despite only lasting five games. The Best of Seven series was close despite only lasting five games. Will they make the playoffs? Nikita Tryamkin appears in his final home game at Rogers Arena on April 8th, 2017 before signing a 3-year contract to play in the KHL. There is better out there for cheaper.Use that money to re-sign Stecher now.I think the decision at the end of the day, will come down to either keeping Stecher or Leivo.