“The league has changed the last year or two. I think it’s moved to my kind of game, a good skating defenceman who can move the puck and play physical. I’m just trying to play in this league …
The move didn’t exactly excite the masses but, at the NHL trade deadline, the Vancouver Canucks quietly added a player to their lineup who’s since emerged as a key piece on their blue-line.
“I don’t take things for granted at this point in my career,” Biega said following the Canucks’ 3-2 overtime win in Chicago on Monday. “Hopefully the coaches like it.”“He’s playing more minutes than he ever has in the NHL,” Canucks head coach Travis Green said. “He’s a guy who works hard and he’s been a good teammate for all our players. The game’s fast now. You have to be able to skate and move the puck. And he’s hard to play against.”Against the Blackhawks, Biega — a.k.a.
Since the Canucks moved out Erik Gudbranson at the deadline, Biega has become the No. 3 man on the defence behind Edler and Troy Stecher. The D-corps also features three other players who’ve spent the bulk of this season in the AHL — Luke Schenn, Ashton Sautner and Guillaume Brisebois — but even if the unit is held together with duct tape and hope, the Canucks are 5-4-2 since the deadline.
He was signed to a one-year contract as a minor-league free agent in the summer of 2013 and spent the season in Utica, N.Y. He worked his way into call-up consideration the next year, then played 51 games with the Canucks in 2015-16. But why spend $10 million on Karlsson when you’ve got Biega locked up for $700,000 next season. I believe the point speaks for itself.
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