Rumor: Canucks extremely active

[Canucks LB]

Really curious how many deals Vancouver does.

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[Liver King]

Who is likely traded?

 

[RomanianLeafs]

Interesting..

 

[Peter Griffin]

Makes sense given that Loui Eriksson is now available.

 

[BWJM]

Benning is going to hand picks out like candy to shed cap.

 

[Canucks LB]

Makes sense given that Loui Eriksson is now available.

Great post

 

[Langdon Alger]

Makes sense given that Loui Eriksson is now available.

He is?

 

[Peter Griffin]

He is?

Yes. Would you like him?

 

[neelynugs]

balls

 

[Langdon Alger]

Yes. Would you like him?

I will politely decline.

 

[AveryStar4Eva]

They’ve got a lot to figure out so it makes sense.

• Key UFAs they want to bring back (Markstrom, Tanev, Toffoli).

• Overpaid players they want to move out and better use the cap space (Eriksson, Sutter, Baertschi, Roussel).

• Are the RFAs going to be worth their contracts or would you rather spend elsewhere (Virtanen, Gaudette, Stecher).

• Expansion draft considerations don’t want to lose a good player for nothing (Demko).

So basically half their roster is in the mix to be moved

 

[Peter Griffin]

I will politely decline.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

But do they have as many balls as Louie?

 

[Canuck86]

They have to be active, they are tied up by subpar contracts that are going to make improving the team difficult, thank the GM for being in this spot

 

[StreetHawk]

I suspect that they are calling around, but the reality is that they have 1/3 of their cap space spent on overpaid players that are not worth anything close to their current cap hits, and likely closer to 1/2 of it.

Plus, you have to consider, that this team needs to ensure that they have enough cap space coming off the books in 2021 to extend Pettersson and Hughes, who I would put in Pencil at around $18 million combined. If you estimate 6 year deals at $10 and $8 mill respectively, give or take.

So, they can do that now with Sutter $4.3, Baertschi $3.3, Edler $6, Benn $2, Spooner buyout $1, Pearson $3.75, which is around $24 million. 4 of these guys actually took up a roster spot this season, so replacing them will cost just $4 million, leaving $20 million free to shift to another roster spot.

The harder move is the $12 mill in Eriksson, Beagle and Roussel which run for another season, on top of the $3 mill recapture from Luongo.

They already gave up a 1st and 2nd in 2020 and 2019 3rd, and Madden who was a 3rd in 2018 who has developed well. They are not in a position move more high end draft picks out.

Not sure how many of the Podkolzin, Hoglander, Lind, Lockwood, Juolevi, Rathbone, Woo, Dipietro will pan out into the top 6F, top 4D.

Once Hughes/Petey make their money, Miller/Horvat/Boeser already combine almost $17 mill so with Hughes/Petey they get to $35 mill, plus $6 mill for Myers, takes them to $41 mill for top 6 guys. For a flat cap, $41 mill left for the remaining 17 people. So, they need guys coming up on ELC for a couple of years before they have to figure out their cap space.

 

[RebuildinVan]

Bennings gotta clean up the mess left by Benning

 

[WetcoastOrca]

Well ‘balls’ sounds better than ‘anchors’.

 

[Cogburn]

Well, outside of our young core, Pettersson, Horvat, Miller, Boeser (he's not being moved according to Benning) and Hughes, and long timers like Edler....there is a lot of players that could/might/will have to be moved.

I can't think of too many UFAs I would want, but maybe it's all simply cap manuvering. There are of course some trade targets I'd love, but I can't think of a deal I'd want to do that would benefit both teams. Let's see what materializes.

 

[Cogburn]

Well ‘balls’ sounds better than ‘anchors’.

Balls can be juggled, anchors need to be released.

 

[Langdon Alger]

Ok, now I might be interested.

 

[Mike Jones]

Really curious how many deals Vancouver does.

I'm hoping and praying CJ is talking about juggling.

 

[Cogburn]

Bennings gotta clean up the mess left by Benning

If we vote for him, Benning will clean up the mess Benning created. Be said so. Welcome to (insert future GMs name here) Vancouver Canucks.

 

[Gospel of Prospal]

Lias Andersson for Olli Juolevi. Who says no?

 

[Cogburn]

Lias Andersson for Olli Juolevi. Who says no?

I'd say no. Juolevi was on deck for the playoffs, and looked just fine in his long awaited debut.

 

[Gospel of Prospal]

I'd say no. Juolevi was on deck for the playoffs, and looked just fine in his long awaited debut.

I'd be interested in Gaudette