Confirmed with Link: Canucks Re-Sign Nils Aman (2-years/0.825mAAV)

[Vector]

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[andora]

Phew about time for the thread

Good signing.. love it

 

[Nomobo]

Good move. The guy is an NHL player.

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

Weird timing but happy

 

[Vector]

Weird timing but happy

What do you mean? It’s the usual transaction announcement time; late on a Friday.

 

[moiderer]

He looked great in preseason and was pretty much a full-timer last season.

Don't see the downside. It's a great cap + term for the team, and Nils gets some security with sticking around.

 

[RobertKron]

Canucks re-sign a man.

 

[MS]

Locking in cheap depth players at near-minimum salaries is always good.

 

[Peen]

Im a big Aman fan. Just a consistent presence with speed size etc.

 

[RobertKron]

Peen afan, confirmed.

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

I legitimately thought someone bumped an old thread - this is nice news and a nice contract!

 

[vancityluongo]

What do you mean? It’s the usual transaction announcement time; late on a Friday.

it is weird timing to extend a player coming off an elc at this time of year, no?

solid contract and no reason to not do it, but typically this is the kind of signing that happens in like, mid-july? or around training camp.

 

[WetcoastOrca]

We signed a man? Woo’s on first?

 

[Vector]

it is weird timing to extend a player coming off an elc at this time of year, no?

solid contract and no reason to not do it, but typically this is the kind of signing that happens in like, mid-july? or around training camp.

You’re right, it is but he’s not your typical rookie coming off an ELC.

 

[Baby Pettersson]

Solid.

 

[Burke's Evil Spirit]

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[GranvilleIsland]

2 assists tonight.

 

[Jay26]

Nice! He's a really good organizational depth guy who is a high end player in the AHL and very effective in the NHL. He was already a capable regular last year and will probably be again at some point soon. For now it speaks to our gradually improving depth that we can stash a player like this in AHL and call upon him when needed.

 

[ChilliBilly]

You all realize what this means to a borderline guy .. right?

These AHL NHL tweeners can set themselves up for life with a contract like this. A one way 2 year contract worth $1.65 M is pretty much as I made in a life time as a professional engineer. Even if his career fizzles after this, if he is careful, this can carry him for life. Happy for the guy.

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

 

[LemonSauceD]

Nils Aman

 

[m9]

I really liked Aman last year early on but he deserved to get sent down when he did. Came back and formed a pretty effective bottom-six line with Joshua/Garland. Probably would have made the team this year if not for salary reasons.

I'm pretty sure the Canucks could have qualified him with a two-way deal so it made sense for him to lock himself in here when he did.

I do always wonder for these fringe guys if it's actually worth it to sign for slightly less or the minimum as it takes out the possibility you'll get burned in a cap crunch like what happened to Aman this year.

 

[HockeyWooot]

Nice one, he played good enough to make the team out of camp but it was a numbers game. Not mad either as he got more season playing more minutes in Abby.

Should be a regular sooner rather than later

 

[Sweetnut]

You just keeping on that Swede tradition. Love it!

 

[Canuckle1970]

No downside, only up.