Confirmed Signing with Link: [VAN] D Ian Cole signs with the Canucks (1 year, $3M)

[Canadian Canuck]

Benning Free agent era has come to an end and I ***** love it.


1 year deal? At a good cap hit? Hell yeah. Perfect for the penalty kill.

 

[thefutures]

1 year is fine. 3 years was not

 

[Siludin]

Now keep saucy under 4 million, and 4 years.

And I can officially say the Benning era is over

Gudbranson made 4.79% and then 5.33% cap hit at time of signing for his contracts with the Canucks, so I think anything under 5.33% cap hit and everyone will call it a good deal, and anything over 5.33% cap hit and everyone will call it a bad deal, because a guy like Soucy is going to be measured against Gudbranson his entire time here. I am worried that casual fans won't understand his role on the team and will sour on him when he doesn't join the rush or something, so mitigating the comparison by minimizing Soucy's weight against the cap should be top of mind when negotiating with him.

 

[TheUnusedCrayon]

Love the length.

 

[Three On Zero]

Somewhere out there McJedi is mad that this is actually a good deal

 

[BCNate]

No complaints here. Really good on the PK, which is exactly what we need.

 

[Hennessy]

I hope you like crosschecking penalties.

 

[bossram]

Very solid deal. Cole had excellent defensive impacts in TB. Keeping it to one year is good work from Allvin.

 

[David Bruce Banner]

Love the length.

But yeah, it's a good signing, so long as he can go hard all year.

 

[EverTheCynic]

Benning PTSD slowly fading

Solid depth character guy signs to a reasonable contract on a 1 year deal.

Big sigh of relief it wasn't 3-4 years

 

[McJedi]

Somewhere out there McJedi is mad that this is actually a good deal

Mad. Not at all. Finally was my first thought.

Finally.

I’m amazed and impressed. Note it took Vancouvers collective GMs several years too long to realize you don’t sign long term contracts with bottom pair D or middle six wingers.

If cole doesn’t work out, he can be retained at 50% and traded or he’s simply a UFA next year.

I can actually wrap my head around the GMs thesis here. I’m stunned this isn’t a $3 x 3 year deal. That would have been so Vancouver.

 

[Fraser28]

Mad. Not at all. Finally was my first thought.

Finally.

I’m amazed and impressed. Not it took Vancouvers GM several years too long many to realize you don’t sign long term contracts with bottom pair D or middle six wingers.

If cole doesn’t work out, he can be retained at 50% and traded or he’s simply a UFA next year.

I can actually wrap my head around the GMs thesis here. I’m stunned this isn’t a $3 x 3 year deal. That would have been so Vancouver.

There’s a new GM in Vancouver.

 

[Hoglander]

Not giving term to older players - well done Allvin.

 

[krutovsdonut]

I hope you like crosschecking penalties.

we had alex edler for over a decade. not an issue.

 

[Love]

Mad. Not at all. Finally was my first thought.

Finally.

I’m amazed and impressed. Note it took Vancouvers GM several years too long to realize you don’t sign long term contracts with bottom pair D or middle six wingers.

If cole doesn’t work out, he can be retained at 50% and traded or he’s simply a UFA next year.

I can actually wrap my head around the GMs thesis here. I’m stunned this isn’t a $3 x 3 year deal. That would have been so Vancouver.

It took Allvin “several years” as GM to learn something while only being a GM for a year and a half?

 

[CapFriendly]

Capfriendly showing the Ian Cole deal as two-way - that must be a mistake?

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Corrected

 

[Three On Zero]

Corrected

Get your shit together

 

[eviohh26]

Happy with it being only 1 year.

 

[Cardiac Jerks]

No complaints here. Really good on the PK, which is exactly what we need.

He’ll be in the box a lot, too, so hopefully the rest of the team is really good at killing penalties.

 

[Wry n Ginger]

Good interview on SN650. He sounds like an intelligent guy.

 

[sandwichbird2023]

There’s a new GM in Vancouver.

I feel bad for 4th liners and bottom pairing D's around the league. Gone are the days that they can get $1-2m too much per year and 2-3 years too long from Benning's Canucks. Gauranteed millions more than deserved.

The Vancouver gravy train has left the station.