I personally believe it’s in his better interest to not sign long term at 1.5m per as he’d probably some how convince a GM is he is worth 3m. I’m more of the belief he’s an ok depth guy that gets over hyped for flashes but more likely he disappears like many depth players do for stretches.
Weise is more a comparable of making a career out of being a bigger body depth player who shows flashes of brilliance
Which is part of the reason why, IMO, offering him term right now makes sense as he just joined the Canucks mid season.
From a young players perspective, there's a lot to get excited about being part of the Canucks and newly traded from the only team he knows and at age 25, he won't get much opportunity in the future to potentially play in a top 6 position with another team considering the youth trend in this league as well as how unassuming his paper stats are.
Leivo has been bouncing up and down between the Marlies and the Leafs since 2013.
Canucks offer him a 4 years at 1.5? (or there abouts)
I think he would take it or at least seriously consider it.
And I've seen enough good play out of him to be comfortable in offering it.
IMO, it's worth a shot. The worst thing he can say is no.