Which UFA top 6 forward would you prefer the Canucks to sign?

[Frankie Blueberries]

A few caveats:

-Yes I know many will not make it to free agency and will be resigned by their respective teams;

-My valuations on their contracts might be wildly off base as they are quite arbitrary, I am happy to revise this poll based on the feedback received. I'm operating on the assumption that all of them will want to maximize their term and not sign short term/higher cap hits. I made exceptions for some players based on their age, or if they missed significant time due to injury this season, or inconsistent play/previous contracts (Kane, Bertuzzi, Domi, Arvidsson, Pavelski); and

-I realize many of these players would not want to sign with Vancouver. If you feel that is the case, do not vote for them.

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[Reverend Mayhem]

Do they come with the contracts you used? That’s a game changer if yes. I’m operating under that when I say Elias Lindholm honestly. Yeah, I know.

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

Too early
We have playoffs this season

 

[Bankerguy]

Teravainen, followed by Kane and then Bert.

 

[Vector]

@Frankie Blueberries just an FYI but UFAs are ineligible to sign 8 year contracts. Reinhart and Guentzel would need to be acquired by Vancouver to sign those.

 

[Frankie Blueberries]

@Frankie Blueberries just an FYI but UFAs are ineligible to sign 8 year contracts. Reinhart and Guentzel would need to be acquired by Vancouver to sign those.

Oops

 

[Baby Pettersson]

I may get hate for it but I still really like what Lindholm brings. A deal around 6x6 and I do it.

Chandler Stephenson also intrigues me.

 

[kcunac]

And who are we not signing on our current team to make room for this new top6 player?

Also Lindholm has done terribly here. If you’re doing that then give the same contract to the same guy at the same age and position that has a chance to be a better fit (Chandler). It’s a low bar.

 

[lawrence]

p Kane.

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

tbh i don’t think i want any of those guys (or in the case of the top few, at those numbers)

unless you can really get lindholm for 6 x 6, which is likely a pipe dream

 

[Green Blank Stare]

Easily Guentzel.

 

[HockeyWooot]

That’s a lot of term being doled out lol

 

[DFAC]

Easily Guentzel.

Agreed

 

[Peen]

That’s a lot of term being doled out lol

Rising cap and a lot of teams thinking they could use one F - I expect FA will go like this.

My vote is whoever our pro scouting team decides is the best bet

Full faith

Personally always liked watching Guentzsl and Stephenson play

 

[SelltheTeamFrancesco]

literally no chance we sign him but Joe Pavelski 4 million dollars with no term. I know he is 39 but he had 67 points. He would be a fit great with Boeser and Miller and help the powerplay sign me up.

 

[David71]

so many guys in their late 30s... i rather sign, chandler stephanson. let lindholm go, sign sam reinhart.

 

[vancityluongo]

at those numbers, teravainen

i'd be curious to see this poll re-run as a multiple choice - ie. which of those contracts would you take? i think most of them are priced pretty reasonably in terms of what those guys are likely to get. a couple might be a bit high (toffoli, marchessault), but there are others that feel like they could end up higher (guentzel, lindholm).

i'd take TT, maybe bertuzzi, maybe domi (but probably not), arvidsson and pavelski. the rest i think hurt the teams who sign them. maybe not guentzel, but idk that he's the optimal player for our cap structure.

if lindholm is a 6x6, let's not repeat the deadline; i'd rather have sean monahan at a 4x4 or whatever he goes for.

 

[geebster]

Guentzel easily, but I doubt we can afford him at all

 

[VanJack]

If Lindholm leaves, the Canucks might be looking for center, rather than overpaying for a winger. Simplest solution would be to bring back Lindholm, as a few other posters have suggested.

 

[LordBacon]

Showtime easily.
Relatively short term contract, well experienced multiple cup winner.
Clutch af as well.

Stephenson is a close 2nd in my books.

 

[StickShift]

If Sam Reinhart has any interest in taking a team-friendly deal to play in his hometown—I think you need to investigate that. Him and Pettersson together would be an incredible duo.

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

If Sam Reinhart has any interest in taking a team-friendly deal to play in his hometown—I think you need to investigate that. Him and Pettersson together would be an incredible duo.

i would love to have reinhart, but how cheap would he have to be to work out here with the term he would be expecting?

if he would do $8m and we could move boeser for a real asset ready to contribute (ideally a cheap 3C) i would maybe not hang up the phone but those are two fairly farfetched ifs.

 

[Siludin]

I actually think Guentzel will get $8.5-$9m on the open market.
It doesn't really affect how I think about Guentzel, but the Canucks will be pinching pennies on contracts they sign.

 

[Petey But Really Jim]

Sid.

 

[Bobby9]

Stammer