sandwichbird2023
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- Aug 4, 2004
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Are you seriously looking at just ONE year when evaluating the merit of a MULTI years extension?I'll try putting it simply for you.
1. The Canucks added 10 million in cap for this season and next with Schmidt, Holtby.
2. They could have used that cap space to keep Markstrom and Tanev/Toffoli.
3. Cap space was not the main reason why they let Markstrom and Tanev go, but rather concerns about handing these players long-term deals, along with losing Demko.
4. There is absolutely no lack of cap space for signing Pettersson and Hughes. In fact, stripping the roster slightly and exposing the deficiencies in their games that still need to be ironed out could be very helpful for our long-term contract situation. Compare to the Leafs signing Marner after Tavares bumped him up to a career year.
If you think theres no lack of cap space for Petterson and Hughes next year, here is a link to capfriendly Vancouver Canucks - CapFriendly - NHL Salary Caps. Fill out the roster and put down what you think Petterson and Hughes deserve, as well as replacing all the UFAs/RFAs. I want to see what kind of team we can look forward to next year.
**I didn't realize this is the "around the league" thread, can a mod move these posts into the "management discussion" thread please? Thanks. Sorry for going way off topic.