Value of: Bottom line question can the Canucks sign 3 UFA's

[zcaptain]

Short and sweet

Can the Canucks sign

Tavares
Kane
Carlson

I need to know yes / know and how much

Thanks

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[Genuflexion]

No. The NHL has a limit of 2 free agents per team

 

[seafoam]

I really don’t see Tavares choosing Vancouver.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Can they? If they have the cap room sure.

Can they really? No players generally want to win and that's not happening in Vancouver any time soon

 

[kerrabria]

not getting a top 5 pick really hurts the Canucks chances of getting Tavares imo.

Going to a team with a skeleton of...

xxxx - Tavares - Boeser
Peterson - Horvat - xxxx

xxxx - Tanev
xxxx - xxxx

isn't nearly as enticing as if it had any of Dahlin, Boquist, Svech, or Zadina thrown in there.

The Sharks should re-sign Kane, and Kane should want to sign there.

Carlson is a maybe. They'd have to overpay imo. But I would think that going wherever he gets the most $$$ is where he would go anyway. Almost every player in his situation goes wherever they can cash in the most regardless of other factors.

 

[Qwijibo]

So will the top 3 free agents this summer all decide that they want to sign with what has been one of the worst teams in the league for the past few years? I doubt it.

 

[HockeyAnalystGenius]

Yes it Can and Should be Done.

Tavaras - $14M x 7 years
Carlson - $12M x 5 years
Kane - No

 

[Em etah Eh]

Thread title had me thinking it was going to be about signing 3 UFA's to play on the 4th line...

 

[Legend123]

Tavares? Nope My guess is b/w LVK, MTL, & SJS
Kane? Maybe, b/w Van, SJS, & Det
Carlson? No chance. Was or LVK

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Tavares? Nope My guess is b/w LVK, MTL, & SJS
Kane? Maybe, b/w Van, SJS, & Det
Carlson? No chance. Was or LVK

Why would Tavares go to Montreal?, I know they hot the 3rd pick but I don't know that there is a team further from a cup than Montreal

 

[Tryamkin]

Yes it Can and Should be Done.

Tavaras - $14M x 7 years
Carlson - $12M x 5 years
Kane - No

agree, Kane signing would end Up with Big Egg on our Head

 

[Legend123]

Why would Tavares go to Montreal?, I know they hot the 3rd pick but I don't know that there is a team further from a cup than Montreal

cuz of the pure amount of cash. Salary + endorsement and all. MTL will offer him the most of all teams. Also, he will be the man. It will be his team. He will be their savior. Could mean too much pressure, but im sure hes gonna love it there. And ofc u add the other, relatively less important but still important, aspects. Price + Weber will lobby to him. Hes great friends to both. And Bergevin is close friends to his agent. A perfect way to enter friendly negotiations.

 

[Tryamkin]

cuz of the pure amount of cash. Salary + endorsement and all. MTL will offer him the most of all teams. Also, he will be the man. It will be his team. He will be their savior. Could mean too much pressure, but im sure hes gonna love it there. And ofc u add the other, relatively less important but still important, aspects. Price + Weber will lobby to him. Hes great friends to both. And Bergevin is close friends to his agent. A perfect way to enter friendly negotiations.

Vancouver has loads of cap space, I don’t think they would get outbid, it’s more about destination for him.

 

[Beautvillier]

cuz of the pure amount of cash. Salary + endorsement and all. MTL will offer him the most of all teams. Also, he will be the man. It will be his team. He will be their savior. Could mean too much pressure, but im sure hes gonna love it there. And ofc u add the other, relatively less important but still important, aspects. Price + Weber will lobby to him. Hes great friends to both. And Bergevin is close friends to his agent. A perfect way to enter friendly negotiations.

that’s literally how he has it on long island

 

[kerrabria]

cuz of the pure amount of cash. Salary + endorsement and all. MTL will offer him the most of all teams. Also, he will be the man. It will be his team. He will be their savior. Could mean too much pressure, but im sure hes gonna love it there. And ofc u add the other, relatively less important but still important, aspects. Price + Weber will lobby to him. Hes great friends to both. And Bergevin is close friends to his agent. A perfect way to enter friendly negotiations.

Quebec has the highest taxes in North America. And I can't imagine Tavares is gonna get Crosby level endorsements when he's playing on the same team as Drouin, Price, and Weber who will the next captain. That plus multiple Maple Leafs hogging up the Canadian endorsement market.

It won't be his team either. Weber will be the captain, Price will be the face of the franchise, Drouin will be the French Canadian darling, and Zadina/Svechnikov will be the young guy everyone is watching for. He will have to share the limelight.

If he wanted to cash out and be a beloved savior, he'd stay in New York.

As for Price+Weber lobbying him, I'm sure he'd like to stay with his friends on the Islanders too.

And I feel like his agent knowing Bergevin is a bad thing. That means he knows more than anyone what an ass clown the guy is and how his client is gonna get low balled, under-appreciated, and generally screwed over by his new GM. If he values keeping Tavares as a client, he'll advise against him going up to play for Bergevin.

 

[haveandare]

that’s literally how he has it on long island

Lol exactly. There is no logic for him going to MTL. MTL is similar to NYI but worse and with way more media annoyances.

 

[PetterssonSimp]

I really don’t see Tavares choosing Vancouver.

Even for the complete 14 million the Sedins left? 98 million dollars is a lot of money to turn down. Ask Thomas Vanek how it feels to turn down half that.