You need to go back and listen to the interview. Both of you are being incredibly dishonest if you think the agent’s interview proves the cap as the main driver.
Did we only list the agent’s interview as the total rationale here? No? Ok then, as you were.
HIS AGENT LITERALLY SPELLS IT OUT
You have the Rick Dhaliwal or Sekeres tweet citing 7m per 6 years before Hakinson getting on radio.
You have Hakinson all but confirming that number.
You have Hakinson commenting that their view was that the Canucks could no longer go long-term after making offseason signings.
You have both sides switching gears to a short term deal a month ago. Again, per Hakinson's mouth.
Zero evidence indeed.
No, what’s being incredibly dishonest is trying to frame ‘very close’ as an over $1 million difference or trying to claim the team abandoned the long-term deal they’d been working on for a year and were very close on because they decided Boeser was a huge injury risk at the exact moment they spent huge in UFA. Like, come on.
I assume because you liked this quote that you agree with it.
If I'm his agent, I would describe up to $1.5m a season as very close.
I had a realtor describe $11 PSF on a 150,000 sq.ft. building as very close to $15 PSF in a negotiation today.
There are sure a lot of player agents hitting the radio waives at this time. For example, Rantanen's agent went on and said his client's comparable is Marner.
Dhaliwal mentioned they had to huddle with ownership to get approval for the short term deal. Aquilini putting his fingers where they don't belong.
But as I thought about it I can't help but wonder if it was to get approval to go beyond an internal cap ownership set in face of the reality the team has not generated the playoff revenue they crave for several years. I think when they went and spent money on UFAs they had the assumption that it would be OK because they'd simply move Eriksson and Schaller to cover those signings and in the end be sitting with 7 or 8 mil in cap space. Instead they are at the cap and struggling to move out those salaries. Just musing...
it was likely the cap recapture penalty.
Last 2 seasons:
Boeser - 69 even strength points in 129 games (0.53 per game)
Konecny - 82 even strength points in 162 points (0.51 per game)
Interpret that as you may
Yes he will be spending money right away. You'd think there is a operating budget in place and if one is not going over that operating budget you wouldn't need to involve ownership. Yet ownership was involved which may indicate they were exceeding or likely to exceed the operating budget.....
There we’re tons of rumours that the Canucks were going to go after Myers and a top 6 forward well before July 1st. So I don’t see how that had anything to do with signing Brock long term. If anything caused them to change direction, it was likely the cap recapture penalty.
This is pertinent, because over the last 2 seasons at 5v5:
Boeser - 2.04 pts/60
Konecny - 2.18 pts/60
YupKonecny also plays with Giroux and Couturier and only in highly favourable offensive situations
I think Boeser is going to have a huge year this season. Him and Petey have created a bond on and off the ice that I think is going to take their games to new levels. Boeser looks like the rookie Boeser so far - quick and involved. His shot looks good.
Seems like he went on the Canuck diet before his Sophmore year, gained weight and got slow, and is now back under 205 and can skate again.
Konecny also plays with Giroux and Couturier and only in highly favourable offensive situations