Looks like the Canucks might buy out Eriksson after July 1st.
I'm unfamiliar with the contractual details, what does buying out the contract do to help us outside of freeing up a slot?
Looks like the Canucks might buy out Eriksson after July 1st.
It saves us about 500k in cap space for 2 years, then saves us about 2.5 million in cap space for the final year. Not a ton, but also frees up a slot. We’re better off burying him in the minors like Gagner if he agrees to it. Or hopefully moving him to a team needing to reach the cap floor.I'm unfamiliar with the contractual details, what does buying out the contract do to help us outside of freeing up a slot?
And just to let you know, there’s a buyout calculator on capfriendly that shows it better than I can explain it!!I'm unfamiliar with the contractual details, what does buying out the contract do to help us outside of freeing up a slot?
It saves us about 500k in cap space for 2 years, then saves us about 2.5 million in cap space for the final year. Not a ton, but also frees up a slot. We’re better off burying him in the minors like Gagner if he agrees to it. Or hopefully moving him to a team needing to reach the cap floor.
It saves us about 500k in cap space for 2 years, then saves us about 2.5 million in cap space for the final year. Not a ton, but also frees up a slot. We’re better off burying him in the minors like Gagner if he agrees to it. Or hopefully moving him to a team needing to reach the cap floor.
It was obvious we overpaid but I could have never seen it playing out to this extent. What a disastrous signing...All this does is showing how PUTRID this contract was and still is
It saves us about 500k in cap space for 2 years, then saves us about 2.5 million in cap space for the final year. Not a ton, but also frees up a slot. We’re better off burying him in the minors like Gagner if he agrees to it. Or hopefully moving him to a team needing to reach the cap floor.
I'm unfamiliar with the contractual details, what does buying out the contract do to help us outside of freeing up a slot?
I'm unfamiliar with the contractual details, what does buying out the contract do to help us outside of freeing up a slot?
SEASON | BASE SALARY | INITIAL CAP HIT | ACTUAL COST | SAVINGS | FINAL CAP HIT |
2019-20 | $1,000,000 | $6,000,000 | $555,556 | $444,444 | $5,555,556 |
2020-21 | $1,000,000 | $6,000,000 | $555,556 | $444,444 | $5,555,556 |
2021-22 | $3,000,000 | $6,000,000 | $555,556 | $2,444,444 | $3,555,556 |
2022-23 | $0 | $0 | $555,556 | -$555,556 | $555,556 |
2023-24 | $0 | $0 | $555,556 | -$555,556 | $555,556 |
2024-25 | $0 | $0 | $555,556 | -$555,556 | $555,556 |
TOTAL | $5,000,000 | $18,000,000 | $3,333,333 | $1,666,667 | $16,333,333 |
If I'm Nico Sturm, a 6'3 faceoff ace checking line center looking for a spot on an NHL team right out of college, what is drawing me to a team that currently employs Jay Beagle, Brandon Sutter, Tim Schaller, Adam Gaudette and Brendan Gaunce?
but if you are a marginal player that projects as a 4th liner, wouldn't you want to go straight to a team that has a huge hole?... probably Jay Beagle, Brandon Sutter, Tim Schaller, Adam Gaudette and Brendan Gaunce?
If you're a talented young center with potential, that's not exactly a depth chart full of superstars to beat out. Schaller and Gaunce are irrelevant, Sutter can't stay healthy, Beagle hasn't exactly been great, and Gaudette's far from a lock at this point.
You'd be hard-pressed to find an NHL team with worse bottom-six depth.
I'm not a talented young center. I'm an undrafted soon-to-be 24 year old center with no professional experience. The only thing I have going for me is that I'm technically NHL ready.... probably Jay Beagle, Brandon Sutter, Tim Schaller, Adam Gaudette and Brendan Gaunce?
If you're a talented young center with potential, that's not exactly a depth chart full of superstars to beat out.
I'm not a talented young center. I'm an undrafted soon-to-be 24 year old center with no professional experience. The only thing I have going for me is that I'm technically NHL ready.
Competition for these guys isn't attractive.
but if you are a marginal player that projects as a 4th liner, wouldn't you want to go straight to a team that has a huge hole?
There are very few teams with worse / more uncertain bottom-six forward depth than the Canucks. If you look around the rest of the league, only Arizona, Ottawa, Detroit, New Jersey and Edmonton are real competitors for that crown.
If I'm Nico Sturm, I look at the Canucks and see a forward group that has five to six locks at best (one of whom's now out for the season), a whole bunch of other question marks and no surefire talent coming from the farm team. To me, it's not surprising that he'd consider signing here.
Good stuff. Thanks.Around 1:50 here you'll see what he's done a lot this year, he does it once again to create a goal at 2:09 now the team they are playing is awful but I'm just giving you a taste offensively, he's limited but he knows his strengths and is intelligent with how he uses those to hide his weaknesses. He keeps so many plays alive and when he's not creating transition opportunities he values possession, there is upside offensively, I'd say above average hands, way below average shot but he's not afraid to create plays as he needs to for his current team, he possesses great balance and his first step is impressive which help him dominate the college game. Physically there's always to room to improve but he's dominating other young men in a very heavy league, he has a great work ethic in the weight room. His progression has been rapid, from Austin in the NAHL for a year to one year in Tri-City of the USHL then coming in as a freshman in a secondary role then took a huge offensive jump as a sophomore and has rolled that over, he works tremendously hard and is a great person which NHL organizations will love too during their interviews.
Where he prides himself is his 200 foot game and that's why he's getting so many looks. I wish there were actual highlights where they show him on the backcheck or causing turnovers on the forecheck, at the college level he owns all 3 zones. Last season I think he led the NCAAs in face-off percentage and was impressive in that regard this season as well, he's one of the best penalty killers in college hockey. Always on the correct side of the opposing skater and has great hockey IQ to read the play a step ahead, there's going to be an adjustment to the pace of play at the NHL level and thinking the game that fast but I think that will come to him pretty quickly and hopefully his offensive game continues to grow. I'll toss in a few other highlights of him that can paint .1% of the picture for you.
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It costs a contract spot, it isn’t feee
We gotta rematch after Elias f***ed youContracts are only $450 in the Auction House
... probably Jay Beagle, Brandon Sutter, Tim Schaller, Adam Gaudette and Brendan Gaunce? You can add Markus Granlund to that list.
If you're a talented young center with potential, that's not exactly a depth chart full of superstars to beat out. Schaller and Gaunce are irrelevant, Sutter can't stay healthy, Beagle hasn't been great, and Gaudette's far from a lock at this point. You'd be hard-pressed to find an NHL team with worse bottom-six depth.
There are very few teams with worse / more uncertain bottom-six forward depth than the Canucks. If you look around the rest of the league, only Arizona, Ottawa, Detroit, New Jersey and Edmonton are real competitors for that crown.
If I'm Nico Sturm, I look at the Canucks and see a forward group that has five to six locks at best (one of whom's now out for the season), a whole bunch of other question marks and no surefire talent coming from the farm team. To me, it's not surprising that he'd consider signing here.
It saves us about 500k in cap space for 2 years, then saves us about 2.5 million in cap space for the final year. Not a ton, but also frees up a slot. We’re better off burying him in the minors like Gagner if he agrees to it. Or hopefully moving him to a team needing to reach the cap floor.