Confirmed with Link: Canucks re-sign F Tyler Motte to 1-Year, $975K Deal (One-Way)

[Canucks1096]

I don’t mind the signing. His cap can be fully buried in Utica.

Can this cba still buried contacts?

I thought the nhl got rid of that because so many teams before when they have a bad contract. They just send the player down the ahl to get rid of that cap I thought the nhl didn't want so many Vets to be stuck in the ahl ( Wade Redden) and that's why they changed the rule.

 

[Fatass]

Can this cba still buried contacts?

I thought the nhl got rid of that because so many teams before when they have a bad contract. They just send the player down the ahl to get rid of that cap I thought the nhl didn't want so many Vets to be stuck in the ahl ( Wade Redden) and that's why they changed the rule.

I’m pretty sure a team can send vets to the AHL, but the team can only dress something like 4. The key word is dress. So Motte (I doubt he would get sent down) Schaller and especially Errikson can be buried in the AHL.

 

[Canucks1096]

I’m pretty sure a team can send vets to the AHL, but the team can only dress something like 4. The key word is dress. So Motte (I doubt he would get sent down) Schaller and especially Errikson can be buried in the AHL.

Yes team can send Vets to the ahl but I think the cap still counts.

 

[Nazzlind]

Yes team can send Vets to the ahl but I think the cap still counts.

Whenever a player is sent to the AHL, a certain portion of the cap hit is deducted depending on the actual salary cap ceiling.

So for this upcoming season, the portion deducted is just over $1 mil. In other words, any contract under the $1 mil deductible is not counted towards the cap if they get sent down.

 

[tradervik]

For all his speed, Motte was part of one the worst 4th lines in the NHL. It's amazing how much money the Canucks have invested in the bottom half of the lineup for such poor results.

 

[Boesersflow123]

Not bad I liked Motte, he brought energy and would pot a goal here and there. Probably just a depth signing between him and Roussel.

 

[Dab]

Brings more than Loui at 1/7th the cost.

 

[orcatown]

Good speed and good positional player. Green loves the players that get in on the forecheck and try to establish o-zone time. Lagged at times last year when overused but overall had good year. Work ethic can not be questioned.

However, unlikely he will ever improve much.

 

[David Bruce Banner]

Brings more than Loui at 1/7th the cost.

If you gave Loui Motte's motor, he'd be worth his money. If you gave Motte Loui's motor, he wouldn't make a beer league team.

 

[VanJack]

An energy forward who brings it most nights, and earning under $1m a season. Hard to argue with that.

If you want to aim some brickbats at some of the Cancusks' bottom of the lineup forwards, Motte seems like a poor target. Now Beagle and Schaller, on the other hand, that's a totally different story.

 

[Javaman]

I don't have an issue with signing Motte for this amount.

I only have an issue with the idea that Motte is a player we must bring back or must spend assets to acquire in the first place.

 

[Canucks1096]

Motte and Beagle on the 4th line, that mean the puck won't be going anywhere close to the offensive zone. We know Beagle is not going anywhere. That means Motte needs to go.

 

[Bertuzzzi44]

Plays his role perfectly; cheap young gritty penalty killing 4th liner.

 

[VanJack]

Always loved what Motte brings to the table night after night, but stapling him to the Beagle line seems like cruel and unusual punishment by the coach. I mean that line centered by Beagle is a 'black hole' in terms of zone possession time. And for three quarters of the season either Schaller or Eriksson were the other wingers.

For the analytics purists, that line has been the equivalent of the "Nightmare on Elm Street".'Free Motte' should be the rallying cry.