Rumor: Drance of The Athletic Van - Mike Hoffman wants to go to team "x" but team "x" needs to move cap

[Canuck86]

Canucks fluke out into an expanded playoffs and go to game 7 of round 2...fans have high hopes this off season they can get rid of dead weight and improve team, especially when contracts are cheap and short term (something GM JB doesn't know) Yet here we sit going into another year with nothing but dead weight dragging the team down AND we likely got worse while sitting on our hands.

Rave all you want about JB finishing 6th in GM vote...guy put the team in cap hell, everyone LAUDS his drafting, Hughes was the obvious pick, EP was a nice choice obviously but I am sure Gradin had way more say on the player vs the couple times JB saw him.

All in all, Canucks can't do shit, might as well lock this pointless thread up.

2 more years of experience for the kids then things should look up once all the dead weight is gone!!

 

[lawrence]

I am sure Gradin had way more say on the player vs the couple times JB saw him.

the heck is this.....

 

[Ratsreign]

Waiting on FL to get Weegar signed, then they’ll know how much is cap is left to make a short term offer to Hoff.

 

[Estimated_Prophet]

Why the hell would Hoffman sign a show me deal?? He's not going to improve on his recent totals.

Because he missed the window to make some real money and wants to try again next season

 

[jd22]

thank G-d you are here for us . I was just sitting here playing dominoes while eating Domino’s . I hope that’s correct.

Hoffman to the Sharks for 1 year is as good of a guess as any .

I might just be peeing in the wind here, but maybe one by one we can spread the difference of "I am biased" or "I have a bias". Not the endless amounts of "I am bias" I see on here.

 

[lawrence]

Vancouver did not utilize their free buyout, which means, Hoffman is probably off the list unless some team is willing to trade for one of our overpaid players which won't happen because he's been trying to do that, and has happened so we are officially off the Hoffman sweepstake.

 

[Steve253]

Oilers are team X

 

[Albatros]

Because he missed the window to make some real money and wants to try again next season

Not to mention this season league revenue will be way down, so if there ever was a good time to wait another year now is the time.

 

[sinDer]

Why the hell would Hoffman sign a show me deal?? He's not going to improve on his recent totals.

Because we’re in 2020 and it’s a very special year. It’s a very bad timing for UFA because the market it what it is right now.

No team is going to « overpay » him for 4 or 5 years like it could have been the case in a normal year.

But the way it goes, not sure if the market is going to be better in one or two years from now.

 

[voxel]

Oilers are team X

Doubt it. Too many forwards signed and this isn’t the year to go all in.

Holland/McDavid supposedly have a plan. Next off season the Oilers can radically restructure when they have tons of cap.

 

[easton117]

the heck is this.....

This needed a Muhuhahahaha! at the end of it

 

[Fatass]

Vancouver did not utilize their free buyout, which means, Hoffman is probably off the list unless some team is willing to trade for one of our overpaid players which won't happen because he's been trying to do that, and has happened so we are officially off the Hoffman sweepstake.

Which proves, on this matter, Drance was “out to lunch.”

 

[Mr Positive]

Doubt it. Too many forwards signed and this isn’t the year to go all in.

Holland/McDavid supposedly have a plan. Next off season the Oilers can radically restructure when they have tons of cap.

I doubt it too, (and quite frankly I'm not a fan of the idea of getting him) but maybe the salary situation to resolve is waiting of Klefbom's LTIR status

 

[Bertuzzzi44]

Why would Vancouver sign him? They just lost a quarter of their roster due to cap issues.

 

[Eggtimer]

Devils make some sense . If on a one year . He will get tons of icetime , PP1 , no pressure playing in a huge market and team isn’t expected to compete. Put up decent numbers and come trade deadline he can be traded to a contender and show what he has in the playoffs. Cash in next year.
This is only if the Devils are not able to capitalize on getting a good piece or two by waiting it out on teams in cap trouble . I’d prefer the Devils wait and see what will happen with Tampa’s situation and Islanders etc. I’d rather wait on that before losing that opportunity by signing Hoffman now (with the huge assumption he would even want to )

 

[DudeWhereIsMakar]

This screams Columbus to me. If not Columbus probably Boston.

 

[LMFAO]

At this point Hoffman should go the Hall route and sign a 1 year deal and hope things are better next year.

 

[BB06]

At this point Hoffman should go the Hall route and sign a 1 year deal and hope things are better next year.

They won’t be. Even less money to go around next season without the 70 games of full attendance .

 

[Patagonia]

Why would Vancouver sign him? They just lost a quarter of their roster due to cap issues.

VAN has a young team and Hoffman is not the most likeable, doubt they’ll move payroll to make it work.

 

[rocketdan9]

Its funny how chill Hoffman is

How long is he going to wait to sign something?

Teams are settling their lineups as we speak

Just very non chalant it seems like

 

[Red Piller]

Why would Vancouver sign him? They just lost a quarter of their roster due to cap issues.

no they didn’t.
They refused to give those guys long term deals and rightfully so.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Dude thought he was going to cash in and came to find nobody was going to give him anywhere close to what he wanted...

 

[Red Piller]

VAN has a young team and Hoffman is not the most likeable, doubt they’ll move payroll to make it work.

speculation

 

[GOilers88]

VAN has a young team and Hoffman is not the most likeable, doubt they’ll move payroll to make it work.

How do you know he's not very well liked?

 

[Adele Dazeem]

Whichever team adds him is getting a guaranteed +20 goals to their GF count; maybe even upwards of +30 depending on supporting players on the PP.