Benning has been trying to move the usual crap contracts for months but now he is magically going to wish harder that a team is going to want one of them ?
He never attached any assets to make cap room when his MVP goalie was a UFA but now he might to sign Hoffman ? Whaaaaat.
Again,
CAP wasnt the issue with Markstrom.
Van had over 15 million in cap space this summer. They could have signed Markstrom to 8 mil a year if they wanted.
But they didnt want to commit because Markstrom wanted (and got) a No Movement Clause.
giving Markstrom an NMC means bye bye to Thatcher Demko and that was a non starter and rightfully so for the Canucks.
6 years I believe is also something they didnt want to go forward with Markstrom.
Great for Markstrom and his Agent tho, they were able to get a 36 mil contract in a flat cap, during a low economy, for a 30 yr old coming off an injury filled season. Markstrom hit the jackpot