The cost will be large on LE.
Less so on Sutter.
There’s always a price for a deal and knowing Benning and him being allergic to picks, I can easily see picks being given away to get a deal done.
Detroit and Ottawa seem the likeliest of destinations (obviously).
Sutter and Loui are 2 different cases.
Sutter his deal expires in 2021. Not a great cap hit at $4.3 given that he doesn’t score enough and isn’t an elite defensive forward for that cap hit. But his deal expiring in 2021 is important because the Canucks have $20 mill of expiring contracts in 2021 with Sutter being one of those players. They would have to replace 4 roster places so that will cost between $3.6-$4 mill of the $20 mill that comes off. That leaves $16 mill to then transfer to Pettersson and Hughes who needs new deals. So what good does moving Sutter do if you are going to lock his cap hit onto another player with term? Would mean that they definitely need to shed a player with a contract for 21-22 season to gain cap room to sign the cornerstones.
Eriksson has 2 years left. It’s such a big cap hit and still $5 mill in cash. The assets required to move him are too high. Best case would be to retain 50% this he costs another team $1.25 mill per in actual cash. That is way more palatable under the covid situation.
Canucks really should not do anything unless on their big board they note down the salary cap for the 21-22 season and put in like $18 mill as a placeholder for Hughes and Pettersson. No contract should be offered to Tanev, Toffoli, Markstrom, or even moving out the guys whose contracts expires next season unless whatever they do with the cap space fits in after Hughes and Petey get their money.
just don’t know if this organization is capable of thinking past this season. Cause they went all in when they used up the last of the cap to sign Ferland without moving out Sven B first.