So they didn't qualify him...to give him a bigger raise.
That’s based on your assumption that he would simply sign his QO.So they didn't qualify him...to give him a bigger raise.
Forgot about expansion. I guess that's a positive. The only positive.Basically a 'show me' contract...he's still an RFA at the end of the season....Canucks can either re-sign him or expose him to Seattle because he'll have the requisite number of NHL games to be eligible. No lose situation really.
He wouldn't have taken that and likely it would have gone to arbitration where he could have argued for a lot more and possibly have gotten it. He sucks, but if they were bringing him back then $ wise it's likely the best they could have done.His qualifying offer was 800k but they didnt qualify him....
I guess they want to give him a new fancy sports car?
Makes sense, and as others mentioned, there is another expansion draft coming upHe wouldn't have taken that and likely it would have gone to arbitration where he could have argued for a lot more and possibly have gotten it. He sucks, but if they were bringing him back then $ wise it's likely the best they could have done.
smart move if the expansion is the actually factor why they resigned himBasically a 'show me' contract...he's still an RFA at the end of the season....Canucks can either re-sign him or expose him to Seattle because he'll have the requisite number of NHL games to be eligible. No lose situation really.
It's never a bad thing to have one extra player you can potentially exposed in the expansion draft that you wont miss at allAre people really bringing up the expansion draft as the reason for signing him?
They already signed Biega and Bachman - they are covered at those two positions for the draft. They have tons of bad forwards, they are covered there too. Don't use "expansion" as an excuse for bad decisions.
I'm just so tired of this management group's moves that I don't even have the energy to comment specifically on this player.
You can paste this post into the past Granlund thread and the future Nic Dowd thread.