The team has allowed the media to unleash the hounds on him and the casuals will predictably follow suit.
Player Discussion Loui Eriksson, Pt. III
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The team has allowed the media to unleash the hounds on him and the casuals will predictably follow suit.
IceColdOx
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Found an argument that Loui might not even have the worst contract on the team.
Nikolay Goldobin May Be Vancouver Canucks Most Troublesome Contract
Nikolay Goldobin May Be Vancouver Canucks Most Troublesome Contract
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What a terrible article. How can Goldobin possibly be the Canucks worst contract? He's still an RFA with no arbitration rights. The Canucks can simply come in with a low-ball offer, and if he balks, it's off the KHL for Goldy. How can that possibly be 'troublesome' for anyone in the Canucks front office, compared to albatross and untradeable contracts for Eriksson and Beagle?
ProstheticConscience
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Well that was pretty much awful. Would encourage nobody to read that and support it with clicks.
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That's adorable.
I feel a great deal of pity for those who actually believe this pile of pig excrement.
ChilliBilly
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Dumb question. If LE contract is so bad, why don't t hey just buy him out. It wouldn't cost much, they already have paid him most of his remaining salary in bonuses haven't they.
It doesnt help them, it actually would cost them more (cap hit) to buy him out than playing him in the next 2 years.
If you keep playing him you have a bottom 6 forward that counts 6m against the cap. If you buy him out, the cap penalty is 5.56m and then you have to pay another player to take that roster spot. Minimum salary is about 750k I believe so you actually spend at least ~300k more in cap hit if you buy him out. The only savings would be in 21-22 when the buy out cap penalty would be 3.56m but then you get hit with another 556k cap hit over the following 3 seasons.
Thats why the contract is called "buyout proof". Costs more than it saves.
Edit: Capfriendly buyout calculator for Eriksson
Loui Eriksson Contract Buyout Details - CapFriendly - NHL Salary Caps
PuckMunchkin
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It is a thing of beauty by Louis agent.
RebuildinVan
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Yeah, this.
Were stuck with the guy. The only way out I think is sending him to Utica and him refusing to report, maybe get him on breach of contract or he says hell with it and bolts back home
TraderJim
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The Sedins will play until they are 40 and Ericsson has shown great chemistry with them in over-sea tournaments. This is a match made in heaven. At worse we can trade Ericsson for a 1st rounder if it doesn't work out. Overall this has been a great free agency and I would personally like to thank Benning for bringing in such a high profile free agent. Things are really going to turn around quick. Eat your heart out Gillis!
Megaterio Llamas
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I believe what Green said is not a lie.
But, what happens when you have a fat man breathing down your neck demanding you to play Eriksson AND make him look like a good player?
The evidence suggests that your team will probably suck.
Megaterio Llamas
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ProstheticConscience
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Agent007
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Technically he’s owed $9m and while yes it’s a long shot there is a recent example of a guy leaving $10m+ on the table. Berglund left roughly $12m on the table when his contract terminated.
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Berglund was also "only" 30 compared to the six million dollar man 34. I can only guess Berglund figured he still have a few good years left in him (that he could play overseas). Loui E is like Roger Moore in a View to a Kill (getting a bit long in the tooth at that point).
Cap hit aside, unless Eriksson declines quite a bit, he's still going to be good enough to make this team. But it's an interesting comment from Green for sure.
Megaterio Llamas
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The message obviously seems to have the blessing of management (which would include Mr Aquilini imho) so it's possible that Green has the support to cut Loui if he doesn't like what he sees from him in camp. They seem to have finally chalked it up as a mistake that they're willing to move on from and they might even be in a place with it where they'll enjoy the idea of Loui riding the bus and braving the bitter Mohawk Valley winter winds while they save the meager cap dollars involved.
I agree that he's still decent bottom six material but we have too many bottom of the roster forward types hanging about, something does have to give and maybe part of that will be Loui? Jimbo does not seem quite so enamored of those 'little things' that Loui brings anymore.
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