i dont know what you are on if you think Bear will cost anything significant on cap
Bear's contract plus OEL's buyout.
Bear is too small. A bandaid for a gapping wound.
Think playoffs. The Canucks would have the smallest defence, well they are pretty close now only Minny is smaller and they just lost a ton of games, Canucks would be even smaller
Both him and Hronek have had surgeries recently. Not all go as well as Hronek is right now.
They aren't like Tommy John surgery that actually improves the performance.
Most don't do as well as Hronek is right now. How long will it last?
How many NHL players have has shoulder surgery?
Virtanen did and he ended up hurting it again 4 times. Missed a lot ot games and never had the same wrist shot or hit as hard again.