The Canucks are in an odd position.
Our team, as it is currently composed, has a good number of forwards to protect in next summer's Expansion Draft, but our biggest key piece remain exempt on D. Hughes and Rathbone don't need protection (Tryamkin either), Edler is UFA (and 35 next year), as is Benn, and Tanev and Stecher might not merit protection due to contract status, or possibly leaving the team, and not many of us will weep if Myers is selected due to the length of his contract. Right now I have Juolevi, Rafferty and TBD being protected.
What does this have to do with you? Well if your team has a number of up and comers, with an already established D corps, it would be a natural fit for us to discuss relieving your burden. We have forwards, we have a great young goalie about to make the jump into a starting role behind a veteran player, we have picks (well next year) and prospects as well.
I'm not looking to twist arms and try the "well what are you going to do, lose them for nothing?" stuff here, but rather discuss moving a top 4 D to Vancouver at normal value.
There are a few catches, one of which being our cap situation. We are looking to move salary away from the team, so bonus points for any proposal that involves us removing cap, but we can't take on an 8 million dollar player for nothing but futures. Another is our top six situation. While I'm not outright opposed to moving someone like Boeser (I really like him on this team though) or Pearson, we're not give up someone like Pettersson or Horvat or Hughes for just any 4 D (or at all really). Our forward core is central to our team at the moment.
The obvious assets we have are Virtanen, Gaudette, Demko, Juolevi, Podkolzin, Tryamkin, Roussel, Beagle, Ferland, Myers, Baertschi, Sutter, Eriksson, Rafferty, Rathbone, DiPietro, Lind, Palmu, Karlsson, and I'd say any of our picks we still own (so not this year's first, pending the play ins, or second).
Have at it!
Our team, as it is currently composed, has a good number of forwards to protect in next summer's Expansion Draft, but our biggest key piece remain exempt on D. Hughes and Rathbone don't need protection (Tryamkin either), Edler is UFA (and 35 next year), as is Benn, and Tanev and Stecher might not merit protection due to contract status, or possibly leaving the team, and not many of us will weep if Myers is selected due to the length of his contract. Right now I have Juolevi, Rafferty and TBD being protected.
What does this have to do with you? Well if your team has a number of up and comers, with an already established D corps, it would be a natural fit for us to discuss relieving your burden. We have forwards, we have a great young goalie about to make the jump into a starting role behind a veteran player, we have picks (well next year) and prospects as well.
I'm not looking to twist arms and try the "well what are you going to do, lose them for nothing?" stuff here, but rather discuss moving a top 4 D to Vancouver at normal value.
There are a few catches, one of which being our cap situation. We are looking to move salary away from the team, so bonus points for any proposal that involves us removing cap, but we can't take on an 8 million dollar player for nothing but futures. Another is our top six situation. While I'm not outright opposed to moving someone like Boeser (I really like him on this team though) or Pearson, we're not give up someone like Pettersson or Horvat or Hughes for just any 4 D (or at all really). Our forward core is central to our team at the moment.
The obvious assets we have are Virtanen, Gaudette, Demko, Juolevi, Podkolzin, Tryamkin, Roussel, Beagle, Ferland, Myers, Baertschi, Sutter, Eriksson, Rafferty, Rathbone, DiPietro, Lind, Palmu, Karlsson, and I'd say any of our picks we still own (so not this year's first, pending the play ins, or second).
Have at it!
