1. Signing an offer sheet doesn't necessarily means he wants out. It means he want his contract demands met. Sebastian Aho basically said as much when he signed an OS from MTL, knowing CAR would match.
2. No one is signing Petey to a 1 year OS. It's idiotic. They'd pay 4 firsts with no guarantee of keeping the player long-term. AND per the CBA, you can't trade a player acquired by OS within a year, so you can't even recoup any assets if it doesn't go well. It's completely stupid. It's not happening.
3. You know what cripples a team? Losing a top-10 center. If you think this team is gonna contend by doing a Matthew Tkachuk 2.0 trade, I got a bridge to sell you. Top-end talent is what wins. If you don't have that, you might as well be rebuilding. Acquiring B-list assets from loser teams isn't going to build a winner.
You clearly did not think this through at all.
Literally no one. 0% chance.
Kuz was a cap dump, plain and simple.
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The offer sheet signing.
You really think Vancouver will not offer whatever he wants monetarily?
If he signs an offer sheet it is to force a trade for leaving simple as that.
I thought it through, after 4 years of hearing what Petey has said and wants it is clear, to play on a winner, to play for a cup and to wait and see what the Canucks are doing.
Are Vancouver building a winner or a team to fill the arena, they can be mutually the same but with the cap situation it is more likely Petey would just be a headliner to sell tickets rather then wins. Just like what happened with Rick Nash.
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A one year offer sheet would be NEGOTIATED between EP, his agent and whatever team.
A one year deal would be so he could re-sign the next contract for 8 years if he so chose to.
Negotiated means they would sell Petey on a plan. EP would be able to look at the team, see it's contract obligations, average age of the team and how many of the team are his age or younger and how the competitive that team has been, rising, falling or static. This is a fluke year by comparison to all teams in the league this year and unsustainable.
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Top ten center? EP has been on the team for 5 years, how is that winning streak going? Miller ditto, so two centers. And how many wins? Or wins vs loses?
So it appears having a top ten center(s) in the league is no guarantee of winning as demonstrated by the Canucks ..... what? Five times now?
Hey, last nights game EF said there have been some thoughts around the league about a possible Pettersson issue. Since Dahli reported the 8 year 12 million offered since July 15th there could be some blood in the water.
Combined with an older Rutherford slip about not talking about a Pettersson trade "at this time" so not to upset the team. This comment was 2 months ago.
At any rate your thought is sign Petey and have a winner? Hasn't worked so far and he was drafted almost 8 years ago. Now lets double his cap hit and lower the cap space at the same time.
Thought through? You bet I have. Sell when it isn't mandatory before it is necessary, while the team has the most leverage and time instead of just like Calgary and leave it to the last minute or sit on a decision until that decision is taken away from the team by time.
Maybe not right now but if the Canucks suddenly put Petey out there what do you think the response would be? Would they be ignored? Hardly, what they would get in return would make the return for Tkachuk look like a suggestion only, not even a starting point.
Undoubtedly Petey is a franchise player and they rarely if ever come up for trade talk.
For the Canucks to talk EP trade even now might get a staggering return beyond all recent trade deals this decade or longer.
If he continues to produce another 100 point season and maintains his increasing points per game and positive scoring numbers, +50 and Selke talk at 25 yrs old he might be the highest valued traded player.
What is the perfect team for EP to go to?
A team that has cap space, cap control and most of the players are in his age group. A team that has been closer than the Canucks year after year rather than an one hit wonder. A team most probably in the east where Pittsburgh, Washington, Tampa, Islanders and maybe Philly are in decline so teams like Columbus, Buffalo, Ottawa and even Montreal can fill the void.
The last couple of years Buffalo has been close.
Columbus looked to be getting there until this screwed up season.
Ottawa, Hamburgler again? Philly, that's Torts team, they play playoff games.
Then you have the western conference.
What if Arizona get a new arena and wants a "center" piece? What if they offered the Canucks 15 draft picks? Or more? They could offer up 20 draft picks over the next 3 years and still have more than 21 left after trades and a team with twice as many players EP's age and younger than the Canucks.
Rutherford has shown that one good off season can make a huge difference.
