50% retained ($3.325M) should be pretty valuable for a team looking for a top 6 scorer that is 28 soon. He’s averaged pretty much 1st line production rate his entire career.
Contract talks haven’t gone far and both sides don’t seem to be very close at all. Management will want to get assets for him if they can’t agree on an extension this month and to not risk losing him for nothing. There is zero chance management will keep him past the deadline without an extension even if the Canucks are in the wild card.
Contract talks haven’t gone far and both sides don’t seem to be very close at all. Management will want to get assets for him if they can’t agree on an extension this month and to not risk losing him for nothing. There is zero chance management will keep him past the deadline without an extension even if the Canucks are in the wild card.