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Here’s my spreadsheet for upcoming UFAs, each team’s cap situation, and a trade tracker. I update the spreadsheet daily. I use CapFriendly to create this list and AFP Analytics for the contract projections.

Edit: Spreadsheet has been updated with AFP's latest projections and I added a new section for RFAs.

Spoiler: UFAs By Position

Top-6 Forwards
Sam Reinhart	RW	28	8y/10.25m
Jake Guentzel	W	29	6y/7.94m
Steven Stamkos	LW/C	34	3y/6.30m
Jonathan Marchessault	W	33	3y/6.25m
Joe Pavelski	RW	39	1y/3.94m
Matt Duchene	RW/C	33	3y/6.46m
Sean Monahan	FW	29	3y/2.87m
Tyler Toffoli	W	32	5y/6.53m
Jonathan Drouin	W	29	4y/4.46m
Teuvo Teravainen	W	29	5y/6.13m
Vladimir Tarasenko	RW	32	3y/5.64m
Adam Henrique	LW/C	34	2y/4.60m
Chandler Stephenson	C/LW	30	5y/5.77m
Max Domi	C/RW	29	3y/4.17m
Patrick Kane	RW	35	2y/5.51m
Elias Lindholm	C/RW	29	7y/8.04m
Anthony Mantha	W	29	3y/4.40m
Daniel Sprong	W	27	3y/3.89m
Jake DeBrusk	W	27	5y/5.92m
David Perron	W	36	2y/2.80m
Tyler Bertuzzi	W	29	5y/6.00m
Anthony Duclair	W	28	3y/3.22m
Jason Zucker	W	32	3y/5.46m
Jack Roslovic	C/RW	27	3y/3.11m
Max Pacioretty	LW	35
Alexander Barabanov	W	30	3y/3.03m

Top-4 Defecemen
Shayne Gostisbehere	LD/RD	31	3y/4.38m
Brady Skjei	LD	30	6y/7.39m
Noah Hanifin	LD	27	7y/7.69m
Brandon Montour	RD	30	7y/8.71m
Oliver Ekman-Larsson	LD	32	3y/3.67m
Dylan DeMelo	RD	31	4y/5.07m
Sean Walker	LD/RD	29	4y/4.87m
Matt Roy	RD	29	4y/5.58m
TJ Brodie	LD/RD	34	3y/4.91m
Brenden Dillon	LD	33	2y/3.91m
Alexandre Carrier	RD	27	3y/3.57m
Nikita Zadorov	LD/RD	29	4y/5.10m
Chris Tanev	RD	34	3y/4.68m
Brett Pesce	RD	29	6y/6.72m
Matt Grzelcyk	LD	30	3y/4.07m
Oliver Kylington	LD/RD	27

Bottom-6 Forwards
James van Riemsdyk	W	35	1y/1.50m
Warren Foegele	W	28	4y/3.58m
Stefan Noesen	W	31	2y/3.23m
Danton Heinen	W	28
Tyler Johnson	FW	33
Alexander Wennberg	C	29	4y/4.21m
Jordan Martinook	W	31	2y/2.79m
Dakota Joshua	LW	28	3y/3.00m
Michael Amadio	W	28
Teddy Blueger	C/LW	29	2y/2.56m
Sam Lafferty	FW	29	2y/1.72m
Kiefer Sherwood	W	29
Mike Hoffman	LW	34	1y/1.86m
Tomas Tatar	W	33	1y/2.21m
Kyle Okposo	RW	36	1y/1.96m
Kasperi Kapanen	RW	27
Andrew Cogliano	LW	37
Jakob Silfverberg	W	33	2y/2.78m
Cal Clutterbuck	RW	36
Corey Perry	RW	39
Patrick Maroon	W	36
Yakov Trenin	LW/C	27	3y/3.33m
Dominik Kubalik	W	28	2y/1.34m
Anthony Beauvillier	W	27
Sam Carrick	C/RW	32
Tanner Pearson	LW	31
Zemgus Girgensons	LW/C	30	2y/1.74m
Colin Blackwell	C/RW	31
Brandon Duhaime	W	27
Nick Cousins	LW/C	30
Connor Brown	W	30
Joel Kiviranta	W	28
William Carrier	LW	29	3y/2.68m
Tyler Motte	W	29	3y/2.55m
Samuel Blais	W	28	1y/0.94m
Tyson Jost	C	26

Bottom-Pairing Defencemen
Erik Gustafsson	LD	32	3y/4.99m
Tyler Myers	RD	34	2y/2.67m
Justin Schultz	RD	33	2y/3.81m
Kevin Shattenkirk	RD	35	1y/1.37m
Jalen Chatfield	RD	28	3y/2.77m
Mike Reilly	LD	30	1y/1.24m
Dmitry Kulikov	LD/RD	33
Alec Martinez	LD	36	1y/1.7m
Tyson Barrie	RD	32	2y/3.72m
Jani Hakanpaa	RD	32	2y/2.38m
Vincent Desharnais	RD	28	2y/1.41m
Ian Cole	LD/RD	35	2y/3.09m
Matt Dumba	RD	29	3y/3.73m
Colin Miller	RD	31
Mark Giordano	LD	40	1y/3.11m
Marco Scandella	LD	34
Calvin De Haan	LD/RD	33
Josh Brown	RD	30
Ilya Lyubushkin	RD	30	1y/1.31m
Joel Edmundson	LD/RD	31
Troy Stecher	RD	30
Derek Forbort	LD	32
Erik Johnson	RD	36	1y/1.13m

Forward Depth
Christian Fischer	W	27
Craig Smith	RW	34
Victor Olofsson	W	28
Trevor Lewis	RW/C	37
Justin Bailey	RW	29
Kevin Stenlund	C/RW	27
Jeff Carter	RW/C	39
Ryan Carpenter	RW/C	33
Nicolas Aube-Kubel	RW	28	2y/1.53m
AJ Greer	W	27
Liam O'Brien	W	29
Chris Tierney	C	30
Mattias Janmark	W	31
Sam Gagner	RW/C	34
Brendan Smith	LD/RD	35
Eric Robinson	LW	29
Zach Parise	LW	39
Kevin Labanc	W	28	2y/1.94m
Fredrik Olofsson	C/LW	28
Alex Barre-Boulet	W	27
Matt Martin	W	35
Radim Zohorna	W	28
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare	C/LW	39
Tyler Pitlick	RW	32
Austin Watson	W	32
Tomas Nosek	LW/C	31
Jansen Harkins	LW	27
Rourke Chartier	C	28
Steven Lorentz	FW	28

Defensive Depth
Jack Johnson	LD	37
Vincent Desharnais	RD	28	2y/1.41m
Anthony Deangelo	RD	28	2y/1.80m
Jarred Tinordi	LD	32
Sebastian Aho	LD	28
Dakota Mermis	LD/RD	30
Jacob MacDonald	LD/RD	31
Dennis Gilbert	LD	27
Nikita Zaitsev	RD	32
Nick DeSimone	RD	29
Travis Dermott	LD/RD	27
Caleb Jones	LD/RD	27
Chad Ruhwedel	RD	34
William Lageson	LD/RD	28

Goaltenders
Cam Talbot	G	36	1y/1.89m
Ilya Samsonov	G	27	2y/3.26m
Alex Nedeljkovic	G	28	2y/2.00m
Kaapo Kahkonen	G	27	2y/2.93m
Scott Wedgewood	G	31	2y/1.57m
Casey DeSmith	G	32	1y/2.02m
Anthony Stolarz	G	30	2y/1.91m
James Reimar	G	36
Antti Raanta	G	35	1y/1.31m
David Rittich	G	31
Kevin Lankinen	G	29	1y/1.58m
Laurent Brossoit	G	31	2y/1.95m
Calvin Pickard	G	32
Martin Jones	G	34

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[vancityluongo]

i still like vinny desharnais as a third pairing option. the series changed when they got nurse away from ceci and with desharnais. him with dillon would be a mean, big third pairing.

my interpretation of that "ruthless" comment is that blueger, myers and zadorov are gone. i think all three can get much more than they can get here, both in terms of role and dollar amount from other teams.

 

[valkynax]

I celebrated the Canucks getting eliminated by having our entire family get covid and spending the next 48 hours in bed and/or dealing with very sick very small children while also packing a 103 degree fever myself. It's been grand.

Also all the coughing has re-injured cracked/separated ribs from a mtb crash last month.

Also Arsenal lost the EPL title chase.

I honestly don't even feel like talking about hockey right now. The way that series went was so utterly identical to the 2011 Finals (right down to the BS suspension) and just a total gut punch. I'll probably re-engage just before the draft.

Get better. My wife was sick, took care of her, and now I'm sick too haha.

After 7-8 years of taking it in the ASS from the Reign of Error, nothing really fazes me anymore.

 

[timw33]

I know term and SH% regression will be the problem, but boy it would be interesting to land a pure finishing talent like Marchessault at the right price.

I get the age concerns, but as others have pointed out he has a lot less hard NHL mileage on him compared to his contemporaries.

Toffoli may be a better target due to a known small sample fit with Pettersson, but skating a big concern.

 

[tyhee]

This would be more suitable for a Management Thread (do we even have one of those any more?) and I'm sorry if this has already been brought up, but have people noticed the immense amount of work that the Canucks' management has to do this offseason? It boggles my mind.

Forward: For the NHL, the Canucks have 10 forwards returning for next season, but that includes Mikheyev who they have to find a way to dump or hope that he comes back better next year with his injury woes behind him and able to produce. They have 4 NHL unrestricted free agents and that includes some major contributors in Lindholm and Joshua. Blueger is also notable. They have no 1st or 2nd round pick this summer so won't be getting any immediate help in the draft.

On the farm Raty, Karlsson, Bains, Lekkerimaki and Sasson are all possibles, but Lekkerimaki could probably use a year in the AHL and none of the others are going to fully replace Lindholm or Joshua next season.

The Canucks have some major work to do just to keep the forward group from being worse next season, much less improving on it.

Defence: Not including Tucker Poolman, only 3 returning players are under contract, Hughes, Soucy and Juulsen, probably ranking 1st, 4th and 7th on their 2023-24 depth chart. Just as they essentially rebuilt their defensive core last summer, they need to do it again this summer. They have serious decisions to make on Hronek, Myers and Zadorov, any or all of whom could conceivably be gone, especially with Hronek and Zadorov looking for big, big contracts and Myers reaching that age where finding a number that he can live with that works for his existing team can be difficult.

Goal: Only 3 goalies under contract for next season-Demko, Tolopilo and Young. They need to extend Silovs through agreement or arbitration and he'll be expected to be the backup next season. DeSmith is almost certainly gone despite his performance and popularity with the players because his spot is expected to be filled by Silovs. Tolopilo is almost certainly slated for Abbotsford and Young, who this season lost his starting position in junior, probably for Kalamazoo. The Canucks will need to find someone fairly cheap to provide some competition for Silovs at training camp who will hopefully share the net with Tolopilo in Abbotsford and perhaps will consider signing one more goalie for depth, although finding a place for him to play will be, as it was this year with Sawchenko, a problem. I expect the Canucks would be happy to have Sawchenko back next year, but he may want to find greener pastures.

Cap Space: The Canucks have about $27 million to play with, assuming they get long term injury relief on Poolman again next season. With that money they have to pay 9 players, more likely 10 to cover the salary when someone is on injured reserve but not long-term. That includes probably five defencemen. While I don't expect everyone to get what they want, the rumoured asking prices for Hronek ($8 million), Zadorov ($6 million), Lindholm ($9 million) plus perhaps $4 million for Myers would use up all of the available cap space with 5 or 6 players left to fill in the roster with no money left. Allvin may find ways to deal with the issue that don't hurt the team much but cap space is far tighter than one might expect with $27 million available and the team will have to look for players that will provide more value than what they cost in order to keep the team at or above the level it was this season.

Quite simply the Canucks have to find a way to get some available cap space this summer or they need to be really economical in filling in the roster. There just isn't enough cap space to keep everyone from this year's roster, much less keep what they want and strengthen the team for next season.

Young Talent/Prospects: With no 1st or 2nd pick in 2020, 1st, 3rd or 4th in 2021 and no 2nd in 2022 or 2023, there is a shortage of top end young talent in the system. None of the top producers-Miller, Boeser, Pettersson, Hughes and Demko-will be under the age of 25 next season. As well as competing during their current window, it would be nice if the Canucks can find some way to acquire some top young talent soon, but they have no 1st nor 2nd round pick this summer.

Patrik Allvin has an immense and difficult job to do this summer and over the next few years.

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

I celebrated the Canucks getting eliminated by having our entire family get covid and spending the next 48 hours in bed and/or dealing with very sick very small children while also packing a 103 degree fever myself. It's been grand.

Also all the coughing has re-injured cracked/separated ribs from a mtb crash last month.

Also Arsenal lost the EPL title chase.

I honestly don't even feel like talking about hockey right now. The way that series went was so utterly identical to the 2011 Finals (right down to the BS suspension) and just a total gut punch. I'll probably re-engage just before the draft.

First the Champions League and now the EPL title. Be cautious of going with David Raya as your starter going forward.

 

[Peen]

I celebrated the Canucks getting eliminated by having our entire family get covid and spending the next 48 hours in bed and/or dealing with very sick very small children while also packing a 103 degree fever myself. It's been grand.

Also all the coughing has re-injured cracked/separated ribs from a mtb crash last month.

Also Arsenal lost the EPL title chase.

I honestly don't even feel like talking about hockey right now. The way that series went was so utterly identical to the 2011 Finals (right down to the BS suspension) and just a total gut punch. I'll probably re-engage just before the draft.

Sorry to hear about 3/4ths of this.

Bolded, ha.

HA!

 

[MS]

Sorry to hear about 3/4ths of this.

Bolded, ha.

HA!

It's still better than being a Spurs fan and cheering happily as you watch your team intentionally lose and throw making the Champions League next year because another team is in their heads so badly.

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

I celebrated the Canucks getting eliminated by having our entire family get covid and spending the next 48 hours in bed and/or dealing with very sick very small children while also packing a 103 degree fever myself. It's been grand.

Also all the coughing has re-injured cracked/separated ribs from a mtb crash last month.

Also Arsenal lost the EPL title chase.

I honestly don't even feel like talking about hockey right now. The way that series went was so utterly identical to the 2011 Finals (right down to the BS suspension) and just a total gut punch. I'll probably re-engage just before the draft.

I wish you all the best in your recovery.

But as a Liverpool supporter, I was quite happy to see Arsenal lose.

 

[sandwichbird2023]

I think one safe assumption is that Allvin/JR will target bigger defensemen. Be it extending Z/Myers, signing UFAs like Dhillon/Edmundson, or trading for somebody who isn't on the radar at the moment. Tocc loves size on the back end, he mentioned that is one reason Vegas was so hard to play against. And we saw how effective the bottom 4 was to various degree with Soucy/Myers/Z/Cole. I don't think they will target specific players on the back end (all base on cost), but I do think they will target size.

I have no idea what they will do up front. Lindholm was great in the playoff but if we sign him, it will be really hard to make any meaningful improvement on the wings. Boeser's situation is going to be tricky too, he should be back by the start of the season, or he may need more time, nobody knows for sure, but he is unlikely to miss the whole season. So you have to budget enough cap space for him to come back, but you don't know exactly how much time he will miss and how to replace him when he is not in the lineup.

@MS get well soon, hope you and your family a speedy recovery.

 

[Peen]

@MS @Vector @ anyone else - RFA targets or guys to target on teams with limited cap space?

Braden Schneider? Shea Theodore? etc

 

[pitseleh]

I think one safe assumption is that Allvin/JR will target bigger defensemen. Be it extending Z/Myers, signing UFAs like Dhillon/Edmundson, or trading for somebody who isn't on the radar at the moment. Tocc loves size on the back end, he mentioned that is one reason Vegas was so hard to play against. And we saw how effective the bottom 4 was to various degree with Soucy/Myers/Z/Cole. I don't think they will target specific players on the back end (all base on cost), but I do think they will target size.

If nothing else, Tocchet and Foote can clearly draw blood from a stone when it comes to big defensive defenders known for having questionable hockey sense.

I think the team probably realizes they need one more puck mover on the back end, especially if the team is committed to playing Hughes and Hronek together. They’d be better off spending their money there than filling out the defence with players they can get for relatively cheap.

Brady Skjei would be interesting but he’s an American who has only ever played in the states so probably wouldn’t come here absent a big payday.

 

[bossram]

I would give Joel Edmundson 3 years 8 mil. He looked really good with Toronto. Also would look at TJ Brodie as a Cole replacement.

That's a no from me dawg. Too much money and term for Edmundson. His mobility is already pretty bad, and it's deteriorating.

I am actually quite interested in a cheap Brodie deal for depth. I think he could bounce back, he's previously been a Tanev-level defensive defenseman. But it seems like Brendan Dillon is already anointed as the Cole replacement for next season.

 

[Vector]

@MS @Vector @ anyone else - RFA targets or guys to target on teams with limited cap space?

Braden Schneider? Shea Theodore? etc

Working on the big sortable list for the spreadsheet.

The following teams are projected to have less than 5m in capspace after signing their RFAs so if these teams want to clear space this is probably who you target.

Senators:
Kelly Parker
Erik Brannstrom
Bors Katchouk
Shane Pinto
Mads Sogaard

Kings:
Quinton Byfield
Jordan Spence
Blake Lizotte
Carl Grundstrom
Arthur Kaliyev
Alex Turcotte

Islanders:
Simon Holmstrom
Oliver Wahlstrom
Kyle MacLean

Rangers:
Braden Schneider
Ryan Lindgren
Kaap Kakko

Lightning:
Waltteri Merela

Stars:
Thomas Harley
Sam Steel
Nils Lundqkvist
Ty Dellandrea

Of these teams, the Senators and Kings are most vulnerable. Kings only have David Rittich signed and no real starting goalie. Senators haven't done anything to change up the culture of the team. With those guys signed, that leaves the starts with just over 4m and only 17 roster spots filled. The big issue is which teams want to make a free agency splash.

 

[vancityluongo]

the move that i keep thinking about: would you guys do hronek for dylan strome?

allows the caps to get younger; they need an RHD to replace carlson soon and will have his money freeing up. ovechkin is playing with lapierre anyways, and mcmichael could move up the lineup. sandin-hronek becomes their version of hughes-hronek.

on our end, i think strome could be jt 2.0.

high pedigree power center who has not quite put it together yet but is signed to a very reasonable contract for the next 4 years, offering massive cost certainty, and is very much at a floor a good top-6 center. replaces lindholm in the lineup at effectively 2/3rds the cost, which frees up space and money to really pursue one or more of the big tickets ufa rhd's (tanev + montour or demelo).

thoughts?

 

[Vector]

the move that i keep thinking about: would you guys do hronek for dylan strome?

allows the caps to get younger; they need an RHD to replace carlson soon and will have his money freeing up. ovechkin is playing with lapierre anyways, and mcmichael could move up the lineup. sandin-hronek becomes their version of hughes-hronek.

on our end, i think strome could be jt 2.0.

high pedigree power center who has not quite put it together yet but is signed to a very reasonable contract for the next 4 years, offering massive cost certainty, and is very much at a floor a good top-6 center. replaces lindholm in the lineup at effectively 2/3rds the cost, which frees up space and money to really pursue one or more of the big tickets ufa rhd's (tanev + montour or demelo).

thoughts?

I don't think this is a good comparison. I've always heard Strome described as soft and he only had 12 hits all last season. By comparison. Miller had 200 last season and has always had a good amount of hits and hits taken. Strome has never had more than 23 in a season and doesn't exactly take a lot either.

 

[God]

the move that i keep thinking about: would you guys do hronek for dylan strome?

allows the caps to get younger; they need an RHD to replace carlson soon and will have his money freeing up. ovechkin is playing with lapierre anyways, and mcmichael could move up the lineup. sandin-hronek becomes their version of hughes-hronek.

on our end, i think strome could be jt 2.0.

high pedigree power center who has not quite put it together yet but is signed to a very reasonable contract for the next 4 years, offering massive cost certainty, and is very much at a floor a good top-6 center. replaces lindholm in the lineup at effectively 2/3rds the cost, which frees up space and money to really pursue one or more of the big tickets ufa rhd's (tanev + montour or demelo).

thoughts?

My impression of him in Chicago was always a bit one-dimensional, and I haven't seen much of him in Washington this past season. I don't know that he can be a matchup guy. With that said, I'm open to the idea given how sad our offensive creativity was with EP40 injured/depressed/whatever.

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

All this talk about the D but what about the wingers? Patrick Kane next to Pettersson?

I can already hear @Mr. Canucklehead running over here to say "hell no."

Ugh, there's not a ton of wingers available via UFA. Really think we may settle with Henrique, Duclair or Zucker.

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

Iorio + Protas for Hronek.

 

[sandwichbird2023]

If nothing else, Tocchet and Foote can clearly draw blood from a stone when it comes to big defensive defenders known for having questionable hockey sense.

I think the team probably realizes they need one more puck mover on the back end, especially if the team is committed to playing Hughes and Hronek together. They’d be better off spending their money there than filling out the defence with players they can get for relatively cheap.

Brady Skjei would be interesting but he’s an American who has only ever played in the states so probably wouldn’t come here absent a big payday.

Skjei will cost more than Z I think. He already has a cap hit of $5.25m on his last contract, and he put up excellent offensive number this season and playoff.

Depending on how Seattle see themselves for next season, I would go back and check on Larsson. He is a pending UFA, the Krakens might want to get some assets for him if he is not planning to extend. If we cannot get Hronek back at a reasonable salary, maybe trade him and use some of those assets to bring in Larsson?

Another "out there" idea, maybe trade Hronek + Mik for Buchnevich + Faulk? Assuming Hronek is stuck at $7.5m or above, him and Mik cost roughly $12.5m. Buch + Faulk cost $12.3m. Faulk cratered this past season but he was ok the previous 2, he is 32 years old and a RHD and can anchor PP2 so he replaces some of Hronek's role. He does have 3 more seasons left on his contract at $6.5m so thats pretty rough, but that is part of the cost of dumping Mik "for free". Buch would be a great linemate for either JTM or Petey. Just spitballing here.

 

[kinghock]

Working on the big sortable list for the spreadsheet.

The following teams are projected to have less than 5m in capspace after signing their RFAs so if these teams want to clear space this is probably who you target.

Senators:
Kelly Parker
Erik Brannstrom
Bors Katchouk
Shane Pinto
Mads Sogaard

Kings:
Quinton Byfield
Jordan Spence
Blake Lizotte
Carl Grundstrom
Arthur Kaliyev
Alex Turcotte

Islanders:
Simon Holmstrom
Oliver Wahlstrom
Kyle MacLean

Rangers:
Braden Schneider
Ryan Lindgren
Kaap Kakko

Lightning:
Waltteri Merela

Stars:
Thomas Harley
Sam Steel
Nils Lundqkvist
Ty Dellandrea

Of these teams, the Senators and Kings are most vulnerable. Kings only have David Rittich signed and no real starting goalie. Senators haven't done anything to change up the culture of the team. With those guys signed, that leaves the starts with just over 4m and only 17 roster spots filled. The big issue is which teams want to make a free agency splash.

Kings:
Quinton Byfield: forget about it.
Jordan Spence: real hockey trade for what Kings need.
Blake Lizotte; he is yours.
Carl Grundstrom; he is yours.
Arthur Kaliyev: real hockey trade for what Kings need.
Alex Turcotte; real hockey trade for what Kings need.

Kings will let Roy and Arvidsson walk, which give them money for staring goalie.

 

[ameselare]

All this talk about the D but what about the wingers? Patrick Kane next to Pettersson?

I can already hear @Mr. Canucklehead running over here to say "hell no."

Ugh, there's not a ton of wingers available via UFA. Really think we may settle with Henrique, Duclair or Zucker.

I think they will push for Guentzel or try to wrangle a winger via trade. We cannot do another season of mid dudes on Petey's wing.

Patrick Kane only wants to play for an Eastern Conference team, less travel.

 

[Vector]

Kings:
Quinton Byfield: forget about it.
Jordan Spence: real hockey trade for what Kings need.
Blake Lizotte; he is yours.
Carl Grundstrom; he is yours.
Arthur Kaliyev: real hockey trade for what Kings need.
Alex Turcotte; real hockey trade for what Kings need.

Kings will let Roy and Arvidsson walk, which give them money for staring goalie.

This just a list of the Kings RFAs, not who the Canucks or their fans should be interested in.

Kings currently have 19.9m in cap space with 13 players under contract. If the Kings sign each of their RFAs to AFP's contract projections that leaves them with 1.92m in space and no goaltender. The obvious route is to trade those RFAs, apart from Byfield, to clear space for goaltending and whatever else the Kings are looking for. That's either as straight hockey trade or for picks/prospects that then get turned into those pieces.

 

[I am toxic]

Until injuries to Hronek and others are known, it is too soon to make decisions on the back end.

Bring back Myers, for sure. Without a designated whipping boy - deserved or not - I won't know whom* to disparage.

*that's right, it's whom, not who. I'll use good grammer whenever the hell I please, suck it fratboys

 

[credulous]

Until injuries to Hronek and others are known, it is too soon to make decisions on the back end.

Bring back Myers, for sure. Without a designated whipping boy - deserved or not - I won't know whom* to disparage.

*that's right, it's whom, not who. I'll use good grammer whenever the hell I please, suck it fratboys

i am -- no joke -- absolutely shocked at how okay i am with the canucks bringing back myers for another 2-3 years

how did it come to this

 

[kinghock]

This just a list of the Kings RFAs, not who the Canucks or their fans should be interested in.

Kings currently have 19.9m in cap space with 13 players under contract. If the Kings sign each of their RFAs to AFP's contract projections that leaves them with 1.92m in space and no goaltender. The obvious route is to trade those RFAs, apart from Byfield, to clear space for goaltending and whatever else the Kings are looking for. That's either as straight hockey trade or for picks/prospects that then get turned into those pieces.

I think Kings will let Roy, Arvidsson, Lewis, Lizotte, Grundstrom and Talbot walk.
Next year they will have cheap players on their roster: Turcotte, Thomas, Lee and Hellenius.
I believe they also should trade Gavrikov and Moore, which should give them even more salaries flexibility.