i just think people who think the canucks MUST sign zadorov or lindholm or tanev or whatever are probably going to be disappointed
No doubt, I would be disappointed if they traded the most impactful defenceman under 30 yrs old.
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.
They don't need to be that ruthless. Most of that talk is these "shows" making stories. Maybe a little brown nosing up to the team to help negotiations.
Cap Space: The Canucks have about $27 million to play with, assuming they get long term injury relief on Poolman again next season.
Almost certainly IF Boeser does have clotting issues will be him put on LTIR, maybe until January. That is an additional 6.65 mil available for use for awhile any way, by January the team would not need the full 6.65 in cap space, more likely half that.
Fans in this market have witnessed so many bad contracts that have such long lasting impacts they have forgotten that the cap will have movement now.
Estimated or at least speculated increase are 5 million a year with maybe a couple of additional million here of there.
The other thing is also proper evaluation by position. Dmen don't get huge point totals. Those on the PP do put up a lot of points but those not getting very much PP time don't. But stopping one goal per game is just as important. Winning battles in the Dzone alone can contribute to more goals just because the other team can't win the puck back easily.
Lots of who to sign, even from sports shows. How is it possible to compare Zadorov to Lindholm? It's two different positions with different roles to play. Zadorov's first role is stopping the puck and getting it back in his own zone. This was a big issue when the Canucks had the smallest defence in the league, most of Benning's time here.
Why can't the team keep the key players of the playoffs and still improve?
The team spent just under 30 mil on defence last year, why do they have to spend too much more if more at all and keep most of this group together? I am pretty sure most fans were quite happy with the defence.
Sports shows are leading fans about how to think about these issues.
The spent 29.325 mil on all the defence or close to it. They could even keep Hronek if they added a mil to the total.
Hronek - 7.5
Zadorov - 6.25
Myers - 3.5
Soucy - 3.25
Hughes - 7.85
Juulsen - .775
Losing Cole might cause some pain but there is the entire current defence and for less than last year by 200K, 29.125 mil.
Forwards, they spent pretty much the rest.
What do they need to keep the same guys? Or improve.
Projected now with all but Blueger, Lafferty, Joshua and Lindholm not signed yet, 41.25 mil for forwards.
Well Boeser might come off the cap so subtract his hit of 6.65 taking what has been committed down to 34.6 mil.
That's EP, JTM, Mik, Gar, Hog, Pod, Suter, Aman, PDG all signed and sealed.
Now Mikheyev might be able to be moved with a little retention or sweetening with late picks.
So the team would have 27.2 mil to sign Joshua, Lindholm is that is what they want to do, Blueger and Lafferty that may cost 14 mil. OEL gets a raise so add another 2.35 mil. They will have around 10 mil for improvement..
This keeps pretty much the status quo, not good enough.
Who did I miss? I know I added Pod to the lineup so that might skew the amount cap space left.
Addition by subtraction and BB's situation as far as cap space.
Media shows are getting fans to say what they want them to say. There is no comparison of Zadorov to Lindholm on so many levels. Lindholm is 30 next year, on the downside but wanting a long term deal. Zadorov hitting his prime and wanting less. Not even close.
The playoffs could be used as a filter for those players to keep.
How much is 7 million compared to 110 million? Too much? Next year the cap goes up to an estimated 87.5 but with the Canadian team playing in the real season and the money for the new franchise that might go up into the 90's.
When doing contract don't make Benning's mistake and forget about the future. When he made a mistake with contracts it lasted for years, now JTMiller's 8 million won't look very bad after next year, it might even be considered quite a bargain.
Just trying to point out that what is being bantered around by sports shows is just creating unnecessary comparisons.
That is why I keep saying up to 7mil for 7 years for Zadorov will be a bargain in 4 years and he will still be in his prime and 7mil will be like 4 million now.
Media shows are making a huge issue of RHD. True they are rarer but not all winning teams have an equal mix.
Listen to the show on now, creating or saying fan anxiety over the cap.
They want a 30 yr old Guentzal at 9 million for 7 years, they really think fans haven't learned. Why aren't they saying Stamkos instead, he's old. He can't get 9 million from Tampa. Ludicrious
