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Some Important Off-Season Dates

Buyout Period: 48 hours after the SCF; players without NMCs must be placed on unconditional waivers 24 hours prior (another buyout period opens if a team has a player file for arbitration)
Team-Elected Arbitration: 48 hours after the SCF
Draft Day 01: June 28th
Draft Day 02: June 29th
Qualifying Offer Date: July 1st
Free Agency Opens: July 1st, 9am PST
Summer Development Camp: July 1st-4th
Player-Elected Arbitration: July 5th
Young Stars Classic Tournament: Sep. 13th-16th

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[SelltheTeamFrancesco]

Both posts are on the same page and both are different Taj tweets.

My bad. I am going blame it on allergies irritating my eyes.

 

[rypper]

Be pretty cool if we did sign a bunch of our targets for less then the silver fox is predicting.

 

[brock hughes007]

Agreed, if you can dump Mikheyev in order to sign one of Joshua or Zadorov then I would be a happy man.

They better be

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

Bring Guentzel home.

 

[Wisp]

so if we get guentzel it's like we traded for him at the tdl and then he had a weird injury that made him play like lindholm to the end of the season and playoffs and then we re-upped him and didn't have to give him 8 years?

so the first rounder was not wasted?

asking for a swedish friend.

They moved salary obligations for Kuzmenko this season so the trade was already not wasted.

 

[Bourne Endeavor]

YOLO.

Good to know Guentzel's signing for 9M now.

 

[dez]

3rd and 5th for Guenzel
Lindholm for a 3rd
Get it done JR.

 

[Vector]

3rd and 5th for Guenzel
Lindholm for a 3rd
Get it done JR.

@I am toxic rolling in his grave.

 

[PavelBure10]

Do whatever you can to dish off Mikheyev. Collect the pick for trading Lindholms rights and trade it with Mikheyev. Do whatever it takes. I will be mighty pissed if we lose out on Zadorov and Joshua and still have the crest shooter in the lineup in the 24/25 season. Regardless if we pick up Guentzel, having Mikheyev in the lineup instead of Zadorov or Joshua would be a disaster. Time to get creative Allvin.

 

[arttk]

Can only sign players to 8 year contracts if they've been with the team since the trade deadline at the latest.

They could do a sign and trade with the Canes to get an 8th year though

Sign and trade !

 

[ManVanFan]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1803571020277883284

 

[rypper]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1803571020277883284

I wonder if he's going to use Gaborik's bbq guy?

 

[arttk]

I wonder if he's going to use Gaborik's bbq guy?

Sakic’s bbq guy is way better

 

[Diamonddog01]

Suter (1.6) – Miller (8) – Boeser (6.65)
Guentzel (9.5) – Petterson (11.6) – RW (2.25)
Duhaime (1.5) – Blueger (2.25) – Garland (4.95)
Hoglander (1.1) – Aman (0.825) – Podkolzin (1)
Plug (0.8)

Hughes (7.85) – Hronek (7.25)
Zadorov (4.75) – Liljegren (3)
Soucy (3.25) – Juulsen (0.775)
Friedman (0.775)

Demko (5)
Silovs (1)

OEL (2.34)

Things are getting tight. Can replace Lijegren with Myers (and probably more realistic) but I do agree that we need a bit more puck movement from the other two pairings. Couple of things, this assumes that

Mikheyev moved w/o retention
Poolman contract moved
22 man roster
Plug can be Raty who whomever

Might be a tad low on Duhaime. One option is to slot Hoglander into the RW spot on the 2nd line obviously but a) I don't feel he's quite there yet and b) that's a small 1B / 2nd line. Not really sure who would be a good target or fit there.

 

[JT Milker]

If they sign Guentzel, it’ll be

Hughes Hronek
Soucy Myers
Dillon Juulsen/Friedman

 

[krutovsdonut]

They moved salary obligations for Kuzmenko this season so the trade was already not wasted.

you mean where we gave away a recent 40 goal scorer who immediately reverted to a 40 goal pace on his new team?

i get the rationale for moving kuzmenko but it does not feel like good value for a 1st round pick to have moved him.

 

[Izzy Goodenough]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1803571020277883284

Isn't this where the player and his family realize that Vancouver is an intrusive Gong show and sign somewhere else...

 

[ManVanFan]

Canucks have a 3rd round pick this year, they should just draft a player like Guentzal. Save themselves 9.5M dollars a year for 7 years.

 

[DimitriL07]

JT showing him the ropes around North Van

 

[Diamonddog01]

If they sign Guentzel, it’ll be

Hughes Hronek
Soucy Myers
Dillon Juulsen/Friedman

Most likely. I would prefer Liljegren, and management specifically indicated that they needed more puck movement from the back end, but this is more realistic as I said. I wonder if the Zadorov "patience" is whether the team lands Guentzel or not - there is a path to sign both however.

 

[alternate]

Am I the only one who's butt puckers at $9.5m for Guentzal? Better work out or window slams shut.

I'm also starting to have doubts about Myers being back. All the "still work to be done" reports seem like code for "I'd be leaving HOW much on the table??" Starting to think he's going to sign a silly contract elsewhere.

 

[ManVanFan]

Most likely. I would prefer Liljegren, and management specifically indicated that they needed more puck movement from the back end, but this is more realistic as I said. I wonder if the Zadorov "patience" is whether the team lands Guentzel or not - there is a path to sign both however.

I'm all for the best players but a defence that could have Hughes, Hronek, Willander, Liljegren is small.

 

[credulous]

Am I the only one who's butt puckers at $9.5m for Guentzal? Better work out or window slams shut.

I'm also starting to have doubts about Myers being back. All the "still work to be done" reports seem like code for "I'd be leaving HOW much on the table??" Starting to think he's going to sign a silly contract elsewhere.

i think guentzel is probably the right move for this team at this time, but yeah, the way the contracts are structured they need to be an elite team right away or they're probably going to be good-at-best/mediocre for nearly a decade. half the cap would be tied up in miller, pettersson, guentzel, hronek and hughes

 

[Diamonddog01]

I'm all for the best players but a defence that could have Hughes, Hronek, Willander, Liljegren is small.

For sure. Which is another factor in all of this - size matters (on defence and in the playoffs ).

 

[pitseleh]

May have missed it being posted before, but Drance with a new article today on the team’s priorities:

This is a team that thinks their core group is close to contending credibly for the Stanley Cup, but that still believes they need to upgrade their defence corps while — perhaps more importantly — adding an established, star-level scoring winger into the mix.

…

Now, the top priority is to find that difference-making player — another Hronek — to further elevate this team. To push it over the top.

Ideally that player is a top-line winger, and the team is excited internally about some of the forward possibilities that are currently bound for the open market on July 1. Make no mistake though, further blue-line upgrades are viewed as essential too.

Drance: What Filip Hronek's extension tells us about the Canucks' offseason plans

Hronek's extension reinforces the specific brand of aggression that has become typical and characteristic of this Canucks front office.

www.nytimes.com