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Maybe Livingstone and his agent are just being careful and doing their due diligence.

But the Canucks blueline is basically 'wide open'. If he shows anything, he's virtually guaranteed an NHL job. You'd think that might mean something to a young player.

But regardless of the outcome, Allvin has vowed that the Canucks blueline will be 're-made' in the offseason. So the Canucks will linked to every UFA d-man out there.
 
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Re-signing Bear and developing a young RHD with top 4 potential is almost the perfect scenario. They can't afford to go out and sign a top RHD right now even if they trade Myers. The money should be spent to acquire a legit 3C and a Defensive LHD to play behind Hughes. If they are able to acquire someone like Livingstone he could play sheltered third pairing minutes until ready to take a top 4 role. At his age it would take 1 year possibly two to make happen. If he is successful he would be taking on a top 4 role when ready for his next contract.
 
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VanJack said:
Maybe Livingstone and his agent are just being careful and doing their due diligence.

But the Canucks blueline is basically 'wide open'. If he shows anything, he's virtually guaranteed an NHL job. You'd think that might mean something to a young player.

But regardless of the outcome, Allvin has vowed that the Canucks blueline will be 're-made' in the offseason. So the Canucks will linked to every UFA d-man out there.
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I see the Canucks right side as being Hronek, Bear, Myers.

Management could manage to jettison Myers by packaging him with another significant asset, and they might end up letting Bear walk. If both those things happen, that would surely make the right side "wide open." But Livingstone and his agent would be foolish to count on those moves, so right now it doesn't look like there's much opportunity for him.
 
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I see the Canucks right side as being Hronek, Bear, Myers.

Management could manage to jettison Myers by packaging him with another significant asset, and they might end up letting Bear walk. If both those things happen, that would surely make the right side "wide open." But Livingstone and his agent would be foolish to count on those moves, so right now it doesn't look like there's much opportunity for him.
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I'd be shocked if Myers stays. At the very least they'll do a "similar bad contract swap" where the cap hit is lower but the real money is higher.
 
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I see the Canucks right side as being Hronek, Bear, Myers.

Management could manage to jettison Myers by packaging him with another significant asset, and they might end up letting Bear walk. If both those things happen, that would surely make the right side "wide open." But Livingstone and his agent would be foolish to count on those moves, so right now it doesn't look like there's much opportunity for him.
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It's not ideal but there is still the 4th RHD and with injuries he'd play quite a bit. Poolman is mystery threat, if he comes back and wants to play then things get very tight.
 
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It's not ideal but there is still the 4th RHD and with injuries he'd play quite a bit. Poolman is mystery threat, if he comes back and wants to play then things get very tight.
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Shhhh

If you dont talk about it it might go away
 
Looking at the current nhl blue lines and just overall rosters of teams below the Canucks in the standings, I see plenty of opportunity there too. I don’t think the Canucks are some obvious stand out option for college UFA’s. I mean look at the lineups the Hawks and Yotes are dressing.
 
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Looking at the current nhl blue lines and just overall rosters of teams below the Canucks in the standings, I see plenty of opportunity there too. I don’t think the Canucks are some obvious stand out option for college UFA’s. I mean look at the lineups the Hawks and Yotes are dressing.
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This. Detroit has space too. Nucks are in desperate need but doesn't mean they are the only option.
 
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I'd be shocked if Myers stays. At the very least they'll do a "similar bad contract swap" where the cap hit is lower but the real money is higher.
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Jettisoning Myers this off-season is an 'automatic' as far as I'm concerned. As soon as the last of his signing bonuses are paid on July1st, the final year of his salary becomes relatively affordable to any teams that are interested.

Reading between the lines, Allvin has said he wants to add a lot more 'size' on the back-end. So with one of their biggest d-men likely leaving, they'd be in the market for somebody like Livingstone.
 
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Jettisoning Myers this off-season is an 'automatic' as far as I'm concerned. As soon as the last of his signing bonuses are paid on July1st, the final year of his salary becomes relatively affordable to any teams that are interested.

Reading between the lines, Allvin has said he wants to add a lot more 'size' on the back-end. So with one of their biggest d-men likely leaving, they'd be in the market for somebody like Livingstone.
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The things is, everyone is spending the money on a Myers buyout, Pearson on LTIR, etc. but we need about 7mil NEXT offseason to re-sign Pettersson and Hronek. So, if we’re ditching Myers, we still have to save money for that.
 
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It's not ideal but there is still the 4th RHD and with injuries he'd play quite a bit. Poolman is mystery threat, if he comes back and wants to play then things get very tight.
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Maybe, but I wouldn't call that "wide open."
 
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Luck 6 said:
The things is, everyone is spending the money on a Myers buyout, Pearson on LTIR, etc. but we need about 7mil NEXT offseason to re-sign Pettersson and Hronek. So, if we’re ditching Myers, we still have to save money for that.
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yeah this makes me think they'll keep myers. they can't spend his money even if they move him because they have nothing other than beauvillier expiring in 2024 and a ~4 mil raise between pettersson and hronek probably isn't gonna get it done (let alone replace beauvillier). keeping him means they'll have at least 10 mil in space going into pettersson and hronek's raises. the only other real option is gambling on being able to move boeser in 2024
 
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VanJack said:
Jettisoning Myers this off-season is an 'automatic' as far as I'm concerned. As soon as the last of his signing bonuses are paid on July1st, the final year of his salary becomes relatively affordable to any teams that are interested.

Reading between the lines, Allvin has said he wants to add a lot more 'size' on the back-end. So with one of their biggest d-men likely leaving, they'd be in the market for somebody like Livingstone.
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I think very few teams will be interested. The cap hit remains high, and most teams are cap-strapped. The teams that aren't are likely on Myers' no-trade list. And everybody knows that the Canucks will be desperate to shed cap, so it'll be very hard to do without attaching assets. I'm very confident in predicting that the Canucks won't be able to get out from the Myers deal without it costing futures.
 
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His sources indicate that while the Canucks have talked and want him, Livingstone’s side hasn’t reciprocated that interest.

That’s how I interpret it.
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Maybe being a flames fan (reportedly) makes it difficult to join either the Canucks or the Oilers if he can help it.
 
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