I feel that Miller and Pettersson's behaviour effectively closed our competitive window with this group. I'm up for major surgery on the forward corps.
The typical haul for Boeser should be a 1st + good prospect. I don't view O'Reilly as a good enough prospect.
I would do a Brock Star 75% retained + Hoglander for Easton Cowan and Pontus Holmberg
I suspect the Canucks will go to 6 years, and then Boeser is just weighing 6 with Vancouver vs. maybe someone offering up 7 on the open market.
Personally, I think if the Canucks go to 6, it gets done. And I can live with that. We're talking about a $1.25M AAV increase during a rising cap environment for a guy who's dependably put up 25-30 goals while also being a good dressing room guy and playoff performer. And I just don't see how we replace that without spending either the exact same or more on someone else in free agency, especially not on one who's not a fair bit older than Brock, who's still just 28.
I think it's a bit easy to dismiss him right now with pretty much the whole team underachieving offensively, but I think it'd be something we'd regret if we let him walk.
The typical haul for Boeser should be a 1st + good prospect. I don't view O'Reilly as a good enough prospect.
The next seven days are going to be pure chaos and I cannot wait for the action to start, probably tonight.
100% multiple trades are going down before the weekend is over.
Who's the broker and which team pays them?
Rick Dhaliwal's interview with Halford & Brough.
Elias Pettersson, Forward
- Last time he had more than 1 shot in a game was over a month ago
- Struggling offensively so not getting offensive zone starts
- Have tried to fix Pettersson; probably sat him down 100 times and talked to him
IMO $8M x 6 after what Boeser has provided this year is insane.
Trade Market
Boeser
- Teams are waiting on clarity on Mikko Rantanen and Brock Nelson
- Islanders will only add if they think they can win; difficult to predict what they’ll do; teams think Nelson will be available
- Jake Evans, Yanni Gourde, and Scott Laughton are available
- Blues will trade Brayden Schenn if a team meets their demands; thinks Maple Leafs really want him
- Teams want Easton Cowan, Fraser Minten, Ben Danford, and 2026 1st rounder from the Maple Leafs
- A lot of the rental players have a similar price with Laughton being a bit higher because he’s not a rental
- Mentions Nick Bjugstad and Luke Kunin
- Teams like Tommy Novak and were disappointed he wasn’t made available before signing his contract; his name is out there
- Doesn’t know how much interest there would be in Alexandar Georgiev
- Doesn’t think the negotiations are over and Boeser wants to stay
- When a team starts at 5 years, it says that they won’t go to 7 or 8 but could go to 6
- His current AAV is 6.65m and on a 5-6 year deal he would get a raise but not outrageously more; not going from 6.65m to 10m
- Comes down to how you structure the deal
Carson Soucy
- Canucks sent a fax to 31 teams telling them that Soucy is available
Confirmed: JR has banned everyone in the Canucks organization from using a fancy new computer thingy or a cellular device.