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[Vector]

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Some Important Off-Season Dates

Buyout Period: June 27th, evening; 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). This buyout period ends June 30th. 8:00pm.
Team-Elected Arbitration: June 26th, evening
NHL Awards: June 27th
Draft Day 01: June 28th
Draft Day 02: June 29th
Qualifying Offer Date: June 30th
8-Year Contract Deadline: June 30th, 9pm PST
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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[wonton15]

It’s really over

 

[Josepho]

If we leave our top 6 upgrades until the deadline, who will actually be available?

Crosby - longshot
Buchnevich?

Who else?

Philadelphia is probably the most interesting trade partner. It'll be difficult to know what teams fall out of the playoff picture until it happens, but I can't imagine Brady Tkachuk has too much more patience in Ottawa.

 

[StickShift]

I am fine with the Canucks doing nothing substantial/long-term up front tomorrow and reserving cap-space. Keep that powder dry and have the cap space ready if a premium player hits the market mid-season.

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

I wonder if Reinhart will go to FA now that Guentzel is off the table. His contract value just went up.

I am fine with the Canucks doing nothing substantial/long-term up front tomorrow and reserving cap-space. Keep that powder dry and have the cap space ready if a premium player hits the market mid-season.

So we can give up more assets to acquire them?

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

It’s really over

Anyone thinking he was coming here after Tbay traded for his rights was/is completely delusional.

History has shown that Tbay gets shit done when they want to.

 

[Vector]

This makes the next 48 hours incredibly interesting.

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

This is just the reality of being a small market Canadian team. Other Southern or major metropolitan markets have a huge comparative advantage including the tax factor

Just wait it out until and dip into the bargain bin in August or aim for some PTO's in September.

 

[ziploc]

Again, we CAN load up the D and put EP with Joshua and Garland, then fill the third line with a couple of cheaper FA signings. That could be option D or E if things don't work out with Reinhart or another top winger tomorrow.

 

[Josepho]

So we can give up more assets to acquire them?

This is still a better option than not doing anything, or signing middling free agents to bad contracts that you'll have to give up assets to get rid of in a few years.

 

[Rowlet]

If we leave our top 6 upgrades until the deadline, who will actually be available?

Crosby - longshot
Buchnevich?

Who else?

Realistically, the ones who are on bad teams, that are upcoming UFA's that might be moved include:

Nyquist
Konecny
Giroux
Buchnevich
Vatrano
Palmieri
Nelson

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

Every star free agent either signs in New York or Florida. Tavares was the exception.

 

[MS]

Too many US teams were interested in Guentzel and he had no reason to go this far from home. It was a pipe dream.

 

[SelltheTeamFrancesco]

If we land Reinhart I take back what I said about Guentzel. Reinhart >>>> Guentzel, Guentzel sucks never wanted him anyway.

 

[Vector]

 

[Vector]

I blame Meruelo.

 

[StickShift]

Every star free agent either signs in New York or Florida. Tavares was the exception.

Florida, New York metro, or Vegas.

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

Every star free agent either signs in New York or Florida. Tavares was the exception.

Not every star!

 

[Kryten]

This is just the reality of being a small market Canadian team. Other Southern or major metropolitan markets have a huge comparative advantage including the tax factor

Just wait it out until and dip into the bargain bin in August or aim for some PTO's in September.

Small market?

 

[canuckking1]

Not a fan of a 60 goal scorer that has gotten selke votes?

Yeah, I'm not a fan of signing a guy who shot 25% this year and has poor skating to a bloated contract. I don't think that should be an unpopular opinion

 

[Vector]

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807578566982344945

There goes another one.

 

[TruGr1t]

Yeah, I'm not a fan of signing a guy who shot 25% this year and has poor skating to a bloated contract. I don't think that should be an unpopular opinion

The reality is big UFAs don’t really sign here. Reinhart you got a bit of a leg up due to him being local and just having won the Cup. It is not an opportunity that happens all that often with the cap space we have.

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

Again, we CAN load up the D and put EP with Joshua and Garland, then fill the third line with a couple of cheaper FA signings. That could be option D or E if things don't work out with Reinhart or another top winger tomorrow.

But that’s a complete step backwards from last year.

Allvin already said the team was not good enough.

So you make the 3rd line the 2nd line (even though they played that way last year with Teddy)?

More is expected.

Lets see if Allvin can actually do it or it was all talk.

 

[Bleach Clean]

Damn it VAN should have traded for his rights.

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

Too many US teams were interested in Guentzel and he had no reason to go this far from home. It was a pipe dream.

It's true. Reinhart is a much more likely scenario because of the home connection. But he still has to want to do that. Lots of guys don't.