Totally agree. I’m okay to move off Blueger but don’t know how much that moves the needle.
I would be very surprised if they moved him. True C, probably their best PK forward (top 2 for sure). Neither Raty nor Sasson likely to carry the PK water, so unless they find an all situations #2, saving $900k by moving a very reliable bottom 6 C would be foolish IMO. he's also an asset they could move at the deadline next year if the season goes pete tong.
Karlsson, Raty, and Sasson should all be in the line up next year. They should look at moving Blueger and seek to fill that 4C spot with one of the C’s.
I wonder if they entertain moving Garland if they think Hoglander and or Sherwood can replace some or all of his production. He is a positive asset with 1 year remaining now and consecutive seasons averaging 50~ points.
Garland is Hughes' closest fried on the team. People have suggested, despite the warts, bringing in Norris/Zegras (potentially at a significant cost) as they're Quinn's friends and may fill a hole in the top 6. Obviously the return would be a relevant part of the equation, but making another hole in the top 6, while trading away his friend would be unwise IMO.
If the Canucks are, by the objective results of this season, losers, then it follows that we are all losers.
50 points and he's the 3C? That's championship caliber, we should be so lucky!
Both Blueger and Suter are our top PK forwards, if we lose Suter to UFA and trade Blueger, our PK will take a huge hit. I can understand walking away from Suter if he gets crazy money in UFA, but Blueger is under contract for a reasonable price, I don't think its worth the minimal saving to move off him and potentially sink our PK back to the low 70% again.
This is akin to people wanting to gift Silovs the #2 goalie position after last season. These are not proven NHLers. Raty will probably be pencilled in for a spot on the roster; the other two have to earn it.
Speaking to a former agent, they seem to think this management group is ridiculously inconsistent in negotiations. It must be incredibly frustrating to do any sort of negotiations with them as they either play hardball and reach an impasse or quickly proceed through a process with zero f***s.
I thought big cap implications? Big meaning with the OEL buyout hit, the team will have very little room to maneuver given the holes that need to be filled up front
He’s also not going to be a big point getting like Hughes. So his bonuses are more ice time and plus/minus and stuff like that, which are the ones he could hit. But like you said, that is if he earns it and barring injury, Canucks would expect Hronek and Myers to play more and they have Quinn and Marcus on the left to make their top 4 in ice time.
My understanding, and I can be wrong here, is that the team needs to either 1) save some cap space for the upcoming 2025-26 season for the bonus in case the player hits it, or 2) let it slide to the season after if the team doesn't have the cap space at end of the season once it is determined whether the criteria is met.
It’s also a bit more annoying to deal with LTIR in terms of establishing your bonus pool. But that would be a weird reason to make this a hill to die on with your top prospect, especially if he is willing to not burn a year of his ELC.
I mean his statement is not wrong.
