Confirmed with Link: Canucks Re-Sign Teddy Blueger to 2y/1.8m

[LordBacon]

Big W

 

[MarkusNaslund19]

Unreal contract. Just fantastic. Underrated by casuals who don't see all of the ways he contributes, but a fantastic 3.5ish center and good penalty killer. Puck hound, with really good defensive I.Q. and some slightly underrated offensive I.Q. when playing with offensive creators.

 

[oceanchild]

 

[ProviesGhost]

Nice! Let’s hope this trend of “wanting to be here” continues and is reflected in the numbers. We need our good guys back and a couple big additions.

 

[geebster]

High IQ player who is useful in all situations. Type of guy Benning would sign for around 3.5 ish million (percent of cap today that he gave Beagle in 2018). Another win of a move.

 

[Regress2TheMeme]

What a relief to have some of this teams defensive backbone returning at a cap friendly price and term. I never want to go back to the days of having a historically bad PK.

 

[arttk]

Not sure I'm too pumped about this.....seems like treading water to me, bringing back Blueger.

I get that he's good in the faceoff dot and on the PK.....but also had a 30-game goal-less drought last season on a team that was one of the highest scoring in the NHL.

Bottom line, the Canucks need a lot more offense from all their bottom-six forwards, especially Blueger. And checking his career stats on Hockey DB, there's no indication Blueger can deliver.

Hard not to argue that surely there were some better options than that out there on the UFA market.

This is more of a lock down the floor type of move and for 1.8M that’s a fine move.
I imagine that we will spend majority of the money now on the top6

 

[StrictlyCommercial]

Awesome deal. That gives another $200-400k for Joshua or Zadorov.

 

[StrictlyCommercial]

Yes, very comparable to this

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Now do it cap-adjusted!

 

[Rick Rocket]

Sweet deal!!

 

[AwesomeInTheory]

That's a fantastic signing. He performs at a 3-3.5M value

He plays nothing like Roussel, wtf.

Apologise for your insult.

 

[alternate]

Nice! Let’s hope this trend of “wanting to be here” continues

Except for Mikheyev

 

[PavelBure10]

Fantastic signing. Blueger liked it here so much that he taken a hometown discount when he could've received more on the open market. Love it. Blueger is fantastic on the PK and is so good defensively, so happy to have him back.

I have 100% confidence in Allvin.

 

[Luck 6]

About 0.2mil less than expected on a 2 year deal. Pretty good if you ask me. We can play him at 3C quite respectably: 53.1% on the draw, 33 point pace, good now way player. A lot of people are saying he’s a 4C, I’d say he’s a bit better than your average 4C.

 

[Regal]

Hard to complain about this. Might not be a great 3C but played well with Garland on the third line and is a strong 4C if he plays there instead. Fits well on the team, a big part of the PK. It’s pretty cheap considering you’re not going to find many vet replacements under 2, and being only 2 years means it’s easy to chuck if he regresses.

 

[SopelFanThe3rd]

So happy!!!! He is maybe my fav Canuck.

Joshua and Zadorov would be smart to stay here for less. They will have more opportunity and success in this system than anywhere else.

 

[Jyrki]

Good caphit without committing too hard. For a great defensive center who can fill in as 3C competently you really can't complain.

 

[F A N]

Love this. I am kind of surprised Blueger didn’t test the market again. I wonder if the Canucks offered Blueger a 2-3 year deal last time around

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

Vancouver is a pretty nice place to live.

if they ever let zad back into russia, tryamkin is going to hear that he made a big mistake

 

[HockeyWooot]

Excellent deal. Gives us 3c value.

 

[orcatown]

Penalty killing alone makes him at least this valuable.

Most noted parts of his season last year were the mid season play of his line with Garland and Joshua and the way he did not fade in the playoffs. By the end of the playoffs was still playing very strong and shutting down the Oilers PK, even when two men short.

Can't see how this isn't a good signing. Team looks a ton better making a deal like this compared to the Benning era signings of players like Beagle.

 

[PuckMunchkin]

Lovely.

Solidifies our bottom 6 some and was a reliable PK piece.

 

[mossey3535]

Wow somehow nobody in my usual media streams mentioned this. Great signing, exactly the correct cap hit. He's just too versatile IMO.

Suter has a year left, they need some kids to step up on the wings. Ideally Blueger and Suter are the bottom-6 centers IMO.