Confirmed with Link: Canucks sign D Tyler Myers to 5-Year, $30m Deal ($6m AAV)

[Dissonance Jr]

Here’s the video where Ray Ferraro calls Myers a #4. Note that he is pretty negative on the player overall and is expecting him to age poorly.

 

[lawrence]

) Some Disgruntled Jets fans.

there was a recent thread about this and it seems like a huge majority thinks he's a number 4 dman at best, with the rest thinking he's a bottom pairing. I am hoping he ends up like a Bieksa where his better years came after his early 30's.

contract is not as bad as I thought it will be.

personally as people know I use to defend Benning but I think it's time for him to go. really. I like him as a person, he's probably a decent scout but I think it's time to move on at some point.

 

[Catamarca Livin]

Reading boy genius article it is easy to see why people are against this. Then I look at Myers terrible at defense stats and see the best plus minus for Jet dman. It might be because Jets depth outplayed other teams more than their best players still it gives some hope he can provide depth for Canuck d that has not been there in last 5 years. It will help team for next 3 years.

 

[ahmon]

the Tyler Myers I watched in Buffalo and at times in Winnipeg looked like a top 4 dman to me.

Probably not 6 million, I think he's worth somewhere between 4-5 million. The biggest question would be how he fits on our team.

This can be either really bad or ok.

 

[Isi]

be very interested to see if there's any signing bonus money, frankly they doesn't seem any justification for it...

oh brother, it's not gonna be possibly to buy it out is it

 

[iceburg]

Are people just repeating what everybody else is saying here or have they actually watched Myers play? $6Mx5 is overpayment but it isn't that far off what a mid tier defenseman is getting these days.

 

[crowfish]

I can live with 6x5, honestly not that bad of an overpayment and you have to overpay for FA anyways. I was expecting a lot worse so this is not the end of the world.

 

[Askel]

Time will tell I guess.

All I know is that the Canucks finished with 81 points last season which was significantly higher than in recent previous years.

-Our depth down the middle has now been secured both short term and long term thanks to Pettersson and Bo Horvat.

-We seem to be set in net both short term and long term.

-We are now surprisingly deep on left wing (short term and long term).

-Our RW is almost completely set both short term and long term (still need a short term 2nd line RW’er......maybe someone like Pomminville?).

Our defense is still a massive work in progress however. Outside of Hughes, there are a lot of questions about the future here. Our left side is further along than our right, but we still need a lot of work here. Our LD would have been set both short term and long term had we signed Gardiner, but Benning had a different vision I guess.

Our depth down the middle is 2 great players an unknown in Gaudette, Sutter who is not worth his contract and Beagle a mediocre 33 year old 4th liner signed for 3 more years.

Can we wait to name Demko the next big thing until he has played a season in the NHL Markstrom is sign for one more year, so no we are not good in for the future.

Having one top 6 LW (Miller) and then a bunch of 3rd liners s not being surprisingly deep.

If and when Podzolkin comes the RW are probably fine, still only one top 6 RW this year, and by the way Pomminville sucks ass.

 

[Fire Benning]

happy canada day

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

Should be used like Marek Malik as a #5-6...I expect Benning to push this guy on the #1 pairng.

 

[Pavel96]

Should be used like Marek Malik as a #5-6...I expect Benning to push this guy on the #1 pairng.

He's tall, like Chara.

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

He's tall, like Chara.

Tall guys are good. John Scott was an all-star dman!

 

[Samzilla]

Soon we'll have two charas when tryamkin comes back.

Shame we had to lose our bergeron in granlund tho.

 

[passive voice]

Deal sucks and is gonna punch us in the wieners real quick.

Attempted optimism: a Hughes-Myers pairing will be very good going forward with the puck! Luckily I'm sure that's at least 75% of the game, oh damn, look at the time, gotta go.

 

[Pavel96]

Soon we'll have two charas when tryamkin comes back.

Shame we had to lose our bergeron in granlund tho.

It's okay, I hear Nicklas Lidstrom may be healed and finally ready to possibly play his first NHL game.

 

[Hit the post]

the Tyler Myers I watched in Buffalo and at times in Winnipeg looked like a top 4 dman to me.

Probably not 6 million, I think he's worth somewhere between 4-5 million. The biggest question would be how he fits on our team.

This can be either really bad or ok.

You’re not going to get any legit top 4 D for that price via free agency (4 to 5 million). Maybe a #5 (or somebody that play the 2nd pairing if carried by the #3D). My opinion of course,

 

[polarbearcub]

Stralman got 5.5 over 3 years ... ouch

 

[MS]

happy canada day

It’ll be fun to watch all the people saying this contract ‘isn’t that bad’ change their opinion when watching him get turnstiled on the rush like this on a nightly basis.

 

[Samzilla]

It’ll be fun to watch all the people saying this contract ‘isn’t that bad’ change their opinion when watching him get turnstiled on the rush like this on a nightly basis.

"New team"
"Give him a chance to learn our system"
"Maybe he's carrying an undisclosed injury"
"Goalie really needs to bail him out on that one"

 

[krutovsdonut]

Myers isn’t that great but he’ll have our hardest shot from the backend right away. I think the term and Aav aren’t as bad as they could be but they’re not great either. It’s honestly a good signing when viewed through the lens of free agency but in any other context it’s a yikes.

this. he gives offence and a shot on the right side we lacked. he is an option to pair with hughes. i don't much like the money or term but it is not insane if he can play top 4 minutes.

 

[krutovsdonut]

so far july 1st is not as painful as expected.

 

[krutovsdonut]

happy canada day

yikes.

 

[Tim Calhoun]

Myers will basically be Hal Gill in the last few years of this horrible contract.

 

[sting101]

Tyler Myers Appreciation Thread

 

[MS]

yikes.

Yikes indeed.

When we’re talking about how Myers’ footwork and pivoting is cratering and he’s getting torched on the rush ... this is what we’re talking about. This is not an isolated occurrence. And this is why Winnipeg was sheltering him and why his defensive metrics are not good.

And this is before his 5-year deal starts.