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

[y2kcanucks]

Bonus-heavy contract, with bonuses being paid on September 1 which makes this a tougher contract to move. Benning just f***ed this team for the next half decade.

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

We now have:

$6 million for Myers
$6 million for Eriksson
$4.375 million for Sutter
$3 million for Beagle
$3 million for Luongo
$1.9 million for Schaller
$1 million for Spooner

Nearly $26 million tied up here, folks. That’s 32% of the salary cap.

 

[hockeywiz542]

 

[The Poacher]

No mention of a NMC or NTC.

Never mind.

Ugh

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

Borderline, you don’t need to protect him in the expansion draft

Although the signing bonus makes him sort of untradable.

 

[Diamonddog01]

At least we don't have to protect him for the Seattle expansion.

 

[Fire Benning]

 

[Bojack Horvatman]

Who has the worst contact and the 3rd worst?

Seabrook has the worst. Johnny Boychuck and Jack Johnson are pretty awful too.

 

[timw33]

"experience, character, and size" is not how you talk about a defenceman who is paid Top 30 in the league and better be a god damned top pair guy. Usually you talk about how they are actually talented or good.

Absolutely awful

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

Seabrook has the worst. Johnny Boychuck and Jack Johnson are pretty awful too.

Isn’t MacDonald’s still on the books?

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

“Experience, character and size”

These are three big things

 

[CherryToke]

He's real long and stuff

 

[MS]

"experience, character, and size" is not how you talk about a defenceman who is paid Top 30 in the league and better be a god damned top pair guy. Usually you talk about how they are actually talented or good.

Absolutely awful

Yup.

Lists 4 things about Myers and none of them are about how well he actually plays hockey.

 

[corman]

Oh, I get it, you guys wanted the Canucks to sign the reincarnation of Scott Steven's . Give your heads a shake, we got a good player that improves what we had last year.
It wouldn't matter who Bennings signs, you would call for him to fired.

 

[yvrtojfk]

Yup.

Lists 4 things about Myers and none of them are about how well he actually plays hockey.

It's gonna be huuuuuuuuuuuge.

 

[alternate]

"experience, character, and size" is not how you talk about a defenceman who is paid Top 30 in the league and better be a god damned top pair guy. Usually you talk about how they are actually talented or good.

Absolutely awful

I don't think anyone that has realistic expectations is expecting Myers to be a top pairing guy. Why this constant need to apply expectations that are unrealistic, then bitch for years on end when those expectations aren't met?

 

[Bojack Horvatman]

Isn’t MacDonald’s still on the books?

Nope, it was bought out.

 

[DonnyNucker]

Seabrook has the worst. Johnny Boychuck and Jack Johnson are pretty awful too.

I’d say webers is the worst. He is signed until he is 41 lol

 

[WonderTwinsUnite]

I don't think anyone that has realistic expectations is expecting Myers to be a top pairing guy. Why this constant need to apply expectations that are unrealistic, then ***** for years on end when those expectations aren't met?

Expectations come with the contract. I don't blame him for signing it, but if he does, he should expect to be held to the standard of a player who is the top-paid defenseman on the team (tied with Edler).

 

[MS]

I don't think anyone that has realistic expectations is expecting Myers to be a top pairing guy. Why this constant need to apply expectations that are unrealistic, then ***** for years on end when those expectations aren't met?

Because - shockingly - people might align their expectations for a player to his cap hit?

Ben Hutton did a solid job as a mid-pairing guy last year but apparently $4.4 million was way too much for him. When they pay Myers $6 million, what does that say about their expectations?

 

[Seattle Totems]

What sucks the most is the new GM next year actually has a huge mess to deal with. Tons of rotten contracts and no 2021 first round pick. This team is so ****ed. Pettersson and Horvat will not win a Stanley Cup in a Canucks uniform. That's what Benning has done today.

I question Pettersson signing long term in Van. Hes extremely competitive, smart and he wants to win. Think he will be patient with an ownership group that cant put a competent hockey operations dept together? I dont see him wanting to play for a management team that is anti-intellectual and incapable of putting a competitive team together. He wont sign long term in Vancouver with this regime.

 

[pgj98m3]

Oh, I get it, you guys wanted the Canucks to sign the reincarnation of Scott Steven's . Give your heads a shake, we got a good player that improves what we had last year.
It wouldn't matter who Bennings signs, you would call for him to fired.

We had a truly awful D last year so improving is no great accomplishment. Be careful shaking your head as the rattling could be deafening.

 

[pomx]

Great contract for the biggest D UFA. Don’t have to protect in Seattle expansion either. Well done Benning!!

 

[timw33]

Yup.

Lists 4 things about Myers and none of them are about how well he actually plays hockey.

All of these signings and trades it's like "safe work environment" "element of grit/size" "leadership" not like...."he's great at controlling possession and zone entries"

 

[timw33]

I don't think anyone that has realistic expectations is expecting Myers to be a top pairing guy. Why this constant need to apply expectations that are unrealistic, then ***** for years on end when those expectations aren't met?

I agree, we should all just smile and watch the giraffe play on the slippy surface for 5 years and not have any expectations.

C'est la vie!