Confirmed with Link: Canucks sign F Ilya Mikheyev to 4-Year Deal ($4.75M AAV)

[Mr. Canucklehead]

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[Tim Calhoun]

we are so russian now

 

[Canucks LB]

I don’t know what to feel about this

 

[ahmon]

was one of my targets, thought he stood out in a good way in that series against Tampa.

Actually this move does make the canucks faster.

produced well 5-on5 with minimal pp time.

 

[Angry Little Elf]

So many Russians

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

Not a fan
Too much for a 2nd/3rd line winger
This means Miller is gone right?

Also lol another signing here the local medias had zero leaks

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

That's a lot more money than I thought we were going to spend today.

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

Disgusting term and AAV. A complete Benning move.

Canucks are going all-in which makes zero sense with out shit roster. f*** you Blueberries.

 

[Szechwan]

Not sure he has the offensive upside to make this deal worthwhile. Fast though, should help the PK a lot.

I think they're betting that his EV points can translate if given more opportunity... Wonder if this means Garland is out.

 

[Baby Pettersson]

Got to think we are trading Garland or Pearson now.

 

[Peen]

Ugly.

We have way too much salary on the wings.

Boeser, Garland, Kuzmenko, Mikheyev, Podkolzin, Pearson, Hoglander, Dickinson.

You’ll either have someone players making 2.7+ or young guys who need to play a lot on your 4th line.

They need to shift salary out. And players out.

Mikheyev is actually a really good on-ice fit for this coach, GM, and what we are missing in the lineup in out middle six.

I would have been really curious about what the cost was to get Pulju rather than paying Mikheyev.

 

[Snatcher Demko]

That's a lot, something has to give now. A winger has to be moved out.

 

[God]

one of our wingers is getting dealt, huge log jam now

Garland, Boeser, Hoglander, Pearson, Kuzmenko, Podkolzin, Dickinson, Mikheyev...

 

[Three On Zero]

Not sure I like this....

 

[Vector]

Something has got to give. Literally don't have any cap space.

 

[iceburg]

Love it. A little expensive but size and speed and a 25 goal scorer over 82 games.

 

[The Poacher]

Average is way to high, he’s a sub 4 mil player.

 

[Bubbles]

Unless there's a trade in the top 6, this makes no sense.

Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss

 

[JumpierPegasus]

How? With what cap space? Horrid for a Hansen like winger who has speed but isn't a big production guy with some stone hands syndrome. $3m player at most

At least it adds speed to our wings which we don't have much of otherwise...

 

[CalderSchmalder]

Miller trade seems inevitable now, not sure what to think of contract specifics here but seems like a lot of term and high AAV

 

[God]

He's a play driver. If you can recoup some assets for Garland, it's actually a positive.

(I like Garland more, FWIW)

 

[LaVal]

Exactly what we needed. A more expensive Tanner Pearson.

 

[Tim Calhoun]

This guy is a great player. Would have been happy with giving Marchment this contract as well.

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

Unless there's a trade in the top 6, this makes no sense.

Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss

Francesco is playing with his toy and JR is a complete f***ing moron. The GM/AGM's are puppets and our analytics team are there for show.

 

[alternate]

Seems like a lot of AAV, but guess itmdoes give us some elite speed on the roster. Lazar and Mikhey make us faster.

Gonna wait to see if this knocks some other dominoes over before deciding if I like this deal or not, but don't get a good first impression.