Confirmed with Link: Canucks sign Marcus Pettersson to a 6y/5.5m Extension

[StreetHawk]

Bold bet that there won’t be expansion within three years… I think Bettman wants to go out with a bang.

Only Houston would be nhl ready with their arena. Az, Atl or anywhere else isn’t playing in a temporary arena.

 

[Red]

I thought it would be 6-6.5 with the rising cap. Great deal, though I feel in ~3 years, he'll be overtaken by DPetey. But a lot can happen between now and then and the LD position looks great going forward.

 

[LickTheEnvelope]

Looks great. I don't have a problem with MP and that cap hit is pretty par for the course.

Assuming Willander is a player next year the defense is rounding into for for a couple years.

Need lankinen and O'Conner signed... Need to add on offense.

 

[Curm]

Good to get it done early and a fair deal for both parties. Team got the annual hit down, Pettersson got term and security. Solid piece of business.

 

[EpochLink]

Great deal..Going to be a workhorse player for the Canucks.

Our D and goaltending could shape up to be our top strengths.

Great stuff, revamp the defense plus solidify the goaltending.

Now some forward tweaks and we will be set

 

[Canucks LB]

I’m so happy right now, this defence for the future just looks so good right now

 

[StreetHawk]

Oh ya, don’t get me wrong, I am happy with the deal. My point is that he will be 29 to start the contract and it isn’t uncommon for players to see a significant drop off in their play as they enter their thirties. Not saying it will happen here, or even trying to quantify the risk, but there is a risk.

I think though, with the rising cap, even if he declines to a 4-5 in years 3-6 or whatever, we will be OK.

6 year term is solid. I mean this was going to be his last big contract. Didn’t need to go 7/8 years.

 

[Peen]

Nice trade protection on this one. Once sat came out and said the numbers the other day I was already happy.

If D-Petey actually takes off and is a real thing and is ready for top four duty in three years, you can move out M-Petey then with this trade protection.

Great all around. Go get the F now.

 

[moiderer]

Oh ya, don’t get me wrong, I am happy with the deal. My point is that he will be 29 to start the contract and it isn’t uncommon for players to see a significant drop off in their play as they enter their thirties. Not saying it will happen here, or even trying to quantify the risk, but there is a risk.

I think though, with the rising cap, even if he declines to a 4-5 in years 3-6 or whatever, we will be OK.

The risk is on par or lower with most FA deals. Don't really care about the scoring and he's not a top pair workhorse, so hopefully he ages as well as Ian Cole for his floor and Tanev/Hjalmarsson as his ceiling.

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

Steal.

Suck Seravelli!

 

[ephmrl]

Bold bet that there won’t be expansion within three years… I think Bettman wants to go out with a bang.

The talent around the league is already being spread too thin with 32 teams and it's hurting the on ice product.

Really hope expansion is done for the foreseeable future.

 

[David Bruce Banner]

Yessssssss…

 

[Hansen]

Bold bet that there won’t be expansion within three years… I think Bettman wants to go out with a bang.

Expansion Coyotes back to Arizona and draft rules are every team has to pick their second best player to make available

 

[Vector]

Canucks now have 16 players signed to one-way contracts for the 2025-26 season. Projected cap space for next season is 20.46m.

 

[MikeK]

Way less than I thought it would take. Heck of a signing for Vancouver.

 

[SillyRabbit]

Really solid deal.

Same term and only 500k more than Zadorov, but M-Petey is much more consistent defensively.

Great work by Allvin and Rutherford.

 

[Yultron]

Well what do you know , now trading that first round pick looks genius .

That contract is a steal and a bargain for a top 4 defenseman

 

[orcatown]

Based on what we have seen, and what we know about the cap and such, this is a very good deal. M. Pettersson could have put them over a barrel and he doesn't seem to have done that. If EP 2 can fully establish himself next year and Willander develops quickly, future of our defense looks a lot brighter.

Glad this was done quickly and, given EP1's play this season, EP1 might want to even out some of his salary with his brother.

 

[Bleach Clean]

That they got him below $6m AAV is fantastic.

 

[ahmon]

like I said should be similar to Matt Roy. 5.5M is probably exactly where it should.

 

[dellzor]

Steal of a deal

 

[Lemmiwinks]

Absolutely love this signing. He might be better than Hronek (debatable), is like a taller Tanev defensively, and even puts up more points than Zadorov who wanted the same cap hit. With the rising cap I can’t believe we got him at 5.5. The Pittsburgh trade is a clear win now as we got to MP3 before the market (and have him for a critical stretch to end this season).

Huge W for Allvin. Now he needs to sign O’Connor.

 

[Vector]

 

[arttk]

What a deal

 

[wonton15]

Amazing how one D man trade and one rapidly rising rookie (both named Pettersson) completely changed the outlook of this d-core. Now if Willander shows well at the end of this season, we should really really push to throw real money on an impact forward ($15M Rantanen cowards)