Confirmed with Link: Canucks sign RW Loui Eriksson to 6-year, $36m deal ($6m AAV w/ NMC)

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[thepuckmonster]

Well that was easy.

 

[The Stig]

Sweeeeet

 

[Bgav]

Nice

 

[Burke's Evil Spirit]

Barf.

 

[thepuckmonster]

I will pray for less than $6.5 AAV.

 

[Quinning]

All depends on the cap hit.

At least it's not 7

 

[Dissonance]

Happy that the Sedins will have a good scoring winger for the next 2 years. Should help them bump up their point totals and smooth their path to the HHOF.

Unhappy with just about everything else here. He's a good player, but this is not what the team needed at all. We're still going to be a mediocre team these next 2 years even with Eriksson on our roster. And then he's going to be declining sharply — and those last 3-4 years of his contract could get ugly — right around the time this team is finally turning a corner.

So... bad signing, but he's likable enough and he's not Lucic. Uh, welcome to Vancouver?

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

I will pray for less than $6.5 AAV.

If it's less than that, I'll be a very happy man. But I'm expecting $7m a year, which is slightly more than I want, but not overkill.

 

[thepuckmonster]

If it's less than that, I'll be a very happy man. But I'm expecting $7m a year, which is slightly more than I want, but not overkill.

Sportsnet is making it sound like $6m or possibly $5.75. Though they're kind of all over the place like a hyper active child.

 

[coldsteel79]

Nice, great player

 

[Nuckles]

This is most likely going to be a bad contract after two years. Sucks for the next GM.

 

[arttk]

I like Ericsson, but if it is 6x6, ouch.

 

[Mad Brills*]

structure of deal + AAV is key here.

 

[WinterEmpire]

Sportsnet is making it sound like $6m or possibly $5.75. Though they're kind of all over the place like a hyper active child.

If it's under 6m it's a miracle honestly.

 

[sting101]

Yesss

Now pass on Brouwer and sign Hamhuis and Connolly

 

[pitseleh]

As I said in the FA thread, Eriksson is a good player and should be a good player for a couple years here. But this is a dumb move from every other perspective unless they magically got the AAV down around $5 million.

 

[tantalum]

The organization has laid out the direction and it has been the same since Gillis was removed. Playoffs while supposedly trying to rebuild the youth. As such they will be judged on executing that mandate. With the bleeding or value we can quibble if they are actually rebuilding that youth effectively or as effectively as they could have but this isn't the thread for that.

However, for the goals they have I think this is a good player to sign. He'll flirt with 30G and 30A with the twins and likely be worth the yearly money. The 6 year term is scary given he will likely start to slow down in 3-4 years. However, this is a safer signing than Lucic or Backes and would have been my first choice to begin with.

 

[tiny103]

I'm guessing 5.5 to give him a bit over a million raise from his last contact for that length

 

[thenextone]

I don't mind it. We just need to figure out how the rest of the NHL gets to of bad contracts so easily when they no longer suit them.

 

[VeteranNetPresence]

don't give a crap about his cap hit, once the sedins retire and this team FINALLY commits to a rebuild it won't even matter

hate the move btw...

 

[Canucks LB]

6m is okay with no nmc

 

[arttk]

This is most likely going to be a bad contract after two years. Sucks for the next GM.

pretty sure the current management can't think beyond the next 2 months.

 

[y2kcanucks]

****! This really sucks. Bad contract. I can't believe (well actually I can) these idiots are going to pay Eriksson until he's 36. Stupid stupid stupid!!

 

[Snatcher Demko]

Much better than Lucic. This guy actually will be a good teammate and play at both ends of the ice.

Would have preferred nothing, but here we are.