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

[Billy Kvcmu]

Wow look at all that top-flight talent. Oh wait we don't have a single marquee player in our entire system.

so? It's till fun to follow these young players' development

 

[Dr. Nucksfan]

I think we'll get 4 good years out him, even when he declines he'll still be a useful player.

We HAD to give up term like this. Benning told him we'll be contending the last three years of this contract.

Now we just need the Sedins extended for 4-5 more!

 

[EpochLink]

It was expected but the term is fine.
Welcome to Vancouver Loui!

 

[y2kcanucks]

How is that any differant than hating everything?

This deal is Not a bad deal. What so ever.

Were not rebuilding

No, we aren't rebuilding. But this is an awful deal.

The worst team in the NHL should not be signing a 31 year old with concussion problems for 6 ****ing years.

 

[TruKnyte]

Like the player, not a fan of the term. Only plus side is he's good defensively, so in his later years he should still be a decent defensive specialist if he's not putting points up.

 

[rune74]

Y2k, think you can pull up his advance stats?

 

[VanillaCoke]

How is that any differant than hating everything?

This deal is Not a bad deal. What so ever.

Were not rebuilding

It's still not a good deal. C'mon now luc Eriksson at 37 years old is not going to be a good player. Remember naslund....

 

[Canucks LB]

No, we aren't rebuilding. But this is an awful deal.

The worst team in the NHL should not be signing a 31 year old with concussion problems for 6 ****ing years.

Lucic is 10x worse.

Erikkson has been fine since 2013.

I guess crosby also has concussion problems

 

[PM]

Any word yet on NTC/NMC?

 

[AwesomeInTheory]

Y2k, think you can pull up his advance stats?

He has good fancy stats.

The issue isn't in the here and now, it's 3-4 years down the road where he should be hitting a substantial decline in production.

My hope is that Benning leaves him unprotected and Vegas snaps him up in the expansion draft.

 

[ahmon]

Wow look at all that top-flight talent. Oh wait we don't have a single marquee player in our entire system.

Brock Boeser is as close to a marquee player as you can get aside from the franchise types drafted in the top 3.

 

[GreetingsFromCanada]

Lucic is 10x worse.

Erikkson has been fine since 2013.

I guess crosby also has concussion problems

And Crosby has never been the same player

 

[BloatedGuppy]

The bad years of it are likely the last 2 or 3 years when we are hopefully good again.

I've got good news for you. The Canucks' return to genuine competitive status with a new core is likely a lot further out than 2-3 years. And that's not pessimism, that's just realism. Look how long it's taken Toronto, Edmonton, Winnipeg, etc to turn things around.

The hope with Loui is that the Canucks can at least play some marginally entertaining hockey while he's here.

 

[crazyforhockey]

Good player good 2 way player
Beyond any fear of injuries ..solid signing

As good as vrbata with the twins in year 1....this line will be better and more solid without the puck

 

[Jyrki]

Even though on paper (xD) this is a good deal, it shows just how confused management/ownership is. Our young players aren't ready enough to take over the reins to make this an appropriate move for a "retool", and yet we just let Hamhuis walk for nothing in return - a gaping hole in the top 4 that will require Hutton make big strides and Sbisa to not be terrible.

But hey, if Aquaman won't let Benning commit to a rebuild at least this helps towards being a little competitive...

E: and yeah I'm very glad it was Erik instead of Lucic

 

[thenextone]

Being down on the idea of tanking on the grounds of Canuck luck doesn't make any sense because if predetermined luck were a real thing (it isn't), it would be proportionally the same whether we tank for the 1st overall or if we get the 30th overall pick. So it would be the exact same amount more beneficial to tank than if we had good luck.

No I am against the idea of stripping down our roster for the purposes of finishing 30th (which is what guys in this thread seem to suggest, without actually saying it).

Having a team that is pure garbage and unwatchable middling around for 82 games and finishing 25th-30th and then ending up losing the lottery vs having a team which has NHL players who can play a system and compete but in the end, not enough horses to make the playoffs and finish 20th-25th will net us a similar player in the draft and not grind the fanbase into the ground in the process.

I know its "illogical" to spend money on a player knowing he won't get you actual tangible results. Eriksson is all optics and will make stomaching next season a little easier.

 

[rune74]

He has good fancy stats.

The issue isn't in the here and now, it's 3-4 years down the road where he should be hitting a substantial decline in production.

My hope is that Benning leaves him unprotected and Vegas snaps him up in the expansion draft.

3-4 years from now is no sedins....I think we will get at least 4 good years and 2 solid ones. We will have to wait and see I guess.

Glad to hear about the stats, surprised no one brought that up.

 

[Canucks LB]

Even though on paper (xD) this is a good deal, it shows just how confused management/ownership is. Our young players aren't ready enough to take over the reins to make this an appropriate move for a "retool", and yet we just let Hamhuis walk for nothing in return - a gaping hole in the top 4 that will require Hutton make big strides and Sbisa to not be terrible. The

But hey, if Aquaman won't let Benning commit to a rebuild at least this helps towards being a little competitive...

This is a great post. Spot on

 

[Nuckles]

How is that any differant than hating everything?

This deal is Not a bad deal. What so ever.

Were not rebuilding

We're also not close to winning a cup anytime soon. Based on his age, production, and concussion problems, this could be a very bad contract after two or three years. A deal isn't "good" because it's fair for the first two years. It's very shortsighted to not consider the 2nd half of the contract, especially when it's for such a high cap hit.

 

[Flik]

Good player! Good person!

Bad fit (with that term.)

 

[y2kcanucks]

Y2k, think you can pull up his advance stats?

Think you can pull his age?

Oh well. Wooo we signed a 31 year old!!! hooray! 11th place in the West here we come!! Yayyyy!!!

Lucic is 10x worse.

Erikkson has been fine since 2013.

I guess crosby also has concussion problems

Just because Lucic's contract is bad doesn't excuse Benning for being a dumb**** idiot.

 

[AwesomeInTheory]

How is that any differant than hating everything?

Most people on here aren't 'hating everything', they will praise this management team when something good actually happens.

Folks are almost universally happy with Boeser's development thus far. They're happy with Demko. They like some of the selections made in this year's draft.

They're intrigued about Rodin.

But they're also critical of dumb moves like trading for Granlund or Gudbranson or virtually everything else this management team has done.

One of the reasons I would argue that this fanbase is so critical is because Benning is an open book and we can't really speculate on what might be going on here. We know what the deal is, he's straight up about it, and fans hate it.

 

[rune74]

Think you can pull his age?

Oh well. Wooo we signed a 31 year old!!! hooray! 11th place in the West here we come!! Yayyyy!!!



Just because Lucic's contract is bad doesn't excuse Benning for being a dumb**** idiot.

Wow, sorry for asking for something you usually jump all over....

 

[Reverend Mayhem]

Lucic is 10x worse.

Erikkson has been fine since 2013.

I guess crosby also has concussion problems

Agreed, but Eriksson fine since 2013? I'd say he's fine since early 2015.

 

[VanCanucks53]

Honestly, that is the minimum deal that I expected him to sign for so I'm not all that upset. Should be full value for the next 3-4 seasons barring injuries. You always overpay for UFAs but this is a very good player, more of a positive than a negative in my mind.

So I get if you just didn't want the player, but the deal itself is fair in the UFA market.

Canucks got the best free agent of the day, so that's something to hang your hat on, especially after the terrible season they had.

Yeah pretty much what I feel.

Is it an ideal contract given the term especially for a team like ours? Obviously not but it's a fair deal in general when it comes to the UFA market. It will at least make the hockey a bit more watchable this season. I don't think this affects our draft position a tremendous amount either.