Ya... I don't see it, particularly with JT Miller at $8 mil unless we can assume at 33+ he's going to be a 60+ point player.
The real other problem is there's nothing in the Canucks system save for a couple of fill-in type wingers.
Even if we assume the Canucks could flush Boeser and Myers ... and if Pearson and Poolman are basically out for all of next year...
Horvat $7.5 mil, Kuzmenko $6.5 mil = $14 ... that would leave the Canucks with 16 players and about $15 mil in Cap space to fill 8 spots.
Worse, the defense would look like:
OEL, Hughes, Stillman... ???? ?????? ??????????
The only shot they may have is to try to time everything for being able to buy-out OEL in 2 and a bit years.
If the cap is up $4 mil that basically washes out OEL's cost for a few years but, again, they have no prospects coming. No top 4 d-men on the horizon, none in the system and they don't have the cap room to bid on them.
They aren't accumulating picks... so maybe a couple shots this year but that's it.
Here's the top UFA d-men 2023 btw:
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