Yeah, any hopes of signing a really huge UFA have sailed now. We aren't signing any $12M+ players. Marner is probably worth his $12M. In today's money. To whoever can fit that on their Cap. But that's not us, so it really doesn't matter. We chose Stamkos and Marchessault instead.
Right. Nyquist will be off the books, but the dead cap increases a bit next year. If we trade ROR or waive Novak that'll give us more space. But we'll have 2 holes and Marner would be only 1 expensive plug for Nyquist. If we throw away one of our Cs to get him, we'll have to count on a draft pick, one of our prospects (who Bruno won't play), or a cheap journeyman (Sissons 2.0) to fill that hole since we won't have much cap flexibility. Getting rid of a Schenn, Lauzon, or Sissons is treading water in terms of cap. They're cheap contracts and replacing them with a ELC guy doesn't save enough cap to do anything but maybe sign a rental tweener to a minimum contract.
This is why I'm waiting for the draft before I condemn Trotz. Next year's team could look incredibly different and use a lot of young pieces.
Depends on the price and how much salary they take back in the process. Would still need to ditch cap to make things work financially
Petterson is awesome and I would obviously love him on the team. I don't think we have what y'all would be looking for. A couple firsts and a couple top prospects I guess. Though, we'd probably have to move some money too.Q&A: Canucks GM Patrik Allvin expects more from top players in 2025
In 2024, the Canucks have given their fans much to be thankful for — but, they've also failed many nights to play to their standard. Iain MacIntyre sits down with GM Patrik Allvin to discuss why the team has struggled with consistency and reflect on the season thus far.www.sportsnet.ca
This is absolutely blowing up in Vancouver right now by the way.
Looks like Pettersson is available
Allvin went on blast basically, Not sure what you guys would offer, or how seriously you would be interested, He would obviously need a Haul.
But, just thought I would share and get your guys opinions!
Not everyday a 90+ Center with great Defensive abilities becomes available.
Thoughts?
I would assume that Vancouver would want back a C that could give them a boost in a run at a Cup, can produce goals, isn't in the twilight of his career, and isn't completely unproven. The only guy left on this team that checks a couple of those boxes is Colton Sissons, but he's not going to replace Pettersson's production offensively. Then there is ROR, and he's looked completely cooked this year and may be playing through some physical damage. If they waive their NMC, we have Stamkos, March, Skjei, Forsberg, or Josi. And Saros could be traded before his NMC kicks in. I think it's clear from the interview that Allvin isn't looking for a draft or three worth of picks; he's talking about juicing the team into high gear very quickly.Q&A: Canucks GM Patrik Allvin expects more from top players in 2025
In 2024, the Canucks have given their fans much to be thankful for — but, they've also failed many nights to play to their standard. Iain MacIntyre sits down with GM Patrik Allvin to discuss why the team has struggled with consistency and reflect on the season thus far.
This is absolutely blowing up in Vancouver right now by the way.
Looks like Pettersson is available
Allvin went on blast basically, Not sure what you guys would offer, or how seriously you would be interested, He would obviously need a Haul.
But, just thought I would share and get your guys opinions!
Not everyday a 90+ Center with great Defensive abilities becomes available.
Thoughts?
Nashville’s first round pick, young players, role players that could fit to fill out their roster, cap space.
I would say a decent amount more than Cozens. I don't know that we have a package they'd accept for EP. I think Cozens is the type of player they'd want back in a deal.
Some combination of
Trotz would be happy to pay $11.6M for the 7 years just to have that neck on the roster for him to admire.
