puck and stick Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 The Vancouver Canucks have signed unrestricted free-agent forwardRadim Vrbata. Vrbata's agent, Rich Evans, tweeted Wednesday night that his client would be joining a Canadian NHL club before adding "Yes, it is Vancouver" minutes later. In 80 games with the then-Phoenix Coyotes in 2013-14, Vrbata scored 20 goals and 31 assists. He is coming off a three-year contract that paid him an average annual value of $3 million. Vrbata has played the past five seasons with the Coyotes. He has spent time with the Colorado Avalanche, Carolina Hurricanes, Chicago Blackhawks and Tampa Bay Lightning over his 12-year NHL career. The 32-year-old forward has 215 goals and 249 assists for 464 points over 792 career games in the NHL. Vrbata, a native of Czech Republic, was drafted by Colorado in the seventh round (212nd overall) of the 1999 NHL Entry Draft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
touchable Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 http://forum.canucks.com/topic/361898-signing-canucks-sign-radim-vrbata/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerkstore1972 Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 Better shorten the season to 60 games. He hasn't done anything the last 2 years in the final 20 games of the season. Definitely was no help in making the playoffs for the Coyotes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkyfresh Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 2 years 5mil/yr. I like the term Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWheeler Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 2 years, 5mil AAV. I'm ok with this. Bridge player until our young guns are 100% ready for the bigs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwkCam Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 Nice to see a legitimate top 6 winger on the roster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Power Fist Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 Well folks that's not a rebuild trade. It's a go get it trade. Love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCanuck_12 Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 Fantastic signing. Reported deal is 2 years at 5 mil per. Great term, although definitely overpayed. But with at least 4 other teams showing strong interest, you knew we would have to outbid other teams. Vrbata is such an underrated and under-appreciated player, and this is exactly what we needed to add a bit more scoring into the lineup. Despite not being the biggest name on the market, Vrbata was easily my number one choice for us to sign out of all forwards. Kudos to management for getting this done. Great job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortorella's Rant Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 Not bad, not bad at all... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puck and stick Posted July 3, 2014 Author Share Posted July 3, 2014 I like this signing too, however, It has already been posted in Trades Rumours and Signings. Delete please. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanucksCup2018 Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 Better shorten the season to 60 games. He hasn't done anything the last 2 years in the final 20 games of the season. Definitely was no help in making the playoffs for the Coyotes. Guy is a consistent 50 pt player man go be a sucky azz troll elsewhere child Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luongotv Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 VC Beat you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmilyM Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 Wow. Never a dull day with Benning at the helm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Power Fist Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 Wow. Never a dull day with Benning at the helm. This guy is not golfing enjoying the summer. That's for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillipBlunt Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 Guy is a consistent 50 pt player man go be a sucky azz troll elsewhere childWell said monsieur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertorama Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 Love it. ! B&L are just tooling this team up. I don't see a rebuild. I just see a rework. Let take what we have and make it better. This team will be better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bure.10 Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 With the signings of miller and vrbata, I'm confused with the direction this team is going into. Hope it all works out but I was hoping for a shot at mcdavid next year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k_man08 Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 loves it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadianRugby Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 Best available forward. Good move for a push for the playoffs. I'm not sure that's what we should be pushing for. Have to give credit to Benning though he's making big moves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raspberries Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 $10 mil over 2 yrs. Do we have any cap space left for Tanev or Kass?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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