TheRussianRocket. Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Seems like management will have quite a few contract decisions to make at the end of the season. Here's what they'll be facing.UFA's to be Forwards: Matthias, Richardson, Sestito, Dorsett, Jeffrey, O'Reilly Defensemen: Sanguinetti, Biega = 8 players.RFA's to be Forwards: Vey, Zalewski, Archibald, Grenier, Lain, Mallet, De Fazio, Kenins, Friesen Defensemen: Sbisa, Tanev, Corrado, Stanton, Weber, Tommernes, Andersson Goalies: Markstrom, Eriksson = 18 players. A grand total of 26 players that will have to dealt with. Safe to say JB will have his plate full. I remember JB saying when he first came here that to have 4 lines to run, you need competition in the organization all year long. With all these NHL calibre and potentially NHL calibre players needing contracts renewed, it's looks like it'll pretty much play out like JB said. Will be competition all throughout training camp to make an impression and then the season for call ups and whatnot. Players will definitely be fighting for roster spots and there won't be a shortage of competition. Will be interesting to see how everything plays out and who stays / goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhippy Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 All of those contracts are almost guaranteed to be under $2.5 million and most barely over $1 million. JB isn't scared Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asian player Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Corrado- I suspect he'll get a Tanev-type deal Tanev- always seems to take a while to sign for whatever reason Stanton- sign for sure Sbisa- I'd trade him at deadline to move corrado in. Matthias- keep him for sure Richardson- could be traded to a contender at deadline Sestito- just let him walk Dorsett- indifferent about him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRussianRocket. Posted August 21, 2014 Author Share Posted August 21, 2014 All of those contracts are almost guaranteed to be under $2.5 million and most barely over $1 million. JB isn't scared Money isn't the problem, just said JB will have to handle a good chunk of the players. More so, it's seems there will likely be more players than NHL spots open and it might lead to some players signing elsewhere. Even if they don't and most re-sign, it's only a positive and there will be lots of emphasis players will put to fight for a spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kazmanian Devil Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Gonna suck trying to lock up Sanguinetti. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BananaMash Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 k or we can wait until we see how these players perform before we start stressing over how much work benning has to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c00kies Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Matthias is the only interesting UFA, so it shouldn't be too bad. Other RFAs will be signed depending on their play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpt Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Corrado- I suspect he'll get a Tanev-type deal Tanev- always seems to take a while to sign for whatever reason Stanton- sign for sure Sbisa- I'd trade him at deadline to move corrado in. Matthias- keep him for sure Richardson- could be traded to a contender at deadline Sestito- just let him walk Dorsett- indifferent about him I stopped reading after you said Corrado is better than Sbisa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c00kies Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 I stopped reading after you said Corrado is better than Sbisa I believe you inferred that yourself. I think AP is thinking of a youth movement, and you can get picks or/and prospects for Sbisa while developing Corrado in the NHL on the bottom pairing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Drop Mallet, Archibald (if he doesn't make the NHL), Tommernes, Biega, Sestito so we have room to sign Subban, Cederholm and possibly McNally along with room for UFAs. If players play out as they expect, these are my guesses at signings: Linden Vey, 1.8M @ 4 years Shawn Matthias, 1.75M @ 1 year. Brad Richardson, 1.5M @ 2 years. Derek Dorsett, 1.45M @ 1 year. Chris Tanev, 3.5M @ 2 years. Frank Corrado, 1.9M @ 2 years. Ryan Stanton, 1.6M @ 1 year. Lucas Sbisa, 1.5M @ 1 year. I expect Markstrom to be gone this season. If the cap goes up to 75M and my signings occur we should have 5.3M in cap space according to capgeek. Enough to get some depth and a top 6 player like Vrbata. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kesler+Horvat Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Linden Vey, 1.85M @ 4 years Shawn Matthias, 1.75M @ 1 year. Brad Richardson, 1.25M @ 2 years. Derek Dorsett, 1.3M@ 1 year. Chris Tanev, 3.5M @ 3 years. Frank Corrado, 1.1M @ 2 years. Ryan Stanton, 1.4M @ 1 year. Lucas Sbisa, 1.5M @ 1 year. I expect Markstrom to be gone this season as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William_Clarkson Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 I stopped reading after you said Corrado is better than Sbisa So you read the whole post? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhippy Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Money isn't the problem, just said JB will have to handle a good chunk of the players. More so, it's seems there will likely be more players than NHL spots open and it might lead to some players signing elsewhere. Even if they don't and most re-sign, it's only a positive and there will be lots of emphasis players will put to fight for a spot. Ya didn't even factor in the rookies and prospects over the last 2 seasons though. Again, JB aint scared, and for once neither am I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaudette Celly Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 I believe you inferred that yourself. I think AP is thinking of a youth movement, and you can get picks or/and prospects for Sbisa while developing Corrado in the NHL on the bottom pairing. Sbisa is 24 -- only 3 years older than Corrado, and younger than Tanev. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadcanucks Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Seems like management will have quite a few contract decisions to make at the end of the season. Here's what they'll be facing.UFA's to be Forwards: Matthias, Richardson, Sestito, Dorsett, Jeffrey, O'Reilly Defensemen: Sanguinetti, Biega = 8 players.RFA's to be Forwards: Vey, Zalewski, Archibald, Grenier, Lain, Mallet, De Fazio, Kenins, Friesen Defensemen: Sbisa, Tanev, Corrado, Stanton, Weber, Tommernes, Andersson Goalies: Markstrom, Eriksson = 18 players. A grand total of 26 players that will have to dealt with. Safe to say JB will have his plate full. I remember JB saying when he first came here that to have 4 lines to run, you need competition in the organization all year long. With all these NHL calibre and potentially NHL calibre players needing contracts renewed, it's looks like it'll pretty much play out like JB said. Will be competition all throughout training camp to make an impression and then the season for call ups and whatnot. Players will definitely be fighting for roster spots and there won't be a shortage of competition. Will be interesting to see how everything plays out and who stays / goes. Predictions for Canuck Free Agents 2015: UFAs Re-signed: Matthias...3 years @ $2.25M per season (Benning's comment to SM: "I tried to trade for you" and seems like a JB-type player -- big, good skater, sneaky good offensive skills, 200' player). Richardson...2 years @ $1.5M per season (IMO, he has the potential to be our Gregory Campbell-type player that JB seems to like) Dorsett...2 years @ $1.75M (JB traded for him...can't see him letting Dorsett walk or get traded after one season) RFAs Re-signed: Vey, Zalewski, Grenier, Lain, Kenins, Tanev, Sbisa, Corrado, Stanton, Markstrom My guess is that Eriksson, Andersson and Tommernes return to Sweden after this coming season. It's possible that Cal O'Reilly and Alex Biega get offered AHL contracts. It's possible that one or more of Weber, Stanton and Tanev are traded sometime during the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gross-Misconduct Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 When did this season end? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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