Standing_Tall#37 Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 1 minute ago, Bigturk8 said: I've noticed this as well. They've covered a lot of the smaller deals as well but they don't seem to want to talk about Eriksson at all. Well of course not, it makes us a better team instantly, we'll be one of the 10 worst rather than the 3 worst.... So this signing moves us in the right direction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raspberries Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 $36 for 6 yrs. yikes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nessnuck27 Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Dreger confirmed 6x6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebreh Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Mike Johnson doesnt know $&!# about the Canucks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilya Mikheyev Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Eriksson is a way more complete player than Vrbata has ever been. If anyone is calling this Vrbata 2.0—they shouldn't. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sedin22sedin33 Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 6 million Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theminister Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 I'm fine with the length of the deal. It's what needs to happen to get a FA. Because of of the age of the Sedins, getting a top talent that can play in the top 6 for multiple years was key for us. Much better than the Nielsen deal...that's for sure...at nearly the same price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Monahan Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 2 minutes ago, Hutton Wink said: Everyone should be forced to understand this before hitting "reply". Some of the idealistic replies in the Hamhuis thread yesterday were ridiculous. "Why didn't they give him 2-3 years?"..."Why couldn't they keep him around at a hometown discount?"...blah blah blah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-SN- Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Better than Lucic. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chayne Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Little long... but I am happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilya Mikheyev Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Eriksson got more points and more goals than either Sedin last year and is making 1 million less. 6 years is a long time away. Years 5-6 the Canucks might be handcuffed, or the cap might go up quite a bit. It's worth the risk for a non-contender. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Vanderhoek Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Very happy as a Canucks fan to see the team add a top line scoring winger in Eriksson. Have the feeling he will stretch the Sedins careers out here as well. 6 years at 6m per is what it took to sign him, not a problem at all to see these numbers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHYCHRUN Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 6mil per - 6yrs reported Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdubuya Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Hutton Wink said: Everyone should be forced to understand this before hitting "reply". i do understand giving him 6 years was a condition of him signing. Doesn't automatically make it a good move just because we need offensive help. Maybe we would be better off signing someone else to a shorter term deal. did we give him a NMC too? Cause that will likely cost us an asset in the expansion draft as well. Are people okay with giving up a Jannik Hansen to make this signing happen... time will tell Edited July 1, 2016 by cdubuya 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down by the River Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 1 minute ago, Shift-4 said: Yes, but it doesn't change the fact we may not like it in years 5-6. But you can say that about every single contract: Ladd, Lucic, Nielsen, Eriksson... this is the consequence of going after a UFA. the alternative is to not sign any UFAs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mj vic Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Good signing! 6 yrs at 6 mil, not bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaudette Celly Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 lol, and the TSN troll is on. "I dunnoz what the Canuckz are doingz!" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riffraff Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Cue the pompoms. too much and too long. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billabong Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 6x6 is good Value. I'm not sold on him but the Canucks didn't over pay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxVerstappen33 Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 16 minutes ago, Gooseberries said: That's like too long lol Not for a Daniel Alfredsson type of player. IQ doesn't age 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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