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  1. Anything outside of these aforementioned parameters is nothing short of blasphemy.
  2. Haha! No. Markstrom’s desire to re-sign... And on that injury note, I feel the Canucks may be turning the corner on a long standing injury bug...
  3. If it’s Demko time, bring back Miller. Or maybe go after Smith. Grey beard mentor for a year.
  4. Leaves 45 million for everything else. Combined salaries going out: Eriksson $6,000,000 (necessary Cap dump) Sutter $4,375,000 (Cap dump/ Gaudette 3C) Roussel $3,000,000 (Cap dump) Tanev $4,500,000ish (not re-signed) Boeser $5,875,000 (traded to FLA) Bärtschi $3,366,666 (Cap dump) -$27,166,666 Ekblad $7,500,000 Pietrangelo $8,000,000 Still $11,000,000 under our current cap allocation.
  5. VAN Ekblad FLA Boeser Juolevi HUGHES - EKBLAD PIETRANGELO - MYERS EDLER - FANTENBERG DEMKO Seasoned backup (Howard, Smith, Miller as mentor)
  6. Oh God. A Nylander buyout would be $3,333,333 x 8 years. Now THAT. is some serious handicap.
  7. No. There must be other avenues than a buy out. That is an absolutely unnecessary expense on the books and the Canucks got dinged with a pretty good fine for circumventing the paradigms established by the League. The Canucks will need every cent they can save to keep this team together. The drafting and trading is too good to keep it all together. However, the value of each asset is increasing and so the returns will then be immense and recycled. We're building a dynasty here. Ottawa is a safe, well defended place. Call Alfredsson.
  8. If we look at the quality of players Benning draft picks garner, I have not one doubt that the Canucks can afford to pay to get Eriksson's contract off the books between now and yesterday. It is imperative. Re-signing Tanev, Markstrom and Toffoli is far more valuable to the Canucks than anything they would have to attach to the trade. I thought for a while that letting go of another 1st to shed Eriksson's contract could be a strategy, but a Benning 1st is highly likely to be a franchise turning player for the Canucks. For another GM, it may be that an already playing player may be more valuable than a late 1st. Not only are Benning's 1st rounder selections exceptional, here are all of the other picks he and his team chose during his ongoing tenure: 2/ 33 Lind 2/37 Woo 2/40 Höglander 2/55 Gadjovich 2/36 Demko (May just have had one of the top five playoff performances by a goaltender in the history of the game) 3/64 DiPietro 3/64 Lockwood 3/66 Brisebois 3/66 Tryamkin 3/68 Madden (Traded with Schaller, 50OA20, for Toffoli) 4/95 Rathbone 4/114 Zhukenov 4/122 Keppen 5/130 Utunen 5/133 Focht 5/135 Gunnarsson 5/140 Candella 5/144 Neil 5/149 Gaudette (becoming integral part of the Canucks) 6/154 Stukel 6/156 Silovs 6/174 Jasek 6.175 Plasek 6/180 Malone 6/181 Palmu 6/186 Manukyan 7/184 Abols 7/186 Stewart 7/188 Brassard 7/192 Thiessen 7/194 McKenzie 7/195 Mcdonough 7/210 Olson 7/215 Costmar At this point, Gaudette and Demko have made the team. One brings relentless energy, and the other is going to haunt the Golden Knights and maybe the entire league, for a long, long time. To a much lesser extent, 2/ 33 Lind, 2/37 Woo, 2/40 Höglander, and 2/55 Gadjovich, have a chance of cracking the lineup relatively soon. Tryamkin would be fantastic to have again, but his girlfriend prefers Russia. Looking at draft selections per round and not per year reveals an angle the Canucks are facing. 1/5 Pettersson (franchise 1C no contest/ dominated the playoffs in points in his first year) 1/5 Juolevi (hasn't done anything with the Canucks) 1/6 Virtanen (struggles to see his own potential but when he's on, he's on) 1/7 Hughes (franchise 1D no contest/ dominated the playoffs in points in his first year) 1/10 Podkolzin (growing fast in the KHL and time is coming to come to North America) 1/23 Boeser (excellent player but has a history of both freak, and freaky injuries) 1/24 McCann (has ended up as Pearson) A Benning draft pick is a priceless franchise-turning possession for the Canucks. However, it cannot be expected that all of the first rounders will fit within the franchise's program, and may be best fit somewhere else. With Hughes coming in, many players fell down the depth chart and perhaps no one more than Juolevi, as he hasn't done much so far with the Canucks. He may be turning the corner on his career, but having a top four of Hughes, Myers, Tanev and Edler basically cancels any chance of him becoming the player he could be with another team. The same could be said for Brisebois. VAN Eriksson Juolevi (most ready prospect on the Canucks chart) Any prospect (except Demko, Gaudette or Podkolzin) To a team under the minimum $60.2 million dollar Cap Floor: Avalanches (-1,064,405) Devils (-4,945,001) Sabres (-13,158,333) Red Wings (-13,375,000) Senators (-18,295,833) Personally I see the Senators taking on this contract as Eriksson's actual money left to pay is less than the cap hit. If none of the above teams are on Eriksson's modified movement clause, then these teams with the cap space to accommodate Eriksson's cap hit as and currently have $10+ million dollars in cap space (not including each teams' needs); Canadiens Oilers Wild Sharks Rangers Bruins Stars Jets Flames Kings Panthers If the Canucks really feel that Virtanen may need a change of scenery, perhaps the Senators or Rangers who hold multiple picks and have the space to accommodate Eriksson's contract would like to offer a 1st in this year's draft? VAN Virtanen Eriksson Juolevi (most ready prospect on the Canucks chart) Any two prospects (except Demko, Gaudette or Podkolzin) To a team under the Cap: Senators' 28OA20 or Rangers' 22OA20 Because we know that whoever Benning and his team picks, will have a great chance at being a superstar.
  9. And also, that is two Stanley Cup winners right here:
  10. Well now that’s just two hurtful lines completely. The amount of power in skill and speed is just overwhelming.
  11. MILLER - PETTERSSON - TOFFOLI PEARSON - HORVAT - BOESER HÖGLANDER - GAUDETTE - PODKOLZIN MOTTE - BEAGLE - McEWEN HUGHES - MYERS EDLER - TANEV TRYAMKIN - FANTENBERG MARKSTROM DEMKO I think we may have a Tkachuck-type player in Podkolzin. If that is the case, I don’t think Boeser will be in Vancouver for long.
  12. Vasily Podkolzin’s much anticipated final KHL expected breakout season hits a snag SKA trying to pressure Podkolzin into signing with them again and not with the Canucks, by limiting his ice time.
  13. Anti-mask protest in Montreal draws large crowd, propelled by U.S. conspiracy theories
  14. That’s usually the story of the Canucks. Glad we’re on the right side now.
  15. Virtanen has been surpassed by Pettersson and Boeser, as well as the trades for Pearson, Miller and Toffoli.
  16. He may be. If not, then packaged the right way... Ottawa has 3 1st rounders New York Rangers have 2 1st rounders Anaheim has 2 New Jersey has 2
  17. Just imagine what Hughes could do with Letang’s knowledge. A Twilight Hall of Famer passing the torch to the next Hall of Famer, and on the way, picking up another Cup?
  18. Haha!! Wait... Did you just propose 3 1sts for three players? Spectacular.
  19. Cash in now. OTT Demko VAN Tkachuck Disclaimer: Goaltending wins Cups and Markstrom may be best fit. After what I’ve seen, after how DeBrusk couldn’t explain Demko, after he was compared to maybe the best game every by a goaltender, has the future of goaltending finally arrived and we would absolutely FFFFF ourselves by trading Demko? The thought of trading Hughes who what the hell... or trading Pettersson who is just whatever why is it ever a thought... is this a momentous time for the Canucks on the ledge of a massive mistake? If the Canucks lets Markstrom walk into UFA, or trade him before he hits the market... an insane goaltender in his own right, the money saved gets us to keep Tanev and Toffoli. It gives the Canucks a few years to pay who they must eventually pay. This is the year of the goaltenders. There are decent vet goaltenders that could take a substantial amount of games and have the same effect as Miller, Pearson, Toffoli, Myers, Edler, Tanev, Roussel, have had in their respective tutoring as vets on this team. Just an idea. MILLER - PETTERSSON - BOESER PEARSON - HORVAT - TOFFOLI TKACHUCK - GAUDETTE - VIRTANEN MOTTE - BEAGLE - ROUSSEL/ LEIVO HUGHES - MYERS EDLER - TANEV STETCHER - FABTENBERG JUOLEVI MARKSTROM DiPIETRO
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