dman34

Whoever has a twitter account needs to do their part, spam Aquilini repetitively until it sinks in that Canucks fans will riot if they give Myers what's reported. Calling him a top 4 defenceman is a stretch. He doesn't deserve more than Edler if getting term as well.

To take the next step, we needed a top 6 LW badly. Please let me know what relatively young, 50+pt LW we could have signed as ufa at 5.25MM per for 4 more years? With the young core we have improving, and if we can shore up our D by adding another top 4 dman or two, we certainly will not be a lottery team in 2-years time. I'd much rather Jimbo deal a 1st round pick that IMO will likely fall around 20-30, for a player like JT Miller because the alternative would going the UFA route for a LW and inking Ferland for Loui Eriksson money or worse for much longer term. Time to start aiming a little higher people or before we know it our core will be getting long in the tooth! Solid deal.

My bet is that Willie sets him up for success with Megna and Chaput.

The Sedin's should be our second line. That's our problem right there. 60mill spent on our second line for the next 4 years. Sure sounds like a recipe for success to me! Great work Gillis! It's all about the process I guess.

Double post

The Sedin's are going on 34 and obviously their best years are behind them. We need to lock them up at second line money so that we can find a couple wingers for our top line who can play along side Kesler. The Sedin's would thrive not constantly matching up against top checking lines or top pairing defencemen. Lock them up on 4 year deals at 5mill per each. Another 20 million each and a chance to win a Stanley Cup in Vancouver before they retire. I'm sure they'd go for it. These guys really class act and wining means everything to them. Oh wait......

The Sedin's want to stay in Vancouver, that part is obvious. I'm sure they also want to win a cup in Vancouver and being level headed guys, I'm sure they realize that in a few years they will not be the first line players they are right now. Lastly, I'm sure their ultimate goal, both personal, and for this franchise, is to win a Stanley Cup before they retire. Putting all these points together, I feel we'll see the Sedin's sign in Vancouver for another 4 years at 20 million. or 5 years at 25 million depending on when they want to go back to Sweden. This will give them their wish of ending their careers in Vancouver and some cap relief to the Canucks to go seek out some extra scoring help. The cap is only going up and a 5 million dollar cap hit would look great on these guys. Even in a few years time when they're only potting 50-60 points. They would look awesome on our second line in the latter half of the deal and would be exceptional mentors for our young guys coming up. Not to mention they would then face our opponents tier two defenceman rather than have to go up against guys like Weber, Suter and Keith on a nightly basis. Their production should remain solid for the duration of their contract. I feel that this is an equitable number and something that the Sedin's would go for, It's fair to them without handcuffing the franchise they so want to stay on and win a cup with. Many people are saying that the Sedin's will each get 6-7 million easy as that's their market value. The difference here is that they are a "package deal". They don't wan't to be split apart. So their options are are limited. How many contenders (they want a cup) would be able to clear 12-14 million for these guys and offer them long term deals? Would it be worth it to them to uproot their families from the city they love for an extra million bucks a year? Looking at how these guys operate, I doubt it. Then again, maybe I'm completely out to lunch. I guess we'll see