Yes they will. I've already proven that with math in my other thread. We can keep Miller and Boeser and Bo and Petey and Hughes and Demko and be able to afford a $5m+ UFA defenceman if we can simply move Dickinson and Poolman.
Your time horizon talks about the Canucks being contenders when Demko will be on a new contract. So you better be concerned about how much more he will make.
If Petey isn't making close to $10m, then we will definitely have offensive problems.
That's not what we need. The next 2 years alone there's guys like Manson, Mayfield, Cernak, Severson, Weegar, etc. I bet most of them will be signed for $5m AAV or less.
No I'm not. We aren't looking for a franchise defenceman. We need a steady top 4 RHD defensive defenceman. They are not that much more than top6 forwards. In fact, look back at free agency and its usually the top 6 forwards that cost a fortune.
Buddy, if Vasilevskiy or Shesterkin go down, Tampa and the NYR won't get a sniff of the Cup. It's a really weak argument when you try to take a goalie out of the equation.
Not saying he's not a good player... but he's actually looked better in previous years. The point is there is no guarantee that players will magically get better year after year.
We have one of the best defensive teams in the league right now ... in fact, you can correct me if I'm wrong, but we've been the best 5v5... so... we go from the best to the bestest? Lol
Where is our depth issue right now? RHD? I thought you said Hamonic is a top 4? That means we have Myers and Hamonic on the RHD with Hughes and OEL on the left.