The King of Kings

I think people should stop putting "Tank" and "Bedard" in the same sentence. I remember a few hockey experts already stated that the Canucks with the current roster are not going to tank and become bottom feeder. And with the cap situation around the league, the Canucks cannot clear out too many contracts without giving away futures (the best bet would be trading away Myers+Horvat) during the season. Basically the House-cleaning sale cannot happen until the off-season, i.e. after the draft lottery. Getting rid of Myers and Horvat only is not enough to decrease the overall rating of the team dramaticallly, thus it's not enough for the "tank" before the season ends.

why trade him now when you clearly know his trade value is at all time low

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If his agent ever let his client to think that way, I wonder how that agent could survive in this business.

This year is the "jackpot" year , where he can maximize the earning. noway he would settle for a short term deal. His UFA value will drop significanty three years later.

that question should be to Frank Seravalli. if Miller makes more sense than Horvat, then the rumor should have been about Miller already. the fact is that there were no talks about interest in Miller after he re-signed.

No need to imagine... Many months ago, there was a desperate GM who acquired the captain of the Arizona Coyotes to strengthen the blueline, while we all know that contract term is worse than Myers's.

The best time to trade Boeser was last seanson's trade deadline, as a rentalfor some contenders. Thanks to the ridiculous 7.5M qualifying offer, he actually has no trade value after hitting the RFA status. No team would give up assets for an unsigned,underarchieving winger, and then sign him to a big contract. It turned out that JR was the one giving out that contract that no team would want to pick up.

Just wondering , for #5 and #6, do you mean the canucks need to give up a third in order to get rid of Pearson/Myers?

The same thing can be said for Miller too, especially he and the Canucks were actually committed to each other long term this summer. How come so many people are suggesting Miller in this thread?

Why would Columbus go for Miller, with his age and the long term contract, while we all know Horvat is on the market?

If there is any team interested in OEL (and OEL is willing to go), that team would sure also ask for a high draft pick or two attached to OEL. If the price to get rid of dickenson is a 2nd, imagine the cost for OEL.

Pearson! He's the main reason why the team won today!

actually, we should ask why didnt the Canucks cap dump OEL along with the 2nd rounder? save 7.26mil vs 2.6?

Is there anywhere we can find the proposed offers from other teams for the potential J.T. Miller trade, during the trading deadline of last season?

Nobody can top Mike Milbury!

why trade him when his value hits all time low?

why many fans want to trade an asset when you know his value is at all time low currently? Same thing happened during the earlier part of last season. People wanted to trade Petterson when we all knew the trade value was low when he struggled.

Boeser should have been traded at last year's deadline, if the Canucks wanted to have something in return. At the time he hit RFA in July with that 7.5M Qualifying Offer, he basically had no trade value. No teams would trade away assets for an underachieving free agent with such challenging QO. Maybe we should discuss if the team should have let him walk by not offering him the QO.

Minnesota, a.k.a. the hockey state, is a mature market with educated fan base. They don't need to acquire a "hometown" boy to sell tickets.

All the 3 stars tonight are on expiring/short-term contracts.

I really cannot think of any team who would want to pick up the multi year contracts of Miller and Boeser. Unless the Canucks are willing to add draft picks again, or retain salaries.

Not to mention the Canucks needed to give up a 2nd round pick along with Dickenson to create cap space for acquiring Bear.

I think it's pretty tough to downplay it to $5-6M salary range if the Qualifying Offer was 7.5M. My question is, what was the reasoning behind the previous contract signing for giving out the 7.5M Qualifying Offer?

Maybe it's the time to rename the topic of this thread to Miller? Do We Really Need Him?