People who think the Canucks are in a "contract mess", look at the Islanders right now... they have only 9 mil to sign all of Barzal, Pulock and Toews. Meanwhile, we have about 16 mil to sign guys like Marky, Toffoli and Tanev, and then people act like it'll be impossible for the Nucks to shed cap; whether that be by dealing guys like Virtanen, Stetcher, Roussel, Sutter, Eriksson, etc.
People need to chill out. Things are so good in Nuckland, and it just feels as if the media/pundits are chomping at the bit to find SOMETHING to talk about. But go figure... many people who follow this team are very short-sighted, so they dumb everything down, and, seem as if they're willfully being obtuse towards the fact that there's a bigger picture here... but hey, I suppose they need to boost their ratings somehow.
Bottom line is, we have plenty of money to play with to sign some guys, but then management will also have to move some guys out. No big deal. And on top of that, we have guys on ELC's who are arriving pretty soon like Podkolzin, Hoglander, Juolevi, Rathbone, Lind, etc.
Nucks are set and there seems to be buy-in from everyone. Relax ladies and gents. Relax...