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  1. We have to consider that injuries will happen too. It's fine and even desirable to have our young rookies see if they can make it as a #6 D but if they can't, or if they can but there's an injury higher up on the depth chart, we need insurance. Guys like Brisebois, and Sautner have a little more NHL experience but for Rafferty, Juolevi, Rathbone, and Chatfeld, it'd be dicey to have 2 or 3 of them in the line up at the same time at this stage of their careers
  2. I see that changing next year when we don't re-sign Edler so that we can afford Hughes
  3. The Canucks have 7 players who can be bought out during this window. Although the only ones who aren't vital to our future are Sutter, Eriksson, Myers, and Edler. The other three are Horvat, Boeser, and Miller
  4. There was a deadline for general buyouts. There's a second buyout window that Capfriendly says ends Nov. 12. It seems to only be for teams who are going to arbitration with a player
  5. He could still sign with the Canucks. It's just that the other 30 teams can also make offers now that he's hit free agency. That said, I don't see Toffoli signing anywhere except in California, Vancouver, (or just because it'd be funny, Calgary). His wife works for one of the baseball teams in Cali. He's best friends with Pearson. Anaheim's on the decline, SJ's on the decline, LA is already in their rebuild, we're set for a step back year before our window begins to open. I think our team looks the most appealing from a winning perspective going forward but I wouldn't want TT for anything longer than 3-4 years max.
  6. I think he's asking why would TBL choose to drop cap in this trade where they are getting back a 2nd and a player with negative value. TBL could do a similar trade with a different team where the 6M they take back has some use. Or they take back less than 6M.
  7. That was what he could have had in arbitration from a judge who only bases it on comparables. As a UFA he can sign for anything
  8. Of all those stats, +/- is the only one where the player can fall down the list. Given that Tanev played for such bad teams in the 2010's, I wonder where he peaked in terms of +/-
  9. The majority of our RFA's will be signed. Stetcher is the only significant loss and he hasn't actually signed elsewhere yet. 2/3 of our good UFA's signed elsewhere (for the same team ironically) but we could not and should not have matched Calgary's offer. We offered Tanev less term and fewer dollars (2 years, 4M) and he declined as is his right as a UFA. Even if we'd offered that before free agency, he could still have refused. Markstrom wanted a NMC but that wasn't going to happen from us because we have a goalie who fits our competitive window in Demko. So he gets 6x6 with full NMC every year in Calgary. So far, I've agreed with the decision to NOT overpay for OEL from a desperate Arizona, NOT match Calgary's offers to Markstrom and Tanev, and he's signed MacEwen and Motte to very good contracts. I wished we could've gotten some more 2020 picks but very few trades were happening throughout the league since every team has a flat cap and is uncertain about what gate revenue there will be. A lack of trades isn't a failure of Benning. No trades is better than bad trades.
  10. The Oilers tweeted it out. Can't get more official than that.
  11. Rantanen makes that much more than Mackinnon? Oof.
  12. So the Avs have Landeskog and Makar needing new contracts the same off-season that we have Petey and Hughes need new contracts? I wonder which pair will make more. Does Mackinnon's sweet deal put an internal cap structure in place like when we had the Sedins for 6M and nobody would make more than them?
  13. I don't think it's specifically cap space this year ownership wants to shed. It's the rest of a high money, long term contract. That's a lot of real dollars that would be paid out over many years (56 million-ish). By trading OEL for Eriksson, they're trading real money, long term, for a cap hit that is much higher than the salary, short term. Meanwhile the Canucks trade dead cap hit (Eriksson being healthy scratched) for a player who will play an integral role on the team (top 4 D)
  14. It'll probably be a combination of the value of picks and prospects. So either a 1st/2nd and Lind (+cap dump) OR 3rd/4th and one of Hog/Pod/Demko (+cap dump)
  15. And every source has said that all three are no-go's for Benning
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