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  1. Quoted: Cap crunch left little wriggle room for the Canucks to negotiate with Tryamkin The Canucks retain Nikita Tryamkin's NHL rights as he wraps up a season in the KHL, and his agent says his client looks at the current state of the club "positively." Tryamkin the giant blueliner re-signed with Avtomobilist for one more year. Diamond said his client is disappointed. “But we never got into any substantive discussion (with the Canucks) in any case." Benning had said previously he was interested in bringing Tryamkin back. Benning is known to favour big players and Tryamkin certainly fits the bill at 6-foot-8. Tryamkin played 79 games for the Canucks between 2015-17, primarily as a third-pairing defenceman. According to Diamond, he and his client simply ran out of time. And Automobilist was a chance to get back on the ice with a team he knows. The cap-crunched Canucks couldn’t fit Tryamkin on a one-way, one-year deal into their current cap situation for 2020-21, Diamond said. “We know they have a mess on their hands, with the flat-cap world, with Luongo's $3-million cap recapture penalty etc. Also the fact the Canucks signed the under performing Eriksson and signing Beagle and Sutter to big contracts didn't help matters either. The Canucks hold Tryamkin’s rights through the end of the 2021-22 season. Diamond has long maintained that Tryamkin wants to return to the NHL. That’s still his desire. And given the Canucks still hold his rights, the preference remains in Vancouver. “If he wasn’t committed, we wouldn’t have waited,” Diamond said. “We take a realistic view of things — and he knows Vancouver as a city. He’s comfortable with it.” He pointed out that next summer Baertschi, Benn, and Sutter's contract comes off the books. “This gives Vancouver another two cycles to make the moves they need to make. There is a bit more flexibility next year,” he said. “The thing Jim Benning needs is time.”
  2. If we lose anothet defenseman in the 1st period I'm erasing the timers on my coffee machine, microwave and stove!!!! I've had it!!! NOBODYS GONNA KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS!!
  3. We over did it trying to bolster the twins final hurrah. That's where we began this LE and over spending. We weren't ready to cut bait instead we overspent to give them another shot at the playoffs. (Which i knew was unrealistic). But now we have to cut bait at the expense of Petie and Hughes and Bo's prime year(s). Haven't we been here already? with bottom level d Poulot/del Zotto/ Guddy Holm Biega etc. filling up contracts and cap space. Losing Tanev exposed our lack of D depth. We need to let Chatter, Rathbone and Joulevi move up. Which is a tall task. No offense to Hammer and Schmidt but we have to stop treading water and relying on bottom type trades to try and stay afloat.
  4. With Seattle looming we were going to lose Marky anyway. He was going to be a CAP issue especially when we need resign our young stars. And Petie and Hughes are being targeted and this is slowing them down. I think JB knew this year could possibly hurt, ie. until we can cull some bad contracts. And wow, former Nucks are playing lights out against us right now. The only benefit right now is the development of our young D. Chatfield was doing very well and got hurt? Ouch. Hamonic's legs were stuck somewhere between September and January. With our D suffering I would play 7 Dmen and rotate fresh legs out there. Schmits giveaways and Myers penalties don't help much either. Although the Armia penalty was pure frustration. We need Edler back badly.
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