SabreFan1 Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 With the RFA pool being sorta deep this year, will Benning offer sheet anybody? Remember, if you take a player you have to compensate the other team with draft picks, not to mention that the other GMs will be pretty ticked off. I don't know enough about Benning to even venture a good guess about his position on signing RFAs to offer sheets. I'm genuinely asking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhippy Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 I find it unlikely. After Burke and Edmonton no GM seems to have the balls outside of Philli to do that, and after Webers monster contract and cap uncertainty I think another year goes by without a sheet going out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkyard Dog Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 We won't have the cap after we re-sign our RFAs. Unless we move someone who has a bunch of cap and we decide that we are willing to sacrifice picks. We being JB and co. That I doubt personally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-AJ- Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 It's a sort of taboo thing to do. Also, I doubt he wants to lose more draft picks. As other people said, we also won't have much cap space to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildwood Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Benning stated that they will look at the Rfa'a of other teams. They are meeting this week to formulate a plan for this year. If they find an Rfa who they think can make their team better they will make a hockey trade to get that player. Benning did not say anything about offer sheets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BanTSN Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Depends if any teams need an offer in to easily match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWMc1 Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 I doubt that Benning will offersheet anyone. Not because it is frowned upon by many GMs, but because he values picks so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YEGCanuck Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Can't imagine JB will attempt any such offers unless he can first rid the club of a few contracts highly paid veterans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithers joe Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 hope not....pretty underhanded thing to do... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintPatrick33 Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Yea talk of signing RFA is really overrated, no GM in the league who wants to make future transactions would do that. As previous posters state, we have neither the cap or the willingness to give up draft picks. If we were a team that was one specific type of player away from the Cup, then yes it may be worth the gamble, but at this point we need picks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabreFan1 Posted June 13, 2015 Author Share Posted June 13, 2015 Benning stated that they will look at the Rfa'a of other teams. They are meeting this week to formulate a plan for this year. If they find an Rfa who they think can make their team better they will make a hockey trade to get that player. Benning did not say anything about offer sheets. If this is the case and he sees an RFA that strikes his fancy, then tendering an offer is the next step in the process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuporbust Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Gillis did this to backes in St. Louis and the blues never forgot it. They even drove the price up on Steve bernier with an offer sheet because if it just to burn gillis back. It's not really a good idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pears Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 If we free up enough cap space and teams are hand cuffed enough we easily could. I could really see us unloading guys like Higgins, Bieksa and maybe Miller to be able to go all in on Dougie Hamilton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down by the River Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Doughy, Keith, Chara, Letang, Lidstrom, Niedermayer.... It has been about a decade (since the 2006 Hurricanes) since the team winning the Stanley Cup has lacked an elite puck-moving dman. With more being made about zone entries, etc., I think this type of dman becomes the new 'first line centre' (if it isn't already). I don't think the Canucks send out the offer sheet, but Dougie Hamilton could be seeing a lot of dollar signs this summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmahyoung Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Just checked the rules... so if the Canucks pay the RFA more than 2.88 million, they have to give up a first rounder. Then it goes up to massive 4 first rounder penalties... The majority of players you would want would need to be signed over that salary range. That's pretty expensive indeed. Unless it's Brandon Saad or something, probably not gonna be worth it. The rules make it like that. Now that you mention it... a good candidate for picking up RFAs would be a team that has a first rounder, but a lousy late round first rounder like the Canucks, Blackhawks or Anaheim... hmm. A first rounder for us is nowhere near the same value as a team like Edmonton. Maybe this is an incentive for the better teams to go after RFAs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Me_ Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Benning stated that they will look at the Rfa'a of other teams. They are meeting this week to formulate a plan for this year. If they find an Rfa who they think can make their team better they will make a hockey trade to get that player. Benning did not say anything about offer sheets. Drafter Benning needs picks to draft. It's his favorite sideshow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumerman77 Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Doubt it. No cap room and Benning doesn't like to give up picks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl's Jn Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 how about some homework if someone is willing to do it... go thru the teams and see who is cash strapped and needs to shed cap in order to sign a rfa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremyCuddles Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Aren't we missing our 3rd round pick, for this year and next? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peaches5 Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 With the RFA pool being sorta deep this year, will Benning offer sheet anybody? Remember, if you take a player you have to compensate the other team with draft picks, not to mention that the other GMs will be pretty ticked off. I don't know enough about Benning to even venture a good guess about his position on signing RFAs to offer sheets. I'm genuinely asking. I would give an offer sheet to Tarasenko sign him to 8+ million a year. There is no way that the blues let him walk and you force them to pay him market value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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