By sea and land Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 First of all Danny and Hank come off the books in 2018. Most of Canucks top prospects are wingers. Virtanen, Boeser and Grenier as RWers with Baertschi and Shinkaruk as LWers. McCann and Cassels down the middle. HUGE if but if the Islanders did the unthinkable and somehow let Tavares get away then the Canucks should throw every chip they have into the pot for his services. Could we also resign the Twins at a reasonable 1 or 2 year deal so they could play 2nd/3rd line minutes until our kids supplant them? Say 1 year $3.5m each? 2018.... Baertschi. Tavares. Virtanen Shinkaruk. Bo. Grenier Danny. Hank. Boeser Gaunce. McCann/Vey. Cassels Defense a whole different topic. I'd suspect by 2018 that Vrbata, Burrows, Higgins and Prust have moved on. I'd include Hamhuis and G Ryan Miller too. This would be a final 1 year deal for the twins. Having Tavares and Bo would be as good a 1-2 punch in the league. At least very capable of going gead to head with any other top 2 C's. I know this could be a pipe dream BUT I don't want Benning to give a big contract to a UFA winger. I want our UFA money going toward a #1 C and if that's unattainable then let's look for a stud Dman. I don't think we have either of them in our system or prospect pool yet. Can we be patient until 2018? I for one hope so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 He won't make it to UFA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhippy Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 He won't make UFA and rest assured Toronto will be throwing record amounts of cash at Tavares and Stamkos to appease their fan base with two local superstar kids should they make it to UFA status Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRussianRocket. Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 He won't make it to UFA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabreFan1 Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Is anybody here willing to encourage GMJB to pay 10 Million dollars or more per year for Tavares' services? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Vanderhoek Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 He won't make it to UFA. Going to have to agree with this, he has a very good thing going with the Islanders and the team likely will be contending at that point if not sooner. Also the Sedins, they may become secondary players, do you think they will be retired by 2018 ? I am not convinced this contract is it for them. But I wouldn't be surprised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winter Soldier Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 He won't make it to UFA. The same way Stamkos won't make it to UFA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pears Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 He won't make it to UFA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalky Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 The same way Stamkos won't make it to UFA. Yes, exactly. Neither will be a UFA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amish Rake Fighter Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 The same way Stamkos won't make it to UFA. I doubt he'll bolt but Stamkos could make a lot more money in Toronto through endorsements, etc... He'd be such a big celebrity that he could even star in the upcoming remake of 'The Littlest Hobo'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 They currently have Tavares on the best contract in the NHL. They'll reward him with a massive extension entering the final year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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