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FORWARDS (13)
Rightwing: K. Okposo ($5,500,000) - J. Virtanen ($894,167) - J. Hansen ($2,500,000) - D. Dorsett ($2,650,000)
Centre: H. Sedin ($7,000,000) - B. Sutter ($4,375,000) - B. Horvat ($894,167) - M. Granlund ($900,000)
Leftwing: D. Sedin ($7,000,000) - M. Lucic ($5,500,000) - S. Baertschi ($2,500,000) - B. Gaunce ($863,333) - E. Etem ($900,000)

DEFENSE (8)
Right: C. Tanev ($4,450,000) - E. Gudbranson ($3,500,000) - N. Tryamkin ($925,000) - A. Biega ($750,000)
Left: A. Edler ($5,000,000) - L. Sbisa ($3,600,000) - B. Hutton ($896,250) - A. Pedan ($950,000)

GOALTENDER (2)
J. Markstrom ($1,550,000) - R. Miller ($6,000,000)

BUYOUTS
A. Burrows ($0) - C. Higgins ($0) - K. Ballard ($0)

DETAILS
Roster Size: 23
NHL Salary Cap: $74,000,000
Bonus Overages: $315,000
Cap Hit: $73,546,250
Cap Space: $453,750

 

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lucic-sutter-virtanen

baerschi-horvat-hansen

gaunce-granlund-dorsett

etem

 

edler-tanev

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hutton-tryamkin

pedan-biega

 

sign lucic 5 yrs/5.5m 

sign okposo 5 yrs/5.5m

sign baerschi 2yrs/2.5m

sign pedan 2 yrs/950k

sign etem 2 yrs/900k

 

buyout burrows and higgins

 

signing lucic and okposo gives the canucks the next generation of 2 vets who still have game left to help insulate the young talent after the sedins are gone. In the meantime, the sedins get a legit linemate, the second line is a bash and crash line fits perfectly in the west and the 3rd line has some speed and skill.

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32 minutes ago, Stamkos said:

Lucic will want to stay with kings.

 

Neither Okposo or Lucic will sign for under 6 mil

Yes Lucic will want to stay in L.A. And yes L.A. will want to keep him, but they have so many bad contracts that I can't see them having the money that he will command.

 

And your right, both Okposo and Lucic will be asking for somewhere around 7 mil per, and someone will most definitely give it to them.

 

We might get one but I doubt we get both.

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4 minutes ago, FrankieCorrado said:

Yes Lucic will want to stay in L.A. And yes L.A. will want to keep him, but they have so many bad contracts that I can't see them having the money that he will command.

 

And your right, both Okposo and Lucic will be asking for somewhere around 7 mil per, and someone will most definitely give it to them.

 

We might get one but I doubt we get both.

Will Stamkos be the first domino to fall?

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When's the last time the Canucks landed a BIG NAME UFA that we all wanted and wasn't part of the team the year before...

 

We always end up getting the left overs....it's like coming to a pot luck dinner late and all that's left are some fried chicken crumbs and some stale chow mein.

 

 

 

 

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2 hours ago, billabong said:

sedin-sedin-okposo

lucic-sutter-virtanen

baerschi-horvat-hansen

gaunce-granlund-dorsett

etem

 

edler-tanev

sbisa-gudbranson

hutton-tryamkin

pedan-biega

 

sign lucic 5 yrs/5.5m 

sign okposo 5 yrs/5.5m

sign baerschi 2yrs/2.5m

sign pedan 2 yrs/950k

sign etem 2 yrs/900k

 

buyout burrows and higgins

 

FORWARDS (13)
Rightwing: K. Okposo ($5,500,000) - J. Virtanen ($894,167) - J. Hansen ($2,500,000) - D. Dorsett ($2,650,000)
Centre: H. Sedin ($7,000,000) - B. Sutter ($4,375,000) - B. Horvat ($894,167) - M. Granlund ($900,000)
Leftwing: D. Sedin ($7,000,000) - M. Lucic ($5,500,000) - S. Baertschi ($2,500,000) - B. Gaunce ($863,333) - E. Etem ($900,000)

DEFENSE (8)
Right: C. Tanev ($4,450,000) - E. Gudbranson ($3,500,000) - N. Tryamkin ($925,000) - A. Biega ($750,000)
Left: A. Edler ($5,000,000) - L. Sbisa ($3,600,000) - B. Hutton ($896,250) - A. Pedan ($950,000)

GOALTENDER (2)
J. Markstrom ($1,550,000) - R. Miller ($6,000,000)

BUYOUTS
A. Burrows ($2.5m) - C. Higgins ($833,333) - K. Ballard ($0)

DETAILS
Roster Size: 23
NHL Salary Cap: $74,000,000
Bonus Overages: $315,000
Cap Hit: $73,546,250
Cap Space: $453,750

Cap Hit: $76,879,583

 

Cap Space: -$2,879,583

 

 

 

 

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YES, 

 

Instead of Stamkos pipedream at 12 or 13 mill. you go and sign Okposo and Lucic/Eriksson at around 6 mill each. 

 

You instantly become a heavier and tougher team particularly with the addition of Gudsy on the back end. You have legitimate top 2 lines and a very good 3rd line. You already have a much better D than last year with Gudsy on it. 

 

This is what JB has to do and I think he will. He will go after Okposo, Lucic and Ericson. He'll try to get 2/3 and if he does he'll be the biggest winner on July 1st. 

 

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Biega

 

 

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 vey for a 4th frees 1mill

buyout burr higgins  frees 3.25mill

hamhuis walks frees 4.5 

vrbata walks frees 5.0

pedan makes team  signs 900k or hes traded  hes waiver eligible  will be our 7th dman

hansen traded frees 2.5

sbisa traded frees 3.6 

biega traded 700k   

opens up 17mill  for free agency  and rfa resigns 

gubbranson makes 3.5 

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First off as everyone else has said... no way you get either of those guys under 6M. I'd think okposo gets close to 7, and will want to be in an american market. 

Secondly.... I don't understand the continual fascination with Lucic. Sure he's a big body with some stick skills, but his skating has always been an area of 'needs improvement' and with his scoliosis (degenerative back condition) I wouldn't want within a 100ft pole of him as he gets into his 30's. On top of that, it seems almost guaranteed LA finds a way to keep him.

Eriksson on the other hand is looking for 5 years around 5M... would take him through to 36. This could be worth it, he will be worth the money the first couple years but the back half of the contract could be risky. When he's been with linemates that don't push the play on their own he has struggled, and definitely is a complimentary piece.

Best chance the Canucks land one of the better winger UFA's.... and mayyybe a supporting piece or two. Higgins with one year left doesn't make sense to buyout, the cap benefit isn't worth it. Burrows could be bought out.

Virtanen starts in Utica. Draft pick in CHL. One of pedan/Biega/Larsen get waived. Without some more moves to clear out existing bottom end forwards and make room for more efficient players, this is not a roster that will do well. Middle of the road out of the playoffs group.

D Sedin (7)      H Sedin (7)   Eriksson (5.5)
Rodin (.95)      Sutter (4.375) Etem (1)

Baertschi (2)   Horvat (1.75)   Hansen (2.5)
Dorsett(2.65)  Granlund (.9) Higgins (2.5)
Vey (1)   
 

Edler (5) Tanev(4.45)

Hutton(.925) Gundbranson (3.5)
Sbisa (3.6) Tryamkin (.925)
Pedan (1) Biega(.7)
Larsen (1)

 

Miller (6)
Marky (1.55)

Burrows (2.5M)
Luongo (800k)
 

Even still, assuming biega gets waived, the canucks are at 70.375M for a 23 man roster. Not a ton of room left for any UFA's.

Waiving higgins again only clears .875, trading Hansen could free up 2.5.... but we'd have to use all the remaining cap space to sign someone to fill a scoring role.

Basically, best hope is that GMJB can find a way to dish Sbisa (I'm not a basher, he does his job, but 3.6M is a tough hit for 3rd pair D).

Also need to remember that Markstrom, Horvat, Gundbranson, Hutton, Tryamkin will all need new deals after next year, not to mention another goalie (Demko will need more than 1 year in Utica) and if Baertschi only does another 1 year deal (same with etem and vey to a lesser degree) they will need deals too... and if they improve they'll start costing more and more.

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4 hours ago, billabong said:

 

FORWARDS (13)
Rightwing: K. Okposo ($5,500,000) - J. Virtanen ($894,167) - J. Hansen ($2,500,000) - D. Dorsett ($2,650,000)
Centre: H. Sedin ($7,000,000) - B. Sutter ($4,375,000) - B. Horvat ($894,167) - M. Granlund ($900,000)
Leftwing: D. Sedin ($7,000,000) - M. Lucic ($5,500,000) - S. Baertschi ($2,500,000) - B. Gaunce ($863,333) - E. Etem ($900,000)

DEFENSE (8)
Right: C. Tanev ($4,450,000) - E. Gudbranson ($3,500,000) - N. Tryamkin ($925,000) - A. Biega ($750,000)
Left: A. Edler ($5,000,000) - L. Sbisa ($3,600,000) - B. Hutton ($896,250) - A. Pedan ($950,000)

GOALTENDER (2)
J. Markstrom ($1,550,000) - R. Miller ($6,000,000)

BUYOUTS
A. Burrows ($0) - C. Higgins ($0) - K. Ballard ($0)

DETAILS
Roster Size: 23
NHL Salary Cap: $74,000,000
Bonus Overages: $315,000
Cap Hit: $73,546,250
Cap Space: $453,750

 

sedin-sedin-okposo

lucic-sutter-virtanen

baerschi-horvat-hansen

gaunce-granlund-dorsett

etem

 

edler-tanev

sbisa-gudbranson

hutton-tryamkin

pedan-biega

 

sign lucic 5 yrs/5.5m 

sign okposo 5 yrs/5.5m

sign baerschi 2yrs/2.5m

sign pedan 2 yrs/950k

sign etem 2 yrs/900k

 

buyout burrows and higgins

 

signing lucic and okposo gives the canucks the next generation of 2 vets who still have game left to help insulate the young talent after the sedins are gone. In the meantime, the sedins get a legit linemate, the second line is a bash and crash line fits perfectly in the west and the 3rd line has some speed and skill.

Love it!

 

PMD shy of a very dangerous team!

 

Would trade Sbisa, sign Larsen... (Hutton is well ahead of Sbisa on depth chart also, just my opinion)

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nobody wants to try and get a good pp qb in fa? I think that has been a glaring need for some time now, and if Yandle hits the market we should be after him, heck if we were to move sbisa or dare i say edler we could trade a conditional pick for his right to try and sign him before FA. This would be a Benning move as ppl love to hate on his inclusion of always adding picks to deals.

 

Yandle 5yr 5.5-6m would be worth it to try and rejuvenate our PP. Pair him with Tanev big E

 

Yandle Big E

Edler Tanev

Hutton Tryamkin

pedan Biega/Larsen

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To those figuring they're both gonna get close to 7m I wouldn't be so sure. There wasn't any huge over payments last summer and this years deadline was really weird so let's see what market will be when the starter gun goes off on July 1st

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13 hours ago, CHYCHRUN said:

Lucic, no thx. Old, slow and too many miles.

Okposo, yes please

We will most likely get Eriksson and Okposo, if anyone.

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It's not going to happen.  You might have the cap space for next season but you need to look ahead to the 2017/18 season.  The Canucks are going to have to resign Horvat, Gudbranson, Tryamkin, Hutton and Markstrom, possibly Rodin and Gaunce.  The salary cap will probably be under $80m.  There is no way that they will sign a top UFA this summer as they are likely to demand a huge multi year deal from a contending team. Rather than throwing big money at UFAs in their late 20s or early 30s, they need to ensure that they can retain their current young talent. 

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23 hours ago, billabong said:

 

FORWARDS (13)
Rightwing: K. Okposo ($5,500,000) - J. Virtanen ($894,167) - J. Hansen ($2,500,000) - D. Dorsett ($2,650,000)
Centre: H. Sedin ($7,000,000) - B. Sutter ($4,375,000) - B. Horvat ($894,167) - M. Granlund ($900,000)
Leftwing: D. Sedin ($7,000,000) - M. Lucic ($5,500,000) - S. Baertschi ($2,500,000) - B. Gaunce ($863,333) - E. Etem ($900,000)

DEFENSE (8)
Right: C. Tanev ($4,450,000) - E. Gudbranson ($3,500,000) - N. Tryamkin ($925,000) - A. Biega ($750,000)
Left: A. Edler ($5,000,000) - L. Sbisa ($3,600,000) - B. Hutton ($896,250) - A. Pedan ($950,000)

GOALTENDER (2)
J. Markstrom ($1,550,000) - R. Miller ($6,000,000)

BUYOUTS
A. Burrows ($0) - C. Higgins ($0) - K. Ballard ($0)

DETAILS
Roster Size: 23
NHL Salary Cap: $74,000,000
Bonus Overages: $315,000
Cap Hit: $73,546,250
Cap Space: $453,750

 

sedin-sedin-okposo

lucic-sutter-virtanen

baerschi-horvat-hansen

gaunce-granlund-dorsett

etem

 

edler-tanev

sbisa-gudbranson

hutton-tryamkin

pedan-biega

 

sign lucic 5 yrs/5.5m 

sign okposo 5 yrs/5.5m

sign baerschi 2yrs/2.5m

sign pedan 2 yrs/950k

sign etem 2 yrs/900k

 

buyout burrows and higgins

 

signing lucic and okposo gives the canucks the next generation of 2 vets who still have game left to help insulate the young talent after the sedins are gone. In the meantime, the sedins get a legit linemate, the second line is a bash and crash line fits perfectly in the west and the 3rd line has some speed and skill.

Buying out Burrows and Higgins will still leave a cap hit. Unless you can find a way to trade them, you can't just zero out their hit completely!

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