teepain Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 (edited) On 2/13/2021 at 10:21 AM, VancouverHabitant said: Lucic was willing to take a little bit less money/term to sign here but Edmonton just went over and above to make sure they get him. I still think that Lucic would've been a great fit with us... not worth the money that he would've gotten, but still better then any other free agent that was signed that off-season. Let's not forget the other guys that signed that summer.... Frans Nielsen got a 5 year, 32 mil deal Okposo 6 years, 42 mil Andrew Ladd 5 years, 39 mil David Backes 5 years, 30 mil Darren Helm 5 years, 20 mil Troy Brouwer 4 years, 17 mil People don't have this perspective when they're clamoring on about the bad contracts that are on the books today. NHL was an inflationary place up until last year and the cap had been going up every single year for a long long time. Its funny because out of that list, Loui is prob the best of the bunch LOL, if not 2nd. what a free agent class it was Edited February 15, 2021 by teepain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballisticsports. Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 21 minutes ago, teepain said: Its funny because out of that list, Loui is prob the best of the bunch LOL, if not 2nd. what a free agent class it was What a mess that class was Nearly all coaches and GM's fired shortly after Goes to show. don't go hog wild on big name UFA You rarely get who you paid for and are paying for past, not future performances 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Jetski Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 (edited) I’d take a Jake and Loui for James swap. Jake’s Kassian Lite imo- just never able to put it all together. Edited February 16, 2021 by Wayne Jetski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzle Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 21 hours ago, ba;;isticsports said: What a mess that class was Nearly all coaches and GM's fired shortly after Goes to show. don't go hog wild on big name UFA You rarely get who you paid for and are paying for past, not future performances And then people cried about throwing money at Toffoli. It worked out for him and Montreal, but it easily could've gone bad. And then we'll have those people whine about why Benning spent money on free agency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballisticsports. Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 On 2/14/2021 at 9:50 PM, ba;;isticsports said: What a mess that class was Nearly all coaches and GM's fired shortly after Goes to show. don't go hog wild on big name UFA You rarely get who you paid for and are paying for past, not future performances I remember back in 2018 when rumours of the Canucks interest in a younger UFA Erik Karlsson at the time when i seemed to be in the minority of signing him and being against it then, as he alone would not have put us over the top and imagine our cap with him now ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teepain Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 Lets just stay away from ufas they almost never pay off 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnews Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 there are actually so many of these contracts out there that perhaps it's time to stop complaining about LE.... Look at Nashville as well - who have a couple more of these decline deals to manage. Even the SCC Lightning have theirs. The Laffs had to give up a 1st to move Marleau...etc, etc. and moving them has only gotten more challenging. Benning isn't the only GM - not even in a minority.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkyard Dog Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 Of all the bad contracts in the league I don’t think there’s any worse than Skinner right now. He’s on the 2nd year of a 9M x 8 years. Maybe Bobrovsky but he’s got one less year. Who’s gonna be worth their contract more Skinner or Bobrovsky? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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