babalu Posted July 27, 2021 Author Share Posted July 27, 2021 Frankly I never liked the Holtby signing. Hopefully this means they have a better backup in mind. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Marchand Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 (edited) 6 minutes ago, DownUndaCanuck said: Surprised that so many teams showed interest but clearly they wanted us to retain cap. To be honest I'd rather just keep Holtby for next season rather than buy him out. A buyout will basically still cost us 2M in cap space and we'll have to go find a UFA goalie who are mostly around 1-2M anyway. Unless JB has someone lined up who's fantastic for 1M, there's not really much point buying Holtby out. There's a later post that points out that Holtby's buyout will only cost the Canucks $500K on the cap next season. The $1.9 million cap hit comes in 2022-23. They'll likely be able to sign a backup for next year at well under the $3.8 million they save next season. Edited July 27, 2021 by Brad Marchand 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlwaysACanuckFan Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 3 minutes ago, King Heffy said: If we can find a cheap backup that we can trust, I can live with this. Halak, Elliott maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TheRussianRocket1994 Posted July 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 27, 2021 Just now, Oregon.Duck said: We literally just signed him! Someone take the keys from Jimbo. Let him drive the drafting and personnel. Someone else do contracts. Pls. You understand that... 1) They needed a good / experienced back up, especially since Demko was a first year starter. 2) They needed a goalie that qualified for the expansion draft and he damn near got taken. You can't predict what will happen after that. It is what it is and it's not your money, so who cares! 9 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CroSen Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 So much for teams having interest. However it sounds like every trade partner wanted salaray retention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddogy Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 I'm not a J.B. basher but this is a very poor turn of events and it's on him. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonder__Bread Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 This must be Benning's "show me" year from Aquaman. Basically a "I'll back you fully and sign off on anything you need but in return, the team needs to make a playoff run". That's my guess at least. I'm sure a lot of you are thinking the same. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 Just trying to determine the reasoning here. Maybe im seeing this wrong. Another backup will cost $$ , so how big will the savings be. What is the motivation? More money for UFA? Money for EP and Hughes? Or have they just lost faith in him after last season? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therodigy Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 2 minutes ago, Maddogy said: What is the point? I mean Canucks still need a backup, why not just keep him for another season? Let's say the Canucks sign a $1.5 -2 million back up like Broisoit for one year... that extra $1.8 - 2.3 million could be the difference in getting an extra year of cost control for one of Petey or Hughes, or perhaps for both Garland and Dickenson. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devron Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 I just hope we find a good cheap back-up. Easier said then done. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FijianCanuck Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 Plenty of decent goalies to pick in ufa. Just hope demko stays healthy and we don't rely on the backup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJockitch Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 So for last years mistakes we now have 2.5M In dead cap space next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanucks25 Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 4 minutes ago, WiseOne said: So much for teams having interest. However it sounds like every trade partner wanted salaray retention. You mean teams weren't lining up to trade for a goalie with a 4M+ cap hit that's been under .900 sv% back-to-back years? No wai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddogy Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 1 minute ago, DrJockitch said: So for last years mistakes we now have 2.5M In dead cap space next year. Yup. Not surprising coming from J.B. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaninMex Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 Question: Could we buy him out then resign at a lower rate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwijibo Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jermo09 Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 11 minutes ago, 73 Percent said: Such a mess. Aquaman must be pissed. He is the one that gave Benning the green light 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 That’s too bad, I was hoping that we’d keep Holtby and flip him at the deadline but then again we will probably be a playoff team this year and not a seller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJockitch Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 Just now, Maddogy said: Yup. Not surprising coming from J.B. I may have forgot the phrases “only” and “so far” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzle Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 4 minutes ago, DrJockitch said: So for last years mistakes we now have 2.5M In dead cap space next year. Yeah, not ideal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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