80 million compliance buyout challenge

Team: 2020-21 Vancouver Canucks

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 14, 2020

Published: Mar. 15, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Let’s assume the cap falls and teams are offered one compliance buyout like after the most recent lockout. Here’s a plan.
The team is better because:
1. no Tim Schaller
2. Didn’t re-sign Motte
3. Leivo and Gaudette, Leivo and Sutter, Roussel and Gaudette (no Virtanen), and Roussel and Sutter (no Beagle) were all parts of effective bottom six lines previously. I think there’s enough there to field two average to slightly below average third and fourth lines.
4. Mackenzie Weegar is a slight upgrade on Tanev at this point in their careers. Florida has a lot invested in Ekblad, Yandle, Matheson, and Strahlman and still have to replace Hoffman and Dadonov. They may be open to a trade.

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