Major RETOOL Surgery

Team: 2022-23 Vancouver Canucks

Initial Creation Date: Jan. 18, 2023

Published: Jan. 19, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

On Horvat trade assume retention and a Sign & Trade; 8 x $7.25M; CAR upgrades their C depth and DOES have room to resign given they have 10 UFAs going into next season. Allows CAR to keep their "gem" in Morrow. Rathbone is a proven asset in the AHL in terms of scoring and has NHL upside from the LHS. Retention also allows CAR to add more at the TDL.

Team likely won't be able to explore moving on from the remaining bad money deals, including the Myers & OEL contracts until the summer, when a better understanding of '23-24 cap implications is made.

These trades secure VAN with additonal RFAs with a spread in the expiry of their deals that give VAN time to determine if the player is still fungible, in what role and at what cost.

Also, it allows for negligible carry-over of bonuses into next year; with the removal of ~$6M in deadcap, this gives VAN more flexibility to pursue similar deals to CAR where they could accommodate a higher value deal and potentially also take on prospects and picks for a more favourable return.

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