Looking to the draft assume 6 and 13

Created by: BeautifulIdiot

Team: 2022-23 Vancouver Canucks

Initial Creation Date: Feb. 3, 2023

Published: Feb. 3, 2023

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I think that it is of the utmost importance that we get a Centre and a Defenceman at this draft, I dont think that BPA is the best approach, I think that you have to take the player with the most value, I didnt include any wingers because we need centre not wingers, Benson is a winger but he nowadays mainly plays centre and hes a LML boy so we need to keep them. Obviously if we pop up into the top 3 it's Bedard, Carlsson, Fantilli followed by Michkov. Cristall doesnt play centre but he is from Van so he might be worth a shot. When it comes to the blueliner, Reinbacher and Dragicevic are essentially the same player so take your pick, and ASP is an interesting one as he is a good offencive defenceman but hes just not big so I am not sure he is the answer but we shall see

Free Agent Signings

CREATED	YEARS	CAP HIT
Smith, Will	3	$950,000
Yager, Brayden	3	$950,000
Benson, Zach	3	$950,000
Reinbacher, David	3	$950,000
Dragicevic, Lukas	3	$950,000
Leonard, Ryan	3	$950,000
Dvorsk, Dalibor	3	$950,000
Sandin Pellikka, Axel	3	$950,000

Buyouts

Braden Holtby: $1,900,000
Jake Virtanen: $500,000

Retained Salary Transactions

Bo Horvat: $1,375,000 (25%)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2023
2024
2025

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
28	$82,500,000	$87,897,500	$1,250,000	$850,000	-$5,397,500

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Smith, Will $950,000$950,000	Reinbacher, David $950,000$950,000	Pettersson, Elias $7,350,000$7,350,000 C, LW UFA - 2
Benson, Zach $950,000$950,000	Dragicevic, Lukas $950,000$950,000	Boeser, Brock $6,650,000$6,650,000 RW UFA - 3
Yager, Brayden $950,000$950,000	Sandin Pellikka, Axel $950,000$950,000	Miller, J.T. $5,250,000$5,250,000 C, LW, RW UFA - 1
Dvorsk, Dalibor $950,000$950,000		Garland, Conor $4,950,000$4,950,000 RW, LW UFA - 4
Leonard, Ryan $950,000$950,000		Beauvillier, Anthony $4,150,000$4,150,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
		Lazar, Curtis $1,000,000$1,000,000 RW, C UFA - 3
		Kuzmenko, Andrei $950,000$950,000 ($850,000$850K) LW, RW UFA - 1
		Joshua, Dakota $825,000$825,000 LW UFA - 2
		Studnicka, Jack $762,500$762,500 RW, C RFA - 2
		Dries, Sheldon $762,500$762,500 C UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Hughes, Quinn $7,850,000$7,850,000 LD UFA - 5	Myers, Tyler $6,000,000$6,000,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 2	Martin, Spencer $762,500$762,500 G UFA - 2
Ekman-Larsson, Oliver $7,260,000$7,260,000 LD NMC UFA - 5	Bear, Ethan $1,800,000$1,800,000 RD UFA - 1	Delia, Collin $750,000$750,000 G UFA - 1
Dermott, Travis $1,500,000$1,500,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Schenn, Luke $850,000$850,000 RD UFA - 1
Stillman, Riley $1,350,000$1,350,000 LD RFA - 2
Burroughs, Kyle $750,000$750,000 LD/RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
	Demko, Thatcher $5,000,000$5,000,000 G UFA - 4	Ferland, Micheal $3,500,000$3,500,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 1
	Mikheyev, Ilya $4,750,000$4,750,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 4	Poolman, Tucker $2,500,000$2,500,000 RD UFA - 3
	Pearson, Tanner $3,250,000$3,250,000 LW M-NTC UFA - 2
	Lockwood, William $750,000$750,000 RW UFA - 1

Top Comments

Feb. 3, 2023 at 5:19 p.m.

PARADIZA

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Smith & Reinbacher, please.

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Feb. 3, 2023 at 5:22 p.m.

Prime_Jimbo

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None of the players outside Berdard, Fantilli or Carlsson are ready now or close (say in NHL/AHL within a year) so BPA is the best approach.

Feb. 3, 2023 at 6:03 p.m.

Jerdog666

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Dragicevic, Lukas - Has been on my watch list. Big and Offensive. Years away from NHL though.

Honestly, it wouldn't hurt to draft a Goalie either. Maybe even with the 2nd rounder.

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Feb. 3, 2023 at 6:03 p.m.

YesThisIsFlo

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Yeah, count me out for drafting for position. I think they should take BPA, and build a new roster over time. No sense in drafting to fill gaps in this roster.

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Feb. 3, 2023 at 7:03 p.m.

BeautifulIdiot

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Quoting: YesThisIsFlo

Yeah, count me out for drafting for position. I think they should take BPA, and build a new roster over time. No sense in drafting to fill gaps in this roster.

Its drafting for need, it isnt exclusive to position, but i disagree with the idea of BPA because BPA does NOT mean that you are getting the player who will have the most value, Centres and defenders have the most value, follwed by goalies, then wingers, I think that the winger has to be a fair amount better than the centre to be taken over them, for instance if Michkov is available at 6 and the top 3 are off the board, I would 100% take him even if he is on a contract for 2 years after this. But the difference in the skill of players is usually minuscule when it comes to drafting within 3 picks at the top of the draft and 5 picks in the middle of the 1st that it would be more beneficial to the team to take the most valuable player as opposed to the "best" player

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