If we are pushing for the playoffs

Created by: Reason

Team: 2023-24 Vancouver Canucks

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 6, 2023

Published: Mar. 7, 2023

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Right off the bat im going to say I think this team should be rebuilding, not retooling. With that said if this team is set on making the playoffs here's my roster.

Im not super confident on some of the UFA signings values, but there an additional 1.5M in space that could be redistributed if a contract or two are a few hundred K off.

Goal for this team is to fix the PK, add another top 4 D and a 3C. If Demko stays healthy I think they have a good chance at making the playoffs but I still do not see them as a contender. The following year creates even more cap hell and OEL would likely have to be bought out and an additional player with salary moved.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Bear, Ethan	3	$3,000,000
Kravtsov, Vitali	2	$950,000
Höglander, Nils	2	$950,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Rittich, David	1	$1,000,000
Burroughs, Kyle	2	$800,000
Gaudreau, Frédérick	3	$2,500,000
Sheary, Conor	3	$2,500,000
Nosek, Tomas	2	$1,750,000
Graves, Ryan	4	$4,000,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Livingstone, Jake		3	$2,000,000

Trades

VAN

ARI

Pearson, Tanner
2024 3rd round pick (VAN)

Additional Details:

If Pearson doesn't stay on LTIR.

VAN

ARI

Myers, Tyler
2025 3rd round pick (VAN)

Additional Details:

Traded after 5M signing bonus is paid.

VAN

PIT

Boeser, Brock
2025 2nd round pick (VAN)

Additional Details:

This can be to any team.

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
23	$82,500,000	$76,758,750	$850,000	$850,000	$5,741,250

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Kuzmenko, Andrei $5,500,000$5,500,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 2	Pettersson, Elias $7,350,000$7,350,000 C, LW UFA - 1	Beauvillier, Anthony $4,150,000$4,150,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Mikheyev, Ilya $4,750,000$4,750,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 3	Miller, J.T. $8,000,000$8,000,000 C, LW, RW NMC UFA - 7	Garland, Conor $4,950,000$4,950,000 RW, LW UFA - 3
Podkolzin, Vasily $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) RW, LW RFA - 1	Gaudreau, Frédérick $2,500,000$2,500,000 C, LW UFA - 5	Sheary, Conor $2,500,000$2,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 3
Nosek, Tomas $1,750,000$1,750,000 LW, C UFA - 1	Åman, Nils $883,750$883,750 C RFA - 1	Joshua, Dakota $825,000$825,000 LW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Hughes, Quinn $7,850,000$7,850,000 LD UFA - 4		Demko, Thatcher $5,000,000$5,000,000 G UFA - 3
Graves, Ryan $4,000,000$4,000,000 LD UFA - 6	Hronek, Filip $4,400,000$4,400,000 RD RFA - 1
Ekman-Larsson, Oliver $2,250,000$2,250,000 LD UFA - 1	Bear, Ethan $3,000,000$3,000,000 RD UFA - 2	Rittich, David $1,000,000$1,000,000 G UFA - 1
	Livingstone, Jake $2,000,000$2,000,000

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Dries, Sheldon $762,500$762,500 C UFA - 1		Poolman, Tucker $2,500,000$2,500,000 RD UFA - 2
Burroughs, Kyle $800,000$800,000 LD/RD UFA - 3
Studnicka, Jack $762,500$762,500 RW, C RFA - 1

Special Teams

Penalty Kill 1
	Gaudreau, F.	Sheary, C.
	Graves, R.	Hronek, F.

Penalty Kill 2
	Nosek, T.	Mikheyev, I.

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Mar. 7, 2023 at 9:31 p.m.

Nighthawk

2018 Canucks

Joined: Jan. 2017

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Well right off the bat it really doesn’t matter if fans want a rebuild isn’t happening. Move on

Next is poor asset management if a retool. Throwing away picks for short term? Nope

Riding out the last year of Myers & Pearson is the better option if no takers.

Mar. 7, 2023 at 10:27 p.m.

Reason

Joined: Jul. 2020

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Quoting: Nighthawk

Well right off the bat it really doesn’t matter if fans want a rebuild isn’t happening. Move on

That is what I essentially said in my opening description. I don't think retool is the best course of action but it's going to happen regardless, so here's my roster...

Next is poor asset management if a retool. Throwing away picks for short term? Nope

I completely disagree with this statement. This retool is meant to be very quick, Alvin and Rutherford themselves said 1-2 years and that the playoffs are expected next season, I don't even know if this should be called a retool maybe it should be called going all in.
This team HAS to move money out just to be compliant with the cap. If they truly want to make the playoffs next season they will have to move additional money out in order to improve the roster, no one is doing Vancouver a favor and taking on their poor contracts without compensation. For all those glass 3/4 full fans out there, this management group has been trying to move money for over a year now, if they could have without spending assets to do so it would have already happened.

Riding out the last year of Myers & Pearson is the better option if no takers.

I agree with this statement because I don't think a "retool" or "going all in" is the best course of action, but as you clearly stated, "it really doesn’t matter if fans want a rebuild isn’t happening. Move on". If the team is not doing a rebuild and their goal is to make the playoffs next season they are again going to have to move money out, and its going to cost.

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