NCAA Aug 15 UFAs

Created by: goldie078

Team: 2017-18 Vancouver Canucks

Initial Creation Date: Jul. 27, 2017

Published: Jul. 27, 2017

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Legend

Left Handed

Original Team

Waivers Exempt

Right Handed

Position

Trade Clause

Max Perf. Bonus

Expiry Status

Term Remaining

McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

NMC

UFA - 5

Description

U Denver, COL: Garth Butcher, Hobey Baker winner, 1995 5'10" 186 lb, LHD
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Harvard, NJD: Alex Kerfoot, 1994 5'10" 175 lb, C/LW
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Not much to the roster, just raising the possibility of signing them and letting them win their spots like recent NCAA Canucks in Hutton, Biega, Stecher, Boeser, Labate, Lockwood, Gaudette, Demko.
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The Canucks are stockpiled. I wouldn't be surprised to lose somebody to waivers right away, and for vets to be traded mid-season once rookies have won their spots in the NHL during injury recalls. Until management is confident enough to turn those roster spots over permanently, the Comets should be fun to play on this year as Calder Cup favorites -- so a tour in the AHL should be no deterrent. Clearly depth is stronger with left-hand shots though, something to think about when planning trades.

Free Agent Signings

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Horvat, Bo	6	$6,000,000
Gaunce, Brendan	2	$1,500,000
Kerfoot, Alex	2	$925,000
Butcher, Will	2	$925,000

Buyouts

Chris Higgins: $833,333

Retained Salary Transactions

Roberto Luongo: $800,000 (15%)
Jannik Hansen: $500,000 (20%)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2018
2019
2020

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
27	$75,000,000	$72,905,000	$0	$1,912,500	$2,095,000

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Granlund, Markus $900,000$900,000 RW, LW, C UFA - 1	Horvat, Bo $6,000,000$6,000,000	Boeser, Brock $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) RW UFA - 2
Baertschi, Sven $1,850,000$1,850,000 LW UFA - 1	Sedin, Henrik $7,000,000$7,000,000 C NMC UFA - 1	Eriksson, Loui $6,000,000$6,000,000 LW, RW NMC UFA - 5
Sedin, Daniel $7,000,000$7,000,000 LW NMC UFA - 1	Sutter, Brandon $4,375,000$4,375,000 RW, C NTC UFA - 4	Virtanen, Jake $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) RW, LW UFA - 1
Gaunce, Brendan $1,500,000$1,500,000	Gagner, Sam $2,835,000$2,835,000 RW, C UFA - 3	Rödin, Anton $700,000$700,000 RW UFA - 1
Goldobin, Nikolay $863,333$863,333 ($212,500$212K) LW UFA - 2	Burmistrov, Alexander $900,000$900,000 C, RW UFA - 1
Boucher, Reid $687,500$687,500 LW UFA - 1	Kerfoot, Alex $925,000$925,000

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Hutton, Ben $2,800,000$2,800,000 LD UFA - 2	Tanev, Christopher $4,450,000$4,450,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 3	Markström, Jacob $3,666,667$3,666,667 G UFA - 3
Edler, Alexander $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD NTC UFA - 2	Stecher, Troy $925,000$925,000 RD UFA - 1	Nilsson, Anders $2,500,000$2,500,000 G UFA - 2
Del Zotto, Michael $2,250,000$2,250,000 LD UFA - 2	Gudbranson, Erik $3,500,000$3,500,000 RD UFA - 1
Wiercioch, Patrick $650,000$650,000 LD UFA - 1	Biega, Alex $750,000$750,000 RD UFA - 1
Butcher, Will $925,000$925,000

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
		Dorsett, Derek $2,650,000$2,650,000 RW UFA - 2

Top Comments

Jul. 27, 2017 at 1:53 p.m.

goldie078

Joined: Mar. 2017

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I look forward to seeing Pedan (LHD) and Subban (RHD) get some time in the NHL this year. This pre-season especially as the Canucks have to play in Beijing and Shanghai.

But management sees them more often than me, and unlike last year when they may have been avoiding waivers (by showcasing Pedan, or by Subban accumulating games played) they have gone out and added both MDZ and Wiercioch. That suggests they don't expect Pedan to succeed in the NHL in particular, as a guy who would be a big man physically controlling the opposition as opposed to the guys they separately evaluate as slick puck controllers.

Jul. 27, 2017 at 1:57 p.m.

alwaysnextyear

Joined: Jun. 2015

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Agreed that it would be nice to see some spot duty from Pedan and Subban in the NHL this year, just to see how they stack up at this level.

I think the Canucks probably have a really good shot at signing Kerfoot (as a local boy), but I'd be surprised if they got Butcher. He's the 'Vesey' of this year and probably most teams will be making an offer.

Jul. 27, 2017 at 2:29 p.m.

goldie078

Joined: Mar. 2017

Posts: 493

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Edited Jul. 27, 2017 at 2:38 p.m.

Quoting: alwaysnextyear

Friendships / teammates probably will count more than anything. That's why Vesey went to NYR. It's also why Schultz to EDM ended up a bit of disaster -- you still want to be able to feel good when things are going terrible.
U of Denver alums in the NHL for 2017, Wiercioch is the only Canuck recent U of Denver alum who played under a different coach in 08+09
Will's dad Garth was a Canucks 1st round pick who played most of his career in Vancouver
I don't know who he grew up playing or training with, but there's probably enough connections for him to feel comfortable taking a chance on Vancouver.

I won't disagree if you said the Canucks had no chance, they are 1 of 31 teams. But if I were an NCAA free agent I'd like knowing that "X made the jump 1 or 2 years ago, I believe I can do it too" despite not knowing exactly how that would happen given the fluid roster or new coaching staff. All you really want is not to have some dick coach freeze you out of any chance to prove yourself, enough challenge to grow but not be overwhelmed.

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