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Created by: alwaysnextyear

Team: 2020-21 Vancouver Canucks

Initial Creation Date: May 22, 2020

Published: May 23, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

With a flat cap and no CBO, the Canucks will only have enough cap space to strengthen one area of the ice; goalie, D or forward. I think the forward group is probably where they're strongest, it really comes down to whether;

1) they re-sign Markstrom and take their chances with cheap depth Dmen (Fantenberg, Tryamkin types) and Utica call-ups (Rafferty, Juolevi, etc.), or
2) try to sign a decent top 4 defensive Dman and use the remaining space to get a good veteran backup goalie to split duties with Demko.

Either way they'll be leaving one of these positions likely weaker than last year, unless there's a big development jump from Demko or the young Dmen. I've laid out two options below in the IR and LTIR; if you're Benning which path would you take?

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Tryamkin, Nikita		1	$1,500,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Virtanen, Jake	2	$2,750,000
Gaudette, Adam	2	$2,750,000
Stecher, Troy	2	$2,750,000
Motte, Tyler	2	$900,000
MacEwen, Zack	2	$900,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Fantenberg, Oscar	1	$900,000
Markström, Jacob	4	$5,500,000
DeMelo, Dylan	5	$4,000,000
Khudobin, Anton	2	$3,000,000

Buyouts

Ryan Spooner: $1,033,333

Recapture Fees

Roberto Luongo: $3,035,212

Buried

Jordie Benn: $925,000 ($2,000,000)
Sven Baertschi: $2,291,666 ($3,366,666)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2020
2021
2022

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
21	$81,500,000	$81,565,211	$1,700,000	$4,550,000	-$65,211

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Miller, J.T. $5,250,000$5,250,000 C, LW, RW UFA - 3	Pettersson, Elias $925,000$925,000 ($2,850,000$3M) C, LW UFA - 1	Boeser, Brock $5,875,000$5,875,000 RW UFA - 2
Pearson, Tanner $3,750,000$3,750,000 LW UFA - 1	Horvat, Bo $4,125,000$4,125,000 C UFA - 3	Virtanen, Jake $2,750,000$2,750,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
Ferland, Micheal $3,500,000$3,500,000 LW, RW NMC UFA - 3	Gaudette, Adam $2,750,000$2,750,000 C, RW UFA - 1	Eriksson, Loui $6,000,000$6,000,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 2
		MacEwen, Zack $900,000$900,000 RW, C UFA - 2
Roussel, Antoine $3,000,000$3,000,000 LW M-NTC UFA - 2	Beagle, Jay $3,000,000$3,000,000 C M-NTC UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Hughes, Quinn $916,667$916,667 ($850,000$850K) LD UFA - 1	Myers, Tyler $6,000,000$6,000,000 RD NTC UFA - 4
Edler, Alexander $6,000,000$6,000,000 LD NMC UFA - 1	Stecher, Troy $2,750,000$2,750,000 RD UFA - 2	Demko, Thatcher $1,050,000$1,050,000 G UFA - 1

Juolevi, Olli $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) LD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Motte, Tyler $900,000$900,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	DeMelo, Dylan $4,000,000$4,000,000 RD UFA - 4	Markström, Jacob $5,500,000$5,500,000 G UFA - 6
Sutter, Brandon $4,375,000$4,375,000 RW, C M-NTC UFA - 1	Khudobin, Anton $3,000,000$3,000,000 G UFA - 3	Tryamkin, Nikita $1,500,000$1,500,000 LD RFA
Fantenberg, Oscar $900,000$900,000 LD UFA

May 23, 2020 at 4:45 p.m.

Wqrrior

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why does everyone keep overpaying tryamkin

May 23, 2020 at 4:56 p.m.

KakkoForMauriceRichardAward

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Quoting: Wqrrior

why does everyone keep overpaying tryamkin

Yeah he's worth league min for 1 year

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May 23, 2020 at 4:57 p.m.

alwaysnextyear

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alwaysnextyear

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Quoting: Wqrrior

why does everyone keep overpaying tryamkin

Is it an overpay? He isn't subject to the entry level contract maximum anymore, and he can make a fair bit in Russia. I'll be curious what the number is if he does sign.

May 23, 2020 at 4:58 p.m.

alwaysnextyear

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alwaysnextyear

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Quoting: KakkoForMauriceRichardAward

Yeah he's worth league min for 1 year

If they can get him for 1 year at 900k or less then they absolutely should, there's zero risk in it.

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May 23, 2020 at 5:06 p.m.

Wqrrior

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Quoting: alwaysnextyear

Is it an overpay? He isn't subject to the entry level contract maximum anymore, and he can make a fair bit in Russia. I'll be curious what the number is if he does sign.

He's a 7th defenseman on most every NHL team. All he brings is size with a game that is otherwise quite flawed. His stats show he has hardly improved if at all in his years in russia. Now that Vancouver has Myers, he isn't really a need.

I'd give him 1M for 1 year maximum, and most preferably less than that. Any more is an overpay that would hurt our franchise.

May 23, 2020 at 5:07 p.m.

McGruff

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Play Demko-Mark as 1A/1B at least until TDL...
* Posted this on another Canuck post today = "Trading Demko is not wise (think TML 2006 and Raycroft for Rask trade; hmmm how'd that work out again...) ??"

May 23, 2020 at 5:17 p.m.

alwaysnextyear

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alwaysnextyear

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Quoting: Wqrrior

Fair enough, then back to the main question if you sub in a different depth Dman for 1.5 x 1 yr; which UFA path do you choose? Marky or strengthen the blueline?

May 23, 2020 at 5:18 p.m.

alwaysnextyear

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alwaysnextyear

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Quoting: McGruff

So you're in favor of re-signing Markstrom rather than a top 4 Dman then?

May 23, 2020 at 5:52 p.m.

McGruff

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Quoting: alwaysnextyear

So you're in favor of re-signing Markstrom rather than a top 4 Dman then?

No, not really...I think Mark will be too old when VAN is in the playoff sweetspot provided hopefully by new kids on the block in QH-EP...
I'd lean toward 27yr old Demelo and G-Man Anton (or similar 'stop-gap') and see if Demko is ready?
If (big IF) Demko pans out - VAN has 3 critical, young, core pieces "up the middle" as per 99% of CUP teams!

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