My take on their offseason and what Id do to end it

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Created by: KakkoForMauriceRichardAward

Team: 2020-21 Vancouver Canucks

Initial Creation Date: Dec. 6, 2020

Published: Dec. 6, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

What I like:
-not signing Markstrom to that contract, the last year or two will be painful
-not getting OEL. I like him, I really do, but VAN has their PP quarterback, so they have no need/use for OEL
-signing BH. He'll be perfect to split starts with Demko
-getting Schmidt for not much. He basically replaces Tanev on their PK

What I don't like:
-not keeping TT to the deal he signed in MTL. Even if it meant moving Virtanen, as TT will still be better than Virtanen in 5 years, IMO he's not getting much better than he currently is

What I'd do to end it: I believe they only lack one depth forward and one depth d-man. If they could get Hamonic and Kovalchuk they'd be instant contenders. Here's how I'd get there:

Free Agent Signings

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Hamonic, Travis		1	$2,250,000
Kovalchuk, Ilya		1	$1,000,000

Trades

VAN

2022 5th round pick (CBJ)

NJD

Baertschi, Sven ($750,000 retained)
Benn, Jordie
2021 2nd round pick (VAN)

Buyouts

Ryan Spooner: $1,033,333

Retained Salary Transactions

Sven Baertschi: $750,000 (22.28%)

Recapture Fees

Roberto Luongo: $3,035,212

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2021
2022
2023

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$81,500,000	$77,460,212	$1,700,000	$4,550,000	$4,039,788

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Pearson, Tanner $3,750,000$3,750,000 LW UFA - 1	Horvat, Bo $4,125,000$4,125,000 C UFA - 3	Boeser, Brock $5,875,000$5,875,000 RW UFA - 2
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	Virtanen, Jake $2,550,000$2,550,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
Roussel, Antoine $3,000,000$3,000,000 LW M-NTC UFA - 2	Gaudette, Adam $950,000$950,000 C, RW UFA - 1	Kovalchuk, Ilya $1,000,000$1,000,000 LW, RW UFA
Motte, Tyler $1,225,000$1,225,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Beagle, Jay $3,000,000$3,000,000 C M-NTC UFA - 2	MacEwen, Zack $825,000$825,000 RW, C UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Hughes, Quinn $916,667$916,667 ($850,000$850K) LD UFA - 1	Schmidt, Nate $5,950,000$5,950,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 5	Holtby, Braden $4,300,000$4,300,000 G M-NTC UFA - 2
Edler, Alexander $6,000,000$6,000,000 LD NMC UFA - 1	Myers, Tyler $6,000,000$6,000,000 RD NTC UFA - 4	Demko, Thatcher $1,050,000$1,050,000 G UFA - 1
	Hamonic, Travis $2,250,000$2,250,000 RD UFA - 1
Rathbone, Jack $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) LD UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Sutter, Brandon $4,375,000$4,375,000 RW, C M-NTC UFA - 1		Ferland, Micheal $3,500,000$3,500,000 LW, RW NMC UFA - 3
Eriksson, Loui $6,000,000$6,000,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 2
Rafferty, Brogan $700,000$700,000 RD UFA - 1

Special Teams

Penalty Kill 1

	Edler, A.	Myers, T.

Penalty Kill 2

	Schmidt, N.	Hamonic, T.

Dec. 6, 2020 at 10:13 p.m.

KakkoForMauriceRichardAward

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@TheAlien
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What do you guys think about this?

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Dec. 6, 2020 at 10:15 p.m.

TheAlien

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Quoting: KakkoForMauriceRichardAward

@TheAlien
@brocklesnar

What do you guys think about this?

I'd probably just bite the bullet and keep Baertschi and Benn for one more year. I like the idea of signing Hamonic tho

Dec. 6, 2020 at 10:33 p.m.

PGHBOB69

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Don’t u think TT is better than Virtanen right now??

Dec. 6, 2020 at 10:35 p.m.

KakkoForMauriceRichardAward

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Quoting: PGHBOB69

Don’t u think TT is better than Virtanen right now??

Of course I do. I meant to say that in 5 years IMO TT will still be better than JV

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Dec. 6, 2020 at 10:42 p.m.

WhereArtTLuongo

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Quoting: KakkoForMauriceRichardAward

@TheAlien
@brocklesnar

What do you guys think about this?

Dude I'm a Canucks fan too. I honestly like what you did here

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Dec. 6, 2020 at 10:43 p.m.

brocklesnar

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Quoting: KakkoForMauriceRichardAward

@TheAlien
@brocklesnar

What do you guys think about this?

VAN probably wants to hold onto Benn now since they lack depth on the backend. Baertschi can just be buried for another season.

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Dec. 7, 2020 at 10:41 a.m.

remowilliams

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Benning was very smart not to bury the team further by signing Marky,Tanev and Toffoli.The team is not in bad shape and can bury Louie and Sven or even Sutter or whoever to create cap space.Then there is Ferland.If he now sign Travis H i think we would have a good competitive team this year especially if some young guns like Hoglander and Pod and maybe Tryamkin jolevi etc... We are in pretty good shape and have options in my opinion.

Dec. 7, 2020 at 11:37 a.m.

canucks_Fan_53

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i like what you did here. only thing i would say is to not sign those guys right away. VAN needs to know that they can be contenders for years to come, not signing FA's every year to boost their core. partner Rafferty with Edler and Juolevi with Myers, get Hoglander and Lind some minutes and see what happens. our prospects are tearing up the AHL and we need to see what they are capable of at the NHL level

given the flat cap I think there will be plenty of options to sign later in the season if things don't work out.

Dec. 10, 2020 at 6:40 a.m.

yztnuK

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Are you refering to the TT who had 8 more points than JV?
TT who is 4 years older, plays 1st line and 1st PP got 8 more points then JV who was 3/4 line and 2nd PP?

oh ya, if GMJB chose TT over JV, not only should he have been fired, he should have been dumped in the bay, for a swim.

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