Knuckle Danz
Joined: Oct. 2019
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Raise the offer sheet number to a $12.5m, which could close the route to Hughes, solely. With a 10.2c holding on Hughes, the Canucks would have to decide on Hughes or Petterson. A higher offer sheet will hold Benning to need to make a careful choice:
1. Sign a newly high-priced elite center, and short-change his controllable defenseman, which could lead to future strife.
2. Choose the offensive-minded defenseman to pay the big bucks to, avoiding a horrible future market issue. Lose the elite center and slide Miller behind Horvat.