Different D pairings for when Hamonic gets injured

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Created by: alwaysnextyear

Team: 2021-22 Vancouver Canucks

Initial Creation Date: Sep. 19, 2021

Published: Sep. 24, 2021

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Since Hamonic will be injured for most of the year (he almost always is), move Hughes over to the right side as a rover to play with OEL. This will be the best way to maximize Ekman-Larsson's value on what should be an excellent offensive pairing with half-decent defensive ability (but a ton of OZ starts). For the 2nd and 3rd pairs I just hope Rathbone and Juolevi are ready to play some regular NHL minutes. The 2nd pair would get a mix of zone starts, while Juolevi/Poolman would be mostly DZ starts.

Free Agent Signings

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Pettersson, Elias		3	$8,000,000
Hughes, Quinn		4	$7,500,000

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Braden Holtby: $500,000
Jake Virtanen: $50,000

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Roberto Luongo: $3,035,212

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2022
2023
2024

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$81,500,000	$77,085,659	$648,780	$3,400,000	$4,414,341

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Miller, J.T. $5,250,000$5,250,000 C, LW, RW UFA - 2	Pettersson, Elias $8,000,000$8,000,000 C, LW UFA - 3	Boeser, Brock $5,875,000$5,875,000 RW UFA - 1
Garland, Conor $4,950,000$4,950,000 RW, LW UFA - 5	Horvat, Bo $4,125,000$4,125,000 C UFA - 2	Höglander, Nils $891,667$891,667 ($200,000$200K) LW, RW RFA - 2
Pearson, Tanner $3,250,000$3,250,000 LW NTC UFA - 3	Dickinson, Jason $2,650,000$2,650,000 C, LW UFA - 3	Podkolzin, Vasily $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) RW, LW RFA - 3
Motte, Tyler $1,225,000$1,225,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Sutter, Brandon $1,125,000$1,125,000 RW, C UFA - 1	Highmore, Matthew $725,000$725,000 LW, RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Ekman-Larsson, Oliver $7,260,000$7,260,000 LD NMC UFA - 6	Hughes, Quinn $7,500,000$7,500,000 LD UFA - 6	Demko, Thatcher $5,000,000$5,000,000 G UFA - 5
Rathbone, Jack $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) LD UFA - 1	Myers, Tyler $6,000,000$6,000,000 RD NTC UFA - 3	Halák, Jaroslav $1,500,000$1,500,000 ($1,500,000$2M) G NMC UFA - 1
Juolevi, Olli $750,000$750,000 LD UFA - 1	Poolman, Tucker $2,500,000$2,500,000 RD UFA - 4

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
MacEwen, Zack $825,000$825,000 RW, C UFA - 1		Ferland, Micheal $3,500,000$3,500,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 2
Petan, Nicolas $750,000$750,000 C, LW, RW UFA - 1		Hamonic, Travis $3,000,000$3,000,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 2
Schenn, Luke $850,000$850,000 RD UFA - 2

Sep. 24, 2021 at 2:53 p.m.

Roysboy72

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I can see an Ekman-Larsson - Hughes pairing giving up an ungodly amount of opportunities on the defensive end, but I guess they'll be pretty good scorers, maybe?

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Sep. 24, 2021 at 2:57 p.m.

alwaysnextyear

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alwaysnextyear

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Quoting: Roysboy72

I can see an Ekman-Larsson - Hughes pairing giving up an ungodly amount of opportunities on the defensive end, but I guess they'll be pretty good scorers, maybe?

That would be the plan. Run-and-gun baby.

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Sep. 24, 2021 at 11:52 p.m.

Skyraider112

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Id do:
OEL-Myers (only if Myers is looking back like he did in Winnipeg)
Hughes-Poolman
Juolevi-Hamonic/Rathbone

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Sep. 25, 2021 at 10:38 p.m.

BigTramFan

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Interesting idea, but I think Schenn has been brought in to be the RHD depth in case of injury. He and Hughes have shown good chemistry. So more likely:

OEL - Poolman
Hughes - Schenn
Rathbone - Myers
(Juolevi)

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