Where the heck do you get the idea Shattinkerk would go to Vancouver. Please stop with that

Tanev is our number 1 dman stop treating him as a 3rd line pairing scrub, as well as edler, who is at #2. Shattenkirk won't sign with van, and Jim won't want him either

Just a tip for you: don't listen to that Rangers guy. Just don't.

Tanev is on the 3rd pairing on here, but that doesn't mean he's a 3rd pairing defenseman. I think they trade Hutton and would want another defenseman to replace him so that's why i have Shattenkirk signing there.

SHATTINKERK WONT SIGN WITH THE CANUCKS

My last resort for you to understand this is by capitalizing everything. What do you not understand???

they are in a rebuild, all he would do is actually ruin their rebuild, score extra goals therefore putting them in a lower position in drafting

All of that, on top of the fact that shattinkerk would never sign with them to begin with! Rangersfan, I honestly can't believe you. Give it a rest man

The Canucks next year will NOT be trying for the playoffs. As they are in a REBUILD they will not be signing any expensive UFAs. Sbisa will be exposed and likely selected.

Baertschi- Horvat - Boeser
Sedin - Sedin - Granlund
Goldobin - Sutter - Dahlen
Boucher - Molino - Eriksson
Dorsett/Labate

Edler - Stecher
Hutton - Gudbranson
Tanev - Pedan/Biega/McEneny/Subban (Juolevi despite pressure to play him will return to London after 9 games to work on getting stronger.)

Markstrom
Bachman

If you're gonna play Loui Eriksson on the 4th line, might as well convince him to waive his NMC to go to Las Vegas, 'cause that's a waste of $36 million otherwise.

(also, many lulz to be had at paying Brandon Sutter $4.375M annually to be a bottom 6 center)

This is almost the exact same lineup that I originally posted in the first post with the exception of Bachman and Juolevi. Completely agree with everything else though

Do you play Sutter ahead of the Sedins or Horvat? Not likely. His line could catch fire and be the number 1 line. It's not set in stone. Nor is Boucher or Molino starting ahead of Dorsett or Labate.

Lineups like these do generally imply an associated ice-time to go along with them, and if you're going to pay Loui Eriksson $6M/year, he needs top-line minutes.

Loui Eriksson's situation seems very similar to year 2 of Radim Vrbata's tenure with the Canucks. Both (ostensibly) signed on to play with the Sedins, and Vrbata did fabulously in year 1, to the tune of 31 G and 63 P (a new high for him) in 79 GP. Then he got shunted onto Horvat and Bärtschi's line in year 2, and things went south, to the point where everyone thought he was going to wash out of the NHL. He goes back to Arizona and, like magic, puts up 20 G and 55 P in 81 GP. Eriksson seems to have skipped the "do fabulously while playing with the Sedins" part and skipped straight to "being relegated to a different line and playing poorly as a result" part.

Vegas picks sbisa
Canucks pick Mittelstadt 5th overall

My lineups
Bae/Eriksson - Horvat - Boeser/Eriksson/Goldobin
Sedin - Sedin - Goldobin/Granlund/Eriksson
Bae/Granlund - Sutter- Goldobin/Boucher/eriksson
Skille/Gaunce - Molino/Chaput/Gaunce/Megna - Boucher/Dorsett

D
Edler - Stecher
Juolevi - Tanev
Hutton - Gudbranson
Pedan - Biega/Subban

Most likely line combinations

Ericsson centering Bae and Bo. I tried to stop reading after that

Canucks Lineup:
Baertschi, Horvat, Granlund, Stecher, and a whole bunch of overpaid old guys.

Just kidding, kind of.

The "kind of" part is disturbing me :"laugh

I have a slash between baertschi and eriksson meaning that they are the most likely left wings to play with bo on the top line in my prediction, the "-" is what divides the positions

You didn't have a slash before...hence why you edited your original post 8 hours after you posted it lmfao

Doesn't even matter, there's no chance on this planet Eriksson plays with someone remotely good. He isn't worth it, garbage player who eats up a roster spot and nothing can be done about it

Exactly, they can't trade him unless the also send a 1st or a prospect to the team, buying him out is costly (for now), so in conclusion: one of the worst FA signings of last offseason.

Agreed. I think it's best if the Canucks just accept that the signing didn't work out, and only give him 4th line minutes with zero time on special teams. Just because they're stuck with him for the next six years doesn't mean he should eat up younger players' ice times. Guys like Boucher, Goldy, Molino, are higher priorites than Eriksson

Throw in a bunch of 25 year old nobodies and that's pretty much their team. I get you were joking, but when you think about it it's actually unfortunatly the sad truth. JB tried to build a winning team when he should have just gone with the rebuild. Not even JBs fault, more Aquilinis. Because of that, their chances of competing for a cup will take another 2-4 years on top of their current rebuild.

Burrows played with Horvat quite a lot, but he isn't that good offensively, but he is amazing defensively, which made him a great fit. Eriksson can still probably get a comeback year maybe, 40-50 points, and he's great defensively, which can help out Horvat, as he is gonna be the guy trying to shut down players like Crosby and Mcdavid

There is no way we can move him, so just might as well use him as much as possible,

Bwhahaha! 50 points!

There is zero need to use him. This rebuilding team should give more opportunities to the younger folks. In 5-10 years time Eriksson isn't going to win them a Cup, hence he's useless

My Canucks team based off my projected Canucks Offseason (Traded Tanev):
https://www.capfriendly.com/armchair-gm/edit/280521

Baertschi- Horvat - Boeser
Sedin - Sedin - Granlund
Goldobin - Sutter - Eriksson
Gaunce - Chaput- Megna

Edler - Stecher
Hutton - Raddysh
Juolevi - Gudbranson

Markstrom
Niemi