I personally would rather have Primeau than Driedger to mentor Dobes
Cayden has always been good for the Rocket, yes he struggles at the NHL level, but he is an important piece for Laval if they wanna make the playoffs
Armia other year hurt his value too much IMO for Seattle to consider

We keep Primeau. Don’t need to trade him to move Armia. I still believe in him, we need to give another season and then we’ll see. Goalies take time to develop

I could definitely see Van doing that trade if they find a way to clear cap first but as it stands they can’t afford desmith

They aren't that far off, counting Mikheyev's cap you're just 271k shy after Martin goes through waivers. With 8 defenders maybe they send one down in the minors and start the season with a 22 man roster and 500k of cap space that's accruing everyday?


I wouldn't mind Primeau but if he's the only player we can give away to completely clear Armia's contract with no retention .... It's a tough spot to be. Dobes would be in good hands with any of the two considering Driedger's journeyman career through the league. The team clearly lost faith in the fact that he's our next goalie in Montreal when they drafted 3 new ones so his value with the team might be to all time low.

Are you accounting for Pearson of LTIR?

Going with LTIR setup on CapFriendly as it is, is he ever coming back? 6 months after his injury he was still far from being recover and that's after 5 surgeries.

Canucks pass.We have no cap.Thats a fact.

Alvin said he will be at training camp …

Right now primary belief is Pearson will be healthy for start of seaso. Otherwise yeah, they could easily take on desmetib

Reports are that he will be ready, so the Canucks cannot make moves with the assumption he will be on LTIR. That have to assume he will be ready and his cap hit will count

Seattle probably wants Dvorak instead of Armia as the kraken were the 2nd worst face-off team in the NHL last season and Dvorak is far more useful than the ghost of Joel.