no one is taking that contract let alone giving you a 4th for it.

No one wants to pay 4.75 mil for a 3rd liner.

According to Drance teams still like him and it would not cost VAN picks to move him

no one is taking that contract. You will be retaining at the very least to get a team to take it.

Drance (a reporter who is pretty close with the Canucks) from discussions around the league has determined the general consensus is that he's still viewed pretty positively. With cap growth coming up and him coming off an ACL injury people would still like him

again, no one is taking a 4.75 mil 3rd liner.
what planet are you on.
Teams don't even want 3rd liners with 3 years term anymore, it's considered too much risk.
Yet you thing they are going to over pay on a 3rd liner for 2 years.
There is no way. You can keep posting it all day and talk about some "reporter" fake news idiot..... but no one is taking that contract.
If you want to move him, you'll be retaining or paying.

Your opinion is not as important as the professionals, no matter how much you like to pretend it is. Would I pay for Mikheyev? Not a chance. However the reported consensus is that around the league he is a well respected player that teams would like. Whether right or wrong, that is how he's viewed.

You have no clue how he's viewed, and your "professionals" have repeatedly been proven to be nothing but liars who make crap up for clicks.

If you bothered to use your own brain for 2 seconds you'd see that if YOU wouldn't pay anything for him..... and other people are telling you, no one is going to pay anything for him.... what does that tell you?

You go around the league and show me how many 4.75 mil 3rd line wingers are out there and what their performance is in comparison .... and you'll realize how no one is going to take him.