Quote (Hizkuntza @ 18 Sep 2021 15:05)
At this point Petey and Hughes will probably get bridges that will take up the rest of the cap room.
In 2-3 years it will be logistically impossible to retain a lot of the core without major trades.
Next season, maybe we retain Boeser and Motte with Lu off the books but there's no room for additions and the team is still deeply flawed. Only Podz and Rathbone figure to contribute ELC's, if even that.
Then Miller/Horvat will need raises and term if they're to be retained, and that might coincide with the Hughes/Petey bridges. If Hoglander keeps impressing he will also need a decent payday. There will still be a year left on Myers/Pearson and too many on OEL. That's when the wheels WILL come off - you're talking an extra +10 million at the margin and there's no room unless the cap increases a lot.
Teams know the big caps are immovable, and Benning never thinks a year ahead. No one will be traded when their return can still be maximized. Most likely Miller walks and Boeser gets traded more like a cap dump than a valuable player. Because of all the trades no one will come remotely close to filling the gap they will leave behind.
So our "window" is only two seasons. The team can barely play defense and doesn't stand to get any better. We're basically asking Demko to be our Giguere to get anywhere because Green is not the guy to get the team to play a rigid structure.
/e and it's ridiculous we essentially lost last season because of Benning's bad contracts, then he decides to "salvage" this year by mortgaging 2-3 years into the future. the clown knows he's gone if he misses the playoffs now, and the clown owner is just as shortsighted.
Petey will get a bridge, and Hughes will get term. There's no way boeser would be traded as a cap dump even if there was cap issues. That just makes no sense lol. He's also still a rfa, he will most likely make 7.5-8m depending on how he does this season. Horvat will also be in that range based on his comparables. Motte isn't gonna cost 3m+ or he should definitely be gone and replaced with Lockwood.
The Canucks still have Ferland 3.5m to utilize for the next 2 seasons. Cap is already starting to go up too, there should be enough cap to lock up the core and the remaining space should be used towards depth. Which is good since depth can be signed for depth prices, especially if the Canucks starts to win and they no longer have to give out term and money to join them.
It's shitty Benning made a risky move, but I gotta give him credit for pulling it off by acquiring garland and oel and dumping dead contracts, all while acquiring insane depth for AHL in case of injuries. Never have I imagined he coulda got a top 6 forward and a top 4 dman this off season. I think it's far more risky if the team played another meaningless season, cuz a lot of players were getting tired of losing, like horvat, miller and even edler. With Petey comments too. Even if Benning decided to ride out the last yr of dead contracts, looking at the FA pool, there's really nobody worth signing for through FA either and it would also be a huge overpayment cuz teams trash.
This post was edited by Secksii on Sep 18 2021 05:25pm