There was 0% chance of Carolina not matching and they even stated the number was low.Perhaps, just maybe, there is a plan! At that point you are looking at a lot of good young players needing contracts next off-season and the flexibility that we once had gone, not just on Luongo’s recapture, but on dead cap from Benning signings — Spooner’s million (the Gagner signing), and $15 million in Sutter, Beagle and Eriksson. That’s not good, but it’s not unusual by NHL standards.
Look at how many teams are not in a position to do so.The Canucks still have Nikolay Goldobin and Brock Boeser as restricted free agents among the forwards.No apologists – just not haters like you, wojoDebbieDownerwitz.Thanks Alex. Even when it takes a while for the parties to come to terms, the negotiations don’t cut into the season (knock on wood) and the players don’t come with any noticable animosity. That Goldobin puts it together. Unless Roussel is sent down, his salary will count towards the cap space at the beginning of the year even though he’s on the IR.There’s rarely been much drama in re-signings in Vancouver during Benning’s tenure. I think Baer fits best on 2nd line, but Josh has a chance to prove he can score 20 goals in the league. Just ignore them.Basically every GM with a potentially expensive RFA has taken a similar approach. We're excited to have Josh sign as a member of the Vancouver Canucks. If they`d have buried him in the AHL they`d have a 2m cap hit. Spend the money elsewhere and remove that level of leverage. I don’t like Josh playing on the top line. Josh Leivo Career Earnings. That’s what we want, right?
I don’t like Josh playing on the top line.
Who would we say are really overpaid on the Canucks? Born May 26, 1993 (age 27) Innisfil, ... the Canucks signed Leivo to a one-year, $1.5 million contract on July 5. But if Miller and Myers don’t pan out in the ways that Sutter, Eriksson and Gudbranson did not, we are in for a world of hurt, especially when we have to pay for the good younger players. "Josh made a positive addition to our roster last year," said Canucks general manager Jim Benning in a statement. I also had a general sense that things wouldn’t be a pinch because big contracts were coming off the books.
First it`s the Luongo recapture problem, then the Miller trade ($5.5m) followed by the Myers signing ($6m) and then the `Kick in the Shins` surprise and now it`s his negotiating position with Boeser re: he doesn`t have the money so Boeser will have to take what`s offered and you know what Boeser thinks? "He has a versatile game, is a strong two-way player and generates offence throughout our lineup.