2024 Offseason - moving forward
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2024 Offseason - moving forward
The "Post Season Wrap Up" seems to have run its course, so let's get focussed on "moving forward".
Save the other thread for looking back and remembering a great season.
Who stays, who goes? Who do you bring in?
Save the other thread for looking back and remembering a great season.
Who stays, who goes? Who do you bring in?
Re: 2024 Offseason - moving forward
Canucks have 15 players signed and ready to go for the big club out of 23 roster spots. Also have just under 24 mil in cap space.
Would love to bring back:
Zadorov
Hronek
Lindholm
Blueger
Myers
Obviously for the right price.
Would bring back Cole for league minimum as a mentor role but that would also depend on who else the bring back.
If the Canucks can get Hronek, Zadorov and Myers signed for around $15 mil, then they did very well with solidifying the defence for next season.
That leaves roughly 9 mil to sort out the forwards.
Dumping Mikheyev might be the key to the entire off season.
Would love to bring back:
Zadorov
Hronek
Lindholm
Blueger
Myers
Obviously for the right price.
Would bring back Cole for league minimum as a mentor role but that would also depend on who else the bring back.
If the Canucks can get Hronek, Zadorov and Myers signed for around $15 mil, then they did very well with solidifying the defence for next season.
That leaves roughly 9 mil to sort out the forwards.
Dumping Mikheyev might be the key to the entire off season.
Re: 2024 Offseason - moving forward
^^ Pretty much what I would like to see, but it will be tough.
Do we worry about the draft this year and try to pick up a 1st or 2nd round pick, or just cruise through it? I don't think we have the disposable assets to move for a decent pick.
At least management can concentrate on getting signings done, and be ready for July 1st.
Do we worry about the draft this year and try to pick up a 1st or 2nd round pick, or just cruise through it? I don't think we have the disposable assets to move for a decent pick.
At least management can concentrate on getting signings done, and be ready for July 1st.
Re: 2024 Offseason - moving forward
I'd be looking to move Mikheyev for a similar white elephant player on the blueline, I don't really know who that is though. There are a few guys out there with similar money and identical term on teams that are probably looking to make changes.. Leddy in St Louis, Jensen and Trevor van Riemsdyk in Washington, Erik Gudbranson in Columbus. If not that I'd be trying to sell him as a serviceable vet who won't burn you playing significant minutes, for teams like Chicago or San Jose that are trying to turn a corner.
Ultimately I don't want to lose more draft picks or commit to another buyout, but he's gotta go if all he can give us is mobility and an active stick.
Ultimately I don't want to lose more draft picks or commit to another buyout, but he's gotta go if all he can give us is mobility and an active stick.
Re: 2024 Offseason - moving forward
Or I, If I were the Canucks, would be looking at teams like Utah or Anaheim as well. They have not used any salary retention spots and could help facilitate a trade where Van doesn't have to give up anything else other than a low pick and get rid of most of his contract.dbr wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2024 10:15 am I'd be looking to move Mikheyev for a similar white elephant player on the blueline, I don't really know who that is though. There are a few guys out there with similar money and identical term on teams that are probably looking to make changes.. Leddy in St Louis, Jensen and Trevor van Riemsdyk in Washington, Erik Gudbranson in Columbus. If not that I'd be trying to sell him as a serviceable vet who won't burn you playing significant minutes, for teams like Chicago or San Jose that are trying to turn a corner.
Ultimately I don't want to lose more draft picks or commit to another buyout, but he's gotta go if all he can give us is mobility and an active stick.
Example:
Canucks
retain 25%
get 7th round pick
Anaheim:
5th round pick
50% retain
3rd team - team that wants forward depth but has minimal cap space:
Mikheyev at 25% salary.
Re: 2024 Offseason - moving forward
Good call, even that ~$1.2m is more than I'd like to have on the books but unloading three quarters of his salary would be helpful for sure. We'd probably get nothing back (entire return goes to the team giving up a retention slot and $2.4m of cap space for 2 years) though.
Re: 2024 Offseason - moving forward
do you have any recent examples of cap space costing so little to offload? I can't see it.theman wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2024 10:19 amOr I, If I were the Canucks, would be looking at teams like Utah or Anaheim as well. They have not used any salary retention spots and could help facilitate a trade where Van doesn't have to give up anything else other than a low pick and get rid of most of his contract.dbr wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2024 10:15 am I'd be looking to move Mikheyev for a similar white elephant player on the blueline, I don't really know who that is though. There are a few guys out there with similar money and identical term on teams that are probably looking to make changes.. Leddy in St Louis, Jensen and Trevor van Riemsdyk in Washington, Erik Gudbranson in Columbus. If not that I'd be trying to sell him as a serviceable vet who won't burn you playing significant minutes, for teams like Chicago or San Jose that are trying to turn a corner.
Ultimately I don't want to lose more draft picks or commit to another buyout, but he's gotta go if all he can give us is mobility and an active stick.
Example:
Canucks
retain 25%
get 7th round pick
Anaheim:
5th round pick
50% retain
3rd team - team that wants forward depth but has minimal cap space:
Mikheyev at 25% salary.
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Re: 2024 Offseason - moving forward
Keep in mind, the White Mammoth’s buyout takes a jump next season.
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Re: 2024 Offseason - moving forward
No.Raile wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2024 10:35 amdo you have any recent examples of cap space costing so little to offload? I can't see it.theman wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2024 10:19 amOr I, If I were the Canucks, would be looking at teams like Utah or Anaheim as well. They have not used any salary retention spots and could help facilitate a trade where Van doesn't have to give up anything else other than a low pick and get rid of most of his contract.dbr wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2024 10:15 am I'd be looking to move Mikheyev for a similar white elephant player on the blueline, I don't really know who that is though. There are a few guys out there with similar money and identical term on teams that are probably looking to make changes.. Leddy in St Louis, Jensen and Trevor van Riemsdyk in Washington, Erik Gudbranson in Columbus. If not that I'd be trying to sell him as a serviceable vet who won't burn you playing significant minutes, for teams like Chicago or San Jose that are trying to turn a corner.
Ultimately I don't want to lose more draft picks or commit to another buyout, but he's gotta go if all he can give us is mobility and an active stick.
Example:
Canucks
retain 25%
get 7th round pick
Anaheim:
5th round pick
50% retain
3rd team - team that wants forward depth but has minimal cap space:
Mikheyev at 25% salary.
As per someone else said, Canucks could just get 'future considerations' back. Give Anaheim another pick to be the middle team in that scenario.
Re: 2024 Offseason - moving forward
To thoughts from different sides of the Mikheyev conversation…..
If the Canucks dump Mikheyev then that salary goes elsewhere. Likely a free agent because we don’t have enough depth in the cupboard pushing for that spot. So, why would any team want this player when they could simply sign the free agent that is an apparent upgrade?
I think Mikheyev could have been a complimentary piece to the right centerman…..one that can create space with the puck and then make the hard play that gives Mikheyev the easy one. I think most of us thought Pettersson was that guy, but he’s clearly not.
If the Canucks dump Mikheyev then that salary goes elsewhere. Likely a free agent because we don’t have enough depth in the cupboard pushing for that spot. So, why would any team want this player when they could simply sign the free agent that is an apparent upgrade?
I think Mikheyev could have been a complimentary piece to the right centerman…..one that can create space with the puck and then make the hard play that gives Mikheyev the easy one. I think most of us thought Pettersson was that guy, but he’s clearly not.
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Re: 2024 Offseason - moving forward
Mikheyev buyout cap hit:
2024-25... $1,150,000
2025-26... $2,150,000
2026-27... $1,550,000
2027-28... $1,550,000
2024-25... $1,150,000
2025-26... $2,150,000
2026-27... $1,550,000
2027-28... $1,550,000
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Re: 2024 Offseason - moving forward
Yeah that's too deep of a shafting. I'd say he gets another year in van just in case his recovery was to blame for him missing that separation gear that we thought we were getting.Strangelove wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2024 2:57 pm Mikheyev buyout cap hit:
2024-25... $1,150,000
2025-26... $2,150,000
2026-27... $1,550,000
2027-28... $1,550,000
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Re: 2024 Offseason - moving forward
Buyout for OEL, buyout for the Russian and then there is talk about 6x6 for another Russian.
Can this team just stop with offering contracts and then get stuck with something that cannot be moved in a few years.
No to big Z at 6x6, no to Hronek for $8M and no to Lindholm for anything, just because he played well in a few playoff games I hope they do not give him any term.
Can this team just stop with offering contracts and then get stuck with something that cannot be moved in a few years.
No to big Z at 6x6, no to Hronek for $8M and no to Lindholm for anything, just because he played well in a few playoff games I hope they do not give him any term.
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Re: 2024 Offseason - moving forward
OEL was acquired in a shitty trade. He wasn’t offered a contact.
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Re: 2024 Offseason - moving forward
semantics, the point is not to offer or take on bad contracts anymore.Blob Mckenzie wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2024 4:11 pm OEL was acquired in a shitty trade. He wasn’t offered a contact.
In this new NHL there is no door mat willing to take a bad contract with a real heavy price tag attached.