Does This Make Sense for Next Year

Équipe: 2020-21 Canucks de Vancouver

Date de création initiale: 21 févr. 2020

Publié: 21 févr. 2020

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

The Canucks are in great shape for the future and despite several heavy contracts, most of them expire by the time the Canucks need the money for extensions.
Alex Pietrangelo gives them a top tier shutdown defenceman with a winning pedigree (many playoff appearances with the Blues which includes a Stanley Cup) who would play very well with Hughes, and can eat big minutes which reduces the pressure on Myers and Edler to do the same, and should allow them to dominate defensively on the second pairing. Stecher could jump into the top 4 as well, with his incredible mobility and puck management, he could also land on the power play. Jordie Benn gives them reliability and physicality on the third pair.
As for the offence, it could absolutely be a top-5 unit next season especially with Toffoli. This is a very complete top six, with an amazing third line as well that has all kinds of potential. The fourth line will give them a fantastic shutdown unit especially considering that Beagle and Sutter both are vets with cups, and are fantastic defensively and in the circle.
I could see this as a top-5 offence, top-10 defence team that makes a monster run in the playoffs. They're actually in much better shape contract-wise than it appears because of the expirations of their larger ones, and if Hughes and Pettersson both were to get eight figures (I don't see either of them getting that) they'd be ok by sacrificing Beagle Sutter and Roussel.

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