This is how much Hughes and Petey will sign for

Équipe: 2021-22 Canucks de Vancouver

Date de création initiale: 25 oct. 2020

Publié: 26 oct. 2020

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

Due to the economic climate I believe that they are both going to want 2 to 3 year bridge deals and cash in once things stabilize a bit more soooooo:

Hughes - I was trying to find the best cap comparable and I think the closet one might be Werenski. He signed a 3 year at a 6.14% cap hit. Hughes would command more than that but Werenski signed with the team knowing the cap would go up which most likely wont be the case with for the cap in the next few years. The cap may stay flat for a little bit so I'm gong to say Hughes signs at cap hit of 3 year cap hit of between 6.0% (4,890000) and 7.0% (5,705,000)

Petey - I think the closest contract I can find might be Sebastian Aho which is a little bit of unique case with the offer sheet that drove up the price. Its also a 5 year compared to that of the 3 year. Aho is more than goal scorer and really lit it up his last year before the contract. Petey hasn't put up as many goals but has put up more points than Aho through the first 2 years. If Petey can find another gear this year (tough in a shortened season) I think it comes in a little under Ahos 10.37 on a 5 year (goal scorers get more). So lets say 9 to 10% for a 5 year (7,335,000 to 8,150,000).

A 3 year would look less than this and a good comparable would be Brayden Point at a 3 year 8.28% Point killed it in the year before he signed that deal (92 points). Its tough because you would also need to take in the sunshine tax or lack there off, which works out to an extra 589,000 approximate needed to be added to keep the same net in Vancouver which is right around the 9% mark. So again if Petey really kills it he could be looking maybe between the 8.5 to 9% but I think realistically your probably going to be between 7% to 8% (5705000 to 6520000) on a 3 year deal.

Conclusion: Thanks to a bit of chill showed by Benning on large contracts coming into Vancouver would look something like this 2021 to 2022. Even with Demko to be signed I think your looking good on the cap with options (Exapnsion draft, Holtby maybe, Ferland to IR, salary dumps trades and buyouts to open up some more) . Just be careful of 2024 season where they will look to cash in big