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Guentzel can easily get north of 8 million bucks aav.

Pens don't make that trade.
A late first, a potential cap dump, and two mid 20s prospects that still haven't made the NHL doesn't get a top 10 LW .
And there is absolutely no chance jake takes such a huge discount on his next deal lol. He'd be losing 30 million on that contract.
You're about 2 mil aav and 2 years term short.
Tanev doesn't take a pay cut like that either.

If a 22 year old former top 10 pick who is projecting as a solid two way middle six winger, a 38 goal scorer making 5.5 this year and next and a 1st doesn’t get you a rental Canucks pass. Canucks also pass on paying a player, who is going to be on the wrong side of 30, 8 years at 9.5 as you suggest. Who wants to pay him 9.5 until he is 38? Pens can keep him

If Pod is looking that good why is he in the AHL this year after spending nearly 120 games in the NHL?
If Kuz is a 38 goal scorer why does he keep getting scratched? What is his current scoring pace this year on one of the most dynamic offenses in the league?
If you think jake is taking a paycut and term cut to move to Vancouver you are kidding yourself lol.
If miller is making 8 mil. Older than Jake. and not as good as jake then why would jake make less than miller?

Podkolzin is developing better getting top 6 minutes in AHL then bottom six minutes at NHL at this point in his development. There is still lots of runway for him. Canucks are deep enough in the middle and bottom of the roster they don’t need to rush him.

Kuzmenko is struggling in his sophomore year and not adapting to the current system Canucks play. He may never be a 38 goal scorer again but you can’t discount that he has done it at the NHL level before and have to judge him on both years not this year only. There is as much reason and evidence he’ll be a 30+ goal scorer as there is evidence he won’t. So he’s not a cap dump. Someone is buying.

Miller has put up more points per game, more hits, more blocks, won more faceoffs and had better underlying numbers than Guentzel over the past 3 years. He can play C and wing. Miller > Guentzel. Even putting that aside, why would you want to pay two players who aren’t even your two top players (Petey, Hughes) that much in their post 35 years? It’s not a fit. Unless Petey walks. Even then.

If Guentzel isn’t tradedand walks as UFA Pens get nothing. Market will dictate what the return is. My feeling is that it’s a 1st a decent roster player and a good but not elite prospect. Simmilar to the Horvat return.