Équipe: 2018-19 Canucks de Vancouver

Date de création initiale: 13 févr. 2019

Publié: 13 févr. 2019

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

Travis Yost of TSN just laid out how the Sens could cash in by taking on bad contracts from other teams, and mentioned Eriksson as an example of a back-diving contract they might find intriguing. What if the Canucks also saw an opportunity to buy for a shot at the playoffs this year, as well as locking up a long-term asset?

This obviously only makes any earthly sense if they can negotiate an extension with Stone before the trade. If he's convinced that he wants to go to July 1st to test the market then there's no way a still-rebuilding team like VAN should even think about it. But with Stone signed long-term the Canucks would have another elite winger signed through his prime, and forming the top two lines around duos of Pettersson-Stone and Horvat-Boeser would be fantastic.

Other considerations in this are;
1) Teammate health: Is Edler coming back this year? Baertschi? How bad is Markstrom?
2) Signing Hughes: Based on Michigan's crap year Hughes could sign and join the Canucks roster as early as March 3rd.

The Trade Value:

For VAN; Stone is awesome and only 26. We know what VAN gets here.

For OTT; they get a 1st round pick that will likely be higher than any other they're offered by a contending team. Based on points % the Canucks would have the 11th overall pick if the draft was today. Obviously they'd want to make that lower if they try to make the push for the playoffs, but realistically it would only drop to the middle of the round. Lind is a very good RW prospect, while Brisebois and the 3rd offer some value as well. Eriksson's deal is back-diving so it can help the Sens meet the cap floor while paying a lower actual salary.