Équipe: 2020-21 Canucks de Vancouver

Date de création initiale: 22 mai 2020

Publié: 23 mai 2020

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

With a flat cap and no CBO, the Canucks will only have enough cap space to strengthen one area of the ice; goalie, D or forward. I think the forward group is probably where they're strongest, it really comes down to whether;

1) they re-sign Markstrom and take their chances with cheap depth Dmen (Fantenberg, Tryamkin types) and Utica call-ups (Rafferty, Juolevi, etc.), or
2) try to sign a decent top 4 defensive Dman and use the remaining space to get a good veteran backup goalie to split duties with Demko.

Either way they'll be leaving one of these positions likely weaker than last year, unless there's a big development jump from Demko or the young Dmen. I've laid out two options below in the IR and LTIR; if you're Benning which path would you take?