Why would you want him? Sure the team hasn't helped him a lot, but he has a negative Save % Above Expected and his low danger and medium danger unblocked save $% above expected are both negative too... he's not good...

Mostly to get out of the cap hit for Halak’s bonuses next season

Doesn't make any sense. Halak's bonus is only $1.5M next year. Sending Halak to Edmonton increases their chance to make the playoffs. Vancouver is chasing them.

No Trade backs.

You can have him for free.

Halak over koskinen is a marginal upgrade. I doubt a swap of back up goalies is the make or break trade to desperate Edmonton from Vancouver.

More importantly, the $1.5 million is significant. Canucks have basically 0 bad money coming off the books this season, and Boeser is due a raise (his QO is 1.625 million more than his current cap hit). The buyout penalties for holtby and Virtanen will go up to a combined 2.4 million (currently 0.55 million). As well, both Hoglander and Podkolzin are on track to hit 1 schedule A bonus each, which is a total 0.425 million in cap hit next year if this continues.

Not sure it's a marginal upgrade. The cap hit for next year is only $1.25M. Still not enough savings to do this deal. There are other destinations for Halak.

The bonus only carries over to next year if it's over the cap. Kosk with retention makes what Halak makes with bonuses, so it's a moot point.

If you got a free Mikko.. you probably paid too much