Équipe: 2022-23 Canucks de Vancouver

Date de création initiale: 21 août 2022

Publié: 21 août 2022

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

The odds of Canucks giving JT Miller the contract he's looking for are pretty slim and I don't think they want this distraction going into the season. Lamariello having done nothing this offseason has himself on the hot seat to make a move. With Dobson, Romanov, and Bellows still needing contracts they don't exactly have the space to take on a contract like Miller without shedding salary in the deal. Unless they feel like they can move a player like Josh Bailey which at market value would cost them a 1st going back alongside Bailey. The below deal actually saves them 350k in space while acquiring Miller which is basically best case scenario for the Isles. Although in order to make this deal make sense for both sides and in Vancouver's case they would need to replace Miller's production someway and Beauvillier makes the most sense as he has been on the trade block before and fits Van's age range compared to a player like Bailey. Vancouver also has a hole on the right side of their back end and with Tucker Poolman's health concerns there is a good chance he starts the year on LTIR. That leads me to introducing journeyman Scott Mayfield as a perfect partner for Quinn Hughes. Free-agent after the year and likely heading elsewhere anyways. Of course when you get rid of someone like Miller that requires more than just two players like Beauvillier and Mayfield. I chose William Dufour as I believe he suits what the Canucks are looking for in a player and potentially a Boeser replacement down the road. I also think they prefer and value Raty way higher due to his past season plus position flexibility. Isles fans might not like giving up Dufour but gotta give to get because they are running out of time with this current core. With Poolman possibly going on LTIR to start the year and the Canucks "reported" interest in Eduardo Rodrigues, I signed Rodrigues to a 1x2.5 using Namestnikov signing in Tampa at the same price as a comparable. However if Poolman did start the season with the team you could start Dickinson as 3C which is not something I'm a huge fan of but a scenario that must be told for all of this to make sense.

This is possibly the deepest forward group the Canucks have had in a long time with a defense that brings some questions but not as bad as some may think. A typical Jim Rutherford team that is built to outscore you with a defense you can get by with. This trade also allows them to stay competitive while having an eye on the future, which seems to be the narrative the current management group supports.

As for the Islanders, if you aren't willing to pay the price for an elite forward then you might as well just run it back with the same core and hope that last year was a fluke.

Side note: my projections for current Islanders RFA's are...

Dobson: 6.75M x 3
Romanov: 2.5M x 2
Bellows: 900k x 1

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