I'm sure they would have if they could have

I don't know about a steal, but I fail to see how it is bad value, at least in the front half

In year three, the Cap will be over $90 million. If he's a 70-point player then, it will be a good contract. If he's LTIR hurt, then it doesn't matter.

Apparently Mikheyev is a real threat on the PK, which is something the Canucks desperately needed.

Did you say better than huberdeau? Huberdeau is coming off fifth in the league in heart voting. Why does he get such little love?

They are quite different

1. JG isn't a big physical player. His style is the exact opposite of JTs. Guys that play like JG usually age pretty well.

2. JG has been elite since he's been 22. Miller has only really started playing great 3 years ago.

You'd be very lucky if he was a 70 point guy still. Look at Jamie Benn. Went from near PPG at 26-28. Now at 32 he's a 40 point guy. Likely case for Miller.

Massive W for VAN. Going into the season with their best player as a pending UFA would've been a big distraction. Really great value at $8M AAV. Maybe in 6-7 years it'll look a little rough. So what? A+

I don’t think he got paid based last season alone. His overall career stats are close to Filip Forsberg. Also he’s been very consistent with the Canucks and sometimes you just need the right team to reach the potential that is expected from a 1 st round pick.

Interesting to see your expected standings. I think you have Dallas rated too highly and Vegas IMO won't make the playoffs. Just to say, I think Vancouver has a chance if their Goaltending is excellent.

I’d vote “fair deal” on this one if I could. The term is about two years too long, but unless he falls off badly this coming season, he would have got at least this much from somebody as a UFA next summer. I can understand the people who say it would have been better to trade him (though I would have waited for the deadline), but if the Canucks want to keep him beyond this season, this is a reasonable price to pay. I’m sure there’s a lot of teams out there who would love to be spending only $8M cap hit on their top scorer. Miller’s best years have been in Vancouver, so it’s nice to see a player who realizes he’s in a good situation and wants to stay there.

They won't get worse, I just think the teams around them got better than they did. I also don't see that pace with Boudreau for the full year.

His card is what he is, a very strong offensive player. He wasn't lighting him up. It's easy to quote stats about secondary assists but he carried this team for majority of the season until Petey woke up at the end of the year. Minus the absolutely trash coaching from Green (Benning should have canned him in the offseason and he might still have a job) they would have made the playoffs. Green was so stubborn in making any strategic adjustments and putting players in a position do things offensively that it eventually lead to him being fired. At times, JT willed this team and it was great to see. Comparing his deal to other contract handed out would say the Canucks did well. It costs money to keep your best players around and would have been costly anywhere. 8m is a solid deal.

I'm definitely fine with overpaying your star players

Honeymoon wins, in "garbage" time; happens every season in the NHL.

Or... Travis Green was garbage as we all saw. His inability to change was his downfall and why he's not been offered another job. He wasn't a good coach.

He’ll probably put up 70-80 pts for the next 2 seasons and then he’ll fall off a cliff.

I'm just glad it's over.

/Gestures wildly at the Defence

The Forward group is good and we know Demko is great, but he needs to play at a .930 level again for the team to have a chance. The need so much to go right just to make the playoffs, let alone contend.

I voted no, I like him as a player but not at $8M against the cap until he is 37.

i think if the canucks are able to somehow become a contending team in miller's prime and win a cup, its a W. but right now its lookin like an L so i voted no

He is indeed. Great speed to go with it.

Oh, that NMC update doesn't help much.

On the brightside, San Jose would've given him like a 3 team trade list in the last few years

This is a so-so deal. I think Miller has proven he's a very good player so there's not much chance this contract completely flops but I think they gave him a year or two more than they would have wanted ideally.

The defense is mediocre at worst. Yeah, they need a lot of things to go right, but the odds of those things breaking right are relatively favorable. Demko doesn't need to be a .930 goaltender

He will likely regress, but he certainly won't fall off a cliff