Executive Director
Rejoint: déc. 2019
Messages: 50
Mentions "j'aime": 11
OP what I think you mean to say, is even if everything goes well, we're still gonna be a bubble team. And that's alot of if's, but's and however's that have to fall the Canucks way.
Personally, I believe the best thing is to start shipping out these dead contracts (Myers, Boeser, Garland, Poolman and even Demko). The roster is crunched in cap space thanks to all these mediocre contracts. These players are still decent and might do well on the right team, just not in Vancouver.
The season has been plagued in mediocrity and I don't see how shipping the aforementioned contracts will even make the roster that much worse. We probly won't get a top 3 pick, but that's okay. Shed cap space between now and the off-season so there's cap space for future moves. Dumba would be a nice upgrade on Myers even if the rest of the D core remains the same.
Time to stockpile futures and cap space. Build on smart contract signings, even 1 year deals on players that can be moved at deadline for futures. Slow and steady wins the race. We should build around Petterson, Hughes and Miller. Our best assets outside Horvat, who Canucks should deal for futures. 8 million+ is too expensive for a player whose only had an elite year in his contract season. Miller had point per game seasons prior to scoring 99 points and was the backbone with Petterson and Hughes, not Horvat.
With a little luck, in a few years we'll have a bunch of low cost, young players surrounding Petterson, Hughes and Miller. At least salary cap space to sign the best players and compete in the playoffs.