Are the Canucks expecting to make the playoffs next season?

For starters have to put more effort into it.

Next up there is the offseason that changes MUST happen if nothing else but to be compliant. Besides the 1m cap bump.

For the PO’s it’s why they play 82 games. In goal alone can be expected to be better. A weak division helps. The PK can only get better even if it sucks.

I don't believe this issue will be solved with more effort. I would be shocked if management hasn't seeked out and explored all options for moving money and if it hasn't happened in over a years worth of trying I don't see it happening at all, unless they are willing to attach assets.

Things happen like Myers signing bonus giving him a value to cap floor teams (like Arizona) 6m cap hit for 1m is nothing but gold for them. Heck if we take a contract that can be buried in the minors they basically pay nothing for Myers.

Garland and Boeser have value are they overpaid probably slightly Boeser more so cause of his rough start to the year but his wrist injury has seemingly healed and I think he's starting to get over the psychological part of it. Similar to Peteys rough start to last season.

I agree that Myers likely wont cost much to move but teams know Vancouver is already over the cap for next season and I could very well see teams leveraging that to their advantage.
I don't believe Garland or Boeser currently have any positive value at their current cap hit. The team has been trying to move them for over a year even giving Boeser's agent authorization to try and find a trading partner, unfortunately it likely costs to move them.

How can they get into playoff contention next year?

First, better coaching with a full training camp.

Second, a strong, healthy season for Thatcher Demko with a full season from Silovs as his backup. They need Demko, and they need him healthy.

Third, a better blueline. Hronek is a good start.

And fourth, a deeper group of prospects pushing the NHL roster.

And things like a full healthy season from Mikheyev, a better PK, and a better start to the season will help. They never recovered from that 0-5-2 start, and don't underestimate the effect that had. They had to play must-win hockey from December on last season to get back into the playoff push. The start they had this year put them right back in that grind, and they didn't have the fight left in them to do it all over again.

You make this sound like it’s a one off, this team hasent played meaningful games past Christmas in years.





We're not talking about Cup contention next season, that comes later. We're talking about being in the wild card hunt in the Pacific Division.

If the team continues to try and “retool” the way they have been over the last decade there won’t be a cup for a long long time.


On another note, Allvin all but screamed that buy outs were coming in that press conference. They can clear cap space. In fact, they've already cleared enough space in the last year to extend Miller and add guys like Mikheyev, Beauvillier, Kuzmenko and Hronek. They clear space when they need it, they just fill that space right away. This market kills me sometimes. If they were 27th and were sitting on 10 or 12 million of open cap space, the media and the fans would be screaming and moaning about how they aren't spending to the cap to help the team win. Jesus wept.


I think the majority of fans would embrace a rebuild at this point. If the team had of rebuilt when they should have 8ish years ago they would have been completely rebuilt and likely contending now.



For someone who has been in this for 5 decades, the last thing I want to see after 10 years of losing is another 5 years of bottom feeding. Those of you who joined the party during the West Coast Express run don't fully appreciate just how bad this organization has been. I've seen enough losing, thanks very much. They are taking this future HOF core of Pettersson, Hughes and Demko and retooling around it whether you like it or not, and it suits some of us just fine. You can stop whining and get on board with it, or you can keep being miserable. YOU CHOOSE!

The from all the reports I believe the biggest hold up has been allvin not wanting to do max retention. I do think a package in the off-season around either Boeser or Garland with either Rathbone and or Hoglander can get us the next Defenceman that nearly completes the Defense overhaul.

Things happen like Myers signing bonus giving him a value to cap floor teams (like Arizona) 6m cap hit for 1m is nothing but gold for them. Heck if we take a contract that can be buried in the minors they basically pay nothing for Myers.

Garland and Boeser have value are they overpaid probably slightly Boeser more so cause of his rough start to the year but his wrist injury has seemingly healed and I think he's starting to get over the psychological part of it. Similar to Peteys rough start to last season.

Here’s the problem with Myers. He has a 10 team NTC. All the teams that need to get to the cap floor are rebuilders and likely would be on his NTC. Not to mention they’d still have to pay to move him to those teams. They aren’t just gonna help the Canucks for free lol.
As for Garland and Boeser, if they have value it is minuscule and being the fact the bucks are in cap hell, no team likely helps them out by paying for them. And again, the teams that may be interested don’t have to cap space. And rebuilders just won’t pay for them at all.