*FOR a bunch of Finns and he'll run to the negotiating table

*GMPA

This was a necessity for Vancouver, doubt they’ll have to worry for a while

I hadn’t heard that they had threatened to trade him to Carolina. Did those rumours/reports say anything about who was going to be coming back the other way? I know it’s not going to happen now, but I’m curious.

this is a good contract for vancouver. i think the overall dollar amount if comparable to what his aav could've been as a free agent.

No official names, but reports said it included 2 young talented roster players, a 1st, and a high end prospect. Necas was almost definitely one of the roster players included

Willy is three years older...
EP40 makes $100k more per year.

The speculation was Necas, Cupcake, prospects and picks. Not nearly enough for a 25 year old center on pace for back to back 100 point seasons.

Supposedly, Necas and KK were involved but nothing officially confirmed

He asked, what's thee justification and I delivered an explanation

Necas and KK were names that were out there

Its look bad now, but lets wait couple more year. FLA has window open now and if they bring Cup and Huberdeau will be bought out, then we can see who is winner, but for now its look like bad for Trevling. I fully understand your points tho. Ppls in here Capfriendly did vote 232vs41 win for CGY when trade was done (35 fair votes). Things can change very fast in hockey and you cant predict everything.

In my mind, Dubas was part of creating culture in Toronto where they are giving very high cap hits for they stars, so now i see that every RFA or free agent want max value when signing in Toronto. How much Shanahan had influence on those contracts stay question mark.

I like Pettersson new contract, i think he left money to table, that way you give your team more flexibility to build Stanley Cup team. I hope they can re-sign Lindholm and Hronek too. Maybe they let Myers walk? and use that extra 6 milj to re-sign Hronek and Lindholm

It's my firm belief that sports journalists should be ostracized from polite society

What happened?

There has been speculation for ages in Van that he was prepared to leave, that he wasn't happy, that he might not sign etc. etc. and they've been hounding him particularly strongly the last few weeks. The profession is entirely centered on stirring up controversy so people click on articles but in doing so they irritate the players and mislead the fans. Its obnoxious and I can't stand it.

Don't disagree with you. But FANatics should realize that sport journalists have very little "insider" information. GMs and players don't convey to reporters any confidential information.
Sports journalists, reporters, analysts are just largely entertainers. They get paid for their viewership. So they have come up with made up BS. But many times they just state the obvious. So it's not that often they convey anything new to the public. But for some reason, many FANatics think these reporters are so knowledgeable.

This is a pretty huge W for the Canucks. This had all the markings of a deal that a team "has" to make, meaning the player could have used the leverage to get a contract that is very "meh". This deal isn't some home run steal, but it's an amount you can definitiely live with all the way through the term in a rising cap world, and for the type player you are signing, it's excellent work to get any real surplus value.

The Canucks now have an elite #1C, elite #1D, and elite #1G all signed for 2 more years at reasonable cap hits. Say what you will about some management decisions, the reality is that if you have that to build around, you have a roster that is well ahead of the NHL average. Throw in that they have less troubling cap issues and this team should be well positioned to make regular playoff appearances and even go on a run or two over the next handful of seasons.

Thats a pretty sweet fair deal. I expected a huge overpay of like $13mil or something crazy.

Jim Benning’s ghost can finally rest now

I agree, especially with Necas due an unknown raise as a pending RFA with arbitration, and Kotkaniemi having regressed after it looked like he was going to have a breakout season. If Carolina could have got Pettersson without giving up Aho, Svechnikov or Slavin, that would have been amazing for them. That sounds more like a June trade than a March trade though. Why would the 2nd-best team in the league trade their best player six weeks before the playoffs?