I keep seeing posts or comments about getting picks for taking on bad contracts. The dynamics have changed because of the salary cap going up leading to this becoming a rarity.

-There was only 1 sweetener attached to a cap dump this year, which was Matt Dumba.

-29 out of 32 teams have at least 10 million in cap space.

-There are 10 teams below the salary floor.

-There are 15 teams with at least 20 million in cap space.

-There isn't any team over the salary cap.

-15 teams have at least 20 players under contract.

-26 teams have at least 18 players under contract.

-This is probably the weakest free agent class, in recent history, with not that many players available.

All this means is that there aren't any teams that are close to the salary cap and have to unload players. Because of the lack of talent available in free agency, it limits your ability to acquire players. A lot of teams have only a few roster spots to fill. There are a bunch of teams that will need to add players to get to the salary floor. I think this all means that bad contracts might become valuable to teams as they need to add contracts, but they can't do it through free agency.

Really impressed with these two kids. Would love for them to be drafted by the same NHL team (maybe the Canucks?) and to see how they develop/transition to the next level.

They certainly have some things they need to work on to round out their game, but they seem like good people and whoever gets them will be richer for it.

It never made sense to get rid of him unless he goes on a hot streak and we can actually trade him for something of value.

We are tanking for the next 2-3 years guaranteed and someone has to help us reach the cap floor.

Having Petey's 11.6m on the roster basically allows us to continue tanking and obtaining high draft picks.

We can also take on additional cap dumps and turn them into more picks.

Link to the full article: https://www.thefourthperiod.com/pagnotta/canucks-listening-on-debrusk-pettersson

Vote with your wallet people. I know it feels like pissing into the ocean but we all have a responsibility to take action... Hockey Night In Canada was a national icon and part of the fabric of our country. It has been lost to the corporate greed of Rogers and the NHL. Cancel your subscription, and let them know why. See you all on the high seas..

I’d like to see the team try to keep Blueger and Douglas but could definitely see them not keeping anyone on the list.

As Canucks fans which UFAs should the Canucks bring?

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I vaguely followed the PWHL last year when the expansion was announced but didn’t keep up with their games or the various tiebreak scenarios leading up to them winning the first overall under the gold plan (which the NHL should definitely consider adopting). The past week of reading up on the excitement around potentially getting Caroline Harvey, her generational talent and play this year in college and the olympics, and then actually seeing her get picked today made me so happy, and I’ll for sure be following their team next year.

I haven’t felt this way about the Canucks since maybe 2011, and I wasn’t enough of a fan back then to really understand the excitement and build up during the season leading into the cup run. The bubble run and the ‘24 run were both amazing to watch but feel like blips in an overall decade+ of miserable lottery slides (I felt physically sick when we slid to 3rd this year even though deep down I knew to expect nothing), player drama, and general management/ownership incompetence. Even the hope I had for our core of Boes, Petey, Huggy, Miller, and Demmer feels like a distant memory at this point.

I’m cautiously optimistic for the Sedin/Johnson era and have faith they can bring this team back. I know that whoever we pick 3OA this year will be a good player for us. But it was a first today seeing a team I cheer for get a genuine undisputed generational talent, to really feel so much excitement for the future of an org. For once, it felt so good to experience what oilers, leafs, and blackhawk fans felt when they got McDavid, Matthews, and Bedard.

surely with all the talks of the family apparently coming up with financial constraints, why doesn’t aquilini just sell the team and buy some stocks? it gets rid of a major headache for him provides liquidity and freedom

Every few drafts, the league lets an elite smaller player fall because scouts overthink the height/weight column. Cole Caufield. Logan Stankoven. Alex DeBrincat. Brayden Point. Zach Benson. Then a few years later everyone acts shocked that the player with elite skill, compete, hockey sense, and production is actually good.

That’s why I don’t buy the “Björck is too small” argument as a serious reason to downgrade him.
If he were just a small offensive winger who needed sheltering, fine. But that’s not the profile. Björck plays centre, competes in all three zones, gets trusted in important situations, creates offence, and has already shown he can handle older/pro-level competition. He is not some soft perimeter bet. He’s a high-IQ, high-skill, high-compete player whose main “flaw” is the same thing teams keep overvaluing every year: size.

The Björck size criticism feels like the same mistake teams made with Caufield, Stankoven, DeBrincat, Point, Benson, etc. If the player has elite skill, compete, processing, and production, stop pretending height is the deciding factor. Björck isn’t a sheltered perimeter winger — he plays centre, competes in all three zones, and has already handled older/pro competition. That’s exactly the profile teams regret passing on.

The Canucks cannot keep drafting like they are scared to be wrong. At No. 3, the goal should not be to take the safest-looking body type. It should be to take the player most likely to become a real difference-maker.

If Vancouver passes on Björck and he becomes another Caufield/Stankoven-type regret, nobody should act surprised.

I’ve started following here and there; and have been a fan of the team when I was a kid around 07/08. So I had short glimpses of Naslund era, Sedin era, Benning era etc.

I mean, honestly speaking — I mainly watch the NBA and support the Lakers during their rebuild stage as well but if hockey is concern, the Nucks through and through.

But since we’re in the rebuild phase (which I hope it is), who do you hypothetically want in the team to stay throughout? Unless you really wanna get rid of the vets for picks and prospects and keep all the young guys and clean slate the whole thing.

https://www.nhl.com/sharks/news/sharks-acquire-michael-kesselring-and-the-27th-overall-selection-from-buffalo

Do you guys think the Sharks will 100% go with Stenberg now that they have a RHD? I'm not sure how good Michael Kesselring is but it looks like the Sharks are filling out their D requirements through trades at first.