Yeah makes sense.
Feel like they came to some common ground that will work for both sides and really it makes more sense for the Canucks to do shorter term but higher AAV now.
Edler was probably wanting 4 years around $5M ($20M total) with NMC protection. Canucks really didn't want to risk having to protect Edler in the expansion draft.
Now they don't have to worry about the expansion draft, can eat more of the cap hit in the re-build years, and 2 years from now if Edler is still performing he could probably get another 1-2 year deal worth $4M annually if he's still performing well - which would bring him back level to the 4 years $20M he likely wanted anyways.
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