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Originally Posted by opendoor
Unfortunately the way Benning has managed the cap, this year might be the Canucks' best shot for the next few. They've been using LTIR all year so Pettersson and Hughes' performance bonuses are going to get lopped off of next year's cap, and they have to re-sign or replace Markstrom, Tanev, and Toffoli, plus fill in 4 additional roster spots with barely any space. And they also have to account for the raises that Pettersson and Hughes will get in 2021 when they come off of their ELCs, so they can't really tie themselves down to large multi-year deals for next season. Paying $20M to Eriksson, Sutter, Beagle, and Myers isn't looking so hot right now.
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Brandon Sutter will be coming off the books when Hughes and Pettersson require raises. Eriksson stings, but hopefully they could package him off with an asset to a team Marleau style if they need to. It would be unfortunate and would be Benning's biggest mistake costing the team again. As for Beagle and Roussel, they hurt but they are showing their value in the playoffs so far. What really hurts the most is Luongo's cap recapture hit where it is 3 million sitting as dead cap space, on top of the other 3 million for Baertshi and Spooner.