[Signing] Canucks extend Pearson (3 years, $3.25m AAV, NTC)

[Icantwhisper]

I'm by no means a Canucks fan but the complete lack of objectivity in this and the Edmonton thread make it painful to read, I get it Vancouver is no good but certain posters cannot for the life of them give a rival any credit.
Is this a bad signing, no, is it great no.
Based on the info in this thread though I'd say the Canucks and Oilers are doing pretty well considering every move they make is terrible and every move the Flames make is incredible, remember "in Brad we trust"

[CroFlames]

Almost every time I've watched the Canucks, I liked what Pearson brought. I thought he was their best player in the playoff bubble (other thank Demko).

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by Icantwhisper

I'm by no means a Canucks fan but the complete lack of objectivity in this and the Edmonton thread make it painful to read, I get it Vancouver is no good but certain posters cannot for the life of them give a rival any credit.
Is this a bad signing, no, is it great no.
Based on the info in this thread though I'd say the Canucks and Oilers are doing pretty well considering every move they make is terrible and every move the Flames make is incredible, remember "in Brad we trust"

If the Canucks weren't up against the cap it would be just an okay signing. Given their salary cap predicament it's a bad signing.

[Flamenspiel]

Just took a quick look at theHockeywriters.com, they are universally trashing this deal.

[activeStick]

Originally Posted by CroFlames

Almost every time I've watched the Canucks, I liked what Pearson brought. I thought he was their best player in the playoff bubble (other thank Demko).

Better than Pettersson, Miller and Horvat?

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by Icantwhisper

I'm by no means a Canucks fan but the complete lack of objectivity in this and the Edmonton thread make it painful to read...

How can any Flames fan hate reading the E=NG thread? It is a 15-year classic.


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[powderjunkie]

I think we'll see some much better value deals signed once the music ends on the UFA frenzy this year.

There are currently 41 pending UFA forwards with more pts, and 29 with more goals this season. Of course this includes some guys who will never hit the market, but I think there will be some pretty solid forwards signing 1x2M or less deals this summer.

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Originally Posted by Textcritic

How can any Flames fan hate reading the E=NG thread? It is a 15-year classic.

The "everything our rivals do is automatically bad and we can't talk objectively about those teams ever" schtick does have a tendency to bleed over into other threads, unfortunately.

Originally Posted by powderjunkie

I think we'll see some much better value deals signed once the music ends on the UFA frenzy this year.

This is the thing. If they had traded him at the deadline (and he's not on the COVID list so they could have, maybe even for something like a late 2nd or a reclamation project or a prospect or heck, even just to dump another bad contract), then re-signed him in the summer, would they have paid more than this? Maybe if he goes to a contender and has a really good playoffs, but otherwise probably not.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by Icantwhisper

I'm by no means a Canucks fan but the complete lack of objectivity in this and the Edmonton thread make it painful to read, I get it Vancouver is no good but certain posters cannot for the life of them give a rival any credit.
Is this a bad signing, no, is it great no.
Based on the info in this thread though I'd say the Canucks and Oilers are doing pretty well considering every move they make is terrible and every move the Flames make is incredible, remember "in Brad we trust"

Lol what good moves have the Oilers made? Sucking and winning lotteries

And the Canucks have the same record as the Flames and a worse cap situation.

If Brad signed this deal with any trade protection it wouldn't be very popular IMO

[activeStick]

Originally Posted by dino7c

Lol what good moves have the Oilers made? Sucking and winning lotteries

And the Canucks have the same record as the Flames and a worse cap situation.

If Brad signed this deal with any trade protection it wouldn't be very popular IMO

No cap problems as per Benning

https://twitter.com/user/status/1380574224713191425

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by activeStick

No cap problems as per Benning

https://twitter.com/user/status/1380574224713191425

well that settles it

[d_phaneuf]

No cap problems cause the cap doesn't matter next year since we don't care about the cap till the 2022 off season because of his previous moves

More 4d chess from Jim the master Benning

Just like taking Virtanen and Juolevi to make sure we were bad enough so we could lock up Petterson and Hughes. This guy doesn't miss... After his initial extreme miss.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by CroFlames

Almost every time I've watched the Canucks, I liked what Pearson brought. I thought he was their best player in the playoff bubble (other thank Demko).

Demko played 4 games after Markstrom was hurt he certainly wasn't their best player in the bubble

Markstrom won the play in and the first round

Pearson was good for his role but certainly not their best forward

[Icantwhisper]

Originally Posted by dino7c

Lol what good moves have the Oilers made? Sucking and winning lotteries

And the Canucks have the same record as the Flames and a worse cap situation.

If Brad signed this deal with any trade protection it wouldn't be very popular IMO

Which is amazing considering the Flames took their two best players in the off season, we don't know the Canucks cap situation, we know the #'s but rumour is Beagle is done, Edler, Sutter are UFA, as is Sven. We don't know their plan, they have young talent still coming up, maybe they can make it work, Elias and Hughes take bridge deals, we don't know.
Some how the Canucks have built a team that is tied with the Flames in points while making garbage move after garbage move all the while the Flames knock their moves out of the park.
Point being when certain posters crap on everything these teams do it wears thin, we get it, you hate them, offer some objectivity at some point otherwise the opinion loses value.

[Icantwhisper]

Originally Posted by dino7c

Lol what good moves have the Oilers made? Sucking and winning lotteries

And the Canucks have a better record than the Flames and a worse cap situation.

If Brad signed this deal with any trade protection it wouldn't be very popular IMO

Fixed it for you

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by Icantwhisper

Which is amazing considering the Flames took their two best players in the off season, we don't know the Canucks cap situation, we know the #'s but rumour is Beagle is done, Edler, Sutter are UFA, as is Sven.

What do you mean, "we don't know"? We know with certainty that the Canucks have $64 m of salary commitments for next season with a full 10 roster spots to fill. Those include three open assignments on the blue line after Hughes's deal is signed. Even if Jay Beagle is "done," the Canucks cannot simply wish that contract away.

We don't know their plan, they have young talent still coming up, maybe they can make it work, Elias and Hughes take bridge deals, we don't know.

We don't know the plan, but we can clearly see that over $19 m of cap space is occupied by the likes of Antoine Roussell, Tyler Myers, Jake Virtanen and Braden Holtby. We also have a pretty well-established history of a GM who overpays for middle-roster players from which to guess about just how well this is all going to work out for Vancouver. They don't really have much choice at all but to sign Pettersson and Hughes to bridge deals, precisely because of how messed up their cap situation is already even after shedding Sutter, Beartschi and Edler, to say nothing for how these players will be replaced.

Some how the Canucks have built a team that is tied with the Flames in points while making garbage move after garbage move all the while the Flames knock their moves out of the park.

This is just a total mischaracterization of the chatter on this board. No one here is patting the Flames on the back for "knocking their moves out of the park."

Point being when certain posters crap on everything these teams do it wears thin, we get it, you hate them, offer some objectivity at some point otherwise the opinion loses value.

Look where you are. This is a Flames fan message board. You are not going to get much "objectivity" from this group about a rival team. But even saying that there is absolutely nothing wrong with Flames fans recognizing the Pearson contract is shortsighted, and probably a mistake. If you don't like it, feel free to make your way to a much more Canucks friendly forum—this isn't it.

[Scroopy Noopers]

Edit: nm

[Blaster86]

Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers

Back to back!

Mom hasn't been the same since the Canucks play-off run. He's on an extended Frank Grimes thing where I'm his Homer and he hasn't got to the electrical box yet.

[The Cobra]

Originally Posted by dino7c

And the Canucks have the same record as the Flames and a worse cap situation.

The Canucks have lots of problems, but you lose credibility with statements like this.

Since when is 16-18-3 the same record as 16-21-3.


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[dino7c]

Originally Posted by The Cobra

The Canucks have lots of problems, but you lose credibility with statements like this.

Since when is 16-18-3 the same record as 16-21-3.


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Lol it was the same when the Canucks stopped playing hockey...it's not like they were setting the world on fire

Both are non playoff teams so who the #### cares