Can Elias Pettersson bounce back, Quinn Hughes‘ next contract and trading from their blue line surplus
Thomas Drance of The Athletic: (mailbag part 2) It’s hard to predict if Vancouver Canucks forward Elias Pettersson can return to the previous level of play. It’s not known why his game has dropped off a lot. Is it the knee injury that remains to be bothering him? He’s struggled the past 100 games or so.
Quinn Hughes won’t win the Norris Trophy this season, but his play is up there. If that continues for one more two years, he’ll be in for an enormous contract with the salary cap ceiling may very well be around $113 million. A $13 million contract next 12 months may very well be within the $16-17 million range when he’s up.
There isn’t a reason for Canucks fans to be panicking about Hughes’ future just yet. There isn’t a need for them to begin investigating what his trade value is likely to be this offseason. His trade value next offseason, when he’s eligible to sign an extension, is when his value can be at its highest. It’s unlikely at any point the Canucks look to trade him, unless he forces the difficulty with them.
The Canucks may look to trade among the defense surplus to enhance their group upfront. They’ve got Hughes, Filip Hronek, Tyler Myers, and Marcus Pettersson. Victor Mancini has been paired with Hughes currently – to showcase or to see what he’s got? Top prospect Tom Willander could make an enormous jump or may very well be utilized in an enormous deal. Hronek’s no-movement clause kicks in on July 1st.
A call involving Rick Tocchet should come quick, and term is the difficulty with Brock Boeser
Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman on the Vancouver Canucks, head coach Rick Tocchet and pending UFA forward Brock Boeser.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
“So Vancouver got eliminated from the playoffs this week, but they’ve some business that they’re going to wish to clear up towards the top of the season. Primary, Rick Tocchet. And Tocchet’s full contract is up. There may be a team option for next 12 months.
Vancouver indicated that they’d perhaps hold him to the team option if he was going to teach next 12 months, it will be in Vancouver. That said, it seems the Canucks have form of cooled down on that one just a little bit. And the one thing I do imagine is no person not Tocchet, not the Canucks. Want this to tug into the top of the season, after the top of the season, too long into the summer.
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I believe you’re going to see how that is going to work out come down pretty quickly at the top of the season. I believe that each side need to make sure that that everyone knows where they’re going, what’s happening, in order that they’ll get on with the remainder of their plans in the summertime.
Number two, Brock Boeser, Ian McIntyre had an enormous article this week where Boeser said he thought it was unlikely he would stay in Vancouver. I understand the massive issue here is term, Ron. I never say never, but term is the difficulty that each Boeser and the Canucks have found hard to bridge.”
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