And yet, here the Canucks sit and they need to find money to sign Boeser, it is not impossible but it is difficult at the moment. What I was implying is that I do not think JB was expecting to trade for a JT Miller or be required to sign someone like Myers this year. My assumption is that he ASSUMED he had another year or "rebuilding" or what ever we call it.rikster wrote: ↑Wed Jul 17, 2019 2:49 pm
For me it's like fingernails on a chalkboard...
All of this belly aching about signing veterans to too much money and too long of a contract....
Benning has been very clear that his philosophy is to insulate and mentor the kids with quality veterans...
Disagree with the philosophy if you want, but understand that is the debate...
And when you look at the way the kids have developed and the maturity they are showing you could easily argue that it was a wise decision on managements part...
btw, you could argue that the Comets are a good example of how things could go wrong if a team doesn't have the calming influence of quality veterans...
A fact of life was that over the past few years the organization has had to pay a premium to attract free agents and in my opinion, good contracts vs bad contracts is a matter of leverage....
What this off season has shown is that the premium for players to come to Vancouver appears to be dropping ....
There is no salary cap crisis in Vancouver, there are challenges that were brought on by the Luongo recapture penalty and the players decision to limit the salary cap increase to almost zero because of their concerns and frustration with escrow...
Escrow....why is there not more discussion on the air waves about what escrow is and how it played into the Canucks and most other teams salary cap issues?
For those who suggest that it is irresponsible for a non playoff team to be having a cap issue, think about the pickle the Rangers are in....
https://nypost.com/2019/07/17/the-salar ... %20buttons
Most commentators on escrow expect the players to go with the maximum cap increase next season because of the way this years decision has negatively affected players in search of a new contract which in itself will give relief to many teams cap issues...
Relax everyone...
Take care....
The salary issues you talk about will be here next year as well, we have LE, Luongo and last year signings for 2 - 3 more years. Even with the cap going up we will have to resign players whose contracts expire so our cap issues will continue unless JB off loads a contract or 2.
I have no comments on the escrow as you are better informed than I.