WWYDW: Cap Space!
By J.D. Burke
6 years agoThe Canucks are going to have a lot of cap space this summer. I mean it when I say a lot of cap space, too.
With the Sedins retirement, the Canucks are set to enter this summer with about $29-million with which to play. They’ve got a handful of restricted free agents in Jake Virtanen, Sven Baertschi, Derrick Pouliot, Troy Stecher and Markus Granlund to sign to new deals, but that’s not going to break the bank by any means.
So, with that, what do you want to see from the Canucks this off-season? How do you want them to spend their cash?
Last week I asked: what would you do about the void at captain? Who should be the next Canuck to wear the ‘C’?
kneedroptalbot:
Eric Gudbranson for captain. He provides leadership and all the young players look up to him. 2nd choice would be Markus Grandlund, all the same reasons though he is more soft spoken. All the young Canuck’s aren’t ready for that role until the team learns to win consistently. Let the vets answer the tough questions while the kids are still becoming professionals.
OMAR49:
I think Bo Horvat is a future captain of this team, I just don’t think it’s now. It’s a lot of pressure to put on a 23 year old. Make him an alternate captain and give him 2-3 years to grow into the job. In the interim I would appoint Sutter as the Captain. He has experience as an alternate and the maturity to deal the media.
Goon:
Horvat strikes me as mature, seems to be a leader already, he’s one of the best players on the Canucks, and someone who is likely going to be on the team for a long time.
If the team wants a stop-gap captain for a couple of years with the influx of young talent coming before they pick a long-term captain, I’d nominate Edler. With the Sedins retiring he’s the longest-serving Canuck, he has class, he’s still an excellent player, and someone I’m sure the younger guys look up to. He certainly deserves to wear the C for a couple of years before passing it on to Bo, or Boeser, or Pettersson, or whoever steps up in the next generation.
Jamie E:
Who cares? What difference does it make? Most teams have a leadership group rather than a single, clear leader anyways. Other than being the designated point person to give canned, non answers to the same repetitive questions the media ask after every game and being the “Complainer-in-Chief” when the coach wants a ref yelled at, does it matter? If it does, someone will have to explain why to me.
Beer Can Boyd:
No captain for next year. Bo, Sutter and Tanev wear the A’s. No rush to make this decision.
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