Canucks sign Torres; Burrows on IR
Canucks made a nice upgrade to their 3rd line today by signing Raffi Torres to a 1 year, 1 million dollar deal. It also was a nnounced a few days ago Alex Burrows would miss the first month of the season, after he was put on IR.
Voiding Luongo contract would be “in complete violation” of CBA: agent Prominent player agent Kurt Overhardt doesn’t figure the National Hockey League will void the registered front-end loaded contracts of Vancouver Canuck goalie Roberto Luongo and three other players.
Overhardt, who possesses 20 years experience in contract law, employment law and intellectual property law, noted that arbitrator Richard Bloch’s decision on the Ilya Kovalchuk deal was “subjective” and that the 17-year contract should have been upheld.
Is Bieksa safe now ?With the recent injury to Sami Salo and surprisingly cap friendly deal Mason Raymond signed it looks like Kevin Bieksa could stay in Vancouver after all.
Kevin Bieksa on a Canucks trade? 'I can put two and two together' Vancouver Canucks defenceman Kevin Bieksa, speaking publicly for the first time since July 1, conceded Tuesday he knows he's a candidate to be traded away.
“I'm not an idiot,” Bieksa said on TSN's Off the Record program. “I can put two and two together. Anything could happen right now.”
Numbers suggest Bieksa trade in the worksMike Gillis wants to wait until the dust settles from a successful foray on the first day of NHL free agency before deciding what to do about a glut of defencemen.
That dust may not take long to settle.
Juggling act as free agency looms The easy part for the Vancouver Canucks was to tender qualifying offers to restricted free agents Shane O'Brien, Mason Raymond, Jannik Hansen and Tanner Glass before Monday's deadline to retain negotiation rights and roster flexibility.
The hard part will be to see how they all fit -- or don't fit -- into a revamped roster next NHL season.
By qualifying the troubled O'Brien at the $1.6 million US the defenceman earned last season, it will only add more drama to an intriguing back-end tale.
Canucks and Panthers make a move?TSN is reporting that the Canucks and Panthers have made a trade that will see the Canucks first round choice and Michael Grabner go to Florida for a Package that includes Keith Ballard and another player.
More updates will come as we receive clarification
Canucks weighing draft options, may trade their 25th selection For the first time in franchise history, the Vancouver Canucks don't own second and third-round entry draft picks and that could change their strategy with the 25th overall selection Friday in Los Angeles.
"There's a possibility that if the player isn't there that we'd like, we'd have a possibility of moving back and gaining two picks," said general manager Mike Gillis. "We have a good group of forwards and prospect defencemen and we have good flexibility to select a player we're comfortable with."
Not a great crop of free agent defencemenOne the one hand the Philadelphia Flyers give up a good player and then probably proceed to overpay
Dan Hamhuis to prevent themselves from looking ridiculous, which doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
On the other, they almost certainly get the guy they want and it's hard to argue with where they ended up this season with the ownership counting all that money from a bountiful playoff run to the final.
Off Season Report - Vancouver CanucksThe Canucks are going to have to do some shuffling this summer, as the defense obviously needs an upgrade. I believe
Willie Mitchell's career is over, so that is a MAJOR hole to fill on the backend. The Canucks have a few options about how there going to fill that gapping hole on the blueline though.
