I'm curious, whats the word on Hronek in vancity?
Is he liked? How much money are you guys expecting to pay him?
he wants too much money i doubt vancouver would resign him
he's after upwards of 8 million, and he's not going to get it. he was invisible in the playoffs.
quinn hughes made him look good but being paired with an average d-man he wouldnt be all that impressive and there's no way he'd be demanding the kind of money that he is.
i think he'll have a reality check come summer and either have to re sign with vancouver or with another team for far less of an asking price than what he is looking for
i mean he's a solid right handed d-man, but he's not an 8 million dollar d-man. his future with vancouver is rather doubtful. not with that kind of asking price. 5.5 or 6 would be about the high end. 6.5 tops but there would probably be a team or two out there willing to take the gamble on him for 7.
zadorov might be in the same boat as well. these guys had such a good season that they are going to leverage that to try to get paid far more than they should be worth. he's a 3rd line d-man. aint no way we're gonna make the same mistake we did as with tyler myers and give him upwards of 6 million....reportedly he is asking for 8!
ilya mikheyev has got 1 year left, he's made of glass and misses a million scoring chances every other game so i'd expect him to be traded. and they'll probably let lindholm walk too as he was only brought in as a rental for the playoffs.
tyler myers will be gone if he's not willing to take a huge pay cut. aint no 3'rd line d-man worth 6+ million. glad that contract is finally over with. that was a bad one. resign him for 3-3.5 million otherwise he can walk.
but yeah i expect vancouver to be looking a little different come october. they have alot of contracts up for renewal and pretty much everybody is going to be commanding a raise because the canucks played so well this year.
