It’s counter-intuitive that a team that needs to add key pieces and plans to be aggressive in free agency has too many players. For the Canucks to move ahead, they need to clear the clutter. imacSportsnet weighs in on who the club should move out:
No Canuck forward was scratched as often as Schaller, a free-agent bust who provided little of the physicality, intensity and depth scoring the Canucks had hoped for when general manager Jim Benning signed him last July to a two-year deal worth $1.9 million annually. He was eclipsed by Tyler Motte and others, and didn’t score his first goal for the Canucks until March 17.With no trade value, even with retained salary, Schaller is a buyout candidate.
Goldobin still has age and skill on his side, but Green’s frustration with him reached a critical mass in March. The Russian can play only an offensive role, and the Canucks are looking for better players on which to bestow that privilege.If the Canucks could have traded Goldobin, they probably would have. The Russian is a restricted free agent who may simply sign in the Kontinental Hockey League.
Granlund has been mostly a middle-six forward on a poor team, and as the Canucks improve he is getting pushed farther down the lineup. He was scratched for five games this season and is in danger of being pushed off the roster.Granlund is another player where, if a market existed for him, the Canucks probably would have traded him by now.
Clearly, he can’t play in the top six and Eriksson will face increasing competition for a role near the bottom of the forward group. His signing-bonus-heavy contract calls for another payment of $4 million on July 1, which will leave only $9 million owed to Eriksson over the final three seasons. Eriksson has a full NTC but not a no-movement clause, which means he’ll have to listen if the Canucks unearth a trade suitor.
Free agent Jay Beagle was signed last summer and can do what Sutter does defensively, while 22-year-old Adam Gaudette got the chance to play 56 games in Sutter’s absence and improved during his audition, although the rookie finished with just 12 points. Sutter has two years remaining on his contract at an unappealing $4.375 million. On July 1, his full no-trade clause is modified to a 15-team no-trade list.
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