An intriguing comparable from Jim Rutherford's past could mean a bigger contract for Dakota Joshua than anyone expects.
When Dakota Joshua signed with the Vancouver Canucks back in 2022, there was a lot to like about him. He had size, speed, a little bit of skill, and great two-way habits.
This season, Joshua has elevated his game. He has 15 goals and 28 points in 55 games, which doesn’t jump off the page but is a 22-goal pace over a full 82-game season. He’s been a go-to penalty killer and part of one of the best third lines in hockey with Conor Garland and Teddy Blueger. Should Joshua get paid like a top-six forward? Joshua is coming off a two-year contract with an average annual value of just $825,000. Of the Canucks forwards who have appeared in at least one game this season, only Arshdeep Bains and Phil Di Giuseppe have a lower cap hit than Joshua.
That’s the challenge for Joshua’s next contract: Joshua does a lot of things for the Canucks, so who are his comparable players? It’s understandable where these comparable players come from. They’re each at a similar age to Joshua and produced at a similar rate in their careers. When you look at the season before they signed their contracts, however, the differences jump out. None of those comparable players play as much on the penalty kill as Joshua and none of them hit as much as Joshua.
Tanev had played 115 NHL games; Joshua had played 121. Tanev had 10 career goals and 22 career points; Joshua had 15 career goals and 32 career points.
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