Canucks 2021 Free Agency Preview: Needs, targets, issues

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The Canucks have to balance finding new deals for Elias Pettersson and Quinn Hughes with adding pieces to improve their team. imacSportsnet previews how Vancouver will approach free agency.

Cap costs for one goalie:The 33-year-old Reimer is regarded as an all-world guy – and not just by professional sports standards. He seems an ideal fit as a veteran backup who will support Canucks starter Thatcher Demko but has the chops to handle a string of starts if needed.

His six years in Toronto have conditioned him to Canadian markets, and coming off a five-year, $17-million contract, Reimer may be ready to accept a backup role for less than $2 million annually that will also give him a leadership voice.Never say never.

In this depressed NHL market, which is especially hard on players in the bottom third of rosters, Hamonic will see what he might fetch in bids from other teams. But if his hometown Winnipeg Jets don’t sign him, don’t be surprised if Hamonic is back in Vancouver as a right-side partner for Quinn Hughes.

His offence is severely limited and Khaira won’t sell any tickets for the Canucks – except to his friends and relatives – but the needs for both sides are real enough that a free-agent deal just above entry-level salary should be possible. At 26 years old, the six-foot-four, 210-pound Khaira also fits the age profile the Canucks are looking for.OK, we’re cheating because it was already reported out of St.

The big, rugged defenceman – a species Benning desires – shepherded Hughes into the league and the 18 games Schenn played for the Canucks after being rescued from the minors probably saved his career. He is good-guy tough, understands his role and seems an excellent depth choice on the right side at anything close to the $767,000 he averaged over the last three seasons on one-year contracts.

 

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imacSportsnet They hope that those two won’t get offer sheeted for one. It won’t happen because nhl gm’s are idiots and lack a spine but one can hope for chaos

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