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Man, these Oliver Ekman-Larsson trade talks have been picking up with the Vancouver Canucks. It’s incredible.
Ekman-Larsson, the Arizona Coyotes captain, is making a huge $8,250,000 per year for seven more years, and is 29 years old. Wowzers.
This is coming after both the Canucks and the Coyotes were eliminated from the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs, and it precedes the 2020 NHL Entry Draft.
The 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs involved sixteen teams, which were the Boston Bruins, Tampa Bay Lightning, Washington Capitals, Philadelphia Flyers, Montreal Canadiens, Carolina Hurricanes, New York Islanders, and Columbus Blue Jackets in the East, and the Colorado Avalanche, St. Louis Blues, Vegas Golden Knights, Vancouver Canucks, Calgary Flames, Chicago Blackhawks, Arizona Coyotes, and Dallas Stars in the West.
The Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Dallas Stars in the 2020 Stanley Cup Finals in Game 6 to win the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The Vegas Golden Knights got eliminated by the Dallas Stars in the Western Conference Finals in Game 5, and the New York Islanders were eliminated by the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 6.
Of the Conference Semi-Final matchups, the Boston Bruins, Colorado Avalanche, Vancouver Canucks, and Philadelphia Flyers have been eliminated.
The eliminated teams of the 2020 NHL Playoffs from the qualifying play-in series are the Edmonton Oilers, Winnipeg Jets, Nashville Predators, Minnesota Wild, Pittsburgh Penguins, New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs, and the Florida Panthers.
Teams eliminated from the first round of the 2020 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs are the St. Louis Blues, Calgary Flames, Arizona Coyotes, Chicago Blackhawks, Columbus Blue Jackets, Montreal Canadiens, Carolina Hurricanes, and the Washington Capitals.
The current NHL rankings for the 2020 NHL Draft go as follows:
1st) New York Rangers
2nd) Los Angeles Kings
3rd) Ottawa Senators (from San Jose Sharks)
4th) Detroit Red Wings
5th) Ottawa Senators
6th) Anaheim Ducks
7th) New Jersey Devils
8th) Buffalo Sabres
9th) Minnesota Wild
10th) Winnipeg Jets
11th) Nashville Predators
12th) Florida Panthers
13th) Carolina Hurricanes (from Toronto Maple Leafs)
14th) Edmonton Oilers
15th) Toronto Maple Leafs (from Pittsburgh Penguins)
16th) Montreal Canadiens
17th) Chicago Blackhawks
18th) New Jersey Devils (from Arizona Coyotes)
19th) Calgary Flames
20th) New Jersey Devils (from Vancouver Canucks)
21st) Columbus Blue Jackets
22nd) New York Rangers (from Carolina Hurricanes)
23rd) Philadelphia Flyers
24th) Washington Capitals
25th) Colorado Avalanche
26th) St. Louis Blues
27th) Anaheim Ducks (from Boston Bruins)
28th) Ottawa Senators (from New York Islanders)
29th) Vegas Golden Knights
30th) Dallas Stars
31st) San Jose Sharks (from Tampa Bay Lightning)
The draft is stacked with guys like Alexis Lafrenière at the top, with Quinton Byfield, Tim Stützle, Lucas Raymond, Alexander Holtz, Jamie Drysdale, Marco Rossi, Cole Perfetti, Jake Sanderson, and Yaroslav Askarov rounding out the top 10. The rest of the draft has a ton of great talent as well, like Anton Lundell, Kaiden Guhle, Dawson Mercer, Braden Schneider, Dylan Holloway, Hendrix Lapierre, Connor Zary, Justin Barron, Jack Quinn, John-Jason Peterka, William Wallinder, Rodion Amirov, Jacob Perreault, Seth Jarvis, Ty Smilanic, Jeremie Poirer, Noel Gunler, Mavrik Bourque, Lukas Reichel, Tyler Kleven, Ridly Greig, Justin Sourdif, Shakir Mukhamadullin, Jake Neighbours, Luke Tuch, and Helge Grans.
The former NHL Draft Lottery odds, went in order as the Detroit Red Wings, Ottawa Senators, San Jose Sharks (Senators), Los Angeles Kings, Anaheim Ducks, New Jersey Devils, Buffalo Sabres, Montreal Canadiens, Chicago Blackhawks, Arizona Coyotes (Devils), Minnesota Wild, Winnipeg Jets, New York Rangers, Florida Panthers, Columbus Blue Jackets, Calgary Flames, Vancouver Canucks (Devils), Nashville Predators, Toronto Maple Leafs (Hurricanes), Edmonton Oilers, New York Islanders (Senators), Dallas Stars, Carolina Hurricanes (Rangers), Pittsburgh Penguins (Wild), Philadelphia Flyers, Tampa Bay Lightning (Sharks), Colorado Avalanche, Vegas Golden Knights, Washington Capitals, St Louis Blues, and Boston Bruins (Ducks).
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Only will do this trade if it is Erickson for OEL one for one. Arizona have zero leverage and they are strapped for cash and more or less have to move OEL.
He really wants Boston and we can’t wait to have him! Canucks need their cap space for Hughes, Pettersson, and Demko. Bruins have the space and can move Vaakanainen Moore Bjork and a first no problem. Bruins got this one Don just needs to pull the trigger!
If Boston and Van are the only teams OEL will accept trade to and with both teams not having a 1st round pick no cap space and no young D to send the other way. It is safe to say OEL doesn't want to go anywhere lol
Wanted OEL like 6 years ago. Not now with that contract.
Wait! When free agency opens up his stalk will go down…Flat cap guys or going to cheap.
First off, how awesome is it that a player like Oliver Ekman-Larsson is dying to come to Vancouver? He knows what's up with this team. I like that, but the price could hurt us BAD. If he maintains pace or thrives with our players and system, Benning could look like a genius. But if he declines, this team is set back years chained to an awful, AWFUL contract. If he really wants us, take Loui and maybe Olli and Arizona should eat some salary. Otherwise, Boston can feel free to give up as much as they want for him!
Dont do it Vancouver Canucks
Got to start saving money for contracts for Hughes and Petty
plz no
3 way deal. Boston gets tyler myers, Arizona gets ferland, Virtanen, woo, 2020 boston 2nd, 2021 Vancouver 2nd , Vancouver gets OEL
He’s going to Boston.
Ok I’m having mixed feelings about this… he’s a good addition but we’d be so screwed Cap-wise
Oh no Jim Why some one lock him in a closet
The gameplay in 2:38–2:42 was clean
Only leftys on canucks D then. I love that player but no not on canucks with 8 million. Canucks needs a righty.
Please no!
If they don't retain salary it's a disaaster, they'd need to keep half on their books to make it worth while. It's possible OEL plays hardball and we get a palatable trade.
Sure, he wants to play here. But how do we satisfy a 8.25mil cap hit for 7 years? Straight trade for Eriksson and Tanev walks?
I just want to say good luck I hope the Bruins get him as Bruins fan let the best team win just like 2011
because the canucks need another albatross contract.
Well, it kinda depends on if the Coyotes are concerned with the cap or with real money.
If it is real money then it's not that bad as most of the Canucks "bad contracts" have very little "real money" left to be paid out…..
A message to GMJB: Remember you signed someone named Loui Eriksson at 6×6, 4 years ago? Loui was 31yo. We all thought he would fit well w/ Sedins. Last year's Tyler Myers at 5 x 6?? And now, do we want another case of 8 x 8.25??????
juolevi virtanen n edler for oel
loui erikksion 2.0 lol
Agreed that contract will look super bad in a couple years!
But if Canucks win a cup in 1 or 2 years it's worth it I guess
He just said boston is his first choice
The Myers contract will be something to regret soon enough Benning should concentrate on freeing up money for Pettersson and Hughes and younger players , Larsson will be soft in own end the last thing Canucks need .
Good choice OEL, Vancouver is awesome, but no. Stay the heck away, rather have Loui for 2 years than $8.25 per in his post 30s
Boeser, Jett woo, Sutter and 2021 second round pick for OEL, I still don’t want Vancouver to get him
Loui Eriksson ( no retention
1rst rnd pick 2021
Jett Woo
Josh teves
For
Oliver Ekman Larsson
I love how OEL picked two teams that aren’t a good fit cap wise 😂
Louie Erickson a 1st and julevi
I like OEL, but that's a hard PASS. Canucks can't afford to take on an $8.25 million contract with Pettersson and Hughes contracts looming, especially with a flat cap for the next couple of years. OEL showing signs of regression…no guarantee his game will pick up once he gets to Vancouver. If it doesn't, the Canucks will be stuck with that guy for 7 years. Let Boston take that chance on him.
Nils Höglander (~1st round equivalent value), Rathbone (~3rd), and Sutter (~5th).
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If Benning gets serious, this trade is gonna include Höglander as its anchor, because there's no way he'll part with Podkolzin, and there's no first round pick available until too long from now for Arizona to bite on.
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Coyotes save many many millions season over season offloading OEL, so a coupla years of Loui at 2.5m real dollars per is not gonna be the issue.
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That said, the Canucks need to sacrifice an impact player and find extra value somewhere else to make this trade possible, and Loui ain't adding any value to that equation.
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Unfortunately for the Coyotes, the hard truth is that Canucks require some cap going out for next season, in the very least, for this trade to be possible.
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Sutter serves the Coyotes better in that regard and therefore represents value.
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Let's not forget that the OEL contract is sooo long and full of mad cash (i.e. $10.5m per in 2021-24) that one day he too could easily become an albatross, and maybe even Eriksson could be an even more fair and equitable salary dump than Sutter, because it's not like Arizona has a lot of options here to get too choosy. It's either Vancouver or Boston, that's it.
Loui and virtanan.
Sooo we're gonna have myers and OEL running us 14mill for the next 5 more years…
I’ve been to Edmonton. It’s a dump
Totally worth it, get OEL, dump elder when his contract is up.