RINK WIDE - June 11, 2024: How Patient Will Vancouver Be With Their Pending FAs?

It's still quiet on the free agent front. Hear what Jeff and Irf have to say about the status of Elias Lindholm, Filip Hronek, Dakota Joshua, and Nikita Zadorov, as well as other news and notes from around the National Hockey League.
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[@jax1580]

Wasn't our third line center supposed to be Suter? We might need to sacrifice some center depth quality(Lindholm) to improve the wings. Also: I know it sounds crazy(it probably is) but could Mikeyev benefit from a proper off season of training that isn't taken up by recovering from injury? The guy has faced a lot of adversity since coming into the league in the Covid shortened season. Perhaps some normalcy can do him some good? Hopefully he can be properly used in a third line winger role and not have the pressure and expectations so high. He's overpaid but definitely can be better.

[@rinkwidevancouver]

I know Harman and Quads had that exact discussion on Mikheyev a few weeks ago. Some cautious optimism for Ilya next season from them.

[@michaella5799]

Dude plays like the soup he eats.

[@canadiantraveller281]

Hard to see what we are paying Petey and we need to get him wingers to make him better, as opposed to him driving his line....and Reinhart would look nice as a Canuck with a similar Petey price point.

[@anthonyr.5697]

It's not that we need a wing to make him better, it's that it doesn't make sense to play a player of his caliber with ilya mikheyev and nils hoglander. If u look at other top guys around the NHL they all have at least one other clear top forward player paired with them. Nylander just got $11.5 and he's got Tavares among other. Reinhart? He's got barkov and others. Petey needs another guy.

[@davideaston6944]

😊

[@Eleutherios1]

I'm not seeing how Soucy is better than Zadorov. And this team is supposed to be a playoff team now.. so playoff performers are needed. Wouldn't it be better to have Soucy and Myers as a '3rd' pair. They will both be making around 3 million.. and then have Zadorov and someone else as your 2nd long term. .. or even a 2a 2b pair.

[@anthonyr.5697]

Let Lindholm walk, sign Zadorov, drop soucy to 3rd line D and sign a top line winger with the $7M you would have paid lindholm.

[@rickmcgill722]

Why are they wasting time on Lindholm? He’s not worth the money he was making let alone a raise. Give Mikhayev to Utah or San Jose for a 7th rounder. Sign Joshua, Bleuger, Zadorov, Myers and Silovs. Trade Hronek for draft choices or a centre and sign Dillon. We have some quality in Abbotsford and Willander and Pettersson will be ready in two years to replace guys like Myers and Jualson.

[@Attamatic]

You got this all figured out bud. You should be an NHL exec

[@rickmcgill722]

@@Attamatic My involvement with hockey goes back to the early 50’s so I’ve seen a few players in my time.