The free-agent frenzy was, perhaps, not as frenzied as many hoped it would be this year. That’s mostly due to the majority of signings happening before July 1, as many teams found they had plenty of cap space on hand to re-sign their pending UFAs, and thus did so. Though they waited a little longer to do it, the Vancouver Canucks were very much in this camp of sticking with the familiar. In fact, as of this writing and to this point in the offseason, Vancouver has added just one single player to the roster who was not there (or on the reserve list) last year, with that being Evander Kane. Instead, the Canucks opted to re-sign Brock Boeser to a seven-year deal, and extended Thatcher Demko (three years) and Conor Garland (six years) a full season ahead of their own contracts expiring. There will still be some changes, of course. Noah Juulsen jumped ship to Philadelphia, and Pius Suter’s eventual departure to another UFA suitor is now all but guaranteed. There are also a whole host of players looking to push thRead More
Canucks must still accomplish these three offseason goals
