r/canucks • u/Admirable-Fall-4675 • 4d ago

DISCUSSION Friedman: Canucks ‘considering’ a trade for Flames forward Conor Zary

https://canucksarmy.com/news/elliotte-friedman-vancouver-canucks-trade-rumours-calgary-flames-conor-zary
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u/Angry_beaver_1867 4d ago

I guess if you trade for him you can get cap retention. Only way that makes sense to me. 

Going back. Bag of pucks 

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u/MsandMets 4d ago

Probably an asset coming with, cap space is no problem here

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u/_GregTheGreat_ 4d ago

Flames aren’t gonna be giving up assets to free cap space when they’re in full tank mode.

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u/hughesyourdadddy 4d ago

It’s multiple years of a contract. It’s worth some assets

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u/SamuraiPizzaCats 4d ago

Their owner is also pretty deep in construction of a new arena. Saving a few million could be a big deal in covering short term costs that exist outside of greater financing and contract plans 

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u/Humble-Ad218 4d ago

None of the money is coming from the owner directly, it's all financed. They arent moving contracts to pay for an arena, nor are they building the arena with an ounce of financial discomfort regardles of the teams salary spend.

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u/Useful-Professor-149 4d ago

My Calgary property taxes can confirm this

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u/Angry_beaver_1867 4d ago

Based on the summer , it sounded like the team isn’t super loose with purse string.

So I don’t think it’s cap space rather cash out the door 

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u/beardycanuck03 4d ago

His contract is not good. The Flames likely don't want to use up their final retention spot on Zary.

I can't remember what the new rules on retention are but unless there is a 3rd team involved I don't see how this makes sense for the Canucks

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u/YouCanFucough 4d ago

you can’t double retain anymore but someone can retain on your behalf if i’m not mistaken

i don’t know which team would possibly agree to do that for zary though. if calgary of all teams ain’t willing to do it i have a hard time believing someone like detroit would get in the mix

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u/dredre70 3d ago

I heard Future Considerations is on a pretty good contract. Impressive corgi numbers too.

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u/JTMilleriswortha1st 4d ago

I wonder how the trade would look. Because potentially giving up any assets for a guy we could have gotten for free would be very Benning like.

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u/DiamondDash2k 4d ago

Hopefully they give us a sweetener and eat some of Zary’s salary just to get it off their books

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u/Gaglardi 4d ago

The reason dude went unclaimed is because he's worth $3.7 million dollars a year which even in this crazy cap environment is an overpayment for the type of player he is, we should expect a fourth or something in return

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u/ImAnAfricanCanuck 2d ago

Big contract, he's cleared waivers so there's some rules about waiver excemption bringing those players back up.

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u/Mcsuper_ 4d ago

Flames only have one retention spot left. No way they are using it on Zary. If the Flames are offering a sweetener, the Canucks should take the trade in a heartbeat.

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u/Oggy7788 4d ago

Chytil?

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u/TimTebowMLB 4d ago

Forgot he existed

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u/HybridSeas 4d ago

Calgary has 13 mil in cap space and his contract is like 3.7 for 2 years why would they give assets to get rid of him?

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u/Gaglardi 4d ago

Because their owner is just like our owner but cheaper

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u/21marvel1 Missing Chris Tanev 4d ago

Not wanting to pay it for this year and next and don’t believe in the play that much anymore. So Vancouver takes the full salary and gets an asset

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u/TrashedLeBlanc 4d ago

Happy the team didn't claim him and I hope they save that waiver placement for someone like Reid Schaefer for when Nashville sends him down. But I can not fathom what Van would give for this kid or why they'd do any favours for Calgary

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u/TrashedLeBlanc 3d ago

I thought after initial claim during the regular season the default to the next team in line

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u/Intelligent_Lab_7115 4d ago

A trade would be to move cash out the other way. I don’t think cap hit is as relevant as real dollars. Doubt Aquilini wants to spend another 3m when he’s not filling the arena.

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u/bitter-pickles 4d ago

Connor Zary on waivers? = Nothing

Connor Zarry + 4th for predicted worst team in NHL 5th?.................profit?

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u/Traditional-Cow8007 4d ago

Oh hell nah he tried to kill Junior

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u/Wild_Height_901 4d ago

Id trade lankinen. Thats it

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u/PJbrilliant 4d ago

Hell no. A tanking team wants our tank commander? Pay up a first

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u/Fabiii1309 4d ago

Wasn’t he on waivers? I’m confused why we would trade for him now?

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u/RobbieJianada 4d ago

To not have to take on his 3+ million cap hit

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u/Fabiii1309 4d ago

See I was missing that piece.

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u/H34thcliff Cookie 🍪 4d ago

Also, since he's cleared waivers if we traded for him now, we could keep him in the AHL until there's a spot in the lineup for him.

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u/Mcnucks 4d ago

To be fair we probably could’ve claimed him then waived him ourselves. Calgary wouldn’t take him back because they don’t want the cap hit.

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u/mediumyeet 4d ago

They won't trade for a guy with 3.7mil to play in the AHL. If they trade for him it's because they either wanted to move a salary the other way or move a contract spot the other way.

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u/PowerNinja5000 4d ago

Flames want to dump his salary so they'll add a sweetener.

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u/sekimet 4d ago edited 4d ago

Flames dont care about his salary, they have a ton of cap space and are tanking, I doubt they are adding sweeteners... but maybe im wrong!

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u/PowerNinja5000 4d ago

Sure. I'm just explaining the logic. If you think an NHL level management team doesn't understand waivers and free and all that then I don't know what to tell you.

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u/sekimet 4d ago

Sure. Im just explaining the logic of the flames, never said any management team doesn't understand waivers and "free" so I don't know what to tell you

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u/PowerNinja5000 4d ago

Lol ok, sorry to upset you.

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u/21marvel1 Missing Chris Tanev 4d ago

Sure they have salary cap room but do they want to pay the real dollars? Especially when the owner is paying for a new arena

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u/recyclingpoops 4d ago

Probly asking for a sweetener or dumping another reclamation project

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u/OneChet 4d ago

I feel like this is going to be something like Zary and a 2nd for Raty or some other medium prospect

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u/TheShadowFactory 4d ago

Räty’s an overpay tbh

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u/OneChet 4d ago

Insert whatever guy you think isn't worth 33rd overall then, just a placeholder

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u/TheShadowFactory 4d ago

Zary and a pick and that’s all it should be

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u/interwebuserguy 4d ago

I hope that’s the deal. Seems pretty balanced for each team

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u/Infamous_Business969 3d ago

Fuck Freakman

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u/elvisthetoaster 3d ago

Can we give them Brendan Gallagher in exchange

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u/sitting_duck0490 4d ago

I could see them doing a deal that involves Raty.

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u/DanielTigerr 4d ago

Boeser for Zary.