CanucksPatrik Allvin, general manger seems to love making a splash during long weekends.
Brock BoeserOn Canada Day, he was re-signed to a 3-year contract. J.T. MillerThe club signed a seven-year extension that runs into Labour Day weekend. On Friday night before Thanksgiving, the club traded Jason DickinsonA 2024 second-round selection to the Chicago Blackhawks for left-shot depth defenceman Riley Stillman.
Vancouver’s trade is a reflection of how hard moving inefficient salary is in today’s cap climate. The Canucks genuinely value Stillman, but make no mistake, the high draft pick was the sweetener necessary to dump Dickinson’s contract, which carried a $2.65 million cap hit through this season and next.
There are a ton of interesting angles from which we can look at this trade — we’ll unpack them in this article.
First, most people will agree that Dickinson was overrated. The 27-year old was purchased last offseason by the StarsDallas faces a tough time ahead of a third round pick Seattle’s expansion draft. Although he was supposed to be a defensive third-line center, he struggled tremendously.
