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Vancouver Canucks Sign Braden Holtby

October 9, 2020 at 12:17 pm CDT | by Gavin Lee 8 Comments

The Vancouver Canucks won’t re-sign Jacob Markstrom, but they’ll bring in a Vezina Trophy winner to replace him. The team is expected to sign Braden Holtby to a two-year contract worth a total of $8.6MM, according to several reports including Dan Murphy of Sportsnet.

Holtby joins Thatcher Demko in Vancouver’s net on an extremely reasonable contract that won’t hamstring the Canucks as they move forward. In fact, given that the team will likely protect Demko in the Seattle expansion draft, it will be interesting to see if Holtby even plays out the full two-year term in Vancouver.

For now though, Holtby joins a team that already went deep into the playoffs and has some of the best young players in the NHL. Elias Pettersson and Quinn Hughes will only improve in the coming years and now have a goaltender behind them that has won almost everything possible in the NHL.

A Vezina, Jennings and Stanley Cup winner, Holtby has put up a .916 save percentage in 468 regular season appearances. That number dropped dramatically in 2019-20, but having just turned 31 there are many who believe Holtby can bounce-back.

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  1. oilcntryrdnk

    2 years ago

    Hmm it’s not a terrible landing spot but is the D in Van any better than Washington. My two cents says no and he’s likely to see more pucks. Hope he can get his game back together. Was he troubled with the idea that his time in Washington was over a year ago and he had no chance of staying in DC. I personally just don’t see him getting back to elite status in BC…,good luck to you

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  2. Bloodsport604

    2 years ago

    Interesting signing.
    Good to decent price.
    As long he doesn’t fall off a cliff

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  3. MoneyBallJustWorks

    2 years ago

    Good signing and seems like Markstrom clearly looking for 5.5+

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    • pawtucket

      2 years ago

      Madly looking for $6+

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    • pawtucket

      2 years ago

      Marky*

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  4. GoLandCrabs

    2 years ago

    I’ll take him for a resonable 2 year deal over Markstrom for 6-7 years any day of the week. Great move by Vancouver.

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  5. badco44

    2 years ago

    He had a good run n Washington, not sure he is hungry anymore thou, guess we will see!

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  6. davidk1979

    2 years ago

    At least it’s a two year deal but he’s been dreadful the last few years

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