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Canucks Showing Interest In Martin Necas

May 24, 2024 at 12:45 pm CDT | by Josh Erickson 3 Comments

The Canucks will be one of the teams interested in acquiring forward Martin Nečas’ signing rights if the Hurricanes shop him over the next few weeks, Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet said on The Jeff Marek Show today.

Rumors around the Canucks will be all over the place in the coming week as they attempt to re-sign a large slate of big-ticket pending RFAs and UFAs, including defenseman Filip Hronek and center Elias Lindholm. While they’ll try and get extensions done for whoever they can, it’s clear the team is thoroughly examining contingency plans in case they can’t come to agreements that would allow them to stay under the salary cap.

It isn’t the first time Vancouver’s been linked to Nečas. In a brief but bizarre saga before star center Elias Pettersson signed his eight-year, $92.8MM extension in March, Friedman reported the Canucks were in “advanced” talks with Carolina about a deal for the then-pending RFA. Today, Friedman confirmed on “32 Thoughts: The Podcast” that Nečas would have been part of the return to Vancouver had the trade gone through.

While the 25-year-old Nečas has played mostly on the wing with the Canes, his best season was also the only one where he logged any significant time at center. His performance in the faceoff dot will always be a concern – he’s won just 41.5% of draws in his career – but he led the club in scoring in 2022-23 with 71 points (28 goals, 43 assists) in 82 games while also lining up at center for the most games in his career.

Thus, he could be a logical replacement for Lindholm should the former Cane head to market (and, ironically, potentially replace Nečas back in Carolina). As things stand, the Nucks have $23.75MM in projected cap space next season with eight roster spots to fill. Nečas and Lindholm could both land deals in the $7MM range, although the latter is headed in the wrong direction as his production has consistently dwindled since his career year with the Flames in 2021-22. Lindholm likely repaired his value somewhat with his playoff performance, though, posting 10 points in 13 games for Vancouver while logging over 19 minutes per game.

Nečas also took a step back this season, seeing his production drop to 24 goals and 53 points in 77 games, but there’s arguably more upside/rebound potential with a player who’s four years younger. Vancouver would also be at less risk of seeing the deal become an albatross as it ages by handing out a long-term deal to the younger player.

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  1. dano62

    1 year ago

    Don’t discount them flipping RFA Hronek in such a deal. He’s got a hefty ask on a blueline where QHughes is a bargain at $6.7m…

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    • Josh Erickson

      1 year ago

      Funny you say that. I was going to mention that in the article, then paused… why would they sign Hronek to a likely more expensive ask if they’re unwilling to re-sign Nečas?

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    • MacJablonski--NotVegasLegend

      1 year ago

      @Josh — Are you talking about VAN maybe doing a sign-and-trade with Hronek, or thinking the Hurricanes would trade Nečas to VAN straight-up for him (more or less)? Or maybe sign-and-trades for both?

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