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In a flurry of transactions, the Canucks also signed forwards Danton Heinen and Kiefer Sherwood, defenceman Derek Forbort and goalie Jiri Patera
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Published Jul 01, 2024 • Last updated 1 day ago • 7 minute read
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Jake DeBrusk, 27, is the son of former NHLer turned broadcaster Louie DeBrusk. Photo by John Mahoney /Montreal Gazette
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The Vancouver Canucks’ big signing Monday is Jake DeBrusk, with Jake Guentzel, Sam Reinhart and Tyler Toffoli all going elsewhere.
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The Canucks announced the deal on their social media channels as a seven-year contract with a $5.5 million cap hit. They were looking for a top-six forward, likely to play on the Elias Pettersson’s wing.
DeBrusk, 27, is the son of former NHLer turned broadcaster Louie DeBrusk. The 6-foot-1, 198-pound left-shot had 19 goals and 40 points in 80 regular season games with the Boston Bruins this past season. He’s a three-time 25-goal scorer.
He averaged 16 minutes, 50 seconds of ice time last season with the Bruins, which was fifth among their forwards. He averaged 1:41 of power play time, 1:36 short-handed.
He’s coming off a two-year deal with a $4 million cap hit.
“There’s a lot of things that intrigued me as a player. Obviously, playing with Pettersson or J.T. Miller and just seeing how they took their development next level this last season. It’s a team that’s ready to win and a team I know I can come in and help,” DeBrusk told TSN. “It’s a Canadian city that wants to win as well.
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“Going into this process, I wanted to find myself in a place where I could fit it and help a team win.
“Vancouver is a team that really pushed hard. I could tell they really wanted me. It was something I was really excited to get done.
The Canucks also announced that they had signed forward Danton Heinen, 28, to a two-year deal with a $2.25 million cap hit, and forward Kiefer Sherwood, 29, to a two-year deal with a $1.5 million cap hit.
The Canucks signed Danton Heinen to a two-year deal. Photo by Darren Makowichuk /DARREN MAKOWICHUK/Postmedia
Sherwood had 10 goals and 27 points in 68 games with the Nashville Predators, while Heinen put up 17 goals and 36 points in 74 games with the Bruins.
Heinen, a Langley native and BCHL product, played previously with Pittsburgh, adding to the Penguins’ alums now with the Canucks.
Vancouver also announced that they have added defenceman Derek Forbort, 32, for one-year with a $1.5 million cap hit. He had no goals and four points in 35 games last year with Boston.
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And they inked goalie Jiri Patera, 25, to a two-year, two-way contract. Financial terms weren’t announced. He played six games with the Vegas Golden Knights last year (1-3-1, 3.98 goals against, .893 save percentage) and spent the majority of the season with the AHL’s Henderson Silver Knights. Forward Nathan Smith, 25, inked a one-year, two-way deal as well. There were no financial terms. Smith had 12 goals and 31 points in 60 games with the AHL’s Tucson Roadrunners. He’s played 14 NHL games in his career with the Arizona Coyotes.
a lot of teams got older today. #Canucks managed to sign three forwards all in their late 20’s. JT Miller remains older forward on roster at just turned 31. Forbort is 32. He and Tyler Myers 34 the oldest players on the team
— Jeff Paterson (@patersonjeff) July 1, 2024
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Ex-#NHLBruins among the #Canucks FA signings so far:
– Jake DeBrusk: 7 years x $5.5 million
– Danton Heinen: 2 years x $2.25 million
– Derek Forbort: 1 year x $1.5 million
Meanwhile Elias Lindholm (7x$7.75M) and Nikita Zadorov (6x$5M) head from Van to Boston
— Puck Watching (@_PuckWatching) July 1, 2024
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For what it’s worth, DeBrusk was No. 13 on TSN’s Top 20 free agents list, while Toffoli was No. 15.
Toffoli, 32, inked a four-year deal with a $6 million cap hit with the San Jose Sharks. Toffoli is coming off a four-year deal that had a cap hit of $4.25 million. He had 33 goals last season between the New Jersey Devils and Winnipeg Jets.
Toffoli played 10 regular season games and seven playoff games with Vancouver in 2019-20 after coming over from the Los Angeles Kings at the trade deadline.
Tyler Toffoli’s four-year deal with #SJSharks carries a $6M AAV.
— Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) July 1, 2024
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Toffoli was a pending unrestricted free agent then and wanted to come back — he told the Player’s Tribune that — but he was the player that then-GM Jim Benning was talking to Postmedia colleague Ben Kuzma about when he uttered: “We kind of ran out of time with him getting offers and one he needed to take.”
The Canucks went into the day with just over $14 million in projected cap space when you throw in potential long-term injury savings, according to www.capfriendly.com. They came in looking for a top-six winger to play alongside Elias Pettersson, a couple of defencemen and possibly a backup goalie.
There had been connections to Guentzel, considering his ties to the Canuck brass from their time together with the Pittsburgh Penguins. The 29-year-old, who’s a two-time 40-goal man, has signed a seven-year deal with a cap hit of $9 million with the Tampa Bay Lightning, according to reports.
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With Florida’s tax advantages, it’s hard to guess what Vancouver would have had to pay to equal out that deal.
West Vancouver product Reinhart coming home to the Canucks would have been a fit with Pettersson and a nice story, but he re-signed with the Florida Panthers for eight years with a cap hit of $8.625 million.
The 28-year-old son of one-time Canucks rearguard Paul Reinhart is coming off a 57-goal year.
We’ll be updating here all day, so be sure to check back often.
Enjoy the chaos.
8:46 a.m. Rick Dhaliwal of CHEK’s Donnie and Dhali is reporting that Surrey native Brenden Dillon is going to the New Jersey Devils on a three-year deal. Dillon, a 13-year NHL veteran who was with the Winnipeg Jets last season, was a logical link to Vancouver to help replace Nikita Zadorov, who’s is entering the free-agent market. Daily Faceoff’s Frank Seravalli has Zadorov and Elias Lindholm, who’s also going to market after finishing last season with Vancouver, looking at the Boston Bruins.
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8:53 a.m. TSN’s Craig Button says the Canucks are “one winger short.” That’s a standard refrain.
8:59 a.m. The league has decided to announce home opener for next season for some reason today. It’s not like anything else is going on.
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9:10 a.m. TSN is reporting that Lindholm and Zadorov are both going to the Bruins.
9:23 a.m. Reports that Zadorov is getting six years with a $5 million salary cap. The 29-year-old did have a very playoff good, but he averaged 17:04 minutes in playing time during his 54 regular season games. That was sixth in playing time among Vancouver defencemen. Tyler Myers, 34, who got three years at $3 million, averaged 18:57.
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9:27 a.m. Various reports have the Canucks adding defenceman Derek Forbort, 32, a 6-foot-4, 219-pound left-shot blueliner who just wrapped a three-year deal with a $3 million cap hit with the Bruins. He averaged 17:48 per game in 35 games with Boston last year. He had no goals, four assists, plus-eight as well.
10 a.m. TSN’s James Duthie points out that the Nashville Predators signed three of the top five players on their top-15 free agency board in forwards Steven Stamkos and Jonathan Marchessault and defenceman Brady Skjei. “The Nashville Predators have made a massive statement,” Duthie said. That was a combined $20.5 million cap hit, according to Duthie.
10:11 a.m TSN has 64 signings worth a whopping $745.8 million in the first hour of free agency.
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10:12 a.m. Zadorov’s Instagram salutes Vancouver:
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10:14 a.m. Seravalli reporting that Casey DeSmith, who was Thatcher Demko‘s backup last year with Vancouver, has signed a three-year deal with a $1 million hit with the Dallas Stars. There was speculation that DeSmith, 32, was going to come back to Vancouver, even with the success of Arturs Silovs, 23, in the playoffs. Silovs was a pending restricted free agent and has received a qualifying offer from the Canucks.
10:43 a.m. Dhaliwal has forward Sheldon Dries inking a two-year deal with the Detroit Red Wings. Dries, 30, got 63 games with Vancouver in 2022-23. He played the whole year with their AHL Abbotsford Canucks farm team last year and he put up 29 goals and 52 points in 55 games last season.
11:07 a.m. Tanev said on TSN that, “Obviously, I wanted to stay with Dallas after the run we went on. The past couple of weeks that occurred, things didn’t work out and I’m extremely happy to be a Leaf.” Tanev is accustomed to playing in Canada from his time with the Canucks and Flames and said, “I know what to expect in Canada. I know it’s a lot more. I think everything is a bit more magnified in Toronto than anywhere else.”
11:09 a.m. Tab on NHL contracts is up to $853.9 million.
11:45 a.m. Defenceman Ian Cole, 35, signed a one-year deal with a $3.1 million hit with Utah after spending last season with Vancouver. He was a $3 million hit for the Canucks last season.
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