The Vancouver Canucks managed to solve one of their RFA problems by getting Nikolay Goldobin to agree to a one-year deal, worth $900k.
The 23-year-old Goldobin appeared on Russian television in an interview a few weeks ago, where he stated that he was not worried about the business side of his career and was leaving it up to his agent. It appears that he is taking a bridge deal in hopes of a far bigger payout next offseason.
The 23-year-old forward began to see more ice time this season, going from 12:20 per game to 14:59. He was given more offensive opportunities, resulting in 9 of his 27 points coming via the power play.
The major headache left for the Canucks is re-signing RFA Brock Boeser with slightly more than $4 million in cap space left. Trading starting G Jacob Markstrom and his $3.6 million cap hit has been brought up in recent rumours.
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