> The reason why the Canucks’ salary cap is making use of long-term injured reserve is now down to a very simple issue: Tucker Poolman.
> The veteran defenceman was signed ahead of the 2021-22 season by Allvin’s predecessor Jim Benning to a four-year deal.
> But since January 2022, Poolman has barely played because of concussion-related and migraine-related issues.
> Instead, his contract has sat on the Canucks’ books, taking up salary cap space. Because he’s injured and unlikely to ever play again, his contract can be placed on long-term injured reserve, which allows teams to get salary-cap relief and exceed the salary cap limit if needed.
> **But doing so means teams can’t accrue cap space over the course of the season if they manage to be below the salary cap limit on any given day.**
> That’s something Allvin nodded at during his Friday press conference, following the NHL trade deadline.
> **Asked by Postmedia after the press conference if he’d explored trading Poolman’s contract, the GM answered very simply: “Yes.”**
grooverocker
#POOLMAN!!!!!!
DMyourboooobs
Weird. Didn’t stop Vegas from going like 14 million over the cap.
Ruilin96
#FuckYouBenning
JTMilleriswortha1st
FUCK JIM BENNING
Nuck_1198
Ahhhh Benning, always loved that guy! (I’m joking, got downvoted for some reason lol)
But feel bad for Poolman, I hope he can get his quality of life back.
Naive-Comfort-5396
I knew Benning would leave this team with long term damage. This and the OEL contract. Heck of a guy.
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crap4you
I really don’t get how that all works. I thought you get cap relief if a player goes on LTIR. Shouldn’t Poolman already be on LTIR?
ProfessionSmooth7115
I don’t even realize this guy was still on the team
Sweaty-Salad95
Thanks Jimbo 🤡
Hope Poolman can fully recover though, that sucks to hear.
stickinrink
I am going to get downvoted for saying this.
Allvin and Rutherford are lauded for zeroing in on their guy and getting them at any cost. That was Benning too.
Benning honed in Poolman and he was the guy he wanted. He was betting Poolman could become a top four defenceman. If he hit, there would have been tremendous surplus value. Not that much different than Allvin and Rutherford betting on Soucy, who had been a bottom pairing guy, to be a top four guy.
If not for injuries, Poolman could have become a top four guy and given us surplus value.
PantsDancing
Ok i really need to stop reading about the fucking cap. I keep trying to understand it but theres always some extra conplication. I’m really glad the deadline is passed so i can just watch fucking hockey now.
EpicRussia
Tucker: “They say that the salary cap is real. That its rules are definitive and should be treated like gospel, that the cap should be respected, and revered. And they must believe this to an extent, because every time a team they don’t like tries to get around its rules and restrictions, they get punished and smited. Look at the Luongo ‘recapture penalty’, for example. Look at how harsh theleague came down on the Devils for the contract they tried to give Kovalchuk. But that’s not the full story: When teams that the league wants to win take advantage of the loopholes within the rules, there are no fixes or punishments. Vegas puts big salaries on LTIR so they can add even more big contract players three years in a row, only for those LTIR players to come back as soon as playoffs starts. That circumvention has a far bigger impact than anything that the Canucks did, but it isn’t punished or scrutinized. What is going on?”
Grant1972
That Poolman signing was always a head scratcher for me.
In the bubble season Poolman was particularly brutal in Winnipeg. All he could do it seemed was chip the puck out of the zone. He was paired with Morrissey at the time which in itself is confounding , but the Jets were rebuilding their D after losing Trouba, Myers, Chiarot, and then big Buff dropped a bomb on them.
JunoVC
Wow totally forgot about that player.
Benning, the gift that keeps on giving.
elrizzy
Reason number 4080 why you don’t sign depth to term
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Excerpt:
> The reason why the Canucks’ salary cap is making use of long-term injured reserve is now down to a very simple issue: Tucker Poolman.
> The veteran defenceman was signed ahead of the 2021-22 season by Allvin’s predecessor Jim Benning to a four-year deal.
> But since January 2022, Poolman has barely played because of concussion-related and migraine-related issues.
> Instead, his contract has sat on the Canucks’ books, taking up salary cap space. Because he’s injured and unlikely to ever play again, his contract can be placed on long-term injured reserve, which allows teams to get salary-cap relief and exceed the salary cap limit if needed.
> **But doing so means teams can’t accrue cap space over the course of the season if they manage to be below the salary cap limit on any given day.**
> That’s something Allvin nodded at during his Friday press conference, following the NHL trade deadline.
> **Asked by Postmedia after the press conference if he’d explored trading Poolman’s contract, the GM answered very simply: “Yes.”**
#POOLMAN!!!!!!
Weird. Didn’t stop Vegas from going like 14 million over the cap.
#FuckYouBenning
FUCK JIM BENNING
Ahhhh Benning, always loved that guy! (I’m joking, got downvoted for some reason lol)
But feel bad for Poolman, I hope he can get his quality of life back.
I knew Benning would leave this team with long term damage. This and the OEL contract. Heck of a guy.
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I really don’t get how that all works. I thought you get cap relief if a player goes on LTIR. Shouldn’t Poolman already be on LTIR?
I don’t even realize this guy was still on the team
Thanks Jimbo 🤡
Hope Poolman can fully recover though, that sucks to hear.
I am going to get downvoted for saying this.
Allvin and Rutherford are lauded for zeroing in on their guy and getting them at any cost. That was Benning too.
Benning honed in Poolman and he was the guy he wanted. He was betting Poolman could become a top four defenceman. If he hit, there would have been tremendous surplus value. Not that much different than Allvin and Rutherford betting on Soucy, who had been a bottom pairing guy, to be a top four guy.
If not for injuries, Poolman could have become a top four guy and given us surplus value.
Ok i really need to stop reading about the fucking cap. I keep trying to understand it but theres always some extra conplication. I’m really glad the deadline is passed so i can just watch fucking hockey now.
Tucker: “They say that the salary cap is real. That its rules are definitive and should be treated like gospel, that the cap should be respected, and revered. And they must believe this to an extent, because every time a team they don’t like tries to get around its rules and restrictions, they get punished and smited. Look at the Luongo ‘recapture penalty’, for example. Look at how harsh theleague came down on the Devils for the contract they tried to give Kovalchuk. But that’s not the full story: When teams that the league wants to win take advantage of the loopholes within the rules, there are no fixes or punishments. Vegas puts big salaries on LTIR so they can add even more big contract players three years in a row, only for those LTIR players to come back as soon as playoffs starts. That circumvention has a far bigger impact than anything that the Canucks did, but it isn’t punished or scrutinized. What is going on?”
That Poolman signing was always a head scratcher for me.
In the bubble season Poolman was particularly brutal in Winnipeg. All he could do it seemed was chip the puck out of the zone. He was paired with Morrissey at the time which in itself is confounding , but the Jets were rebuilding their D after losing Trouba, Myers, Chiarot, and then big Buff dropped a bomb on them.
Wow totally forgot about that player.
Benning, the gift that keeps on giving.
Reason number 4080 why you don’t sign depth to term
Jim the Cuck of Aqua Benning
When was the last time he played?