Vancouver Canucks general manager Jim Benning was one of the busiest in free agency, signing centres Sam Gagner and Alexander Burmistrov, defenceman Michael Del Zotto and backup goalie Anders Nilsson.
It was an impressive free agency for Benning, who did a good job of adding more talent without significantly jeopardizing this team’s long-term cap situation. But why stop there?
Over two weeks after free agency began, and some of the top players in the pool remain unsigned. That basically means any of them could be had on affordable one or two year deals, and some of these players make sense for the Canucks.