Vancouver Canucks general manager Jim Benning has plenty to sort through this offseason.
Young forwards Jake Virtanen and Adam Gaudette are in line for nice raises. Blueliners Chris Tanev and Oscar Fantenberg are pending UFAs. Troy Stecher is a pending RFA.
But Benning’s main task is to figure out the long-term goalie situation in Vancouver. Top goalie Jacob Markstom is a pending UFA, and he’s likely going to cost very close to $5 million annually on a new deal.
There are a handful of factors that make the Markstrom situation difficult.