Vancouver Canucks general manager Jim Benning made one more big splash in free agency earlier this week, signing pesky forward Micheal Ferland to a four-year worth $14 million.
It’s hard to complain about this signing, because Ferland is a capable top six forward, and he came at an extremely reasonable price. He scored 17 goals and 40 goals for the Carolina Hurricanes this past season — a year after talying 21 goals and 41 points for the Calgary Flames.
But the signing of Ferland came as a surprise to many, since the Canucks have little cap space remaining to re-sign Brock Boeser and Nikolay Goldobin — and the fact that they face a logjam at forward.