On Monday, the Vancouver Whitecaps made waves on roster option deadline day by choosing to decline the options on several players that many expected to return for the 2023 season. Officially, the club declined options to extend Cody Cropper, Marcus Godinho, Leo Owusu, Jake Nerwsinki, and Lucas Cavallini, while the club remains in talks with Tosaint Ricketts and Florian Jungwirth, who both might return to the club in non-playing roles.
Evidently, the two players which have drawn the largest reaction from this list are Nerwinski and Cavallini.
Nerwinski was the second longest-tenured Vancouver Whitecaps player, save for Russell Teibert, and was drafted 7th overall by Vancouver in the 2017 super draft.