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arb hearing was today
Jannik Hansen had his arbitration case heard Tuesday in Toronto and will learn his contractual fate within 48 hours. It's a safe bet that the Vancouver Canucks would accept a reasonable one-year, one-way award by an independent arbiter.
Hansen, 24, elected salary arbitration and Mark Stowe, the agent for the restricted free agent, presented his case to prove that there's greater value than the two-way deal the versatile Dane had last season that paid $550,000 at the NHL level. Canucks assistant general manager Laurence Gilman argued on behalf of management and could cite just 15 points in 47 games from the winger as reason for fiscal restraint — although Hansen did miss the first 19 games of the regular season with three broken fingers in his right hand from a Sept. 27 scrap with Gilbert Brule of the Edmonton Oilers.
"In terms of performance, he did play in all 12 playoff games, which is material," Stowe said of Hansen, who had one postseason goal and saw his ice time fluctuate from four to 11 minutes. "But in terms of his worth to the club, it's his versatility.
"With any player there are ups and downs and the average of their stats is given more weight than a microscope look. In the crucial run up to the Canucks clinching [the Northwest Division], his ice time was 11 to 14 minutes on average. That was pretty important. But it's hard to dissect it because he was hurt. Hopefully, the arbiter looks at the objective factors in the statistics and that being the overall performance."
Three of Hansen's nine goals last season were game-winners and he also added a shorthanded goal. And with the Canucks struggling on the penalty kill — 18th overall in the regular season (81.6 per cent) and last in the postseason (68.5 per cent) — how Hansen fits into remodeled third and fourth lines is the big question. He has the speed, but lacks finish and yet is responsible enough to help the penalty kill. Then again, the Canucks have seven players signed who project to play in the bottom six and that doesn't include Cody Hodgson.
For Hansen, getting a fair arbitration settlement might be easier than making the team.
Jannik Hansen had his arbitration case heard Tuesday in Toronto and will learn his contractual fate within 48 hours. It's a safe bet that the Vancouver Canucks would accept a reasonable one-year, one-way award by an independent arbiter.
Hansen, 24, elected salary arbitration and Mark Stowe, the agent for the restricted free agent, presented his case to prove that there's greater value than the two-way deal the versatile Dane had last season that paid $550,000 at the NHL level. Canucks assistant general manager Laurence Gilman argued on behalf of management and could cite just 15 points in 47 games from the winger as reason for fiscal restraint — although Hansen did miss the first 19 games of the regular season with three broken fingers in his right hand from a Sept. 27 scrap with Gilbert Brule of the Edmonton Oilers.
"In terms of performance, he did play in all 12 playoff games, which is material," Stowe said of Hansen, who had one postseason goal and saw his ice time fluctuate from four to 11 minutes. "But in terms of his worth to the club, it's his versatility.
"With any player there are ups and downs and the average of their stats is given more weight than a microscope look. In the crucial run up to the Canucks clinching [the Northwest Division], his ice time was 11 to 14 minutes on average. That was pretty important. But it's hard to dissect it because he was hurt. Hopefully, the arbiter looks at the objective factors in the statistics and that being the overall performance."
Three of Hansen's nine goals last season were game-winners and he also added a shorthanded goal. And with the Canucks struggling on the penalty kill — 18th overall in the regular season (81.6 per cent) and last in the postseason (68.5 per cent) — how Hansen fits into remodeled third and fourth lines is the big question. He has the speed, but lacks finish and yet is responsible enough to help the penalty kill. Then again, the Canucks have seven players signed who project to play in the bottom six and that doesn't include Cody Hodgson.
For Hansen, getting a fair arbitration settlement might be easier than making the team.
