Bear revealed that the Canucks had already been trying to sign him to an extension, but the Canucks' number 74 wanted to take a step back and wait. Today, it was the team's GM Patrik Allvin's turn to take a stand and face the media and he too showed confidence in the negotiations with Bear:
As Thomas Drance pointed out, it's not a joke a GM would be making if the bases of this extension weren't good. Ethan Bear will be a restricted free agent this summer as his latest one-year at a $2.2M AAV is coming to an end, as Allvin pointed out. The defenseman will be commanding a raise, if a raise is indeed coming for the defenseman we should be expecting a deal with some term, possibly in the 3 to 4 years range, possibly around $3M. $3.5M? or more?
