Report: Canucks' Santorelli unlikely to re-sign with Vancouver
Vancouver Canucks forward Mike Santorelli earned a roster spot at training camp in the fall of 2013 by showing up in the best shape of his life and slowly securing a top-six spot in the Canucks lineup. Santorelli - who was born and grew up in Vancouver - accomplished this despite being on a one-year, two-way contract.
Though he missed the latter part of the season with injury, Santorelli and agent JP Barry believe that the versatile, undersized, two-way forward has done all of the "value rebuilding" he needs to do, in order to secure a multi-year contract. It's just that the Canucks aren't offering him a multi-year contract...
From Iain MacIntyre of the Vancouver Sun:
#Canuck Mike Santorelli likely headed to market July 1. Agent JP Barry said team only offering 1 yr + centre can do better as UFA.
— Iain MacIntyre (@imacVanSun) June 27, 2014
So the Santorelli-era in Vancouver lasted only modestly longer than the John Tortorella-era, which seems oddly appropriate.