Does Taylor Pyatt Have $$$ In His Eyes?

After Anson "Tarantula Head" Carter had a boffo welcome-back party after playing with the Sedin twins (33 goals in 81 games) last season, he got greedy and expected a big pay day on the open market.

Unfortunately for Anson, teams weren't buying the fact that he was a bonafide scorer any longer, and balked at his asking price of $3mil/year for 3 years.

Carter had to settle with a 1-year deal from the Columbus Blue Jackets ($2.5million), and has been showing just why teams weren't willing to sign him, as he's struggled to put up meager offensive totals (28 points in 65 games). Nobody was buying that Anson Carter was suddenly one of the league's better goal scorers.

Is the lanky Taylor Pyatt going to possibly make the same mistake?

CKNW in Vancouver is reporting that the Canucks made a two-year, $2.4 million offer to Pyatt, and were subsequently told it would not be enough to retain the services of the 21-goal scorer. The Pyatt camp is apparently looking for a deal in the Matt Cooke range. Cooke, who has just eight goals, makes $1.5 million per season.

According to reports, Pyatt is also looking for a three-year deal.

While Taylor has been a solid citizen for the Canucks this year with 21 goals and 14 assists in 72 games, much of his offensive output can be attributed to playing beside the cycling Sedinbots. Hopefully, Pyatt and his agent won't start being blinded by the dollar signs, and will come to a reasonable agreement with the Canucks.

I, and many other Canucks fans, could easily live with $1.5mil/year for 3 seasons, given how the well-paid Matt Cooke has done very little to justify such a salary.