[Senator Clay Davis]

While I can see some of the similarities between the post-04 Flames and the current Canucks, the Canucks are so much more of a mess than the Flames of that period. The Luongo/Scheneider situation was going to be ridiculously difficult to navigate to begin with, and then Gillis had to let his pride get in the way and now its a catastrophe. The one minor advantage for the Canucks is they are in cap jail and will be forced to make moves, unlike the Flames who simply chose not to.

Question is will the Canucks go scorched earth or minor tweaks? Obviously all depends on Gillis's job. If he gets canned then its gotta be scorched earth, but if he survives his job is on the line again next year, meaning he'll be operating trying to win the Cup, a futile goal at this point for a team thats 1-8 in its last 9 first round postseason games against an 8 and a 6 seed.