I do think the move makes the Canucks current team slightly worse, and is not good news for fans who still think they have a shot at the Cup with the current squad.
The thing is, they probably don't. They've been compared to being "where the Flames were 5 years ago", and I think that's fair. However, the Canucks did do something the Flames never did when they began their slide: turn an existing veteran asset into a prospect for the next generation. I'm not sure they got full value, and it could be argued that a guy like Schneider would still be able to play for that next generation of course (27 is fairly young for a goalie), but at least the guy is not going to be wasted playing for a downward trending team for the next few years.
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