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Originally Posted by diane_phaneuf
ya I find predicting stuff like that is kind of futile
a lot of people said last year the Sedins were done, now they are back in the top 20 in scoring
if 4 years ago someone said Edmonton would have 4 more bottom 5 finishes in the next 5 years few would have believed it etc
things change, some prospects fail, others exceed expectations
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Regardless of the bounce-back, the Sedins *are* trending down, and top line talent will be an issue for the Canucks in the coming years. As it is now, even with them still producing (barring last season) they've been a middling playoff/first round exit team.
As the Sedins trend down, things get worse. To suggest Vancouver currently as the prospects to compensate for that, and their lack of prospect depth on the back end, adds up to a good chance there is some bottoming out yet to come.
This notion that because they've added some youth without blowing it up that they've avoided a bottom-out rebuild is pretty premature, and you tend to hear this attitude from a lot of Vancouver fans.