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Originally Posted by GoJetsGo
Yes, they are. That's where you're wrong in all of this... which is the biggest factor in where someone like Tavares is going to be looking to sign. He's just spent years on a defensively inept team, and in this very post you just mentioned Vancouver may trade their best defensemen as part of their early rebuild.
They have a dismal back-end moving forward. That's a huge key in "turning it around" that they're not even close to beginning to address.
It makes them go from a remote chance of attracting a UFA like this to pretty much zero.
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Perhaps. This discussion is getting a little silly. Stating someone is 'right' or 'wrong' doesn't really prove anything. It's speculation, you can't argue it's factual because it's not. Neither of us know these things without a doubt because we have no control or insight knowledge what the Canucks, or any other team, might do.
The things we are discussing are way too fluid. Friedman and Marek were speculating whether or not the Canucks could try to acquire both Karlson & Taveres after the Sedins announced their retirement on the 31 thoughts podcast. Obviously, they were speculating, but those are two pretty intelligent guys who have been doing what they do for a living for a long time, and neither are really known for hot takery. Every year we see things happen that leave people saying 'wow, I didn't see that coming'. Look at what Nashville has done over the past two years.
As I've said a number of times I think Tavares is unlikely to sign in Vancouver. So we can agree on that. I would say he's also unlikely to sign in Calgary.
the Canucks look to have some quality pieces in and have a generous amount of cap space and are a cap team. We see it every year now, teams that have these resources are able to bounce from being poor to strong quickly. That shouldn't be disregarded.
All this said, enough already on the Canucks. What's it going to take to get RoR playing for the Flames?