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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
Good grief, Vancouver just traded a 2020 1st and 2021 2nd to Saskatoon for 2000 born forward Eric Florchuk.
They are 0.514 points percentage, 4th in their division and quite a ways back of Vic, Kelowna and Kamploops. Really weird time to trade high picks for a 19 year old who isnt even point per game.
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It may seem weird but the BC division is completely up for grabs this year. Any one of those four teams could come out of it and go to the 3rd round of the playoffs.
Victoria was supposed to be a seller this year but have bought into a defensive structure that has them winning close games. They robbed Millar blind on the Tracey deal and having that star up front will help them big time.
Langley is sitting in a wildcard spot but that's with Bowen Byram phoning in the first half of the season. They have good goaltending and you'd have to think Byram will step up down the stretch. They'll play Kamloops in round one and that's a winnable series for them, as would be the winner of Kelowna-Victoria.
Not sure if dealing 1st round picks just to go to the 3rd round is worth it but clearly the GMs think it is.
The WHL champ is almost certainly coming out of the US division this year anyway (with the finalist from the Central).