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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
It remains to be seen if the Canucks are perhaps making the same mistake the Flames did to kick open their contending window. The Miller deals and Toffoli deals smell a little like this - though the early returns seem positive.
But the question is - do their efforts to accelerate their re-build and move up the contending window - impact the long-term success of that.
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This is going to make me sick to my stomach to type, but the Canucks rebuild is already in way better shape than the Flames because:
1) They actually have an elite, play driving #1C (Petterson)
2) They also have a strong two way #2C that still produces offense (Horvat)
3) They have yet another young C who looks like a future star (Gaudette)
4) They drafted an elite #1 Dman who will likely compete for the Norris regularly (Hughes)
5) They may have actually drafted a future #1 goalie who is already in the NHL (Demko)
As long as they leave enough money to pay those guys, and quit pumping money into players like Myers, Roussel and Beagle they're in really good shape with that young core.
Bennett flopped for CGY
Gillies and McDonald flopped
Our #1 Norris dman is now 36
3 of our 4 best forwards are wingers (Lindholm sort of a C maybe)
It's kind of a mess. Still a competitive team, but weak down the middle, no stud #1 Dman in the works, and goaltending as always a huge question mark.
Well now, that was depressing.