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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Yes, but the Canucks were BAAAAAAAD last year. Like, REALLY BAD. How much better does this trade make them today? Maybe they finish bottom-20 instead of bottom-25? Maybe they hang around the playoff bubble past the TD? There will be no cap savings beyond this year.
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The Canucks were really bad, but it was a very strange season where their best offensive threat was injured for most of the season and they couldn't get any traction, especially after the team all got covid. Ultimately I think that there is a relatively strong core to build around.
The main area they need to shore up is a right side defensive defenseman for Hughes and I think they should be a playoff team if they stay relatively healthy. I think that is a team that should in an average season be in playoff contention, likely in a 5-8 position where they need to hope that Podkolzin plays above his station.
Miller - Pettersson - Boeser
Garland - Horvat - Hoglander
Pearson - Dickinson - Podkolzin
Highmore - BadBenningSigning - Motte
Hughes - BadBenningSigning
Ekmond Larson - Schmidt
Julovi - Myers
Demko
Holtby