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Originally Posted by djsFlames
Holy moly, how many closet Canuck fans do we have on this board ready to defend their honor to the death?
None of the Canucks core pieces (outside of in net) are elite. If Miller can sustain his recent output he could be knocking on the door.
Pettersson still has a lot to prove to be in the conversation. I don't think you can argue that. Cherry picking portions of the season isn't convincing people.
Deal with it.
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Every young player has a lot to prove - in his 4 years in the league, Petersson is a 0.9 PPG player. He’s scored 27, 27, 10 and 32 goals. You can work with that.
The Canucks need to add to that group, not subtract for more middling picks.
Their two closest rivals both made it to the second round - one has two top-5 players in the world, the other had an off-season for the ages.
They don’t want to be left behind, they want to be in the fight.
This isn’t a video game. You have sponsors and suite holders, season tickets holders and casual fans to appease, and if you’re going to trade your leading scorer, the Flames made it unacceptable to trade him for anything less than a star in return.
If no one was offering that, you pay what it costs to keep your 99 point #1C in town and see what happens.