I think Cali's analysis is spot-on - ie Petterson being a not-amazing 1st line, and Hughes and Demko being exceptional.
Boeser is overrated. Horvat is a good middle-6 AAV player, but if he's going to command $7M plus on his next contract, then it won't be a good value deal if they want to add other elite talent to the team; at least not if Horvat is paid that much for a middle-6 role.
I don't think Boudreau is getting fired. They just hired him last December and were very pleased with his results last season where they were on pace to make the playoffs before fading.
If the Canucks continue their losing ways in the next month or so, they'll just write off the season and hang on to Boudreau and not renew his contract when it ends after this season.
If the Canucks start winning, it instill optimism that things are turning around, so why fire Boudreau?
The only way I could see Boudreau being fired is if the locker room turns against him and becomes toxic. We saw shades of this last season in Green's last days. This is a team with a locker room culture of being run by the players and turning on the coach (or tuning out the coach) that has cycled through as different players have come and gone. I've seen it over and over again living in Vancouver and listening to the local sports radio on my drive to work for the past 20 years.
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