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Originally Posted by dammage79
My entire post you quoted answered every point you made.
The core is "developing" i.e Parekh, Wolf, Zary, Coronato etc,
The reason to go after a Petterson type is to add to that group.
I also said, if the Canucks don't bite , oh well.
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I think the best comparison for Parekh is Hughes. He joined the NHL in D+2 but he became a really good player in D+4 and he became a star who elevated the Canucks and ran the team at D+6
When Parekh is D+6, Pettersson will be going on 32.
Here's how the Nucks built their core (drafts):
2013: Horvat (became Miller)
2014: Demko
2015: Boeser
2016: nothing (Juolevi)
2017: Pettersson
2018: Hughes
That's how you build a core - let's
draft Parekh's team-mates, instead of spending good young assets to acquire guys that are going to be passed their prime when he's a star.