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I am happy about our season. The Canucks made the playoffs. It was a complete turn around. However, the playoffs were atrocious. Our team was exposed by the Calgary Flames. My first ideas come to the defence.

Bieksa and Weber need to go. Corrado is just as good or better than bieksa defensively. Put him in already! He deserves it. With weber, I believe Clendening can do a better job than him.

For all you Sbisa haters. He isn't going anywhere!

Elder - Tanev

Hamhuis - Sbisa

Corrado - Clendening

Let the young guys play together and prove their worth already! I'd rather have them play together than have Bieksa and Weber in our line up.

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Weber's age is very underrated here. People always talk about how Sbisa is so young but Weber isn't that much older than him. He also just had a breakout season, I think we should try and keep him on the team for at least 1 more year as a 7th dman/PP specialist

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I am happy about our season. The Canucks made the playoffs. It was a complete turn around. However, the playoffs were atrocious. Our team was exposed by the Calgary Flames. My first ideas come to the defence.

Bieksa and Weber need to go. Corrado is just as good or better than bieksa defensively. Put him in already! He deserves it. With weber, I believe Clendening can do a better job than him.

For all you Sbisa haters. He isn't going anywhere!

Elder - Tanev

Hamhuis - Sbisa

Corrado - Clendening

Let the young guys play together and prove their worth already! I'd rather have them play together than have Bieksa and Weber in our line up.

what about bieksa playing as a forward? he seems to get going to the net... burns is a forward for the sharks but plays d...

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Weber's age is very underrated here. People always talk about how Sbisa is so young but Weber isn't that much older than him. He also just had a breakout season, I think we should try and keep him on the team for at least 1 more year as a 7th dman/PP specialim

he is too slow even for a power play specialist... teams get smart now and just close in on him.

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I am happy about our season. The Canucks made the playoffs. It was a complete turn around. However, the playoffs were atrocious. Our team was exposed by the Calgary Flames. My first ideas come to the defence.

Bieksa and Weber need to go. Corrado is just as good or better than bieksa defensively. Put him in already! He deserves it. With weber, I believe Clendening can do a better job than him.

For all you Sbisa haters. He isn't going anywhere!

Elder - Tanev

Hamhuis - Sbisa

Corrado - Clendening

Let the young guys play together and prove their worth already! I'd rather have them play together than have Bieksa and Weber in our line up.

That's one soft d group. None of them would drop the gloves proactively or intimidate. Need toughness back there. We have been missing that ever since Willie Mitchell was let go. 5-6th dmen need to be physical and clear the front of the net, without it it will be easy pickings from the opposition. Just look at all the teams still left in the playoffs....they all have physical dmen as 5/6. Too compound this issue our forward group is as soft as any in the league as well.

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That's one soft d group. None of them would drop the gloves proactively or intimidate. Need toughness back there. We have been missing that ever since Willie Mitchell was let go. 5-6th dmen need to be physical and clear the front of the net, without it it will be easy pickings from the opposition. Just look at all the teams still left in the playoffs....they all have physical dmen as 5/6. Too compound this issue our forward group is as soft as any in the league as well.

edler tanev

mcquaid bieska

sbisa corrado

stanton clendenning

would be alot grittier get rid of hamhuis hes a bum esprcially at 4.5 mill

hansen, higgins, bonino, richardson, mattias, burrows, weber, jensen all need to be traded

sedin sedin vrbata

baerchi shinkaruk

virtanen horvat kass

dorsett gaunce grenier need a 2nd line center than wins faceoffs. this teams way more grityy

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I agree they need to be tougher. I was running late and forgot to put that in there. I believe they need someone like a willie Mitchell for our young D. Just as he helped out ekblad this season. I know he isn't available. But if we can get someone like that, I believe our D would be better than it has been in awhile. Also, we really don't know everything that Corrado and Clendening bring. I just want them to have a chance on proving themselves. Let them! What do we have to lose and how are we supposed to get younger if we don't try it out?

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It’s been a so/so year for Vancouver; that we all know.

But now that the season is done, what can we realistically see happening during the offseason?

We know, Daniel, Hank, Vrbata, Burrows, Bonino, Horvat and Dorsett will be back next season it for no other reason then they are Benning guys or they have NTCs they are unlikely to waive.

Along with them, Vancouver has or will have, Hansen, Higgins, Kassian, Vey, Kenins and Baertschi under contract. Baring any trades, these 13 will very likely be Vancouver’s forwards when camp breaks.

Sedin/Sedin/Burrows

Vrbata/Horvat/Kassian

Higgins/Bonino/Hansen

Dorsett/Vey/Kenins

Baertschi

On D there are five guys signed in Tanev, Edler, Hamhuis, Bieksa and Sbisa. Add in at the very least two out of three of Weber, Stanton and Corrado will be re-signed (likely all three) and you have seven to eight NHL defenceman.

Tanev/Edler

Hamhuis/Bieksa

Sbisa/Corrado

Weber/Stanton

In goal Vancouver has two NHL guys in Lack and Miller, and a question mark in Markstrom.

Miller

Lack

Markstrom

So those are the likely names that Vancouver will have choose from.

What do you do in the offseason?

In my opinion, these are the three moves I pull the trigger on.

Bieksa- Anywhere he’ll go that will give me a 2nd rd pick or decent prospect.

Miller- To San Jose. I’m thinking they can get a 2nd and a 3rd for him.

Higgins- Anywhere he’ll go that will give me something/anything for him…and I mean anything.

Find a serviceable defenceman and backup goalie via free agency. And let the kids battle for Higgins spot.

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I could see at least two players leaving for sure from this list Higgins, Bieska, Hamhuis, and Burrows. Also I think JB would let Matthias walk for sure and Richardson. Theres no way our owners would let us do a complete rebuild therefore JB will try to flip these players for rookies or picks.

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Are we going for lottery next year? Lack and Markstrom tandem would be a terrible route.

Like it or not guys, we won most games this year with Miller and Eddie played good down to stretch so all of that didn't get erased, but he had a very poor playoffs. He's a great goaltender but in my opinion his lateral movement is too slow, he has bad angle use and he panics very easily, he'd be a mistake moving forward with next year. Im not saying he can't be a #1, but he's never going to be a game changing NHL revered #1 goalie no matter how likeable he is on instagram.

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Are we going for lottery next year? Lack and Markstrom tandem would be a terrible route.

Like it or not guys, we won most games this year with Miller and Eddie played good down to stretch so all of that didn't get erased, but he had a very poor playoffs. He's a great goaltender but in my opinion his lateral movement is too slow, he has bad angle use and he panics very easily, he'd be a mistake moving forward with next year. Im not saying he can't be a #1, but he's never going to be a game changing NHL revered #1 goalie no matter how likeable he is on instagram.

I wouldn't say terrible. Risky is a better word.

Going after a guy like Hammond or Ramo would save money, make Vancouver younger and the goaltending would be about the same.

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Wouldn't be surprised if there were a lot of moving pieces this summer.

Gone:

-Matthias

-Richardson

-Bieksa

-Higgins

-Lack

Sedin - Sedin - Burr

Baertschi - Bonino - Vrbata

Hansen - Horvat - Kassian

Dorsett - Vey - McMillan

Edler - Tanev

Hamhuis - Corrado

Sbisa - Clendening

Stanton - Weber

Miller

Markstrom

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Too many people think that a youth movement in store for next season.

The youth aren't entitled to any roster spots, they have to earn them.

Benning would be a fool to ship out 5 veterans for 5 unproven players during the offseason. If Baertschi out works Higgins in the preseason, that's fine. Higgins can be a healthy scratch. Until that moment, moving out so many vets is poor decision.

Yes somebody has to go. Salary restrictions will force Vancouver into a move or two. 1 or 2, not 5.
Realistically, this team is not going have huge overhaul this summer.

Draft, develop and deploy when deserving.

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