ColinP

While I like Pouliet considering he's apperently an offensive dman stud of a prospect and potentially top 2 potential, I'm not crazy over Sutter. I don't think Sutter's ceiling is a 2nd line center, more of a very good third line C. As good a prospect Pouliet is, I would prefer to make a trade for a center who's ceiling is of at least a top 6 forward, and a lesser dman prospect than Pouliet.

Too bad Kesler and Luongo makes 5 mill each

I wouldn't say that...besides Detroit, Columbus is as close as it comes to being home for Kesler. Not saying they can get Kesler for Johansen, but if you can do Kesler +(2nd, 3rd) than you do it, considering Gillis said he would trade his first rounder IF it's for a young player. Plus the Jackets are a young playoff contender who could use the veteren experience.

Ryan Kesler isn't going anywhere, I can almost guarantee it. If anything, I can definitly see Edler being moved for a player to play with Kesler. Kesler ain't going anywhere.

why would a Dalpe type player be a move we wouldn't consider? Guys like Dalpe are traded all the time and they are called minor trades for a reason.

Unless Purcell is playing with the Sedins I don't think he will put up the same point totals in vancouver as he did in tampa...playing with Kesler doesn't give players a better chance at producing points especially since Kesler is an elite defensive player with above average offence, and I think Purcell needs to play with guys with a better offensive touch than Kesler. But then again Bieksa is 33 and Purcell has a reasonable 4.5 mill cap hit for 3 more years...

half a wit? So here you are beaking a guy who works for sportsnet and does radio interviews in cities like vancouver where people crave for hockey, and you're calling him half a wit? He wasn't a very good GM, fair enough, but logic tells me he has more Hockey wits than you do, and you are beaking him....

just because he wasn't a very good GM doesn't mean he doesn't have credible sources, at least he isn't eklund... You have zero proof that he isn't a credible source or doesn't have a few solid sources, but the proof that he is a credible source is that he works for sportnset and does radio interviews for a city who craves Hockey...yeah he is a total bone head isn't he.

okay...but right now our team NEEDS offence, so that leaves the Sedin's to provide the offence? Weber won't fix our scoring issues, so basically we will have to win 1 nothing in EVERY SINGLE playoff game...we need offence, even the best dman in the league wouldn't fix our scoring issues.

Players I consider would be surprised if moved...Kesler, Bieksa, Hamhuis, Burrows. So one of those players? Edler wouldnt be a surprise, Kesler isn't going anywhere. Hamhuis and Bieksa would have pretty high value, Bieksa could easily be one of those pieces that a potential contending team needs as that one extra push to win the cup. Anyways, thankfully this isn't coming from Eklund...at least Mclean does technically have some sources. I've honestly just lost faith in Gillis to make a big move...

If the Canucks felt that they were one or two top 6 forwards away, than you HAVE to consider trading Horvat/or at least Shinkaruk. That's ONLY if Gillis feels that we are legitimately two top 6 forwards away. Henrik Sedin is already 33, and once he retires, there will be a HUGE hole to fill since he has been our #1 center for the past 5-7 years, and #1 centers are probably the hardest players to acquire, just ask the Leafs, and that's a whole that Horvat could potentially fill down the line. I don't feel that Kesler is a top center, he's a good second line center but he isn't # 1 Center materal, as he is elite defensively but above average offensively. You have to realize that if we trade Horvat, for a guy like Ladd, and it doersn't end up working out, than who will we have to fill the # 1 center need when Sedin retires? I think the ONLY way you trade Horvat is if it's for Ryan O'reilly...but the Avalanche already have Mackinnon and Duchene as their centers. In my opinion, if Mike Gillis makes any trades down the line, they will involve a current roster player for another roster player, like a Hockey trade.

they already have duchene and mackinnon is their future centers, maybe they move one of them to the wing but I heard that the Avs already tried to move Mackinnon to the wing but he struggled because it isn't his natural position. That fact alone makes trading O'reilly more realistic, and Horvat is a center... BUT, i could be wrong.

I totally disagree. Gillis has been looking for a top 6 forward for a few years now, and it's so rare that a player like O'reilly, who is just 22, is potentially available for a defencemen that the avs want that WE THE CANUCKS might just have. When it comes to personality...i don't think gillis gives a damn. Plus he plays an excellent two way game...so he's like another ryan kesler except less grit.

I don't care if he is making 6.5 million, acquiring top 6 forwards in today's NHL is extremely hard, and Gillis has been trying to get one for more than a year now, and we DESPERATELY NEED ONE. I think the good thing about this being the avalanche is that they are clearly a team on the up rise, so I don't really see how a player wouldn't waive his NTC to go there. Edler has to be the defencemen we trade. Edler is still young, and making 5 million so the avs will also be saving money. Honestly, this seems like the perfect fit for both teams. Canucks fans, please don't complain about the 6.5 million he makes, and instead, embrace this great chance we have at landing O'reilly IF the avs decide to trade him. get it done gillis.

It's too bad that instead of canucks fans realizing that after the 2-0 lead and were awful, instead the reffing will be the talk. Still don't understand the 7 min 5 on 3...it's mind boggling.

In my initial post I said that I would only trade Gaunce for Ott if we can extend Ott... please read what I said before posting.

The only Centermen who would make sense is Maxim Talbot. Mackinnon/Duchene aren't happening(don't even try), and Statsny and O'reilly as well as Mitchell would both be rentals since their contracts run out after this year...and Edler or Tanev wouldn't be traded for a rental. I think if the Avs don't decide to re sign both Stastny and O'reilly, than the logical choice would be O'reilly, but I can't see the Avs just letting him walk into free agency...and Lebrun said we aren't interested in rentals..so what now? May have hit a brick wall.

you said a second round pick...Gaunce was a later first round pick in a weak draft....and you still hate that trade?

why would I be out of my mind? Go look up Gaunce online, and read some reviews on the kid. He isn't a top prospect and he many scouts think of him as a potential third line center, and isn't that what ott is right now? Gaunce doesn't have good enough skating and that's why he might not pan out as a top 6 forward in the future. So basically we are trading a potentially very solid third line Center for an already very solid third line C...so why am I out of my mind?

Before you guys go nuts on me for saying I would trade Gaunce for Ott...i only do it if we can extend him. Absolutely zero chance without an extension.

I'm reading some of you posting about steve ott and how he doesn't score and what not, You people need to remember, it's not about what the Canucks need or their "wish list", they can only trade for who is available....if the player they feel is the PERFECT fit isn't available, they will simply have to over pay. Yes Ott isn't going to score 30 goals for us, and he isn't a top 6 forward, but on Dallas he was a heck of a 3rd line Center, a heck of one. He isn't the most discipline player, but he wins draws, can kills penalties and is capable of putting up 30-40 points, he is gritty, and yet you people complain that we are interested in him? Give me a break, it's too hard to please Canucks fans. And yes he will be a rental, but I don't think he would be that hard to extend... and yes Horvat might be ready next year, but I honestly feel that an experiences third line player like Ott is the better option over Horvat for next year. Anyways, I like Ott because it wouldn't take an arm and a leg to get him. Because we have Horvat in the system, I would do: Gaunce straight up for Ott, only reason is because Horvat probably won't be ready to be a top 6 forward as projected for a couple more years at least.

this actually makes sense... but time to give it up, the Canucks aren't getting Kane because other teams will be able to offer more.

I don't care if Winnipeg's GM has been fielding calls for Kane, every GM listens because there is a chance that a deal that comes along will make the team better. It's like Tyler Seguin all over again, even though Seguin is a better player than Kane, Seguin is playing very well in Dallas and it's looking like the Bruins could be regretting that trade soon despite getting Erikson back. If the Jets do start trading their key players away, I can almost guarantee that Ladd, or Wheeler will be traded before Kane. Kane is only 22, I highly doubt the Jets are going to trade him anytime soon. Besides, there's other teams that could offer an even better package than the Canucks, and since Kane doesn't have a NTC it doesn't matter if he wants to come here.

ill always dream for the day when I go on the TSN website and the headline sais "Canucks acquire Kane for etc" There's no way we can get Kane, I don't care if he is struggling in the Peg, hes young and has so much potential. The Jets probably wouldn't even listen unless we offered Shinkaruk/Horvat and since they are unproven we would have to give up a good roster player, so don't even think that you can throw in Jansen or Booth. Chances of the Canucks landing Kane anytime soon are slim to none, the only possible way is if he had a NTC but he doesn't. If the Jets wanted defence, then I could see a potential trade, but they are loaded for the future on D.