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A prediction of what the Canucks lineup may look like in a few years. What are your lineups? JT Miller Elias Pettersson Brock Boeser Nils Hoglander Bo Horvat Vasili Podkolzin Sven Baertschi Adam Gaudette Jake Virtanen Jonah Gadjovich Tyler Madden Will Lockwood Nikolay Goldobin Linus Karlsson Kole Lind Quinn Hughes Tyler Myers Olli Juolevi Jett Woo Nikita Tryamkin Troy Stecher Jack Rathbone Brogan Rafferty Josh Teves Thatcher Demko Michael DiPietro

JT Miller - Pettersson - Brock Baertschi - Bo Horvat - Pearson Roussel - Brandon Sutter - Leivo Goldobin - Jay Beagle - Virtanen Eriksson - Gaudette - Motte Edler- Stecher Hughes - Myers Benn - Tanev Juolevi - Biega Markstrom Demko If you'd like, check out my depth chart thread and let me know what you think about the depth we have in the organization!

JB definitely added the pieces we needed to improve. The defence was looking like a real problem for next year, and those 3 signings really moved us forward to having a competitive defensive core. I'm a huge fan of the Benn signing especially. It sounds like he is a great top 6 option that brings some toughness and stability on the back end. Myers brings some more toughness to our game as well, and I look forward to see what he can bring to the team. Sounds like a guy that can move up and down the lineup and be a good shut down piece on D.

A few updated positions for now. I think JB has done a really good job to move the team forward and fix a few of our needs to become a better team. The D looks so much better and has room to grow with the some exciting potential. Things to improve: 1. I'd like to see Eriksson moved out come training camp. (moving his contract out would help with #2) 2. Add another good top 6 forward option for Bo's line (can never have enough of those). other than that I think we should let the team mesh and create some good chemistry, there is a lot of potential here and I think we can make the playoffs either this year or the next for sure.

First of all... some great questions to consider. Totally agree, I'm cheering for these guys as well and I'd love nothing more than the both of them to jump up the lineup and improve their production. But at this point (as you pointed out) they dont have particularly impressive stat lines. I think Goldy may have a higher chance of cracking the top 6 just due to the type of player he is with some good skill and skating ability, but both of these need to shine before he can make a good shot at a solid top 6 role. Jake to me is a very capable 3rd liner and on a good team he could put up some nice point totals, but his playing style currently shows me that he can work hard and make good hits but he isn't a consistently capable scorer. Until JV improves that quality, theres no room for him in our top 6. We really need good scoring forwards in those roles and frankly, Jake could make a great grinding top 6 guy that makes big hits and forces turnovers while being able to score goals and keep up with some of the faster guys, but he just hasnt proved that ability to be a more dynamic player yet.

Agreed! I've always been a Benning fan. He may not make the best moves on July 1st but he sure has turned this team around. A lot of people seem to forget what our future looked like when he came into town... it was pretty bleak. He's been able to turn late round picks into serviceable players (Adam Gaudette) and made some great picks at the top end of the draft as well (stealing EP at #5). We still have some major gaps in the roster, but I trust him to at least TRY to improve instead of crossing his fingers and hoping the players we have will get into the playoffs. He makes the effort to make moves that improve the team.

Cheers @luckylager thanks a ton! Glad to contribute. Hopefully I can get that post count up a bit!

Good point. I hope we have some more depth at D with a few signings or trades coming up soon. I just think Olli or Schenn could be in that top 6 spot. Not trying to predict lines yet more just looking at the depth we have right now and more so ranking the players