Why would you be worried about what a professional NHL player in his first season would think about a junior player being traded? It's a business, if it soured him on Van or changed his motivation in ANY way he doesnt belong in the NHL.
Professional hockey players arent nearly as mentally fragile as the fans.
I hate the term 'stealth rebuild'... finishing bottom 5 isn't stealth, and everyone knows and has been calling the Canucks a rebuilding team for the last few years. Really silly term you only see on CDC.
Absolutely. That's why I said we need to snag a #1 D. We're all seeing how the Oilers screwed up - Chi had Keith, Pitt had Letang... need a true #1 to contend
If we're lucky we might have a #1 C in a couple years. If we can snag a #1 d-man soon, this might be a pretty fast rebuild.
A core of-
Petersson, Boeser, Horvat, Demko, Dahlen (?)
Futures looking bright!