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If anything I'll say his last 5 games have been better. Probably having the TDL behind him has helped. Tocchet seems to be helping everyone's game.

Brock is also a -20. I watch the games and he very ineffective. Most of the Canucks stats are inflated due to Bruce coaching style. You can say whatever you want about his 46 points but he is far from a useful player at close to 7 million a year.

I'm convinced the only way Boeser will ever be useful is if he can posess his shot from his rookie year. At that time he could shoot as hard as Petey. It's non existent now. Is it his wrist? If he cant get it back then see ya as he just isnt a playmaker or a checker doesnt skate well. I remember one game in his rookie year I was at the game they played LA and he got roughed up by Doughty and because he was injured he couldn't start the power play. Once they dropped the puck they instantly switched him on the ice and 6 seconds later he blasted one past Quick. I belive he had a hatrick. How do you lose that talent besides an injury?

Juulsen has been awful. Brisebois can help out as as a 7th guy though even he had a brutal giveaway last night. I would definitely be happy to give Wolanin a shot as he seems like a pretty sound player a guy you just don't notice good or bad but can eat some minutes.

What message does this send to our scouts? The fact that the general manager has no faith that we can't get a better player then Hronek with the a top 15 pick and a top 40 pick really says something. Aside from scouting I think under Allvin the development side of the organization has lots of upside. The Sedins seem to be doing some great work in Abby. I think for the Canucks now is the time to prioritize getting elite talent out of junior where we can structure their game the way we want to play. These quick fixes just mean more mediocrity.

I'll never like this trade. The timing is horrible and all it is a quick fix. This team is absolutely not ready for a move like this. We're lucky to have a good core here to build on. This team doesn't need a 5 year rebuild. If we had a really good draft this year within 2 years we could have had a really good team that's cost controlled. We would have most of the bad contracts expired. Yes OEL is going to be a major issue there is no good way to solve that problem. I don't think we've learned from OEL though I think this management team will always look for that next quick fix by overpaying UFAs. If you look at the Lightning which has made the cup final 3 years in a row they are built from within. Almost the entire core is drafted. They don't carry bad contracts.

A good prospect wouldn't take 5 years to make a difference. That islanders pick could also potentially be a lottery pick. This team flat out needs to draft. We need guys that are cost controlled for many years. Not a guy that's 1 year away from Ufa that's going to get paid.

This a nice trade. Saw nothing in Lazar and we get a scratch and win ticket for him. Lazar is dime a dozen.

We also gave up a 2nd this year where we could of potentially got a pretty good defenceman. There is no way this deal should have happened.

Brutal. We could have gotten a really good player with that pick. Plus our second is gone which will almost be a first.

I'm not expecting much from Demko tonight. He wasn't good before the injury and he will be rusty plus he is playing in front of a really weak defense unit.

I would be happy if we could snag Benson with our first pick. I also like Cristall. His shootout goal today was a lot of skill. I think he will go really high.

I wouldn't have thought this was possible a couple months ago but I think there is a real chance the Canucks finish dead last in the league. The team is getting worse as the season goes on.

I agree. It carries a lot of risk. If we trade for a bunch of futures and they don't turn out we're really screwed. It's not a trade we need to make so if we do decide to then it has to be a massive overpayment.

This is not a trade we need to make. If they want to blow the doors off then sure will listen. It would take an overpay.