I would do it if I am the Canucks. Edler is still a really good D and our best by a bit.
He probably won't get much worse in the next 4 years.
I like it actually.
Would you trade your generational young D man who just got 44 points in his first year in the NHL for a winger?
You would? Get out -------------------------------------------------------------> DOOR
Hughes and Risto would make an ok 2nd pair D considering Hughes has barely any xp and Risto is a 2nd pairing.
Hutton is 3rd pairing all the way and tanev and his injuries wont play much
that is not "Great top 4" imo.
Fixed it for you.
Hutton and Stecher are 3rd pairing D. I would rather play Schenn with Hughes for a bit of protection and it worked in the short term at the end of last year. Sub in stecher if needed. so that means we need 4 top 4. JB - get movin lmao!!
JB is probably hamstrung in that other teams don't want our plethora of spare parts as they are not worth crap. And he himself said he won't trade our good young players. So that only leaves him with picks to trade and he said he does not want to do that. Puts him in a tough spot to make a trade.
Would that not be awfully risky considering how hard it is to judge what a mature goalie is gonna look like?
Isn't it even harder then telling what a mature D man would look like?
I hope Benning stays away as we have some prospect goalies already and we really need D and wingers now. Just my opinion.
Call his bluff. 2 years at a good cap and NMC or 4 years at a lower cap and no NMC in 3rd year onwards.
He is still a good D man. But if he wants to dick around let him walk.
Good god....I like Edler but no way in hell he is worth 7 or 8 million per year. That would screw up the entire team pay scale. No thanks...let him walk first.
Totally agree with you. After my post I thought about it more and agree that if Horvat was traded anywhere a #1-2 D man would have to come back along with some type of replacement for him as a 2C.
I love Horvat but who here would do the following (if a high level C is what Philly wants):
Horvat / Hutton
for
right to sign Hayes / Nolan Patrick / Ghost
I would absolutely hate to lose Horvat but if Hayes said he would resign with us I would do it lol.