[Elliot Friedman 30 Thoughts: Canucks ha have made offer for 1st overall pick]

Would trade Shinkaruk + 6th + any roster played not named Sedin or Kassian in a heartbeat. Florida probably doesn't take that deal though.

Now Horvat + 6th + a roster player would probably get it done.

[So can we assume A V wasn't the problem?]

I don't think either management or ownership ever thought he was the problem. But the team needed a change, and he was the easy change to make, especially given the salary cap situation this year. There's a reason he got re-hired within months of being fired.

[[Rumour] "Teams eyeing down Kesler & Edler" - Ownership prevented Kesler trade]

Edler and Kesler would likely get something around 2 prospects and 2 or 3 picks. Suddenly Vancouver would have somewhat of a promising future 2 or 3 years down the road.

[[Report] Torts Suspended 6 Games]

Hartley's fine essentially puts him on notice of "do that again and expect a suspension as well".

[Kassian making a case for himself]

Not that anyone would ever make a Coho/Kassian comparison, but they now have equal goal totals for the year.

[David Booth: Hold onto him?]

He's given himself 43 games to prove himself. It probably comes down to:

<20 Goals, Buy him out

>20 goals, keep him

[Too Early to call Kassian a dissapointment?]

Everyone, including Kassian, has these dreams of him being a 29 year old Bertuzzi scoring 40-50 goals.

People have to start entertaining the thought of him being a 15-25 goal scorer, who can step up every now and then and be an enforcer. A slightly more skilled Chris Neil perhaps.

With that being said, he definitely needs to improve his hockey IQ.

[[Report] Canucks interested in Martin Erat]

Wow, what a horrible trade that turned out to be for Washington. 11th overall pick for 9pts in 32 games.

[[Olympics] OFFICIAL TEAM CANADA 2014 (everything related here please)]

I guess they wanted to give one of the goaltenders a chance, hence Holtby over Ward. Still, he has less than 60 games in the NHL.

No Iginla was a surprise.

Should be Luongo's spot to lose.