JohnTavares

Provided Benson doesn't drop to 11... what about this? To Van 17 43 Matta to Det 11 Boeser Matta's a 6'2 LD on a cheap 3M contract for 2 more years. We drop down a couple spots and can probably use that pick to get a Willander or a Simashev. Matta was excellent with Hronek this year. We also get a 2nd this year to shore up the pipeline. Detroit moves up 6 spots to get a bigger swing in the draft and also get Boeser who's still a young top six forward that they can keep or parlay into future assets.

Arguing semantics because you compared OEL to Hughes.

If this forum had an IQ test, this forum would lose half the members.

Damn right!

The Jim Benning cult will be studied for many years. It’s like a huge part of this fanbase collectively stoped using their brains at the same time.

We won but at what cost??

I remember everyone completely hating and downvoting people that didn’t like the trade. Let’s just say the collective IQ of this fanbase is not very high…

Wheres Alf these days? He loved the OEL trade

We need good defenseman period - doesn't matter which side. Girard would be our second best defenseman behind Hughes.

So they took a risk and they failed. Pederson still had 2 productive years for us. That's basically what hindsight means. This trade was bad from the start and many called it from the beginning, just check the first couple of pages. Similarly, Naslund for Stojanov trade was bad the instant it was made.

My guy, you were right but 2 years late.

CDC in a nutshell. Great job SN for calling it like it is, despite going against the grain.

There's no guarantee we would have even picked Wesley. On paper, we gave up a top pick and a struggling player for a top line player. Who knew Pederson was gonna drop off after 2 years? Who knew Neely was suddenly going to go from a 30 point player to a 90 point player? This is all hindsight... it's literally in the definition of hindsight.

My boy. Feel you bro. When everyone laughs at you but you were just trying to tell people what was happening in reality.

Regardless of what he said in other instances, he was dead right in his comment. You can go back and look at the reaction from CDC towards him. I don't even know this guy, just pointing out how toxic CDC is when you disagree with the consensus.

I'm sorry you were chastised by this board for having the right opinion. You knew all along. Classic toxic CDC behaviour... how is this place so toxic now?

Yup. This trade is far worse because it was terrible from the onset. Cam Neely as a Canuck: Pederson has 76 and 71 point years for us before falling off a cliff. The Neely trade was a 20/20 hindsight gone bad... the OEL trade is a completely different animal.

I see so many people hating on Friedman because his '32 thoughts/rumors' don't come to fruition. "OH ELLIOTS A HACK HE JUST NAME DROPS VANCOUVER TO GENERATE CLICKS" Like a bunch of people who smashing their keyboards on a computer think they know more than arguably the most connected media member in the league. Not to mention, a lot of ideas/trades get discussed but never materialize.

Guenther's likely going to be a staple in the top six for the next 10 years. This trade hurts as each day goes on. It just gets worse and worse and worse. OEL keeps declining, Garland keeps declining, and Guenther keeps rising. Did I mention Guenther costs 900k? OEL and Garland cost $13M... smh Honestly, I'd suggest to just hibernate (don't go to games, do other things) and just put the fandom on hold if you want your mental health to improve. This team is terrible, capped out, has no prospects, no assets, and worst of all, not bad enough to tank for top prospects. I haven't watched a full game all year, it's just background noise right now.

LOL. Yeah... when you laugh at an entire platform/publication because you don't like one person... red flags everywhere.

We don't deserve Hughes. This guy single handedly carried our defense last year. He, alongside JT and Demko, were by far our best players. To say OEL was better than Hughes last year is being a contrarian.

Not really. Several people are projecting this to be the worst trade in franchise history. If you follow Canucks media, you can see this being mentioned. Guether projects top be a top six forward for the next 10 years. This is far from a standard bad hockey trade.

Check the underlines. I underlined it to make it really clear lol.