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    Time to trade our first round draft pick?

    in Canucks Talk

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    27 minutes ago, UnkNuk said:

    I'm sensing a lack of enthusiasm for my proposal.

     

    Let me repeat:  this is for those fans (like myself) who think the Canucks are going to make the playoffs this season.  If we do, we're going to be picking 17th or higher and won't be getting a crack at Bedard or the other top four.  (I've read here, for people who know more about the upcoming draft than I, that the top five are all pretty good.)

     

    On the other hand, if you think, as some here do, that the Canucks are a terrible team who are going to finish somewhere near the bottom of the table, then, sure, you hold onto the pick.

     

    The real question, it seems to me, is what do Rutherford and the rest of Canucks management, think about this team's prospects?  If they believe this is a playoff team I could see them making a trade like this.  But it would have to be in the near future while the Canucks are still (temporarily) wallowing at the bottom of the league.

     

    Rutherford, I believe, has a reputation as a wheeler-dealer.  You have to admit, swapping our first round pick would be a wheel-and-deal.

     

    Is there a risk involved?  Yes.   But, as the saying goes:  no risk, no reward.   Or, no guts, no glory.

     

    Also, consider the impact such a swap would have on our team.  That is, suppose Rutherford came out and said:  "There's no way on God's green  earth that we will swap our first round pick!".  What message would that send to the team?  It would say that he and the rest of management have no confidence that they are capable of getting into the playoffs and that our draft pick will be a high one.

     

    On the other hand, if he did swap draft picks in the manner I proposed, it would be a vote of confidence in our team.  That management thinks they will finish higher up in the standings with a lower draft pick that is tradeable.

     

     

    Why do you think this team is playoff bound?

    [Trade] Hurricanes trade Ethan Bear, Lane Pederson to Canucks for 2023 5th-round pick

    in Trades, Rumours, Signings

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    8 minutes ago, VforVasili said:

    Just quoting this again to prove my point. This was what set everything off. 
     

    Absolutely NO ONE is arguing with the many reasonable people who have stated they are concerned about this trade or those like me that think it’s fine. 
     

    It is a disingenuous bunch of nonsense from the freedumb convoy playlist to be insulting and then scream that you are being oppressed because people react with the same negativity you dished out. 

    What does the convoy have to do with the Canucks trade? :unsure:

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