Coconuts Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 This is up there with the worst thread I've ever read. The twins will retire Canucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsedin33 Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 This is how all of you will react when the Sedins are here for too long and we will have won 0 cups with them. Then you'll all be saying "omg, we should've traded them when they were worth something" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanford Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 You get rid of the Sedins and what kind of garbage of a team will we have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanuckleHorse Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Crack head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkyway Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 The Sedin version of this team is past it; it's all down hill from here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jai604 Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Go back to your cave or under the bridge you crawled out from under. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alt kilgore Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 They will retire here. Why trade them when they will still be atleast 2nd line producers even into their 40's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockey Fever Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 Just need to surround them with the right personal. The right mix of skill and toughness, then just hope they don't get injured. It seems like that's what kills them each year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super_Canuck Posted March 31, 2013 Author Share Posted March 31, 2013 You're failing to see the context in which this proposition was delivered. The OP clearly postulates that IF the Canucks are declining next year and no longer among the league's elite, trading the Sedins may help to ignite a significant rebuild on the fly (paraphrasing); the OP then asks for your opinion on the matter and in true CDC fashion, the majority of you jump to conclusions without actually contemplating the question. If this scenario were to unfold, it's unthinkable what the return might be. At the very least it would be 2 1st round picks, 2 young promising roster players and a promising prospect. That's the kind of return the Canucks could use in one fell swoop to restock the cupboard. What this proposes is that not only do the Canucks trade the Sedins, but dismantle the rest of the core as well (Kesler, Bieksa, Hamhuis), but replaces with skill, youth and inexperience; this only happens if AV is no longer the coach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super_Canuck Posted March 31, 2013 Author Share Posted March 31, 2013 People seem to forget how the Sedins were acquired in order to build this iteration of the team in the first place. We traded a previous Canuck untradeable, Trevor Linden - which brought us Bertuzzi, McCabe (which brought us a Sedin), and a draft who turned into Jarko Ruutu. Then we traded Bertuzzi to get Luongo. Unfortunately, we did not trade Luongo soon enough to get a vaue for him. We are nearly at that point with the Sedins. If we do not win this year, they should be traded - for their sakes and ours. They should get the chance to win the cup even if they are somebody else's second liners. If we wait too long, we will get no return because their contract will be too expensive to move for their diminishing value - exactly the same situation as Luongo. We will be strapped into huge cap commitments which yield us nothing of value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super_Canuck Posted March 31, 2013 Author Share Posted March 31, 2013 shame on you for even bringing this up shame shame...sedins will always be canucks, have their numbers retire and end their careers as the best brother tandem in nhl history... how dare you say they arnt getting any better, they've improved a lot this year in their physical play, and are still point per game players for a few more years, then look at alfredsson for the sens, and selanne for the ducks both are in the 40's now and still leading their teams with leadership n points, i see the sedins doing the exact same, sure at the end of their careers they wont be 1st line players, but they'll still be 2nd-3rd line players and be effective, by then, the canucks should have other legit 1st line players representing, like you said its a business, n the business side is to make money and sport side is win, the sedins are winners and help make our team money, never shall we trade the sedins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pouria Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 Let's be honest, the Sedins are getting older and aren't getting any better. While they'll still be very good players, they will no longer be amongst the elite players in the league. IMO, they have peaked. If we try to trade them as a package, we could get a TONNE back in return which would be like a quick re-build. So, would you trade the Sedins next year if it looked like the Canucks weren't an elite team anymore and also considering they would be pending UFA's? Or would you re-sign them to another extension and try to keep adding pieces to this current core and still try to win? I'm not against a re-buid at all. I don't think we are going to win with this current core. Especially considering salary cap implications nowadays, we need to get good young talent that is cheap financially. We cannot afford to keep signing old veteran players to big money contract, or else we will end up like Calgary. EDIT: This is not a Sedin bashing. They are true professionals in every sense of the word, both on and off the ice. I'm a big fan of theirs both as players and as human beings and think they've been a treat to watch the last couple of years and we have been lucky to have them on our team. No doubt they will go down as 2 of the best Canucks ever. What I'm talking about is business and the future of this team. Use your heads and not your hearts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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