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2017 NHL redraft, Pettersson goes 1st overall. Benning era best drafting in Canucks history

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Really this discussion is a moot point. 
JB is the hands down best drafting GM we have ever had. Juolevi is the only first round possible miss. Many said Jake was but are being proven wrong. Jury is still out on Juolevi and Podkolzin and Hoglander. 
Then there is Gaudette, Madden and McDonough. Not to mention Woo, Tryamkin and signing undrafted Rafferty. 
The future is still even brighter than the success this season. 

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9 hours ago, spur1 said:

Really this discussion is a moot point. 
JB is the hands down best drafting GM we have ever had. Juolevi is the only first round possible miss. Many said Jake was but are being proven wrong. Jury is still out on Juolevi and Podkolzin and Hoglander. 
Then there is Gaudette, Madden and McDonough. Not to mention Woo, Tryamkin and signing undrafted Rafferty. 
The future is still even brighter than the success this season. 

If we had nobody left in the pool I'd say we be doomed to be a bubble team for the duration of the next core - or mediocrity at best because we'd have to rely on cheaper and worse vets to balance the cap.   It's bright because we should be able to replace at least three vets with improvements at 1/4 of the cost (for three years that is) and then our GM can also make trades to keep the pool healthy as guys inevitably have to get traded like Bowman was forced to do in CHI seemingly every year while they were contending.  The Bollands, Byfuglien, Shaw, Saads etc.   They've even managed to give their old core a second chance now with the next crop of guys making an impact .... that's my hope with this team - Boston has had the longest window of any team the past decade and solid drafting had kept them at or near the top top.  

 

PIT too.  LA to a lesser degree - they never were a good regular season team even when they were winning cups,  their drafting hasn't been very good and they are going to suffer for it... ha ha don't mind that one bit.

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