Time to trade our first round draft pick?

[UnkNuk]

At this moment, the Canucks are in last place in the NHL.

While this is not anything we wanted or expected, it may provide a golden opportunity for those of us who believe this record is a temporary aberration and that the Canucks are going to make the playoffs this year.

Because the Canucks are in last place, our first round draft pick's value is as about as high as it's going to be.  So perhaps we should think about trading it.

Hear me out.

What would be needed is to identify a gm of a bubble team who thinks his team is going to make the playoffs but isn't.  In fact, it's probably going to do quite poorly.  This gm also has to believe that the Canucks are as bad as their current record indicates.  The Canucks then offer to trade one or two of our players plus our first round draft pick to this team in exchange for one or two of their players and their first round draft pick.  Because our draft pick, currently, has higher value than this other team's pick, we would expect to get better players in return.

Then, if all goes according to plan, the Canucks regain their mojo and start playing decent hockey and make the playoffs.  Meanwhile, this other team staggers and falls down the NHL standings.

In this way, the Canucks would have the best of both worlds.  We would have a team in the playoffs plus a shot at getting Connor Bedard or one of the other highly rated players available in the upcoming Draft.

Win-win.

What do you think?

[Junkyard Dog]

No. I like our chances with our 1st. 
 

Why don’t we just trade our players to a bubble team for their 1st++ and have a bubble teams 1st and our own?

[King Heffy]

[jatylo]

I am pretty sure the CDC would implode due to outrage if we traded our 1st round pick unless it's for someone that has a last name that starts with Mc/Mac.....Macdermid of course to address our toughness issues

Edited November 2, 2022 by jatylo

[deus.ex.makina]

But if we get better players in return, we would be a better team than the team we trade with, so our native pick would be worst than the one we receive. Its a win-win for us but a lose-lose for our trade partner. So why would they do that ? 

[D.B Cooper]

Not even going to read this. 
Title says enough.  
 

We are the worst team in the league heading into a draft with 3 franchise players in it.  

Trading the pick away to try to fix this dog shit team would be 100% backwards.  
 

We need to be selling off our garbage for more picks.  

This team is rotten.   Time to freshen it up for the future 

Edited November 3, 2022 by D.B Cooper
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[DSVII]

14 minutes ago, UnkNuk said:

What would be needed is to identify a gm of a bubble team who thinks his team is going to make the playoffs but isn't.  In fact, it's probably going to do quite poorly.

 

This ironically has been us since 2016, and with all the other teams correctly identifying us as such when they traded their players to us for picks.

[grumpyone]

if we are going to stink up the joint, then trade whomever possible and collect 3 or 4 1st round picks from those borderline teams ie: Detroit, Wash., Pitts, Nash.

 

[aGENT]

 

[awalk]

E-A Sports

[Qwags]

I would straight up stop watching this team if this happened. 

 

A draft with this much depth, you shouldn't be giving up ANY picks.

[Mr. Quacks]

So, according to your logic, the other team is going to think:

 

"We're getting worse players, and we're getting a worse pick...deal!"

 

this sounds like a high-dea that should have stayed in the drafts. 

Edited November 2, 2022 by Mr. Quacks

[Devron]

Hahahahahaha

[Kobayashi Maru]

I’d throw my jersey on the ice and then buy another one to just throw it on the ice again.  On my way out I’d buy a Kraken jersey….

[JustABandwagoner]

44 minutes ago, UnkNuk said:

At this moment, the Canucks are in last place in the NHL.

While this is not anything we wanted or expected, it may provide a golden opportunity for those of us who believe this record is a temporary aberration and that the Canucks are going to make the playoffs this year.

Because the Canucks are in last place, our first round draft pick's value is as about as high as it's going to be.  So perhaps we should think about trading it.

Hear me out.

What would be needed is to identify a gm of a bubble team who thinks his team is going to make the playoffs but isn't.  In fact, it's probably going to do quite poorly.  This gm also has to believe that the Canucks are as bad as their current record indicates.  The Canucks then offer to trade one or two of our players plus our first round draft pick to this team in exchange for one or two of their players and their first round draft pick.  Because our draft pick, currently, has higher value than this other team's pick, we would expect to get better players in return.

Then, if all goes according to plan, the Canucks regain their mojo and start playing decent hockey and make the playoffs.  Meanwhile, this other team staggers and falls down the NHL standings.

In this way, the Canucks would have the best of both worlds.  We would have a team in the playoffs plus a shot at getting Connor Bedard or one of the other highly rated players available in the upcoming Draft.

Win-win.

What do you think?

OP, I think you need some antipsychotics (disclaimer: just a "saying" nothing serious) cuz this is insane. 

Edited November 2, 2022 by Tank4Bedard

[StanleyCupOneDay]

Absolutely not.
 

This year’s first round draft pick could be for the best player in a decade, maybe longer. There is no amount of return that would be equal to the value of our first if we continue faltering.

[Warhippy]

Kick rocks barefoot.

 

Oh hey best possible pure skill centre from BC, and bloody Vancouver to boot; in the draft since Yzerman but let's trade our pick while we're last in the league.

 

Give yer bits a tug bud

Edited November 2, 2022 by Warhippy

[Pears]

Both CDC and Canucks twitter would crash and disintegrate into madness if this was even a rumour. If it’s top 5 protected and we’d be getting a legit proven top 3 RD 25 or younger then I’d consider it. 

Edited November 2, 2022 by Pears
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[Master Mind]

Trading our 1st is the last thing we should do.

[Quantum]