Island Nucklehead wrote:SKYO wrote:Arizona Coyotes with the analytics GM are not leaving 29th place, Avs are done, Canucks stuck at 3rd again tied with Vegas in the lotto, meaning we will pick 6th overall, because Canucks luck.
Might as well grab a couple more draft picks then.
Burrows, Hansen, Edler.
Might not pick 1st overall, but maybe having the 26th, 49th and 87th picks could help down the road.
I'm sick of this peewee hockey, moral victory, "winning culture" bullshit. The Canucks are losers. It's time to rebuild a winner. The slow
rebuild transition only gets us trying to replace a past-his-prime Tanev and a UFA Horvat in 2-3 years.
This whole trade Hansen for a pick crap is misguided. I get Edler and Burrows, neither have ever had great speed and age catches up to these players easily. I think Hansen has many, many years left in the league. He has always been a great natural skater. He plays well on any line. He plays exactly like we all want everyone on this team to play. You just don't move guys like him for a late first or second round pick. He is a player who should stick around through the Sedin transition. I wouldn't trade him for less than a first round pick, a good prospect, and a good current young player. Only if another GM is willing to pay up bigly would I consider moving Hansen. He is the Honey Badger. He will defeat time, so just say no to trading him.
My one optimistic comment from last night's game, late in the third, I noticed for the first time Tryamkin and Stecher playing together. This is our future top pairing, our own Master-Blaster, our Rocket and Groot. During such an awful game, it was nice to see my plans finally coming to fruition.
Love Biega's heart, but I can't wait till he has qualified for the expansion draft, and Edler returns. He is clearly over-matched, and over-used at this level.
We are all Snidely Whiplash.