Quoting: yztnuK
Demko and Hoglander were 2nd rounders for starters and those 2 are the ones I can think off the top of my head.
For Vancouver to win they need 3 lines that score and are a threat. Days of having 2 scoring lines, shutdown line and grinding line are long gone.
EP Boeser have chemistry
Miller Hoglander have chemistry
Horvat Pearson have chemistry
Fill out their wings.
Vancouver has no choice in the matter of ferland. If the team doctor or any doctor clears him, his cap hit is back on the books.
Throwing away 1st and 2nds since Benning has taken over is 1 part of 2 parts why this team is not competitive right now and won’t be for a few years.
Reinhart will get over $6m and if Vancover pays that, then Are back to cap hell. Boeser next year, Horvat next, then Miller hoglander, Hughes, EP and Podkolzin all in consecutive years.
That's my point exactly, we have hit on two second rounders, that's great, we were due lol from 2002-2014 we've had 8 second round picks, and only two of them played more then 3 games (M. Raymond 2005 & 2014 T. Demko) That's exactly 25% of success drafting in the second, and that's the NHL average. sometimes you hit, but most of the time you don't...
The way I laid out the lines was effectively 3 lines deep
Miller Petey Boeser
Pearson Horvat Reinhart
Hogz Haula Podkolzin
That to me seems like a good top three lines that could develop well over the next year and take that next step.
Vancouver has no choice? Do you remember what happened to Manny Malhotra? Vancouver shut him down because of his eye injury, they had a say in his future as a Canucks, yet he went on to play a few more seasons. Vancouver can ensure that Ferland doesn't play another game for the Vancouver Canucks if they want to.
I'm not here to back up what Benning has done in the past, I don't agree with everything he has done as a GM, hence why I noted this in the description "Then again, if Benning is running the ship this offseason, I don't see any of this happening..."
The good teams always have cap issues, The Canucks can navigate through it as the years go on, take it one year at a time and deal with it when you need to.
Next year Loui and Luongo's recapture come off the books, that's more than enough to resign Boeser. Then when Bo and Miller are up you evaluate the team and make adjustments as you go. Look at Tampa, every year we all say the same thing, how are they going to afford everyone? They make changes and adapt. They traded Miller to clear cap space and acquired a 1st rounder in return, then traded it for a low cost effective forward that helped win them the Stanley Cup.
Sometimes you need to swing for the fences to take the next step, and in this instance I think swinging to get another top scoring winger/center is worth taking a longer look at.
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