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Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 27, 2023 at 4:00 p.m.
Thread: Hronek or Andersson more valuable
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Reason</b></div><div>Ya I'm not not sure I would even make the deal if I were Vancouver, not sure it makes sense for the Canucks to give up multiple young assets as they will need the ECL's in short order. I mostly just made it to gage value as I have seen some Andersson mock trades of late.</div></div>

I think I'd think about it depending where we are at the TDL I think ideally here I'd replace Hoglander with Klimovich and a late pick, losing Lekkerimäki would hurt but having Podkolzin in the system still softens the blow imho adding Andersson would solve a huge hole on the team, if we were able to move Myers in a separate trade I'd probably do this move at that point you could have Hronek, Andersson and potentially Ethan Bear as your right side for the year, and long term you can substitute Bear for Willander, i think this team would genuinely be able to have a deepish run with team being able to add a guy like Andersson
Forum: Armchair-GMNov. 2, 2023 at 8:37 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 5, 2023 at 11:54 p.m.
Thread: Canucks opening lineup
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>TMLBRIAN</b></div><div>PDG is still trending on the 2nd line? HOW?

This team looks worse and worse every time I look.

Middle 6 Forward- #1C- Top 6 Forward
4th Liner/Fringe NHLEr- #2C - Top 6 Forward
3rd liner with top 9 potential - 3rd liner - Top 9 forward
4th Liner - 4th Liner - 4th Liner

#1D - #5D
#5D - #3D
#AHLER - #5D

Starting Goalie
Good Back Up

Goaltending is fine. Defensive is sub par. Forward group is sub par. This is a very weak bubble team. (Perspective, I just listed Islanders as a strong bubble team).

I actually think this team is in the 8-14 pick mediocrity draft pick range. Which is the worst place for your organization to be. Too good to get a great pick. Too bad to even make the playoffs.</div></div>

Very accurate breakdown. The Canucks have the top end talent to be a good playoff team, but like you've outlined, they completely lack the depth required to be that team. They're stuck in lottery purgatory, not good enough to be a playoff team, but not bad enough to get a good pick. They'll probably fall in the 10-16 range, just like the past 2 seasons. They'll completely fall apart early in the season, but Demko will come around and pull the team out of the gutters, not quite enough to get them into the playoffs, but to keep them a step above the bottom feeders.