if they are trading him and selling high because of trouba this season/post season, they are knuckleheads. myers isnt bad but he isnt going to get van what they think they are going to get.
The Canucks are (should be) looking for creative ways to eat cap space heavily this year to try and move some of the longer term deals and getting rid of Myers 6m per year for the next two years could be a key step in that plan.
If they can move Miller (at 50%) for high end futures/ELC players and Myers (sure, retain here too) for a pick it allows the Canucks to move guys like Pearson (not exclusively a cap dump, he was solid this year), Poolman, and Dickinson (ya this guy sucks, complete dump) for players who are signed for too much money for a single year. They can try to trade them retained at the deadline if they want but it doesn't matter as it essentially starts the Canucks' window a year early instead of the 2 years from now because of Benning's poor contract planning.
If the Flyers are looking to make a splash at FA this year but JVR's cap hit is stopping it, maybe they'd be able to make the moves they want if they had Pearson or Dickinson instead. Same goes for guys like Zucker, Erik Johnson, Dadonov, Byron, Lucic, Hornqvist etc.
