It's because you don't give away good D depth when you've had a recent history of injuries on the back end and you're trying to make the playoffs.
that reminds me of the arguments against waiving corrado. recall nobody here even accepted the explanation of benning at that time that he was giving corrado a chance elsewhere because he was no longer in their plans. for years we had to listen to arguments he didn't understand how to paper players. after years of benning doing the same thing multiple times, at least most people now accept he is doing this as a favour to the players. and that's a good reason. this is real life for the players not a video game. go watch the video of commodore talking about babcock in the around the league thread for an example of how players feel about being kept around as a depth piece when not in their plans. the wings gave him a million dollars but they buried him at a point in his career he felt it was his last shot. he was the same age as biega.
bottom line, i don't understand why the canucks moved on from biega, but if they did that, i respect them giving him another chance instead of holding onto him as a depth piece. the guy went through walls for us, so i do not for a second begrudge giving him a shot in detroit instead of hanging on for the meaningless slightly higher return he might bring or as a belt and suspenders depth piece. if, down the road, that means that with two right side dmen hurt we dress rafferty or chatfield or move someone over instead of biega, i think if we really are a playoff team we can handle it. i also think we're more likely to be a playoff team making moves this way.