Intangibos
High-End Intangibos
I'll save the long rant and just say for all the media and fan hysteria at the Canucks never had an issue with goaltending under Gillis, never had one now till this current fiasco under Benning, and looking at it from today with the power of hindsight for two goalies that are no longer capable of keeping up in the NHL Gillis' goaltending moves have left us with Horvat and Markstrom who can probably play for us at a high level for another 10-12 and 3-5 years respectively.
Oh yeah I agree. I was always high on Markstrom and was ecstatic we got him in the Luongo deal, but I felt overall we didn't get as much as we should have. When I say that though, I don't believe it to be Gillis' fault. On the contrary ownership should take the bulk of the blame as they signed off on a CBA that allowed the NHL to retroactively punish us for a contract they approved rather than grandfathering it in. Gillis could not foresee the league f***ing us in the next CBA and ownership actually signing off on it.
I liked the Schneider deal and anyone who thought the 9th OA was a poor return for Schneider doesn't understand the value of goaltenders, and this is coming from someone who admittedly knows nothing about trade values but any amateur should be able to look at historical values of goaltenders and come to the same conclusion.
I thought we won the Schneider trade and we made the best out of an unfortunate situation with Luongo, but in the end we actually won both trades and that's remarkable.
I do think Benning made a mistake not trading Miller, though. Foolish.