biturbo19
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The speculative speaking price was a prospect equivalent to Byfield. Which seems believable when you consider New York turned down a demand for Ludqvist to be included in an even bigger package. Of course, we also have the rumors of Colorado backing off when the Canucks insisted on Newhook or Byram being the centerpiece.
Suffice it to say, the price at the end deadline was insanely high. I doubt Rutherford even expected to get packages of that caliber. It was just to set the price high and "come down" in the off season.
Not really, no. If we're trading Miller, we're not competing this year or even next season, realistically. At 27, Mantha wouldn't be all that attractive considering the Caps likely see him as a higher value piece in the trade.
Yeah. I don't really see Mantha doing much for the Canucks. I think he's probably more valuable to the Caps than he is to a team in Vancouver's position.
The Canucks are already looking at options when it comes to trading a much younger version of that "sniper winger" with Boeser. Getting an older and slightly different version of that probably isn't going to be the most enticing "centerpiece" in moving a gritty power forward like Miller that they'd obviously rather keep...if the age and contract phases lined up better with their future plans.