Would prefer you quote my posts, as opposed to coming up with your own interpretations. You're just too willing to be dishonest, to misrepresent people's POV, to make a point. You're smart enough to know the reason I didn't like Adam Gaudette at 3rd line centre, I made it abundantly clear.
I explicitly stated Adam Gaudette was bleeding chances against, and a liability defensively. Which could really come back to cost the team. Wanted a more reliable, veteran centre plugged in there. And it was something they could look at because of the redundancy or overlap of Gaudette and Madden's skillset. Nothing has changed, they just appear to be trusting Gaudette in that role, which I'm not convinced is a great idea.
Not to mention I never said Tyler Madden wouldn't play on this team. I said the Canucks are deep in the positions he will look to break in at, which is correct. That it was a steep price to pay for Toffoli, and that Madden will be an NHL player.
Like, the guy is tiny. There is now way around this. And saying a team would prefer to take a 1st rd pick, where they get to hand pick their favourite prospect, over a small forward like Madden isn't a controversial opinion. Not in the slightest.
Tyler Madden is still a dynamic prospect, that was a tremendous pick, and developing very well. None of that has changed one bit. Yet he's still got a tiny frame...