I hate the idea of signing stone or panarin. the price will be out of this world. Would love to win a lottery, but gee how's are history on those?
Minn went all in on Parise and Suter in 2013 (?). How's that done for them? Same record the Canucks have and admittedly time has made those extreme salaries not so bad. They paid off for the owner in terms of making the playoffs and ticket sales and season tickets, but the team has done nothing in terms of taking the next step.
I have little confidence in this GM making some brilliant historic move to position us in 2021 for the Stanley Cup.
My hope lies in a good pick this year, Hughes translates well to the NHL, Juolevi becomes a legitimate D man, and Tryamkin comes back. Dahlen steps up. A couple or 3 of Woo, Lind, Madden, Lockwood, Gaudette, MacEwen, etc take the world by storm.
We have one of the best futures in the NHL with Pettersson alone. At this point I would not trade him for anyone not named McDavid. Maybe Dahlin.