Confirmed with Link: [VAN/ANA] Canucks Acquire 2016 2nd-Round Pick for D Kevin Bieksa
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Jumex
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As long as we dont see Boston like selections...
I know it's early but they could have got Barzel and Connor and then traded for a late first + 2nd and picked up Senyshyn and another decent prospect. It would have been more risk, but overall a better return.
Bad News Benning
Fallin for Dahlin?
If we have that many picks I would hope we move up to get a franchise player.
All in for Chychrun. Even if it takes a load of picks it's worth it.
nuckfan insk
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Should be doable if we move Higgins, hamhuis, vrbata, etc.....
Also burrows might wanna move now that kes, juice, lu etc... Are all gone
Giving sbisa plenty of ice time as well as keeping vey on the #1 pp should help us draft high lol
Bad News Benning
Fallin for Dahlin?
Ryan Miller in net to give us a .910 sv%
Sbisa playing 20 minutes a night
a defense that is one injury away from Sbisa playing 25 minutes a night
Vey taking a regular shift
Higgins and Burrows around most of the season to play top 6 minutes and play on the 2nd PP unit.
No toughness leaving teams the ability to take liberties with our players
I think there is a very good chance we will be drafting high.
DCantheDDad
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How ling till Miller gets injured and we rely on Markstrom for everything...
How do you ruin a goalie with a SV% under .900 in the past three seasons? I guess the good news is that he can't really get any worse in the NHL.
Bad News Benning
Fallin for Dahlin?
wouldn't be the worst outcome. We need to find out if Markstrom is a capable NHL starter within the next two seasons.
To me this season should be all about finding what we have, what we need, and trading older declining assets. Give Horvat, Kassian, Baertschi, Corrado, Markstrom, etc bigger roles and let them sink or swim. By the end of the year hopefully we have an idea of these players potential and what holes this roster has moving forward. The most important questions to be answered this season are the following.
Are Kassian and Baertschi Top 6 forwards?
Does Bo have the potential to be more than an elite 2nd line center(aka does he take that next jump in his development)?
Is Corrado an NHL defenseman and if so does he have Top 4 potential?
Is Markstrom an NHL goalie and if so does he have starter potential?
Are any of our young prospects close to playing nhl games? and if so which ones can potentially be core pieces?
Well ideally you want to give a mix of easy starts and some tougher ones to build his confidence. The same way we built Schneider.
I am not sure if he is confident enough to take over if Miller goes down. Plus, our D is trash next year, if he takes over he is going to seriously peppered and not sure that is the best way to groom a goalie.
I'm sure it would have been less if he stayed here, but that number makes me more comfortable with moving on. I would have signed him for no more than $2M per year on his next contract.
Bad News Benning
Fallin for Dahlin?
Yeah that's basically Top 4 money. We already have one bottom pairing defenseman making too much money....we don't need another one.
LOL. 4 mill for Juice. Good riddance. Man, Ducks fans are going to flip out when they see him play. 
I'd much rather pay Bieksa 2 million more than he is worth than Sbisa 3 million more than he is worth.
Wilch
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LOL. 4 mill for Juice. Good riddance. Man, Ducks fans are going to flip out when they see him play.
Flip out like the way we do when we see Sbisa play?
Yeah....this feels a little like pay back.
But hey, I'd trade Sbisa at $3.6M straight up for Bieksa at at $4M. Problem is the Ducks wouldn't do it.
I would much rather recoup a 2nd Rd pick for Bieksa and open up $4.6mil of cap space the day before free agency opens.
I think people have already discussed this, but I don't understand this philosophy of "rather sign a player for X and trade a player for Y" when the latter player is clearly inferior to the former player. I suppose this philosophy is great if you are intentionally tanking because it accomplishes two things at once, but if you are trying to remain competition, which Benning has asserted, then this philosophy isn't going to work.
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Cupless44
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Some fans can never be happy even with moving out a 4.6 million liability from last season for a 2nd round pick.
Doug Wilson is a complete turd to negotiate with, well known around NHL circles. Its worth a few draft slots not to let him get a player he wanted.
Cupless44
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As much as I question the contract and despite the fact that Sbisa is basically the biggest whipping boy in Canuck history...I am going to predict he plays better hockey than Kevin Bieksa next year.
In 1 year, Benning has traded 4 veteran, core players with a 1st, 2nd, 2nd and 3rd Rd pick coming back.
I don't really care what he says - his moves show his objective is to stock the pipeline with talented youth.
They may hope to make the playoffs with this approach, but that's what we hear from pretty much all re-tooling clubs.
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