The Vancouver Canucks holodeck

[richardhodges]

Pure hypothetical and meant to be fun


Say the Canucks go out in the first round. They limp out like they're playing now to some team like Phoenix or Colorado or maybe a sleeping giant like Los Angeles or San Jose. Or even worse, Calgary harnesses the hate that spews like oil in the tarsands in Alberta (I know it doesn't actually "spew" there) and Vancouver is plunged into a nuclear winter from the clouds of smug blowing over the Rockies.

What do you, as Mike Gillis, do at the draft/July 1? What one move would you make? Do you blow it up or would you stand pat and roll the dice again next year?



I would dangle Cory Schneider to Stevie Y for Vic Hedman. He'd be a Zack Kassian for the blueline that needs another quality defender, especially with the uncertainty that surround Sami Salo.

Probably also see if there's interest in Keith Ballard. That $4.5 mill could easily be better used. Tanev can replace his contributions quite easily.

[richardhodges]

Actually, moving Ballard + Raymond for whatever and throwing their combined $7mill at Ryan Suter would be fun.

[TheFlyingV]

By no means do you blow up the team, but depending on what happens in the Canucks crease during the playoffs Gillis will probably ship Schneider. Looking at Hedman and/or Connolly in Tampa is a good place to start.

[gugster]

Tampa Bay will never trade Hedman, franchise D-men are more important than franchise goalies, and if I was Gillis I'd blow it up in a big way cause if we didn't win it last year, and couldn't win it this year with the same core, how we are going to win it in the future with the same core.....

[TheFlyingV]

The Canucks were one game away from winning the Stanley Cup last year with that core of players, I don't think you blow it up just to get that extra game ahead. I'm confidence this core of players can win a Cup, only a matter of how long.

[richardhodges]

The Canucks were one game away from winning the Stanley Cup last year with that core of players, I don't think you blow it up just to get that extra game ahead. I'm confidence this core of players can win a Cup, only a matter of how long.

I'm not disagreeing with you but this is the route Calgary took after '03....

[TheFlyingV]

Apples and oranges, man. The Flames haven't had a proper prospect since '03, Vancouver's shelves are far from bare, especially considering the trade bait in the lineup. Not many teams in the league that wouldn't be interested in our depth of talent, or at least a piece of it.