How am I his defender? I’ve said several times that his drafting sucked shit. Elmer’s drafting had been solid even though he blundered a couple top 6 picks. Not sure what it is you need in that regard. They have both made there share of horrendous trades and a pile of mostly meh trades. Probably a saw off there. July 1 is where Lennie Small has made a lot of terrible decisions. Eye Bags on the other hand made a lot of solid signings in free agency. It’s too bad they couldn’t combine their efforts. We’d have a pretty solid GM
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Curious to hear what solid signings you are referring to?
https://www.nucksmisconduct.com/2014/2/ ... he-canucks
That draft record? Yikes!
Dealing, whether it be for UFA's or trades is about leverage and control....
In UFA, the players hold the leverage and controls the process....the bigger the name the more leverage and control the player holds which is why there are so many train wreck signings in UFA..
And teams today are spending more $ and employing more people in their pro scouting and developmental programs that make it harder and harder to "win" trades....
So where do the Canucks look to deal from a position of strength and take advantage of another teams weakness?
Their strength heading into next season is their cap space and the weakness they want to take advantage of is another teams lack of cap space...
Look there for the homerun deals...
Take care...
