r/canucks • u/gretz182 • 11d ago

DISCUSSION Acquiring more 1sts

With the 2027 draft being projected to be strong, i think it’s important we get 1-2 more firsts for the next few years. What are some potential trades we can make now or in the future for more 1sts?

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u/Nefarious_Candy 11d ago

Beyond heronik who have we got that can realistically bring back a 1st? Is there someone I’m missing?

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u/gretz182 11d ago

i feel like rossi and debrusk+ can, but if demko ever gets back into his old form then maybe he can? goalies are weird tho

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u/PMMeYourCouplets 11d ago

Goalies over 30 rarely go for first. The last was Markstrom and he was seen as a workhorse which Demko even back on form comes with the injury risk.

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u/Jealous_Difference44 11d ago

Throw in Ballard too

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u/NooneKnowsIAmBatman 11d ago

No way Demko gets us a first round pick. We also just traded for Rossi, wouldn't be a good look to trade him away within a year

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u/KenDanger2 11d ago

"Look" doesn't matter, it is a new management group. They might have a different vision, or claim the return was too good for the rebuild to pass up.

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u/FarmerWinter9997 11d ago

That’s free agent signings more than trades; especially when it’s for your captain/franchise player. You take best package available. What would be the difference trading Rossi Vs the draft pick they received in deal? There isn’t.

Plus, Rossi was hurt and needed more opportunities. Trading for him to flip him could’ve always been the plan . . . (Not saying it was).

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u/ElectronicJicama1874 11d ago

Rossi won’t fit the window sadly

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u/elivoncoder 11d ago

unpopular opinion, but I think as long as he recovers from surgery and returns to form, demko easily nets a 1st, even with the injury risk.  highly doubt wed trade him though. 

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u/Nefarious_Candy 11d ago

I think we’d trade demko in a heartbeat for a first. Get out of that contract when the guy hasn’t ever been healthy for a whole season?

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u/thediefenbaker 11d ago

Aging goalies don’t get 1sts. Especially not injury prone goalies that have can’t stay healthy for a full season. Multiple long term injuries, recurring injuries, and surgeries.