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Originally Posted by logan5
One major bright spot for the Canucks in the play-offs was Bo Horvat. He was far more effective than Bonino, our supposed 2nd line centre. Horvat should be the #2 centre next year. Trade Bonino. He reminds me of Mason Raymond. Our forward depth is still good, with the Sedins showing that they still have it, but our defence is declining fast. Edler is a big strong cream puff. Maybe trade him too, if there's a decent offer. We have a lot of great prospects in junior, so I think the Canucks will stay competitive for awhile.
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A agree with everything you said. Horvat was stellar in the playoffs. Hopefully another couple prospects pan out and make the team in the next couple of years.
Overall I liked the Canucks' season, at first I wanted them to tank, but once they had a shot at the playoffs, I'm glad they made it.
I like most of what Benning did, and I love the Vrbata signing, but Dorset got paid waaay too much, I would have much preferred them signing Matthias, who has a much larger upside than Dorset, hopefully they can fit him in, its nice that Matthias can play both wing and centre. I would have preferred Richardson over Dorset as well.
Also, Sbisa, with his big new contract extension, was just terrible. Don't know why they even bothered signing him. Sbisa's Bakery was serving up hot apple
turnovers all series.
Weber was bad too, he has a big shot, but that's the only thing about his game I really like.
The Canucks need to improve the back end a great deal if they have any shot at going deep in the playoffs next year.
Miller may not have been 100% but those rebounds he was giving out last night were tragic.