Canucks Could Be Haunted by Lindholm Trade for Years
Also, veteran goaltenders Patrik Allvin should sign as insurance behind rookie Arturs Silovs, and more.
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Canucks Could Be Haunted by Lindholm Trade for Years
July 9, 2024 by Lukas Bernasiewicz
On Jan. 31 of this year, the Vancouver Canucks kicked off trade deadline season with a huge splash that saw Calgary Flames center Elias Lindholm go to the Canucks as Vancouver prepared for a big playoff run. Lindholm was seen as the missing piece for Vancouver as the team was in dire need of a second-line center that could help solidify their forward core and help their top six forwards. But with this trade came a high price, the Canucks gave up several assets to their division rivals the Flames. They will have to play them four times a season and the Canucks could potentially see the Flames in a future playoff match based on the current format. With how the Canucks’ season ended and how effective Lindholm turned out to be, this trade could come back and haunt them for years because they gave up too much.
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Canucks Should Sign a Veteran Goaltender as Insurance Behind Silovs
July 8, 2024 by Matthew Zator
After a busy July 1, the Vancouver Canucks have been relatively quiet on the news front with only updates from their annual development camp dotting their social media channels. General manager Patrik Allvin still has some things left on his to-do list, however, one being re-signing restricted free agent Arturs Silovs. He should also add some veteran help behind him after losing Casey DeSmith to the Dallas Stars on July 1 and Zach Sawchenko to the Columbus Blue Jackets on July 7.
A big part of the problem is that the Canucks were NOT looking for a 2nd line center, they were looking for a winger to play with EP, and Lindholm didn't slot in well on wing and didn't make sense as a #3 - didn't make sense there to the team or the player. And yes, this was a bad trade, too much given up for a player whose rights we didn't even trade.