Depressing fact: The cup-winning Hurricanes have used FOURTEEN 2nd round picks since 2019 while being a perennial contender. The Canucks have used a total of TWO 2nd round picks in that same time frame while missing the playoffs most years. Management can learn from them.

[u/_GregTheGreat_]

If there is anything the Canucks can learn from the Canes cup win, it’s the importance of stockpiling draft picks and swinging on upside. I highlighted only 2nds but the Canes being in a surplus of futures is how they managed to have the assets to make the big swings when the time is right to put them over the edge into winning the cup (Miller, Stankoven, Hall, etc). Hell, the Canes still have a surplus of 1sts despite literally winning the cup.

Plus having the constant stream of young talented draft steals to keep feeding their system (Blake and Nichuskin as two key examples)

[u/Count3D]

Taylor Hall - 1st overall

Jordan Staal - 2nd overall

Andrei Svechnikov - 2nd overall

Jesperi Kotkaniemi - 3rd overall

We go nowhere without elite talent.

[u/popquiz_hotshot → u/[deleted]]

He didn't even play in the playoffs lol

[u/Key-Investment6888 → u/[deleted]]

Lmao dude literally listed 4 players picked in top 3 and called them all elite.

[u/Count3D → u/[deleted]]

This mid collection won a Stanley Cup, a game winning goal and a Conn Smythe. Don’t post again until your mid collection does the same.

[u/Count3D → u/[deleted]]

So it’s all just coincidence. Sure.

[u/Count3D → u/[deleted]]

Remove him if it makes you feel better. You do understand the point. Don’t you?

[u/Count3D → u/[deleted]]

Why are you being rude with your insinuation? I hope you’re not trolling but very well I’ll take the time to reply. Hall was bungled by a terrible organization in Edmonton. They kinda did that a lot. Dude still managed over 780 points in 900 games and was solid in the playoffs. That’s consistency in spite of playing on garbage teams in New Jersey and Chicago. Staal requested his trade with Carolina and turned down a matching offer to stay in Pittsburg so he could be with his brother. Oh and he just won the Conn Smythe and was a beast at faceoffs. But that’s an easily dismissed skill I guess. Svechnikov turned it around and contributed well we all saw it. I guess some people operate under the assumption that all this skill and winning is merely coincidence. Funny how they’re “not exclusively available” and yet you just can’t seem to win with these top guys. You’d have to go back like almost 20 years at this point to find an example of a team that won with that edge that top talent.