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Vancouver Canucks 2018-19 season grades: Alexander Edler

Coming into the 2018-19 season, it wasn’t crazy to think that blueliner Alexander Edler would be playing out his final season with the Vancouver Canucks.

The team’s longest-tenured player has been marred by injuries for several years now, and his production had dipped quite a bit (offensively and defensively), since 2015-16. Edler, now 33, is also set to hit the free agent market — unless the team can work out an extension.

But instead of setting himself up for bait at the trade deadline, Edler gave the Canucks every reason to retain him beyond this year.