The Vancouver Canucks stood silent at the deadline. The Canucks lost Adam Cracknell to the Edmonton Oilers. The Canucks ran into Kris Russell again after facing him in the playoffs last year, now on the trade front.
And Russell proved victorious over Dan Hamhuis once again. But the trades (or the lack thereof) are just a part of the equation going forward. The management is lost, it is in no man’s land. That was the case when they were trying to seal the Hamhuis deal — apparently only late third-round picks were coming, unlike the seconds and prospects that other rentals were fetching.