With the Seattle expansion looming, this Vancouver Canucks goaltending controversy offers a peculiar twist. The Canucks can only protect one goaltender at the expansion draft, thus raising the question of which netminder that should be. Let’s look at the body of work and contract situations for both Jacob Markstrom and Thatcher Demko.
Both of these factors will tie in with why I feel a one-year contract extension would be most beneficial to the Canucks organization.
Jacob Markstrom
There is no controversy when it comes to who is the Canucks’ number one goaltender.