It’s been two years and seven months since the Vancouver Canucks acquired goaltender Jacob Markstrom.
Then-general manager Mike Gillis sent Roberto Luongo and prospect Steven Anthony to the Florida Panthers for Markstrom and Shawn Matthias. Gillis had already traded Cory Schneider a year earlier, in exchange for the draft pick that became Bo Horvat.
Vancouver’s GM dealt away two franchise goaltenders. In return, he received one draft pick, one middle-six forward, and a goaltender with a career save percentage of .898.
Florida selected Markstrom 31st overall in 2008 and most considered him a future star.