The Vancouver Canucks need to prioritize rebuilding a defence that lacked production at both ends of the ice in 2018-19, because Quinn Hughes isn’t going to solve the problem all by himself.
General manager Jim Benning has to try and work out an extension with Alexander Edler, a pending UFA. Even if Edler comes back to Vancouver in 2019-20, Benning’s work in fixing this blue line is far from done.
He could certainly use a another smooth skater and puck-moving blueliner. I explained here why the Canucks should explore a trade for Nashville Predators star P.