When we think back to the year 2010, we often connect it with the Vancouver Canucks’ most successful era. Between 2008 and 2013, Vancouver won five straight division titles, as well as two President’s Trophies. In 2010, they were still one year away from their first time atop the league standings, but they were already good enough to turn the focus away from the draft. The Canucks wanted to win.
As noted in our 2008 Redraft, the Canucks traded their 2008 first-round pick Michael Grabner, their 2010 first-round selection and Steve Bernier to the Florida Panthers for Victor Oreskovich and Keith Ballard.