For the Vancouver Canucks, the 2016 offseason is an interesting one. Not only because they had a terrible season that resulted in a high draft pick, but also because they want to make the playoffs next year. Despite the terrible 2015-16 season.
General manager Jim Benning started things off with a blockbuster trade. He sent blue-chip prospect Jared McCann, a second and a fourth-round pick to the Florida Panthers in exchange for defenseman Erik Gudbranson and a fifth-rounder. But, he is not close to being done.
As Benning stated in a recent interview, he wants to acquire two forwards in free agency:
- A 20 to 30-goal scorer
- A two-way forward
It is not 100 percent clear whether he indeed wants those traits in two separate forwards or combined in one.