The Canucks have been active reshaping their team ahead of the upcoming season. GM Ratcliffe got to work quickly after the season ended..."We know we have a great group of players in their prime on great contracts led by MacKinnon, Scheifele, Huberdeau and Point and we weren't ready to throw in the towel yet. We came up short at the end of last season as we made a push to make the playoffs but we are hungry this year to improve."
The deal that sent Josi to Miller was strategic to finish off the top 6 and add some sandpaper to the skill up front. Knowing the Free Agent pool was littered with quality defenseman the team quickly signed Pulock to fill out the top 4 defence, and added depth defenseman Chris Tanev to fill out the 3rd pairing. The team then dealt futures with a 1st round pick for Carey Price to sure up the goaltending situation. "While Flower provides some quality goaltending, he is on the back of his career and we knew if we were gonna go deep this year we needed to add a piece to the crease. When Price became available we knew we had to act to bring him in. We are happy with our team and will add some depth pieces to finish off the offseason, but we are excited for the year to begin!"