Jason Bukala

This is not...

a negative, like get rid of Linus Carlson.

This is a help Linus Carlson make the most out of his career, which based on his age and timeline probably isn't here beyond this next contract.

Right.

And it's totally fine to just be realistic and state that what's the problem with putting Linus Carlson power play net front power, PP one net front, Jake to breast and right now.

And what Brock Besser and Brock Besser, the Canucks have two forwards ahead of him whose value they need to maintain and

Desperately, right?

Who are best in that spot themselves.

So in order to execute the Linus Carlsen project, which this team absolutely should be dead focused on doing, you probably need to move one of those veterans away.

This summer.

And that's true anyway.

That aligns with your interests anyway.

Even if you didn't have Linus Carlsen.

But my point is that there's the evaluative side, there's the opportunity side, there's the value management side, but there's also the short-term roster construction side that you can think through in a different way if what you're trying to evaluate is not who gives us the best chance to win in May the way that good teams do.

Here's the higher leverage one, man, because this is by far the highest leverage one that the Canucks have to deal with.

If I were to ask you the following question, how would you answer it?

Let's see.

How many players in the organization that you could conceivably envision being part of the next Canucks team to get to the conference final currently exist?

Uh, probably... Halfs are fine.

You can go with halves if you're like, this guy and this guy, probably one of them make it.