I would love to see some ideas on improving the Canucks defense. My idea is to winkle Jonas Brodin out of Minnesota, sign Trevor van Reimsdyck to a 2 year deal, let Tanev walk, trade Stecher, and pray like hell Rafferty, Rathbone and Woo develop into solid 3rd pairing guys at a minimum. Then you get:
2020-2021
Hughes Myers
Brodin TvR
Edler Rafferty
Benn
2021-2022 (Edler goes)
Hughes Myers
Brodin TvR
Rathbone Rafferty
?
2022-2023 (TvR goes)
Hughes Myers
Brodin Rafferty
Rathbone Woo
?
How to get Brodin? Well Minnesota will have to make some decisions about their defense and they might decide they can't extend Brodin, who will be UFA at the end of next season. So maybe the Canucks can put together something centred on Jake Virtanen, who I view as the best combination of expendable and tradable on the Canucks. No doubt other teams will be looking at Brodin so this can only work if the Wild really like Virtanen.
Don't ask me to make this work with the cap.