Who said anything about waiting years? BA has shown to be patient in the past and I think that will continue. I guess it will depend who is available and at what cost. I think BA would be a dumb fool to make a Hall type trade at this time.
That's how I see it.
Both before and after the move they prioritized draft picks and invested in development staff. The rebuild is not yet complete. Supplementing with vets like Sergy is great…but shouldn’t be the priority.
Nothing meaningful, maybe a fill in vet for a second or a third. BA takes forever to make any moves involving real assets, first/OEL/Chych, etc.... BA also doesn't seem to have any pressure on him to make the playoffs this year, so no need to give up future assets for meaningful help this year. BAs goal is playing in meaningful games, not making the playoffs or having meaningful improvements through trades.
I agree its not completed, I can tell by our record, the question is who will the GM and coach be once it is completed.
BA could have gotten more for OEL had he traded him a year earlier, his value didn't go up. I am glad Gunts looks so good, we have plenty of good wingers, the easiest position to play and get good players. 1D not so much. maybe we get the same pick a year earlier, same with Chych, the earlier you get the picks, the sooner the rebuild takes hold.So frustrating that he took so long to trade OEL and all we got back as the main piece was Dylan Guenther. Should've fired him right away after that. Priceless time wasted we'll never get back. Such a bad GM!!
That might all be true or maybe not, we don't know the inter workings of any trade really. It also took BA 18 months to trade Chych. Getting any young players a year earlier speeds up development time. I agree that rebuilds take years, but they don't all work, look at Buffalo and Detroit.Don't forget that OEL had a NTC and would only accept a trade to either VAN or BOS. Best I can tell:
BOS highest 2020 draft pick was 1st round, 27th OA (ended up trading it to ANA.)
VAN highest 2020 pick was 1st round, 20th OA (ended up trading it to TBL.)
The two teams that OEL would allow a trade to didn't have as much to offer in 2020. Waiting as long as BA did looks like it was out of necessity to me. Unless he was going to make a trade for quantity over quality just for the sake of time. And I'd take Guenther over a bunch of lesser parts any day.
Edit: And if I recall correctly it didn't seem like BOS was all that interested in trading for OEL. So that means that BA really only had Jim Benning to deal with. The good news is Benning was an idiot because I don't think any other GM in the NHL makes that trade. Especially without any competition from other teams to get the player.
Speculation on your part. The OEL trade turned out great for Utah, and I don't care if Gunner is a winger or not because a winger of his caliber don't grow on trees, and not many teams has a winger like Gunner. As far as Chych goes, that remains to be seen, but other GM's knew Chych wanted a trade and that may have hurt getting a trade done earlier, or the return.
How can you call Chych a mess of a player? A player getting traded for peanuts, as you say, has nothing to do with Chych's play, rather a GM getting fleeced in a trade. Chych played good for Ottawa and is playing very well for the Capitals. The Chych trade, at this time, is far from being called masterful. As far as the OEL trade goes, I think it has ended up well for all players involved, but the Canucks as an organization took a hit.
