With this team neither competing nor are they tanking for the next few years, they are going to be mediocre at best. Players like Hughes is not going to stay around because he wants to win the stanley cup. I believe he would want to go to the Devils once his contract is up and join his brother, and doubt we can be the team that lures Jack Hughes to the Canucks.
With Petterson and Hughes out of the way, we can finally start our rebuild and tank for a few years. After that, hopefully McDavid will start his decline and the canucks with several high promise prospects will be on the rise.