I mean, they tried making deals but either didn't like the prices or had their hands tied.
They tried moving Boeser for Marino but Pens said no.
There were lots of discussions about Pearson, but he has a full NTC.
They were talking to LA about Garland, but LA completely lowballed on us.
They talked to NY and TOR about Miller, but TOR refused to include Sandin, and NY probably refused to include Schneider.
They tried to trade Halak, but the guy sucks and there's no market for him.
It's pretty clear management knows pretty damn well which direction they want to go, but they also know that they don't have to make these trades today and they can hold out to the draft.
They wouldn't be in talks with a divisional rival we're trying to catch about Garland if they weren't all in on punting this season.
For reference, here's what an "A" deadline looks like, but Anaheim got extremely lucky having 4 UFAs that had significant value around the league and was clearly out of the playoff picture and entering the new Zegras + Drysdale era of the franchise.
It's got to be a big fat F in spite of the Hamonic dump. We're clearly not competing for the playoffs anymore, yet we didn't actually sell assets that would command a good price to prepare for future season. Allvin needed to start undoing the damage from Benning's years ASAP and he hasn't done that to a meaningful degree. Instead, he'll probably be looking to trade from a position of weakness in the off-season.
Not until you see next year’s roster, you probably shouldn’t criticise anyone too harsh reallyRemember that Twitter guy Ry saying what an amazing front office The Canucks have now? Even before doing one single thing?
You cannot criticize this new diverse management group!
People that want to move Boeser/Miller/Garland/Bo for whatever is out there this TDL regardless of the value are as equally shortsighted as the previous regime
Then what do you want them to do with major pieces this TDL exactly? Sounds like you were convinced that fair offers were available and that they just didn’t execute, what’s your source ??again more lies and twisting things around from you, that's not at all what fans wanted.