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Originally Posted by jeedee
lol what
"deal with the scoring later"
have you not watched the canucks for the past 3 years? the same team that can't score if their lives depended on it.. especially in the playoffs.
if the canucks somehow got the 1st overall I'd take Reinharts offensive skills over Ekblad easily. the d core is pretty much set for the next few years sadly..
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Yes I have watched the last 3 years of Canucks hockey. I've also watched every Cup winning team in the last decade (and further back if you want to go that far) win a Cup with a bonafide stud number 1 d-man.
If you stack a good defensive system with a great-excellent defence, you can get as far as the Canucks did in 2011. (2003 Ducks, the NJ Cup final teams). It's not something I want to see as a fan, but I'm just stating an observation.
Once Hamhuis is done his contract in 2-3 years, the Vancouver defence will take a huge hit. That's about as long as I give the current D-Core for the Canucks before they start their inevitable decline. Why not guarantee (to an extent, Eckblad is only 18 after all) having a stud defenceman for the foreseeable future.
Offensive talent comes and goes at a much faster pace than stud defenceman- I think we can agree on that at least.