Deep Blue Sea: What’s wrong in Vancouver?

Photo by Devin Manky/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesThe Vancouver Canucks have been free-falling for what seems like the past few years. While the team is definitely playing ‘Want U Back’ every time Jonathan Dahlen hits the ice, divesting themselves of General Manager Jim Benning might not solve all their problems.

The Canucks are a poorly constructed team whose management has been making trades and drafting as if the team were in a playoff position, which means that the Canucks are left without key draft picks and are under the thumb of some big contracts. The closest the Canucks have come to the Stanley Cup in recent times was during the 2019-20 post-season bubble, where they lost in the…