It's looking bleak, friends. Even with a win in their last game over Colorado, the Canucks have a couple big games before Monday's trade deadline, starting tonight with another team struggling to get back into the post season mix: The Ottawa Senators.
A couple of trades kept things interesting over this layoff the Canucks found themselves on, some much-needed rest as they prepare for the stretch drive. The Hunter Shinkaruk trade was a shocker to be sure, and on the surface, doesn't seem to make a whole lot of sense. The Canucks, a team struggling to find goal scoring trading away a prospect who's been tearing it up in the AHL for Markus Granlund, who seems to be a downgrade, and a gamble to see if he could be a reclamation project like Sven Baertschi.