Jim Benning clearly had a New Year’s Resolution. That, or the Ghost of Christmas Future got in his head.
The message however, was clear. 2019 is Thatcher Demko time.
That much was made official this morning when the Vancouver Canucks sent Anders Nilsson and Darren Archibald to the Ottawa Senators for 35-year-old goaltender Mike McKenna, 31-year-old Tom Pyatt and a 2019 6th round draft pick.
Nilsson spent his year and a half in Vancouver mired in mediocrity. He started off strong in both of his two seasons, only to falter down the stretch.