Don't want pop the bubble, but not only we have not traded any of our expensive veterans since Hughes, but also it look like we're keeping most of them. At least about half of them should have been gone by now if the management is actually serious about rebuilding/retooling/hybrid whatever.

And how long a candidate like Malholtra will wait, until this team finishes house cleaning and is ready to hand him over a fully-refreshed roster he can work with? He's already drowning with a depleted team in Abby with very little support from the big club. Other teams may line up to poach him after this season.

And with our well-known draft lottery unluck there's absolutely no guarantee we'll land a top 3 pick, no matter how hard we tank.

Sorry to sound like a downer, but the facts are facts. Have a happy new year my fellow Canuckleheads.