[Vancity]

Shane O'Brien is a career 6th or 7th defenseman at best. Instead of going public with his complaints, he should have dealt with it internally with coaches, and managment. His time with the Canucks is probably done, because this kind of thing does not bode well in the locker room, or with the organization as a whole. He's replacable, and I'm sure some teams in the NHL would love to have a hard-nosed defenseman.

I've said before that if the Canucks lose 3 out of 4 on this current home stand, AV will be fired, and the Canucks will probably be sellers, not buyers come the trade deadline. I wouldn't be surprised if the Canucks go towards a full out youth movement. We have some nice pieces in place: Edler, Raymond, Hodgson, Wellwood, Schneider, etc. We also have some nice pieces we can use as trade bait: Luongo (If the Canucks continue to lose, he's not going to stay, so might as well trade him to a team out east), Ohlund, Mitchell, etc (I know they have no-trade clauses, management can talk to them about waiving them to go to a contender), Salo, Shane O'Brien, H. Sedin, D. Sedin, etc.

If we can retain H. Sedin and D. Sedin for decent prices, I'd say resign them. However, I can't see them as captains of this team. Good players, but not great. They produce, but they're not clutch players when the moment calls for them to be just that.