It's probably not going to be an enjoyable day for Canucks fans (to be fair, is it ever?), but don't worry. We're here, and you can join us in laughing at all the other teams also screwing up their rosters.

Alright, a little bit of housekeeping before we get started. If you haven't already seen it, we've welcomed a new writer to our staff. Thursday's been a part of the readership of NM for a long time, and we're thrilled to have her come aboard and provide a fresh perspective to the coverage. Also, there's no possible way that she's as angry and bitter as the rest of us, so that's really nice for all of you. Good to have you on the team, Thursday. Sorry we swear so much. It's Francesco's fault.

Anyway, she broke down the Canucks draft experience, so if you haven't read it, please do. Overall, I think that was a decent job by JR & PA. I mean, we were expecting that 1st rounder to get traded away, so to get what looks like a solid prospect at 15 is good, as well as a goaltender that Ian Clark raves about with their second pick. If Clark likes him, there's something there, and that bodes well for the future.

So far, the Canucks have been re-upping some of the Abbotsford crew, including a number of key pieces from their Championship run. The most notable is a one year, one way deal for Max Sasson, with a $775k AAV. This is a chance for Sasson, who performed well during his call ups and was a rock throughout the playoffs for Abbotsford, to earn a multi year deal, and I'm here for it. Also re-signed were Aatu Raty, Arshdeep Bains, and Guillaume Brisebois.

The full NMC on Elias Pettersson's contract has kicked in, and we should hear the announcement of a new deal for Thatcher Demko as early as today, as well as the official announcement of Conor Garland's deal, but the stark reality of the Canucks losing the production of Brock Boeser and Pius Suter is a little sobering to say the least. For a team that struggled to score this past season, it's gonna take a hell of a day from Patrik Allvin to give Canucks fans hope heading forward.

There's also word that Arturs Silovs is being shopped around, and I get this. It's a valuable asset that could help bring in an improvement that we need, and while it would be awesome if there was room for him, the Canucks are likely to go with Demko and Kevin Lankinen, because it's trade Silovs, or trade one of those two, and I don't think they'd be eager to part with either.