Last Friday I asked the CanucksArmy staff what their New Years resolution would be for the Canucks. That week after Christmas such as it is — busy, disorienting and overwhelming if you’re covering the World Junior Hockey Championships — I never got around to posting it.

I posed a similar question to you, the readership, on this week’s edition of WWYDW, because hell, who doesn’t like topical holiday content?

Now that I have your answers, let’s see how they compare to those of the CanucksArmy writers. Here are their answers for what the Canucks New Years resolution should be for 2018.

If you ask me, their New Year’s Resolution should be to stay healthy. For just one year, I’d like to see exactly what Vancouver can do without the revolving door of IR placements.

On the other hand, tho, Jacob Markstrom’s New Year’s Resolution should be to stop allowing early game goals.

I feel like the Canucks New Year’s Resolution should be to move out tradable assets by the deadline and continue to stock the shelves of their prospect cupboard. Guddy, Vanek, and possibly Tanev could all be moved out and “should” bring back some decent pieces for the future. There are some good pieces already on the way, but the more, the merrier as far as I’m concerned.

Improve their foresight. Most of their issues have been foreseeable, and I’d like to see them deal with preventable issues before they happen rather than as they happen. Overall, I’d say they’ve improved year-to-year on this front. I’d love to see that trend continue in 2018.

Their New Years resolution should be to focus on the long-term rebuilding goal seen at last year’s trade deadline, stick to it, and not get caught up in any short-term success. The Canucks are only 4 points out of a playoff spot, however at this point 4 points is a lot of ground to make up and they need to avoid pressing a panic button to acquire a top 6 forward.

Instead, getting as many assets in return for their UFAs as possible is key. Vanek and Gudbranson will likely fetch something decent for the team in the long run. Focusing on the long-term picture will help lead this team back towards being successful club.

The Canucks should work on keeping players that actually work out and find ways to move the ones that are wasted space. Tough to do but they are making progress and could make a splash within a season or so

I want the Canucks to focus on rebuilding their blue line in the upcoming season, by whatever means possible. That’s their resolution.

Whether that means turning their trade deadline assets directly into blue chip defensive prospects or draft picks that will eventually turn into just that, the Canucks have to build their blue line in a big way. It’s clear that Ben Hutton and to a lesser extent Troy Stecher aren’t going to be top pair, minute-eating defencemen, and you can say the same of pretty much any other young Canucks defender.

That’s going to be a significant issue for this club as they try to take that step from rebuilding team to contender. They can’t have Olli Juolevi and an awkward silence for a prospect pool on the back-end. Things have to improve.