Well, we’re running the Monday Mailbag on a Monday this time around. That’s a good start. Who knows, maybe I can provide more entertainment value here than the Canucks and Devils last night.

That’s not a terribly high bar to clear, but I want to keep things realistic. Let’s put theory into practice. It’s question time — answering time, rather.

There are too many problems with the Canucks power play to keep track. The Sedins aren’t one of them. If you want to point to any one player in the Canucks’ power play troupe as a problem, it’s Jayson Megna. That’s obvious to literally everyone but the Canucks.

This is a long-winded way of saying I can’t fathom any reason to split the Sedin twins on the power play. Or even strength, for that matter.

I think I’ve made a misstep in referencing Jake Virtanen’s shooting percentage with as much authority or certainty as I have. I started to do some digging after I made those remarks to make sure my recollection of that particular part of his draft year was correct and found that I couldn’t conclusively indicate whether I was or wasn’t.

The way someone in the industry explained it to me was that the Hitmen were feasting on PDO that year. As such, it was highly likely but not certain that Virtanen was a chief beneficiary. Since the WHL doesn’t track player shots, that makes a tonne of sense.

It’s punishment for something you did in a previous life. It’s definitely that.

It’s a not a certainty, but there’s a better than zero chance, which isn’t to the Canucks credit given how easily they could avoid this scenario.

If the Canucks don’t trade Jannik Hansen and protect the forwards we expect them to (Henrik and Daniel Sedin, Loui Eriksson, Brandon Sutter and Bo Horvat) that puts him in direct competition with Granlund and Baertschi. The Canucks can only protect two of the three. The math here is simple.

That’s why it’s so outright infuriating to hear the Canucks aren’t interested in asking players to waive their no-trade clauses — because that’s apparently a thing all of a sudden. Hansen has a limited no-trade. They don’t have to ask him to waive anything. Just get him to submit his list, and work within those parameters.

Alternatively, they can keep him and win maybe an extra game for it between the trade deadline and the end of the season, then lose him or a member of their young core for nothing.

Intuitively, I feel like the obvious answer here is yes. I saw something today that suggested the exact opposite, though. Or at least that’s what I think Stephen Burtch is striking at in this series of tweets.

I’m willing to defer here. The evidence is compelling. I think.

I’d think he’s been asked about that in a few different ways by Jason Botchford and Canucks Army’s own Jeff Paterson. If you don’t follow either of the two for whatever reason, go ahead and fix that. You’ll be better for it.

Can we not do this? The Sedin twins played so far below their market value for so many of their peak years. If they’re a little overpaid towards the end of their career, I can live with that. The Canucks are paying Derek Dorsett and Luca Sbisa a combined 6-plus million a year. Let’s not pretend the Canucks’ cap concerns start or end with the Twins.

I tend to think that’s not something we should fret over. If Jim Benning’s recent comments about not trading away draft picks are true, the Canucks aren’t going to be terribly active on the market. They just don’t have much they’re willing to deal.

It’s tough to say what exactly the Canucks should be looking to add. The Canucks need nothing more than a Sedin succession plan. That’s hard to find on the trade market. Near impossible, even. Then again, that’s where the Canucks found Markus Naslund and Todd Bertuzzi, so I suppose anything’s possible.

I’ve heard Anthony Duclair’s name floated around the rumour mill. He’s at the top of my list if I’m running the Canucks. Maybe I try prying a young forward from a team with an oncoming expansion draft crisis, although, the Canucks might count themselves among those teams, so I wonder how that works.

I was so young for so much of the West Coast Express. I was also living in California for a huge chunk of it. That’s the era I associate with Brian Burke and Marc Crawford. I don’t know how much use I am for answering questions of that ilk.

However, I like that Burke guy. Great name — a brand you can trust. Also, he’s just the consummate Irishmen. Complete hot head without any semblance of a filter. Doesn’t matter how many generations removed from the homeland with the Irish, I swear their traits carry over. Also, he has hair that could double for a helmet. Come to think of it; I’ve a fair amount in common with this guy.

I don’t have a god damn clue what playing Jayson Megna is. Believe it or not, though, the Canucks genuinely see his addition as value added. So I can say for one thing, it’s not a tank move. I’m not sure if that makes it better or not.