The Canucks ought to be able to get Boeser signed for comparable money and term. He’s actually been a more productive player over his short career than Nylander has, but the injury history should keep the figure down, If the Canucks go even a hair over 7.25, it’ll be an overpayment based on what the market should bear.

The Hutton contract is shaping up to be an interesting one. He’s played at a high level this year and is probably due for a raise, but given the fact that he nearly found himself out of the league last year, I wouldn’t be surprised to see him sign another bridge deal with a modest increase in salary. He’s been good, but I’d imagine the Canucks will want to see that he can string two good seasons together before they commit to anything long-term.

Sam Gagner is probably still the most likely forward to get moved. He may not be playing with the big club right now but there’s still interest from other teams if the Canucks retain salary. Loui Eriksson’s contract also becomes fairly movable this summer once the majority of his bonuses have been paid. Outside of those two, I still think there’s a decent chance Sven Baertschi could be moved, although his concussion history has probably softened the market. I’d say it’s much more likely that if we see movement in the near future, it will be on the back end.

The only other player who I would consider to be a lock to play in the NHL next year is presumptive second overall pick Kaapo Kakko. Kakko’s already playing professional hockey in Finland and has 17 points in 25 games, good for fourth on his team in scoring. By next October he’ll have a full season in Liiga and another summer’s worth of training under his belt so I feel confident that he can play in 2019-20.

After Kakko, I’m not sure there’s anyone who looks like they can step in and contribute right away. NHL teams are more willing than ever to incorporate younger players into their lineup, but making the show at 18 years old is still a tall order. Chances are someone will be able to do it but I don’t feel confident predicting who that will be at this stage.

I was initially in favour of keeping Gaudette up for the entirety season, but based on what we’ve seen from him as the year has progressed, I would send him down. He’s been good enough to play in the bottom-six, but I’d rather see him get time to develop his game in Utica than watch him rotate in and out of the press box. I also have very little desire to see him play on the wing. If being an impact player is in his future, it’ll be as a centre, and that’s where he needs to play.

When you score 5 points in a single game, that’s going to overshadow a lot of other potential stories. Pettersson playing just 13 minutes is a story in a game where not much happens, but needless to say that wasn’t the case on Sunday. Your instinct is correct, though. It was the least amount of ice he’s seen since his very first game.

As far as the second question is concerned, Pettersson is keeping some pretty impressive company so far this season. He’s 19th overall in points/60, and that’s out of all players, including those that played just a single game. When removing players with less than 10 games from the equation, he ranks 15th. To give you an idea of how good that is, the three players ahead of him are Cam Atkinson, Mitch Marner, and Sidney Crosby. The player directly following him is Jack Eichel.

It’s hard to envision a scenario where he’s not one of the best three left-handed options this season. In fact, there’s a chance having him in the system would have negated the need for a Derrick Pouliot trade in the first place. I’m not sure he makes it into the lineup in a world where Quinn Hughes is on the team, though.

My initial reaction was to say “for Madden to play in the NHL”, but for the sake of fairness I’ll say a few more years of performing at the level he is right now. We’re 12 games into Jake Wise’s season and 14 into Madden’s. For either side to claim victory at this point would be absolutely ridiculous.

It’s also worth pointing out that this wasn’t strictly “our” take. It was the take of the vast majority of the scouting community, including TSN, The Hockey News, and NHL Central Scouting. We had him quite high on our list at 28, but that wasn’t even his highest ranking: Cam Robinson of Dobber Prospects ranked him as 2018’s 19th best prospect.

If the Madden pick works out I’ll happily concede that Judd Brackett was right and I was wrong, as I’ve done before. But I’m not doing at after 12 games.

Alex Edler: First round pick and/or a good prospect

Chris Tanev: Second-round pick and a mid-level prospect/late pick

Erik Gudbranson: Mid-round pick and/or mid-level prospect

Michael Del Zotto: Late pick

Anyone else would probably require salary retention and those trades can get pretty finicky to predict. I think there’s a marktet for Sam Gagner but have no idea what the return would look like.

Samus. She’s an androgynous killing machine, which is a descriptor which could be just as easily applied to Pettersson. She’s also quick, lean, and lethal from a distance and you know Pettersson wouldn’t let something as shallow as the character’s gender get in the way of a win.

Disclaimer: I haven’t played a video game since 2015 and am generally opposed to gaming in general, but luckily you picked something I’m actually somewhat familiar with.

Not at all. He looks like a rookie who’s struggling a bit with the travel and grind of a full NHL season and doesn’t quite have the offensive talent to make up for it. Considering that’s more or less what I expected it’s hard to be disappointed. Good players are available in the later rounds of the draft every year, but at the same time, no one falls to the fifth round without a reason. Adam Gaudette has a lot of tools and looks pretty comfortable playing at a high level, but we’re still talking about a guy who was taken with the 149th overall pick. The fact that he’s playing in the NHL at all is already a huge victory.