On a fateful draft night in 2021, I watched my TV and twitter eagerly as I watched my Canucks, holding the 9th overall pick, decide what to do with the valuable asset. I personally was praying for either William Eklund or Brandt Clarke, but a consensus top-7 pick in Dylan Guenther was available for the taking at the 9th overall pick, where he would be selected. Only, the Canucks were not the team to select at their previously owned 9th pick. Instead, the Canucks moved the 9th overall pick as well as some cap dumps in Nucks Legend Loui Eriksson, Jay Beagle, and Roussel for decent middle-six winger Conor Garland and Oliver freaking Ekman-Larsson. Guenther looks like a great, future top-6 winger for the Coyotes with top-line upside, and the cap dumps have run out leaving their cap situation empty. On the other hand, Conor Garland has seen little playing time on the powerplay or even just in even strength minutes as the Canucks are dealing with a significant winger log-jam. His trade value is reportedly nearing neutral, which is almost the worst case scenario given the 9th overall pick spent on the 5'9 winger. However, things went much worse for Vancouver with OEL. Oliver had a decent first season in Vancouver with Tyler Myers forming a formidable 2nd pairing but this season was completely ASS and had to be bought out. So to recap, the Canucks sent the 9th overall pick, a 2nd rounder, and some 1 year cap dumps for a middle-six slightly overpaid winger and 16m of dead cap spread over the next 6 years or something. Thanks Jim.