The absolute worst trade the Canucks have ever made, with no doubt in my mind, has to be by far the one that resulted in OEL coming over.

Here's the breakdown:

The Canucks give Antoine Roussel, Jay Beagle, and the 6 million dollar meme machine himself Loui Eriksson, all who were in the final years of their contracts, as well as the 9th overall pick in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft, a pick who turned out to be Dylan Guenther, a pick the next year, 2022, in the second round, and a 2023 7th rounder (why?).

In exchange, they received OEL (12% retained?? 15% was too much hey?) and the signing rights to Conor Garland.

As we all know Canucks just bought out OEL, thankfully, but that trade set us back so far back and for what? OEL I love him, but was never gonna be the player he was. It was an atrocious contract, unreal that Benning couldn't get more than 12% retention, the three contracts we sent back were in the final year. Literally doing nothing would have been so much better.