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I Was Wrong—The Nate Schmidt Trade Was An Absolute GIFT For The Vancouver Canucks (NHL News Today)



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Let’s talk about the Vancouver Canucks and Nate Schmidt, and how this trade is, in the short-term at least, an absolute gift for the team.

Schmidt was acquired from the Vegas Golden Knights in exchange for a measly 3rd round pick, in order for VGK to free up the necessary room to bring in Alex Pietrangelo, formerly of the St. Louis Blues.

This video is taking place before the upcoming 2021 NHL Season.

Unique to the 2021 NHL Season Divisions are new divisions, which go as follows:

North Division: Calgary Flames, Edmonton Oilers, Montreal Canadiens, Ottawa Senators, Toronto Maple Leafs, Vancouver Canucks, and Winnipeg Jets.

West Division: Anaheim Ducks, Arizona Coyotes, Colorado Avalanche, Los Angeles Kings, Minnesota Wild, San Jose Sharks, St. Louis Blues, and Vegas Golden Knights.

Central Division: Carolina Hurricanes, Chicago Blackhawks, Columbus Blue Jackets, Dallas Stars, Detroit Red Wings, Florida Panthers, Nashville Predators, and Tampa Bay Lightning.

East Division: Boston Bruins, Buffalo Sabres, New Jersey Devils, New York Islanders, New York Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Washington Capitals.

This also is taking place after the 2020 NHL Entry Draft.

The 2020 NHL Draft 1st Round went as follows:

1st) New York Rangers, Alexis Lafrenière
2nd) Los Angeles Kings, Quinton Byfield
3rd) Ottawa Senators (from San Jose Sharks), Tim Stützle
4th) Detroit Red Wings, Lucas Raymond
5th) Ottawa Senators, Jake Sanderson
6th) Anaheim Ducks, Jamie Drysdale
7th) New Jersey Devils, Alexander Holtz
8th) Buffalo Sabres, Jack Quinn
9th) Minnesota Wild, Marco Rossi
10th) Winnipeg Jets, Cole Perfetti
11th) Nashville Predators, Yaroslav Askarov
12th) Florida Panthers, Anton Lundell
13th) Carolina Hurricanes (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Seth Jarvis
14th) Edmonton Oilers, Dylan Holloway
15th) Toronto Maple Leafs (from Pittsburgh Penguins), Rodion Amirov
16th) Montreal Canadiens, Kaiden Guhle
17th) Chicago Blackhawks, Lukas Reichel
18th) New Jersey Devils (from Arizona Coyotes), Dawson Mercer
19th) New York Rangers (from Calgary Flames), Braden Schneider
20th) New Jersey Devils (from Vancouver Canucks), Shakir Mukhamadullin
21st) Columbus Blue Jackets, Yegor Chinakov
22nd) Washington Capitals (from Carolina Hurricanes via New York Rangers and Calgary Flames), Hendrix Lapierre
23rd) Philadelphia Flyers, Tyson Foerster
24th) Calgary Flames (from Washington Capitals), Connor Zary
25th) Colorado Avalanche, Justin Barron
26th) St. Louis Blues, Jake Neighbours
27th) Anaheim Ducks (from Boston Bruins), Jacob Perreault
28th) Ottawa Senators (from New York Islanders), Ridly Greig
29th) Vegas Golden Knights, Brendan Brisson
30th) Dallas Stars, Mavrik Bourque
31st) San Jose Sharks (from Tampa Bay Lightning), Ozzy Wiesblatt

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50 Comments

  5. Goodeye

    Again my Brother tells me, this guy beat us on Vegas. I'm like wow this is great. I think he will have a career year. Vancouver has a more offensive system than Vegas. Like Miller I had to be told who he was then again wow. He sees the ice better than Tanev did. You know I am lactose intolerant. I had a chocolate shake and then chocolate rain.

  7. Anotherwaterboy

    Why did you think that was bad for the cunucks as a Vegas fan who's watched every game for 3/4 years it's going to be sad to see him play for another team

  15. popeye sailor

    Chocolate rain. The best hockey game I ever saw was with Harvard and Minnesota 3 ot's. I really think Canucks owe a debt to Vegas for this one.

  18. dave walker

    Only real good trades Benning has done are Miller and Schmitt when other teams up against cap . Now if only Benning never signed all those free agents , to think Barzal making a million more than the Myers .

  24. carlos vangrinder

    A third rounder for Nate at the money he makes is another steal for Jim Benning. I am very impressed with how he has replaced all of the players he lost due to the free agency cap issues. I think we will be as good or better than last year if Swiner can make the team and the goal tenders perform up to their potential. For me the goal tending is the only sketchy area, because Holtby wasn't very good last year and Demko is untried at the 1A or 1B spot. With the whirl wind schedule they will need both of them to play good to be successful. The black aces depth should be good as the farm has seasoned some good depth for the team this year. Should be fun.

  26. Mason Yuzwa

    As a vgk fan it sux to see nate dogg go, but im glad he went to a team where he can still be a star on the blue line !! 👍👍 but yea, you canucks got a good player for a great trade !!

  32. doaftheloaf

    he's a legit #2 D and you got him for a 3rd. i don't know why you'd ever have thought it was a bad idea.

    my habs just signed jeff petry, a very similar but older player, to a similar contract, and i'm happy with it. that's the kind of guy you have in schmidt.

  34. Helova Shot

    The real question is WHO is gonna be more healthy this season? Hamonic or Taney? They are both injurie prone.
    Oh and Golen Rain 😂

  35. Eelio's Pizza

    His contract might only look rough in its last year. He will still be productive for 4 more years easily.

  40. Joey Killer

    How could anyone not consider the Schmidt trade a steal?!
    01:25 – I predict we'll see a video from Lego in 2024/2025 with the title "I was wrong – The Nate Schmidt contract is not ugly". 🙂

  42. Glen McDonald

    I never knew what u were talking about in the first place. Even in "today's NHL", decent players don't START slowing down until they hit about 32 or 33 years old… U keep talking like 29 or 30 years of age is old and over the hill…

  43. SoHowYouDoin

    Elias Pettersson mic'd up during practice I weigh more then Quinn that's his sense of humor lol😂

  45. Vegas Andrew

    Be careful what you wish for. Schmidt is a turnover machine. Nate has a GREAT personality and is a really good person BUT he turns over the puck a TON. I've watched every minute of every Knights game ever and no other player made me so nervous when he was about to pass, just so so so many bad passes and giveaways.

  50. Doug Christen

    Guess the Canucks don’t like steroid users on their team and unloaded Nate Schit to the Jets! Winnipeg likes steroid users on their team!

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