What now? Well, significant changes need to be made throughout the lineup if they are going to move forward and be competitive in the years to come. Demko needs to be traded. The defense is actually looking just ok, but you can’t now sacrifice what you’ve built on defense to strengthen the forward group because that’s a net sum zero move. Given the Canucks history they’ll flail around trying to get that 8th playoff spot and never really amount to anything.
In hindsight, trading the 1st for Marcus Pettersson now seems foolish, in my opinion.