If I'm Vancouver, I keep Beauvillier and see what he does with the team. No real reason to make this deal.

Leafs likely don't make the deal either as they need the cap space.

Canucks gain $2,000,000 in cap space and bottom 9 centre depth

Cuz 2 Million in cap space is gonna turn you from a team stuck in the margins to a team primed to win the Cup?

If you expect every trade to single handedly turn around a franchise then I have a bridge to sell you

If you expect to win the cup from a multitude of these little deeds of little or no significance, then I hope you like keeping your driveway free of dried leaves while your house is burning down.

Until the OEL contract is dealt with, Vancouver's not gonna fix their problems by trading away a slightly overpaid 3rd liner for slightly overpaid 4th liner.

No, a ton of little trades won't single handidly win you the cup. However, minor moves can be good. Revolutionary, I know

I agree, but managing the cap means trading your more inefficient contracts, not just clearing up cap space, which I should have made more clear with my first remark.