Trade Between the Canucks and Penguins Is Quickly Becoming One of Vancouver’s Regrets
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The Vancouver Canucks may come to regret their decision to move on from goaltender Arturs Silovs, who they dealt to the Pittsburgh Penguins back in the middle of July.As the club dealt with a bit of a crowded crease to start the offseason, the Vancouver Canucks decided to trade away reigning Calder Cup Playoff MVP Arturs Silovs sending him to the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for forward Chase Stillman and a fourth round pick in the 2027 NHL Entry Draft.
With Arturs Silovs needing to go through waivers in order to be assigned to the American Hockey League starting this season, instead of losing him for nothing on the wire, Patrik Allvin decided to take a proactive approach regarding the Latvian netminder, but early on, it looks like it might be coming back to bite the Canucks in a big way.
Vancouver Canucks may come to regret trading goaltender Arturs Silovs
In the first week and a half of November, the Vancouver Canucks have dealt with a number of injury issues throughout the organization when it comes to their goaltenders, with Thatcher Demko even on the sidelines over the weekend for maintenance reasons.
With the injury issues and the team’s not-so-great start to the 2025-26 season, some have been wondering if the Vancouver Canucks made the wrong decision to trade Arturs Silovs, with the Riga native having a 4-2-3 record, a 2.49 goals against average, a .916 save percentage and one shutout in Pittsburgh.
Despite all of that, Izzy Cheung of The Hockey News believes that Patrik Allvin ultimately made the right decision to move on from Silovs and put their full trust behind Thatcher Demko and Kevin Lankinen, who boast a combined 422 games of experience, which is vital for a Canucks team that is pushing to return to the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
“Choosing to stay with Silovs rather than one of Lankinen or Demko would not have been the right move for this particular organization, though this may have been the opposite if this were a different team with a different trajectory. For starters, both Lankinen and Demko have proven themselves on a consistent basis at the NHL level. While Silovs could have definitely been capable of doing-so this season or even the next, with the way Vancouver approaches their seasons – as if their playoff window is open – it wouldn’t have made sense for them to wait for a goaltender with potential, even if that may have been a better move in the long-run.” Cheung said.
Right now might not be the most perfect time to evaluate whether or not the Vancouver Canucks will regret dealing Arturs Silovs as there’s still a long ways to go in the 2025-26 season, but if Patrik Allvin’s group ends up missing out on the Stanley Cup Playoffs, and hypothetically, goaltending being a big reason for that, then questions will be asked about that July 13 trade with the Pittsburgh Penguins.
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