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Let’s call Goldobin, a 21-year-old former first-rounder who will make his Canuck debut Thursday against the Sharks, a B-plus prospect. Dahlen, who was chosen 42nd overall in last June’s deep draft and is merely tearing up the Swedish second division this season as a 19-year-old, probably grades even higher. Dahlen could be something special.

But if even just one of the two prospects succeeds in the NHL and becomes a top-six forward, this will have been a great week for Benning.

Certainly, it is a time of clarity.

After balancing their desires to rebuild and remain competitive, the Canucks have made it their clear priority to develop young players and try to be much better in two or three years than they are now. This isn’t the start of a rebuild. It is the acceleration of one.

“I think that started when I took the job here three years ago,” Benning told reporters Wednesday at Rogers Arena. “We wanted to get younger, get faster, build our core group up. And I think these last couple of days have just been a continuation of what we’ve tried to do since I got hired. We were able to add two young scorers to our mix.”

Only four players remain — Danny and Hank Sedin, Chris Tanev and Alex Edler — from the NHL roster Benning inherited from Mike Gillis on May 21, 2014.

A month later, Benning traded veterans Ryan Kesler and Jason Garrison for young 20-something players and draft picks. And so it has gone, albeit with a few contradictory moves along the way, notably the signing last July of 30-year-old free agent Loui Eriksson to a six-year contract worth $36-million US.