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Things like this tend to get my attention.

I began looking around and couldn’t quite believe what I uncovered next

Comets Cory was suggesting Vanek to the Canucks a year before it happened.

Now, that’s not too far out-of-left field.

But remember Sam Gagner?

Cory did it first:

Cory was on Pouliot to Van too:

And way back in 2014, he landed his biggest fish of all, nailing the Luongo pieces exactly how they were played two days before the trade dropped:

In three words, well done sir.

So when I started thinking about a realistic Eriksson deal to Montreal, Comets Cory instantly became the analyst I felt most comfortable with.

At times, he seems to know this front office better than this front office knows itself.

I laid out some parameters for the transaction and one was a bit of a curveball for him.

Montreal may have interest in Eriksson but would want the Canucks to retain salary and, it’s believed, put in the sweetener too.

With that set up, I then sat back and watched this beautiful mind go to work.

At one point, he had Goldy in a package, but this is how it ended up:

A third you say?

(The Provies has made a vow, if the Canucks trade for a top-90 pick before the draft, an entire week next season will be dedicated to positive-only angles).

Montreal isn’t high on McCarron.

At least, not as high as the city once was.

The franchise seems to have spent much of the year grooming him in the AHL for future bottom-six status.

He is 23 and some think has potential to be an effective player in the bigs.