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So you don’t think the Canucks should draft a defenceman.

At least, not with the fifth overall pick.

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You’ve seen Troy Stecher and Ben Hutton, two emerging young players who have promising top-four tomorrows.

There are still Chris Tanev and Alex Edler, the two best veterans who have years left as the blue-line’s axis. And there’s Olli Juolevi, the future.

Maybe Juolevi doesn’t have the potential to be a Norris finalist, but he can certainly be in the tier below, and that’s still one of the better defencemen in the National Hockey League.

All of this is good, but not good enough. Not even close if you’ve been watching Erik Karlsson and the Nashville Predators this post-season.

Karlsson, obviously, is the ridiculous skater who has been carrying the Ottawa Senators and doing it hurt. The Predators, meanwhile, have built the most dynamic defence in the league, and it has carried them to the Western Conference finals.