Former teammate of Guentzel shuts down what might be the Canucks' biggest worry

"I don't think Jake Guentzel is, was, or is the fastest player. When I played with him, I never found him to be, you know, a player with blazing speed. So, I don't think, like, the legs are going to significantly fall off, and that's going to be catastrophic for him. Like, I think his speed is his speed, whereas someone like Mikheyev, very different player, obviously. But when the legs fell off, that was...that's' it. Like that's what he had. So that's not going to be an issue for him." Corrado said.

He added, "He's a shooter...his game has always been based around how do I get my shot off? How do I kind of think about getting into positions to get my shot off? As long as you're playing with, you know, someone who can distribute the puck and, someone who can find you and, you know, an offensive zone kind of scheme that finds quiet areas of the ice, you should be fine, and at least that's probably...listen, there's going to be term attached to this contract, I would imagine that's the case for half, like half of the contract. There's half of that contract that I wouldn't really even be afraid of. And I think there's a good example this year is what Steven Stamkos was able to do. Different players, different ways they attack the game, but Stamkos is what, 34? And he just had, you know, a point per game season where he scored 40 goals and he's been often injured. Jake Guentzel has not really been, you now, like, he hasn't been injured to the extent that Steven Stamkos has been. So I, I don't worry about it, especially in, you know, if it's a seven year deal, which would be a long time, years one, two, three and four, I don't worry about it. And I think for, you know, the Canucks, it's like they're trying to be good you know, now. So you're trying to catch that lightning in a bottle and see if you can grab the last four to five years of Jake Guentzel's, you know, high productivity."