The Deserving Downfall Of The Vancouver Canucks
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Are the Canucks the biggest disgrace in hockey? If not, who?
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The blackhawks are on an absolute next level for shame and shitty conduct.
canucks have bad karma coming to them since the steve moore incident. its that simple. it's out of the control of the franchise...its in gods hands u could say
Edmonton oilers. 2 best players in the league and they play in a weak conference but they are hanging on to a wildcard spot. #OilersSuck
i think the leafs are bigger disgrace
Blackhawks with the whole Brad Aldrich shit
being here a year later feels pretty nice
This didn't age well...
Yup it actually did
Nah
That's why drafting well and not throwing away assets on rentals unless your team is truly ready is important
*Looks awkwardly at the Panthers...*
Amen
@@deansmith6593 better hope the devils don’t alley oop the sharks holtz for a Meier rental lol
@@electrohouselover07 C’mon now. 30 games of grit and overall terrible play from Chiarot was easily worth an unprotected first.
The Canucks are by no means alone having put together such a flawed strategy, and they have just 2 playoff series wins, following their last Cup appearance (2011), to show for that flawed strategy.
As a Canucks fan...this IS 100% FACTS! thank you for telling the truth
nothing about this is facts. this is just a guy being overly intellectual which is masturbatory. the canucks are in this position because of the steve moore thing. they have bad karma coming their way for a while. it's that simple
No, it should be required watching for the family and friends of Canucks fans, who need a primer on why we're so salty. We've been preaching this for years. These are the most discussed topics on the team's subreddit(which is in my opinion a more dedicated fanbase than canuckstwitter considering the content and level of discussion)
I hate being a canucks fan man
facts
@@clippythepaperclip304 me too man. the first time in my life I feel this way too.
The whole homegrown talent idea is why I'm so excited about the near future of the Buffalo Sabres. They have such a stacked prospect pool, as well as so many good young draftees on the current roster.
They could be a modern dynasty
It took them long enough
Sweet! All it took you was ten straight top ten draft picks.
Trust me..they'll fuck it up
I could chirp, but the Sabres deserve to have some hope for once. Hopefully they can put it all together.
As a Canucks fan since birth it sucks man. I watch us do so many great Canucks dirty cause the teams ownership and management are so incompetent. I can’t help but feel guilty for so many of our Canuck greats. I’ll never forget what they did to Lou at the winter classic. Don’t even get me started on Bruce
I can’t even support them rn. Waiting for them to sell the team until then I’m cheering for Edmonton… feels weird
i knw sucks! been a knucks fan since 1994, this year it ended
What happened to Bruce Boudreau was nothing short of disgraceful.
I can't figure out Which Canadian Team, hates Common Canadian Players that will win you the Cup.
Canadian Teams Only want Euro Ice Soccer Players who don't know how to Play Positional Hockey you need to win the Cup. That's why the League Painted the Trapezoids on the Ice to remind You No Canucks or Wahoos allowed. Canadians know how to cover the Far side on the Change, WHY the Traps? Game and Stat fixing was the Reason the Goalies beat the Far side to the Puck, and thats why the Traps are there so You don't see the Game Fixing.
@@thatcanadianwhitetrashguy the Avalanche won the most recent Stanley cup with a top line that had a Finn, a Swede, and a Canadian. The Lightning won two cups and the ECF with their best forward being Russian, their second best defenseman being Russian, and their goalie (arguably the best in the game right now) also being Russian.
Meanwhile the Habs, Flames, and Oilers have been drafting Canadian players for decades now and haven’t won in 30 years. Hell, from 2004 to 2015 the Leafs only ever drafted Canadians yet they were garbage. Vancouver’s most recent Canadian first round pick was Jake Virtanen, their two most recent Canadian second round picks were Jett Woo and Kole Lind . None of those players did anything at the NHL level.
No, player nationality is an excuse. The truth is that the management and/or scouting of Canadian teams are trash, and the management of some American teams are not trash. Simple as that.
As a Leafs fan I empathize with the Canucks. It feels like we were in the late 70s and 80s. I love to see all the Canadian teams succeed. Here's hoping for your sake that you can get things straightened out!
I would prefer all the US teams succeed (except for Buffalo and NYI) :)
Benning is our Jeff Ferguson Jr.
That Canucks/Coyotes deal doesn't get highlighted enough!
facts!
It's a franchise destroying trade for Vancouver and a slam dunk for the Coyotes
I agree it was a bad trade, but when it happened, Benning was hailed as a genius. It was a brilliant move, according to the sports experts. Imagine how nice it would be to work in a hockey market that actually likes their team.
I like that Boston offers players the opportunity to make a career there.
yeah hard to argue with them
Boston also expect a hometown discount, something is non-existent in vancouver
@@Underdogbassist Actually when vancouver was on the top of the league many players took home town discounts.
@@Underdogbassist it's why they've managed to be so competitive for the better part of the last 20yrs
Don't glorify the Bruins management too much. They have a similar history of ownership interference. The claim to fame is the tainted cup bestowed on them by the nhl and daddy Campbell.
I have to say the quality of your videos have gotten so much better over time. Nothing against the old ones but your latest posts have been so consistent and professional. Much love❤
i know you are Canucks fan but could be interesting to do this type of video on every team ! not necessarily the downfall but why teams are at this stage of downfall/success with their drafts over the years !
7:41 the coyotes actually traded Garland as making $775,000. It was the Canucks that turned around and gave him that fat contract.
@@joshuat8147 no the nucks signed him. Check the facts before you reply nonsense
@@theabyss9016 memory served me wrong forgot how bad Jim benning was at doing that gm thing
@@theabyss9016 no he is telling the truth here, Garland was only making $775,000 a season but the contract ended a the end of the 2021 season, Garland was traded to Vancouver 2 months later where Vancouver would sign him
@@Austin_Hunter that's literally what I said lmao
@@theabyss9016 oh lmao
I really enjoyed watching Willie Dejardin’s time as coach. He played all four lines almost equally and that let him spread the top forwards across all four lines in different combos throughout the season. They didn’t always win, but they were fun to watch. A few of the third & fourth line guys from that time are still floating around the league because they got so much playing experience and exposure.
Dude. Thank you so much for putting this together... I was wondering what the hell was happening behind the scenes. This was great..
Love it. Good work as always
No management anywhere ever learns from their mistakes because they never admit their mistakes. Same here in this case.
Excellent video, very informative, factual and to the point.
Great video, Rob! I am looking forward to the addition of rthpodcast.
You forgot to mention the JT Miller signing for 7 YEARS at 8 million dollars. A transaction that leads directly to the departure of Bo Horvat and indirectly to the firing of Bruce Boudreau. Prioritizing Miller over Horvat was so short-sighted! All management did was ONLY look at the numbers, while ignoring all the intangibles like leadership, temperament, popularity, defensive play, faceoffs, turnovers, and the fact that Horvat was a homegrown talent, whereas Miller was acquired via a high-risk trade involving a Canucks first-round pick. A trade that initially paid off for the Canucks. But with this horrible contract they just gave Miller has turned out to be a disaster.
@NaPo7 I'll admit, Canucks management didn't forsee Horvat having a career year, thus increasing his value to the point that they couldn't re-sign him. However, it's the JOB of Canucks management to imagine various realistic "what if" scenarios. Such as, what if Miller starts to regress quicker than they expect? Or what if Horvat hits his peek in the next 3 years? By signing Miller to that contract, they eliminated a plan B and took away a crucial safety net. We see now the result of them not thinking ahead and asking themselves, what if, ahead of time.
The main point in the video was the Canuck team drafted and later traded picks while the best teams drafted to develop. Miller was a 15th overall pick who was traded to Tampa Bay and on to the Canucks. Miller cost the Canucks a 3td round AND conditional future 1st round pick. The point of the blog was that instead of bringing along their own high picks, the Canucks have been TRADING AWAY high draft picks for players who have reached their prime or are headed down hill.
In an ideal world you sell high, trade them both for great assets and kick start a much needed rebuild.
@NaPo7 I mean, nobody expected Horvat to do this, but at the same time, sign him in the fucking summer lol, you could have signed him for 6.5 or 7.
Just as confirmation that it’s all about $$$ - it seems that, as soon as Miller signed his outrageous contract, his play has become abysmal. How can the Canucks trade away their captain and one of, if not the best player on team? There’s obviously no loyalty to the team. What other factors were at play? Rumour was that there are issues in dressing room…
Who is responsible for poison in the dressing room?
I think their contracts should be tied to production. In almost all other walks of life, you reap rewards based on the quality of your work.
Vancouver’s ‘core for the future’ only lasts until next season’s trade deadline.
I remember Luongo said something in the press about beating the bruins, some players never learn, never give your opponent extra reasons to want to beat you, because often they do.
I still hang that 2011 cup loss around Loungo's neck. I was a Canucks fan going back to the late 70's...but 2011 broke me. Seeing what they've done in the following years hasn't changed my mind at all. Go Oilers!
@@Zero-Fox-Garage
That loss deserves to be hung around Aaron Rome's neck more IMHO because his hit on Nathan Horton woke the sleeping B's.
@@MrJordwalk That was definitely a factor too, but I still believe Luongo should have been able to shut the door for at least one game after that.
@@Zero-Fox-Garage hahaha, luongo had 2 shutouts in that series, it would’ve been a 5 game series AT MOST with any other goalie between the pipes for Vancouver. How many playoff series have went to 7 games where one team is out scored nearly 3-1?
Great video!!!! Should be required watching by every Canuck fan!!! Huge thumbs up !!
Should be required watching for Canucks OWNERSHIP & MANAGEMENT!
@@amcrann LMAO!! !!! You are the man!!
Very well done, keep em coming.
23-24 Canucks: We're back, baby!
Do we even want to elaborate the fact that the Eriksson contract also left the Canucks so cap strapped that they couldn't resign Markstrom, Tanev, and Toffoli.
Previous to that they drafted Olli Yolevi AHEAD of Matt Tkachuk.
Great video. You could do the same review on the Blackhawks downfall under Stan Bowman. Shannon (THG) did a good summary on the homegrown talent they had leading up to the 3 cups. Better days ahead for all the dumpster fires we hope. Appreciate your content!
Well, unfortunately, great management talent was not passed on generationally from father to son. Then, the sexual assault scandal where that cost Bowman and Quenneville their jobs and it's been downhill since. They still have Toews and Kane but the team is a doormat right now. As it's often said, a bank never failed because a teller couldn't add 2 and 2. It's always management that makes either success or failure happen. Maybe, Bobby Hull can now intervene with the Almighty on the Hawks' behalf, but I doubt even that would help. Here's hoping that their management is wiser for the future.
I situations like this it almost always starts at the top with ownership mismanagement
I'm from Vancouver lived here since 2004. It's been crazy seeing the true colors of the city once you've been in the market for awhile, and let me just say that the large industry here mostly have no sense of directions... it's all foreign real estate money 😂 so nobody has clue how to manage cap space, if you need money they borrow it which ironically is very American like in some areas except as Canadians we can't print money nor do we own lots of secured future asset... sort of exactly like describing the dire Canucks' financial situation today sadly.
The Blues FINALLY hit that wall where not having a top 10 forward drafted since Rod Brind’Amour in the 80’s has finally caught up with us. For example, the Sabres have missed the playoffs 11 seasons in a row while the Blues have missed the playoffs 8 times in franchise history. Middle of the pack picks for decades with the exception of Johnson and Pietrangelo. Seeing how badly the Canucks’ management played this is really upsetting, lol.
I love your content. Thank you.
You missed one glaring spot! Their inability to develop players. How can you draft that many players in the past decade and only a handful develop into NHL players. And they don’t even have to remain with the Canucks. The majority aren’t on any of the clubs! I’m not even suggesting they be 1st or 2nd liners. 3rd or 4th are perfectly acceptable. The scouting and development areas are their biggest problems.
That was the main point of this video. I entirely agree
My Blues are the best at developing goalies. The downside is we only end up trading them for nothing and they go on to be solid starters or backups.
@@jeremybyington lol what? No they aren’t 😂 more like the rangers than anyone, and I’m an islanders fan
Bro… did you watch the video?
Facts
Well researched and put together
Another amazing video created by a real talent!
This video aged well 🤣
Great video. Very informative.
All hail king louie!! Since we traded our greatest Player ever, Canucks have never been the same. He single handedly made our team great.
I remember all the luongo hate around 2010. So many People were talking trash and there were memes of him letting in beach balls. Garbage team with a garbage fanbase
@noided lou erickson not luongo. There is only 1 king.
love the goldeneye theme mixed in, nice touch
Great video!
Great insight in this video. Keep it up. If you build it, they will come.
Great video! Really wish linden was able to do his thing... Heart and soul Canuck and aquilini needs to go
Great video, but the Lightning are getting team friendly deals because they’re benefitting from a salary cap that doesn’t take into consideration the local tax breaks their players enjoy to sign there for less.
No state income tax is a wonderful thing. This is from a Florida resident.
What are all your channels so I can follow and watch love the vids
Perfect summary front to back 👌🏼
Not only is it management, I feel those 2011 riots have cursed them, doomed to embarrassment and mockery till the end of time, and it’s the fans own damn fault.
You realize that a huge amount of people that came to riot were from out of town right? A lot of them weren't even canucks fans.
@@canuck2444 oh so they were just opportunists then, nvr mind.
You nailed it dude. I grew up in Burnaby BC and started followng the Canucks when Pat Quinn was playing for them. Yup, I'm old 🤣I eventually gave up on them after years of disappointment. I just got tired of it. But like anything, If the people in charge are making bad decisions, it will lead to an inferior product.
Come 2024 and Garland is playing so well for what he's being paid. Amazing what a different season and mentality can do.
Leafs fan here.. just wanna see the Canucks do well for Canada's sake
Flanes fan here Canucks suck ..
@@craigusselman546 I look forward to hopefully seeing a non-Habs' Canadian team ("NHCT") win a Cup as much as I respect the success the Habs have had winning post-1967 Cups (more than any remaining Canadian team). That the Habs are this season unlikely to see playoff action -> Canada's only hope for a Cup win will likely be with a non-Habs' team.
Going into games to be played following the All-Star Break, the:
- Leafs, 2nd in the Atlantic Division, are 14 points ahead of the 4th-place team in that division
- Jets, 2nd in the Central, are 8 points ahead of the Avs in that division
- Oilers, 4th in the Pacific, are within 2 points of a top 3 divisional spot (held by the 62-point Golden Knights)
- Flames, 5th in the Pacific, are tied with the Avs on points (57) but have played 2 more regular-season games, knocking the Alberta team to 3rd in the West wildcard race
- Sens, 6th in the Atlantic, are 6 points behind the Pens for a playoff spot but going into the All-Star Break, had earned 12 points over their last 10
- Habs and Canucks, with 44 and 43 respective points, are 13 and 14 behind the nearest available playoff spots in their conferences
I'd like to believe, with the Leafs' having failed to win a playoff series from the 2005-06 to the 2021-22 season, a non-Leafs' non-Habs' Canadian team will this season win a Cup. Which team will that be? It'll likely have to be 1 of the Jets, Oilers and Flames because although the Sens are 6 points out of a playoff spot, the:
- Caps, Pens, Sabres, Isles and Panthers are ahead of the Sens, with a requirement for the Southeastern Ontario team to leapfrog over 4 of the other teams whilst also ensuring neither the Flyers nor Wings pass them
- Canucks, over a dozen points out of a playoff spot are unlikely to make up anywhere near enough ground to get into such a spot
No
@@wainber1 No
@@JHockeyFan I see nothing wrong with my mention of what team, or type thereof, I hope will win a Stanley Cup in June thank you very much.
Great video! This story is eerily similar to the Edmonton Oilers of the last 15 years.
At least you guys got McDavid out of it lol, the most talented player to ever play hockey.
@King Odin yes very true, but McDavid masks a lot of the issues the Oilers still have.
Nice to see the Tucson Roadrunners on one of your videos
As a Kings fan... it was sure nice to see the Kings with the former Canucks captain kick their ass in the 2012 8th seed vs 1st seed upset.
Great info and got me in to mood to play James Bond. Good music
Well put together . God it is painful being a Canucks fan
I love the typo at 2:47 20111 lol but keep up the good work tho
Ownership sucks, the fact we haven’t been the same since 2011 and one meddling owner says a lot. We got suckered for 8 years under the ‘genius’ that was Jim Benning.
Ur videos pop up on my feed once in a while and I always like ur content. I think u gave great takes in this video and I agree that the horvat trade is just the start. But that's all it is right now, I just hope management finally builds on that and gives us something to look forward to
All Canucks fans understand that it wasn’t the GM and owner that screwed the franchise not Boudreau. The NHL also Screwed the Canucks in 2011 by letting Boston use a player for game 7 that should have been suspended and would have been if it was any other game
i will never tire of random goldeneye music drops
Let's be honest. Bruce's firing was a blessing in disguise. He no longer has to deal with the NHL's bullshit. I feel bad for him, for sure, but I'm glad he no longer has to put up with their fuckery anymore.
45 Years before I was born, The Vancouver Millionaires won the Stanley Cup, 10 years later the Victoria Cougars won it...the last non-NHL Team to do so. So in BC Canada we had 2 Stanley Cup Winners PRIOR to THE RED LINE and WW2. When I was born in 1959 the Vancouver Canucks were a WHL Minor Pro Team. A top player for them in the 50's and 60's was Phil Maloney who played on the WHL Canucks later coached them in 1973-74. In 1970-71 I got a to see my 1st Canucks Game at the Pacific Coliseum when I was 11 years old. I also saw the Vancouver Blazers (WHA) play the Toronto Toros of the WHA in 1975 when i was 15. So I also saw the 3 series where the Canucks made it to the Stanley Cup Finals. The 1st of those was a mismatch as they lost to the dynastic New York Islanders (which would probably have defeated any Stanley Cup Winner of the past 25 years, so losing in 5 games to them was no disgrace). The 1993-4 loss to the New York Rangers in 7 was a whisker away from a WIN and between that close series and the 2011 loss in 7 games to the Boston Bruins gives you an appreciation of how Soccer/Football/Futbol World Cup Final "multiple losers" like Holland and Hungary must feel. of course they are "WINNERS" by just being in it! So I have that sort of attitude for the Canucks. As a kis to a teen I was a Montreal Canadiens Fan so I saw them win 8 Stanley Cups in 12 years (a better team than even the Islanders of course). Chicago would have won in 1965, 1971 and 1973 had Montreal not been there to beat them in the FINALS. Same for Boston in both 1969 and 1971 (I never met either Orr or Esposito but I did experience 2 weeks of Hockey School at age 9 in 1969 when Captain Johnny Bucyk and Johnny "Pie" McKenzie taught us in SUMMER, McKenzie took me and another kid that was having trouble skating backwards and in 1 hour he molded us into decent backward skaters for our age group)! Arguably Boston should have won in both 1969 and 1971 but being a Canadiens Fan i was glad that Montreal won. I even predicted that Jean Beliveau would score the OT winner in game 6, as Montreal won all 3 OT Games in that series which was even more exciting than the 1971 win where Ken Dryden won the Conn Smythe BEFORE winning the CALDER Trophy as ROOKIE of the YEAR the next year! He was THAT GREEN! But with 1.65 GAA in 9 games prior to the PLAYOFFS it was no fluke either! Anyway the Canucks might need another 5-6 years to get to another Stanley Cup Final, and hopefully finally win one when they do.
For the 2011 team, I will say a good word on the team management's behalf. They bought in what the NHL told all the teams - that they would eliminate much of the rough stuff and focus on skating and puck handling, which the league's official crew largely did until the playoffs. How can anyone forget that when Marchand slapping Daniel Sedin around with the referee standing right next to them, Sedin looked at the ref who just shrugged it off. This just seared in my memory. I also remember Thornton saying that had Boston not won, players like him would not have a place in the league.
This aged really well!
Thanks for the content rob its solid as per usual 🙂
Acquilini got the taste of money during the success of the late 00's and ultimately the 2011 cup run, he wanted it so bad he fired the one guy that LOVED the team and cared for its success. Since then the team has been on a steep downward spiral. It is the greed from the owner you see all this...
Great video
I’m glad that you didn’t pull any punches and told it like it is this is just the messier in Vancouver years all over again the only difference is that they are under a much bigger microscope with that being said management took probably the most popular coach in recent team memory and threw him out to save their own asses I know things will better soon love a born and raised Canucks fan
I'd like to be optimistic for next season, but I believe it will be another 3-5 years before the Canucks can turn things around. Their situation is so screwed up that this will require massive trading and new signings to get it right.
I could have sworn I was expected to watch a Ottawa Senators doc but im good, something different.
I always wonder why OTTAWA sucks so much .
I mean ,it's CANADAS ' CAPITOL fer sure eh !
What Canadian wouldn't want to play their !?
Their previous GMs have either traded away draft picks like "someone handing out candy on Halloween" or in Jim Benning's case went all out in FA with veteran signings with term.
Great video!
Do you have any videos about the 1993/1994 Canucks led by Cliff Ronning, Geoff Courtnall, Trevor Linden, Kirk McLean and Pavel Bure?
I loved that team!
Too bad they came up a little short against the Rags in the SCF.
Do you mean the '93/94 season?
Being a Canucks fan right now is so exhausting. I'm so tired. 😂
It would be fun to see a video on the Stars turnaround this season. The predictions leading into the season across the board seemed to be they were not a playoff team and look at them now.
They're definitely better than they were last year but it's not that big of a turnaround. I didn't see any way of them missing the playoffs.
It’s sad because Stars owners tried to buy Canucks before Aqua. Canucks would I feel be so much better off under the Gaglardis
and the Canucks are still standing!
There's a saying in football. Days 1 and 2 are where you sell tickets. Day 3 is where you win championships.
Depth drafting is CRUCIAL to being successful
Been a Canucks fan my whole life. I'm from the Okanagan. I'm "in the know" about the Canucks, unlike some others who claim to be fans. Let me just say, team has underperformed because of "woke" politics.
I don't care if JT Miller's feelings ends up getting hurt but the Canucks have to trade him before his new contract with the NMC kicks in!
Who would want him? Unfortunately, I doubt someone would want that contract
Idiot
Really hope they build around Petey and acquire players that actually complement each other, but the management is probably gonna mess that up too
Benning was an operative still working for the Bruins organization.
Well done with this video. Sums up the Canuck way
I honestly don't know if Demko will ever recover from his injury last year.
I think RTH is very close to the main issues with the Canucks. As a fan of the Canucks going way back to the 82 Cup Finalists team or even before (was still a toddler back then so don't know for sure) I can say that the problem with the Canucks is not so much they're selecting bad draft picks when they do get to select draft picks, but:
1- They keep trading away too many draft picks in panic moves to solve short term problems at long term cost
2- They're not good enough at developing their minor league talent into NHL level talent.
Let me explain #2 a bit more. Most draft picks beyond the top round are not naturally NHL ready. For that matter, many 1st round picks are not usually NHL ready out the gate. They need to be developed and learn the skills to perform well at the NHL level. That the Canucks have so few draft picks and homegrown talent in their roster is in part a testimant to the failure of their organization to properly prepare their young talent to be NHL ready and then properly give them the shot if/when they are. So 1 of 3 things must be happening to their homegrown talent, in any combination:
1- They're trading too many of them away for aging veterans
2- They're losing them to free agency when they fill up too man roster spots with overpaid, aging veterans who can't live up to their pay grade
3- They're failing to develop their young talent sufficiently for them to be good enough to play at the NHL level
Those 3 problems you can't solve by just making better draft picks, or making more draft picks. You have to have the right minor league system in place to develop them to be capable of playing in the NHL, then you have to have the patience with them to let them learn the game, and the confidence in them to let them play the game when they're ready, and the wisdom to recognize the difference between not good enough and not ready yet.
The Canucks as an organization, since 2011 has failed at all of that. So the prodogcies, the Thatcher Demco, Elias Petterson and Quinn Houghes types will make it, as they're so good from the Juniors to go at the NHL level with minimal development and can out work and out skill the aging veterans right out of the roster. But what about the Hogalnders and Joe Lunchapails in the farm system? They don't stand a chance to edging out $7.5 mil a year OEL or $4.5 mil a year Garland. The team NEEDS to play those guys regardless, for as long as they're at least "good enough" as they can't afford that much cap hit and not be playing them.
These issues have transcended many coaching staffs and GMs, so it's not any of them that are the source. It's not the players as they have no control over broad roster and management decisions. They're doing the best they can with what they have, which is each other. It has to trace to the top, the owner, Fransesco Aquilini got silver eyes and lost sight of the bigger picture. Either he has to learn from his mistakes, and do better now we've got a full new coaching and management team - use this as a chance at a fresh start. Or he has to sell the team to a new owner who's not blinded by the silver lights of an almost cup.
the goldeneye pause music was a fantastic choice. what a fucking banger of a tune
Growing up a Canucks fan, it hurts to see the team these days.
Touché
I follow all 32 teams and try to watch as many games as I can. I’ve always been a Blackhawks fan, but knowing that they would be trash this year, I decided to follow a second team closer than the others. I (foolishly) chose Vancouver because I was intrigued by the end of last season and I generally like the team, broadcast crew and Bruce Boudreau. Needless to say, it has not gone well. Somehow after watching the Hockey Guy’s channel for 5 years and listening to him lament his Canucks fandom, I did not see this coming. Even though Bruce is gone, I’m still watching every game. I’m invested in the team now. I’m likely a fan for life. That said, I very much disagree with how management and ownership has run this team. I like JT Miller but that contract is atrocious and I don’t support some of his antics, I’m glad he cares though and is passionate about winning. My hope for this season is that they play Podkolzin and Silovs and the kids more, get them playing time and retool in the summer. Get through a training camp with Toc and see how next year goes. Management still doesn’t give me high hopes but, I’d rather be optimistic, no matter how many times I’m wrong. On the bright side, being a fan of two terrible teams, doubles my chances of getting Bedard on one of them.
I follow Shannon (t h g ) I live in Ohio in the states. CBJ is my team .i like Rob and am going to start following him .cant watch TV media they are full of it .I follow the Jets, Leafs , Flames , Kracken ,kings, Stars, Rangers , Boston, Panthers .so i watch a lot of hockey , thank you DVR
Bruce Boudreau seemed to inspire the team when he started as the coach, but even he couldn't make a contending team out of the players he was given. So, management made him the fall guy as it's easier to fire 1 coach than 20-odd players. But, as it is said, a bank never failed because one teller couldn't add 2 and 2; it's always the management who charts the success or failure of any company, corporation, or sports franchise. The owner should take a long look in a mirror to find the main person responsible for this ongoing mess.
❤️ from Boston
Small correction. The OEL trade happened at the draft. Benning and Green were fired roughly two months into the season. Definitely not a week later. I think you may have been thinking of when Edmonton fired Chiarelli right after he extended Miiko Koskinen.
Ownership is the key to any franchise. Teams with good owners do well, generally. Teams with poor owners do not. Look at the Clippers in basketball. They had top 3 picks in the draft for 30 years. And in basketball, you only need 3 players to really compete.The team was sold, and they got better. Look at the Tampa Rays. One of the lowest payrolls in baseball, but always in the mix.
It wasn't just Linden who asked for a rebuild and got shot down, then "fired". Gillis wanted the same almost a decade ago and was also fired. Gillis saw the writing on the wall with the then team. The guy misses the playoffs once in 6 years and gets fired because he wanted a rebuild. Benning misses the playoffs like 5/6 years or something crazy like that and he gets resigned. That pretty much should tell everyone that the owner was the true GM of the team when Benning was in charge. Owner, who's a fan and not an actual GM, hired Benning only because he was a yes man. Benning made some really terrible moves and I'm not sure how much of this had to do with the owner. But one thing is clear... ownership never wanted a rebuild and thus cause this whole mess. 100%, this team/PR nightmare is the end result of ownership's meddling/decision making.
One thing with "overpaying" is that there's a massive team-by-team difference between what the team pays and what the player gets. I think this is one thing I'd fix from the salary cap.
Now whether it makes Canucks any better or even worse, is a whole different topic.
Also for cap space, it is important to consider how much of that space is due to long term injuries. For example, you add Gabriel Landeskog to an Avalanche roster and we're talking about quite a big chunk of the cap space being/not being free.
2:52 i'll never forget the draft class of 20111, so many busts so many steals
Arrest this time traveler right now!!!
now theres talks of them trading Demko, are they really going to have Spencer Martin as their starter?
It would've been a worse downfall if they signed Bo Horvat for 8.5m for 8 years.
Toronto Maple Leafs fan: Hold my beer.
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Being from Victoria I'm a proud Red Wings fan for Life but it's been really hard being a Canucks fan.
The Canucks' "General Manager" and "President of hockey operations" positions have been a revolving door of embarrassment. The only thing worse is ownership, and we're stuck with them. I hope everyone on the Canucks who is any good gets the opportunity to jump ship, the way Horvat did, and salvage their careers. The Canucks organization is a nut-house being run by the nutjobs.
Two events have destined Van to the bottom of the league for the next 4-5 years.
#1. Drafting Juolevi ahead of Tkachuk in 2016.
#2. The OEL for Eriksson trade.
You can add a 3rd soon. #3. Trading a 1st and a 2nd in a super deep draft for what might be 1 year of Hronek when the team was already in cap hell. Don't think Nucks management realizes that Hronek is due for a big raise after next season. Guess what? Nucks won't have cap space to re-sign him as they have too many bad contracts now and are already over the cap.
As a Canucks fan for so long I just can’t watch anymore. Been looking at other teams to cheer for
Players also pay less tax in some states so they’re more likely to take a more team friendly contract
I remember back in 2011, there were interviews and the consensus was that the Canucks were the most hated potential Stanley Cup Champions. Now were the most hated because of Horvat and Boudreau. A little dramatic
What did I do in my previous life to be a Canucks fan? It has been nothing but pain. We won't even tank right to end the season. Demko will come back from injury, regain his form from last year and steal a bunch of games for Vancouver. Can't wait for them to pick 11th overall this year.
And people said Vancouver would be better than Vegas LMFAO
I honestly don't care about any of the crap that's happened over the last decade as a Canucks fan. If I could reverse just one thing, it would be the OEL + Garland deal. I would still be totally fine trading Bo (I wanted him and Miller gone), but to have Guenther and that cap space? Man. Things are so much different with just that one move.