gradin123 Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Yes they are worse than Buffalo and Calgary, at least right now! Their record since January 1st backs me up too as they are now 5-16-3 in 2014. They are a team in complete disarray as an organization with no real leader or direction. Going forward, there is also very little to be hopeful in the near future either. Sure, Jensen has picked up his play lately but he still has had a disappointing season overall. Gaunce really looks like he is still a couple of years from contributing, Hunter Shikaruk lost his season due to injury and with his small size if injuries start happening with him he might never make the NHL and Bo Horvat, while being the Canucks best prospect really can't be counted on for much next year. One ray of hope though is that it appears the Canucks are seriously in the hunt for Connor McDavid in the 2015 Draft and he just may be the type of player who could turn a franchise around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bombastik der Teutone Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Buffalo is pretty good actually and this with no real offence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.DirtyDangles Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 We suck that bad ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevkev Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Can a case be made for this to be the worst team ever? Lets look at some numbers The Canucks have earned 13 points in 26 games since Dec 29. The next worst team is Buffalo with 19 points. With 18 games remaining that gives them 9 more points. A full season of that would give them 41 points. Because of a 10-1-1 December and a decent October they have masked how bad they now are, and are on pace at finishing at 75 points this year. The teams currently on pace to finish lower are Buffalo with 66, Florida with 68, NYI with 70 and Edmonton with 74. In 99 they finished with the 2nd worst record in the league at 58 points, but they were consistently bad that entire year rather than what we see now. The Canucks are currently sitting with 151 goals, second worse to Buffalos 127. Their current pace since Dec 29 is 1.1 goals per game. With 18 games left that 20 more goals, and a finish of 171. The previous low mark was the same 99 team finishing with 192 goals. Also, only 4 teams have finished lower since the Canucks came to the league. Tampa bay in 98 with 151, columbus in 02 with 164, and atlanta in 2000 with 170. Buffalo is on pace to take first place on this list with 140, so its a curse of the 1970 teams. Canucks powerplay will finish below 14% since they came into the league, and remain third worst this year. In that same 98-99 season the Canucks had up and comers Mattias Ohlund, Markus Naslund, Todd Bertuzzi, Ed Jovanovski, Alex Mogilny who was traded for Brendan Morrison, Bryan McCabe who would become a second overall pick, Matt Cooke, and many other future Canuck stars. This was also the year the club would draft the Sedins with their pick as well as the McCabe pick. Although they ended with the worst record in the west, they had building blocks to drive that team to some great years to come. Can we list players on the current Canucks team which we can say will have that kind of impact in the next 3 years? Furthermore the Canucks are not a team who likes to bring in young talent. They say they do but to date have refused to do so. Canucks have had one trade request which has gone public each year since the cup run....Hodgson, Luongo, and Kesler. They currently have 9 untradable players, as the managment team refuses to ask players to waive NTC's. Not to mention the worst trade and drafts records in a 6 year stretch. Since 2008, only two Canuck draftees have any NHL experience. Hodgson and Jordan Schroeder. Hodgson has been traded and Schroeder cant crack the current lineup. Of all players traded to the Canucks since the arrival of Gillis (not including the Luongo deal) only Kassian, Higgins, and Booth remain with the team. Booth remains a buyout candidate, Jury is out on Kassian, and Higgins is going into his final years as a pro hockey player. Goals per dollar spent on this team is most definately the worst in team history. Especially with two former Art Ross winners, a former Selke winner, and a former Hart winner. Mid level Free agent signings are the one bright spot of this team, with the likes of Tanev, Santorelli, Garrison, Hamhuis, Lack. But these are not top players. They are role players. So what do you think. Has there been a worse Canucks team in their history than what the current team is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twilight Sparkle Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 We suck that bad ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotherCanucker911 Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Season's not done. We still have a little chance to turn it around. Ask me after the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.DirtyDangles Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Well i'ma just keep rolling around until we win then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twilight Sparkle Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Well i'ma just keep rolling around until we win then you do that. ima just steal your food lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandmaster Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Season's not done. We still have a little chance to turn it around. Ask me after the season. Really? Wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slappipappi Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 The team is performing poorly to be sure, but the larger sample size is generally preferable over the smaller. Extrapolating their final games based on the streak since the start of January is cherry picking stats. I assume the final games will be somewhat better that their streak since Jan 1. I certainly hope so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.DirtyDangles Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 you do that. ima just steal your food lol I will send my attack squirrels yo ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kumquats Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 you do that. ima just steal your food lol You cannot take my Ramen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainism Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Twilight Sparkle Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 I will send my attack squirrels yo ! **** yo squirrels You cannot take my Ramen! your ramen noodles shall make a nice offering, human Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kumquats Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 your ramen noodles shall make a nice offering, human Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevkev Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 The team is performing poorly to be sure, but the larger sample size is generally preferable over the smaller. Extrapolating their final games based on the streak since the start of January is cherry picking stats. I assume the final games will be somewhat better that their streak since Jan 1. I certainly hope so. I praise your optimism, but I would say you are in the very small minority. As for small sample size? This run is the largest sample of consistent results this year. Decembers record was the smaller sample size. This run is essentially almost half of the season to date (29 out of 64 games) and performance is still declining. Im afraid the team you see is the real team you have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goat James Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Season's not done. We still have a little chance to turn it around. Ask me after the season. No, it's done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spliced Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 They're also boring as heck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timberz21 Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Good let finish in top 10 for a better draft pick and a better shot at winning the lottery. Ekblad .......but of course Gillis would be Reinhart (he's a really good player too, but Ekblad is the next Weber). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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