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The person who threw the jersey on the ice wasn’t very bright in my humble opinion but it made a statement that’s still resonating a day later. Dumulion’s act of returning the jersey was solid. I won’t be burning or chucking my jersey any time soon and I’m plenty frustrated, but can compartmentalize my appreciation for the Canucks so that it doesn’t bleed into anything else I do. The jersey chucker wasn’t able to as such and clearly their emotions got the better of their actions. I do agree that more people staying away from home games will have a stronger impact and the subsequent cancellation of seasons tickets will really have an impact.
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Yet here we are discussing it. Maybe some of those fans would like to see the team they cheer for and support look like a team and not a collection of individuals. Yet there were plenty of people in jerseys standing on cars and joining in the melee. The spark was started by nihilistic folks, but it’s not like it was extinguished once it got downtown.
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That’s the point. That’s how fans are voicing their frustration. Really, if that person paid for the jersey they threw they just wasted their own money, so who really cares what they do. It’s been done in both Toronto and Edmonton after years of futility and now it’s come to roost in Vancouver. Considering how Vancouverites have reacted to the Canucks losing on the past, this is pretty tame.
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Completely disagree. Hughes has been a lot better. When the forwards aren’t completely blowing it, the defense shows improvement in structure, however the personnel aren’t anywhere near being good enough to compete. Hughes, OEL, and Schenn serve exactly the purpose they’re intended to. With Green still at the helm of things and BumGardener still (inexplicably) in charge of the defense, seeing Shaw’s full influence isn’t easy.
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Pretty much. It’s getting ugly and it was completely avoidable.
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I don’t buy the whole “fans won’t accept a rebuild” either. The fans want a winning team, one that comes to play every night and leaves it on the ice. That’s not what’s happening these days. The team is disjointed and rudderless. The ticket prices they charge are out of sync completely.
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The team is owned by the family (really the father) so Francesco could be moved out and replaced at any time. I see it being very likely that a different brother takes over, and possibly doesn’t things the right way by hiring a president who’ll then make changes from the top down.
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Inactivity creating a lack of trust for fans (?)
PhillipBlunt replied to PetterssonOrPeterson's topic in Canucks Talk
The team is poorly run from the top down. That should be clear to anyone watching. They have no identity whatsoever. They can barely skate the puck up ice without losing it to the opposition in the neutral zone. Most of the players couldn’t thread a pass to save their lives. Very few of the players outside of Luke Schenn show any sort of pushback or physicality. The Canucks are essentially a rudderless ship heading out into the open ocean with no way to get back. No purpose or drive. The only thing that is truly consistent from this team are the post game excuses that ring progressively more hollow with each lifeless game. The team has some excellent players on the roster. Demko and Hughes are the two pieces that the team should be built around going forward. The team also needs real leaders who'll stand up for the team and put them on their backs. It can’t just be Horvat and Miller. Relieving Benning, Green, and the assortment of people below them (keeping only Clark and Shaw) is essential to moving forward. Hopefully the Aquilini family sees how poorly this team has done under Francesco, and removes him from his position. The boos and chants were inevitable. The jersey toss, a shortsighted action. That being said, Canucks fans have endured enough losing throughout the team’s lifespan. Staying the course will mean not only will the team lose more games, but they’ll lose quite a few fans as well.