Patel Bure

Only joined here last year but I was posting on other forums before joining this one (ie HFCanucks, Canuckscorner, Canuckscentral).

I’d only consider moving Horvat for a very elite prospect (ie Noah Dobson, Braden Schneider, etc.). I was seriously contemplating the idea of moving both Horvat and Miller about 8-10 days ago but I’ve had a change of heart. I want the Canucks to continue competing hard with their current core players under Bruce Boudreau, and set the tone for next year. If the Canucks are still struggling by the time the 2023 trade deadline rolls around, THEN we explore options for moving Horvat et al. Keep the core for now and let’s see how we do with Boudreau.

This is the one rare moment where I will agree with Thomas Drance. Joe Sakic is arguably the best GM in the game right now (Yzerman being the other), and McFarland has had the opportunity to work alongside Sakic since 2015. If MacFarland has learned well from Sakic, then we could be in extremely good hands.

A big hell no to moving Horvat.

Have I mentioned that I effing love Boudreau already? This guy could be a godsend for us. WHY WASN'T GREEN DOING THIS KIND OF STUFF?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?

#trollolololol

I hear ya. When you’ve been struggling and you’re trying to pick yourself off the mat however, you try and build on any positive that’s out there. So for us, the Canucks should absolutely be trying to draw inspiration from their 3 out of 4 stretch while feeling good about their new style of hockey that they implemented against the Kings. If they defeat the Bruins in the next game, then they absolutely have a right to start feeling positive about possibly clawing back.

If you want to talk old school, I’ve been around since the rival.com days of 2000. Was also a part of the now defunct Canuckscentral.com

You can only play the teams in front of you. 3 of 4 is still 3 of 4. The Kings are also a middle of the road team and we saw a lot of positives from last night. Yes it’s *way* too early to be talking about the playoffs, but Boudreau’s plan of “winning” each week also made a lot of sense. Lots of short term goals and then the big picture can shape up.

So.....why did you choose to use “JohnTavares” as your handle nick as a self proclaimed Canucks fan? Please explain yourself. 15 year olds like myself am interested to hear your explanation.

With respect to the OP, we’ve won 3 of our last 4 games.

With respect, that really remains to be seen. Even the other day, you mentioned that “to the victor goes the spoils”.......implying that you were somehow “victorious” because you predicted that the Canucks would fail. You felt compelled to say “I told you so” to those that dared to support both Benning and the Canucks. With all due respect, your behavior heavily infers that you would rather cheer against your fellow fans than cheer on your team. In this respect, you are absolutely no different than HFCanucks, Thomas Drance, JD Burke, and any other members of our toxic media and their minions (HFCanucks).

What about the assistant GM’s in Colorado (MacFarland) or Carolina?

I believe Aqua when he said that. Guys like Thomas Drance and JD Burke are cancers and menaces to the Canucks hockey community and they were the ones that started the "meddling ownership" nonsense. My only beef with the Aqua's is that when Gillis wanted to start the rebuild in 2012 and sell our top players while their values were high, ownership told Gillis that they didn't support his vision.

Weisbrod always came across as a bit of a snake in the grass to me. Was never sold on Weisbrod. But man - I'm just listening to the Bruce boudreau introductory press conference right now and man!...........what a breath of fresh air. So personable and forthcoming. I'm getting a really good feeling about this guy.

One low key happy moment for me is seeing Scott Walker back with us. Loved him as a player when he played for us during the 90's.

Just doing the math, I think a 35-18-3 record over these next 56 games would require us to win 5 out of every 8 games on average I believe. Nucks should just focus on playing high quality hockey one game at a time and not worry about the standings for now.

He’s a troll from HFCanucks who is basically only here to tell Benning supporters that “they told us so” (with regards to the Canucks falling this season). The truly funny thing is that outside of our PK, they got every single reason wrong as to why we would struggle this season. Respond to humor him but take what he says with a massive grain of salt. Him, @AV.and @JohnTavares are only here to start trouble.

Would have been interesting to see what your response would have been had Benning still been the GM. :-/. In all seriousness, I agree with most others in this thread that it’s just one game so far. Let’s get back to .500 and then go from there. Typically, teams that make the playoffs are about 9-10 games over .500. The Canucks should focus on playing high quality hockey night in night out and Atleast set the tone and infrastructure for next season in a worst case scenario.

Just curious - which team and GM do you idolize in terms of a team that “rebuilt the right way” and became an elite team in record time? Go Ahead....reveal this team to us. After that, I would like you to do a playoff history search on said team and see how long it took for said team to become really good. I think this will be a good exercise and learning experience for you.

And he might not have to take the blue pill like Neo either.

@DownUndaCanuck, Love your analysis in this thread. I also love the Podkolzin-Pettersson-Garland line that Boudreau threw and can’t fathom as to why Green didn’t put these guys together much earlier. Just mind boggling. I didn’t watch tonight’s game but I’m hoping that we see Miller and Horvat play together at some point with Hoglander and Boeser rotating on that right side (preferably Boeser as I think Hoglander would find a way to still be useful on a 3rd line).

BRUCE THERE IT IS!!!!!!!!!!!

You and me both brother. :-p

Seriously wondering if 66 year Boudreau could get any woman he wants tonight in Vancouver for breathing some life back into this team.