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  1. Too soon. This coaching change should have been held for a couple weeks before the TDL. We now have a team that can make a run and blow this whole drafting opportunity into garbage. There is no way we are making the playoffs. Terrible timing
  2. Just read this article and got a bit sad again when I read the part I pasted below the link https://theathletic.com/4119167/2023/01/23/bruce-boudreau-exclusive-canucks-firing/?amp=1 One high-profile player came into Boudreau’s office and was crying uncontrollably and audibly as he hugged him in front of assistants. On Sunday, Boudreau got a slew of texts from his players, including “the most beautiful text” from sometimes-maligned J.T. Miller.
  3. If they had said no we are definitely not changing coaches in the middle of the season again then it would have shut all this down. I feel this was an excuse for an action they wanted to do but show they didn’t.
  4. Old news and a long time ago. This was 15 years ago. He made a mistake and paid the price. No need to demonize someone forever like that. Let’s just hope he does a good job coaching here.
  5. Top prospect, tough guy who can skate and a face off specialist good enough for you?
  6. Looking forward to seeing this new group of coaches and how the team responds. The surgery still requires some movement of players though
  7. Pretty shocked that Mike Yeo and Jason King survived. One question about Gonchar running the defence. Wasn’t he a primarily offensive defender when he played? How can he preach what he never really practiced?
  8. No. Not easy at all. OEL contract - a lifetime Cap hit twice as much as it should be. He is realistically a 5/6 defender. Not a top 4. Myers - another Cap hit of being twice as much as it should be. The 2 above cemented top 4 defenders on this team are being paid way too much and not delivering anywhere near what they should be. 13.2M for two defenders that should be 5 and 6 on the depth chart. Other than QH, we have no competent defenders to fill out that top 4. Neither Myers or OEL are tradeable (maybe Myers will be this off-season with his bonus being paid out in July). The other big mess left behind is absolutely no picks and prospects in the system for futures or as trade chips.
  9. I think it will. I have faith in this management group to turn things around (unlike some other posters here). They are experts in their field and have had to deal with a big mess left behind by JB and the flat Cap. I’m sure they have a good idea now with what they have and what they need to do. Team’s surgery has just begun. There will be a lot more moves happening. Some will hurt at the moment but in the long run, it will be for the better. The team will play like a team again, we will learn defence and we will get new players on the roster, picks and futures. Darkness for now but there will be light in the future.
  10. Tocchet is being put in an impossible situation. Everyone loved BB. What does management want from this guy? A run? A continual tank? There are still almost 40 games to go!
  11. Heartbreaking. Players really wanted to win for him and didn’t want him gone. This shouldn’t have happened until the end of the season.
  12. No way. Just because we all love BB shouldn’t mean we just hate his replacement. That would be so childish
  13. Heartbreaking for Bruce. So sad. Was so close with that deflected shot from the point. So close
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