DonaldBrashear

I think a better analogy is seeing a terrible TV pilot episode and thinking to yourself "Maybe it gets better? I'll give it a chance". So you watch the next 11 episodes of Season 1 and they are just as horrible. Most people would walk away at that point, but no... you decide "Maybe season 2 is better???" so you watch another dozen episodes and they are even worse. Sure, there's the odd episode that is exciting here and there, but for every one good episode there's a half dozen stinkers. But you don't stop. You keep watching season after season. Okay, in case you haven't figured it out, episode = season, and right now we are on Episode 53 of the Canucks saga. How many of those 53 episodes would you want to watch over again? I mean, I don't think we're going to be entering syndication anytime soon, let's just say that much......

Wow. Insane. I thought he was going for $7 million a year x 8 years. I never imagined he would get $8.5 million. I am glad the Canucks traded him.

What does that even mean? LOL of course they are going to "notify" you. They will be emailing you begging you to renew.

Honestly, I am starting to think this is exactly what the canucks want. Every action they take indicates this. Season tickets were created before internet and before online sales. The only way to buy tickets last minute (same day) was at the box office downtown. So pre-selling a large majority of tickets was the way to go. The Canucks want to take out the middleman. Currently, you have: Canucks > STH > Stubhub > Fan They probably want it to simply be: Canucks > Fan Of course, they probably won't pass the savings along to the fan, they will take the middleman cut for themselves. So yeah, I think they want people to give up ST's or at least they aren't going to be bothered trying to keep them. Plus STH's cost them money in the form of perks and customer reps and so forth. I wouldn't be surprised if some organizations start to get rid of season tickets entirely.

I remember Trevor Linden getting up and answering everyone's questions with true honesty and empathy. He really cared. And people crapped on him for it. When he resigned people celebrated. I can't blame him for quitting from the organization. Linden's legacy will forever be tied to Jim Benning.

It's been like this since it was built. I don't think there's anything they can do to fix it. When they added on the condos and expanded the concourse they thought it would alleviate some of the issues but it hasn't. Problem is they had to build Rogers arena sandwiched between the viaducts and so it has the narrowest concourse probably of any arena in the NHL. I feel like their response is kind of like... "Well if you don't like it, then get club seats". I've been to the Oilers new arena and my god, it is beautiful. So much better then our arena. Oh well. We aren't getting a new arena for another 40 years probably so gotta suck it up.

No jerseys were thrown on the ice tonight. That's a positive! Also, no arguments between players on the ice. Positive!

If I had any reservations about giving up my season tickets after almost a decade, they are gone now. I went to my first game tonight in a while. I went with some friends for diwali. We all tried to be excited but yeah, when those 2 goals went in early 3rd, a lot of people weren't even in their seats. That shut the arena down. I have never heard it so quiet in there. When the horn sounded there were a lot of boos. No one was in the canucks store when I went by, it was so dead compared to normal. Just the atmosphere was sucky. I looked at prices online and they are way lower than STH cost. How do the canucks organization expect people to remain ticket holders especially in this economic environment? I think a lot of people will be dumping season tickets at the end of this year.

They look so deflated. We were way outshot.

JT Miller is probably thinking to himself "At least if we lose, they can't blame me again".

I feel bad for ya'll. I saw this coming and I am glad I bailed last year. Things got way worse than I thought though. Poor treatment of STH's. Plus, trying to resell tickets is only going to get worse. All the ticket resale sites (stubhub, ticketmaster, etc) are going to keep increasing fees to increase profits. They will squeeze every last dime out of ticket sellers. Dark times for this organization for sure. This will be the 6th year out of 7 years they missed the playoffs. And the only year they made it was the shortened covid year without fans in attendance. The last time fans were in attendance to see the Canucks win a playoff series was back in 2011 when Kevin Bieksa scored and we beat San Jose in Round 3. That's 11 years. This year was abysmal and not exciting at all. I struggled to even watch most games. And now you guys say management is cutting perks... they should be offering more perks! I kind of get the feeling the Canucks don't really care about STH's anymore and would almost rather just sell direct to the public.

Hurts to have games cancelled around this time of the season when these are supposed to be the money makers. Toronto and now Seattle. Probably will reschedule them on a weekday at 2pm knowing the nhl.

What a huge mess. How are they gonna deal with all the traded games, sold tickets, etc. What about people who sold on craigslist etc. This is gonna cause a lot of problems.

Prices for tickets are so low right now. Makes me kind of glad I didn't renew. But I am surprised by the reported attendance numbers. Are all the games really "sold out"? If so then that bodes well for the future. Just need a winning team....

This year's home game opener includes free covid butthole checks at the entry gate.

Wow. Tickets for Toronto Maple Leafs are not doing well. They just sent out an email to the waiting list offering half season tickets starting at $1800 a pack for 18 games. Never seen that before!!! I guess they figure they won't be able to sell the tickets at full price and are wanting to dump them ASAP. Not much confidence in their team. Remember when Canucks tickets used to be 100% sold out for the entire season on the day they were released? ------------------------------------ As a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs Season Seat Waitlist, we are excited to offer you presale access to our Toronto Maple Leafs Half Season Pack! New this year, our Half Season Packs have been split into a Blue Pack and a White Pack, with seat locations available in both the Lower Bowl and Upper Bowl. Purchasers can enjoy exclusive Half Season Pack benefits that include: Access to the best matchups of the year Discounted tickets to 18 home games Same Seat Location for all games Playoff ticket presale access (Rounds 1 & 2)

That's brutal. I used up all my vouchers back in March and it worked. I used them on the canucks marketplace. They all worked for me. I guess they discontinued them all?

Not to mention Canucks fired like... a huge amount of their staff.

Am I still allowed to post here even though I gave up my tickets? I hope there is demand this year. I wouldn't feel bitter. Part of me thinks with Seattle coming in and covid ending it could be a really awesome year. Canucks could go deep and rejuvinate the hockey spirit in the city. They are due. I honestly just don't have time to go to that many games though and I don't have time to sell tickets. It took a lot of effort to sell tickets the last few years. Even on stubhub it took hours of uploading and stuff. Also stubhub is an awful company and I hated dealing with them.

Remember the Patrick Kane thing and how that all ended up blowing over. This doesn't mean anything until charges are filed.

I never knew just how famous Jagr was in Czech Republic until I visited there. I mean, he is literally a god. There's pictures of him everywhere. He has all kinds of sponsorships that are only in Czech. He was even on a McDonalds billboard.

I dumped my season tickets. I am no longer a STH. So long farewell

You can track all transactions but that doesn't help if you don't know who the bitcoin accounts belong to. Anyone can sign up for a bitcoin account and begin trading bitcoin wtih no ID and using a VPN. It is entirely anonymous. Imagine being able to open a canadian bank account with no ID or address or even your name.

Yeah but that bag of cash had to be laundered somehow which meant taxes. The IRS/CRA are happy to collect taxes on illegal profits. Imagine if bitcoin became an accepted payment method for real estate transactions. I am sure the criminals are much happier with bitcoin than carrying around bags of cash. You can't carry a bag of cash on a plane or cross borders with it, but you can easily carry bitcoin anywhere. Bitcoin is loved by criminals.