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I just wish this strategy of hiring competent experienced, Cup winning management, starting at the top, who are not afraid of other voices with other opinions, and building a properly staffed management team to go in hand with the on-ice team, was implemented right after Gillis. And we had a Gorton or similar, who like he did in NY, issue a letter to fans about having to make some unpopular decisions on favorite players. (Look at the Rangers now) .............. (edited out for redundancy) ............... JB's re-up was a huge mistake and I said so here. I'm actually quite impressed with the Aquilinis humbleness and awareness now of how much they need to bring in the experts, and acceptance that their arm chair GMing days are over. Their puppet is gone. Better late than never. It was fun for awhile I imagine, a real estate executive, long time fan, actually being able to set the game plan each season for his very own NHL team! Not that I blame Francesco. Who wouldn't want to try that once in their life? But that's over hopefully, and I'm stoked about the future for this team and all those questions answered by JR.
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[Report] Canucks name Jim Rutherford as president & interim GM
kilgore replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
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[PGT] Edmonton Oilers at Vancouver Canucks | Jan. 25, 2022
kilgore replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
UnCanuckin believable. -
Jimmy, Allvin, and Emilie! What a team!
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The playoffs is where it really counts. And its precisely because refs put their whistles away. No more "big man" penalties. The hitting is harder, and you get away with way more borderline hits. This favours a team with a bigger average size in the long run. Even if the refs start to call them at first, they can't call them all, and the law of averages plays out eventually. But its kinda funny reading this thread debating which is better (or worse), A small skilled team, or a team made up of big goons. How about neither? Obviously the best outcome is a team of big, but also skilled players. But of course, its near impossible to retain a team under the cap made up of those kinds of prize attributes. McDavid is prized not just because of his skating and skill with the puck, but added onto that is his size. Which helps him with his skating/stride, and also his intimidation factor coming down the ice. We need size, WITH skill and skating. Good luck finding them though. And BTW, someone mentioned Crosby as an example of a "small" player being successful in the playoffs? He's listed as 5' 11" on the NHL website but weighing in at 200 lbs. He has thighs like redwoods with a butt any Kardashian would be proud of. He's built like a tank. Its not just height that can determine overall size and strength. Example...Pettersson is 6' 2". He has three inches on Sid. Guess who wins a puck battle?
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Who will be the first player to be traded under the new management?
kilgore replied to Rabbit's topic in Canucks Talk
I'd love to watch JR pull off some moves like this. Manage to convince other GMs to take a package of middling players, as well as steal other players who have become superfluous positions, or cap problems to other teams Watch what a truly talented, smart and connected management leader can do. And with this latest hire of Émilie Castonguay, one more building block towards a healthy team culture here. With a connection to players and how their agents operate. To the point by next summer, players do not want to leave. And other players want to come here. And it ends up we don't lose Miller, or any important core player. And also shut up all the media talking heads and CDC fans that have already traded away Miller. Maybe Boeser and Horvat too. -
[Report] Canucks name Émilie Castonguay as assistant GM
kilgore replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
Rutherford is doing a fantastic job so far. Taking his time and finding quality candidates. Nice to see a management actually build a management team. To watch it grow, filling every niche with competent personnel to oversee and help. As opposed to the opposite, systematically stripping it down, like the last one. With the capologist, then president, then amateur scouting director, all dismissed and not replaced. Until all the was left was a two person dictatorship run in isolation by two of the most inept pro-scouting duo in Canucks history. Funny how this kind of competency, and professionalism, and openness, is almost a shock to some fans, after years of neglect. -
I'm as supportive of Henry and mask and vaccine mandates as you'll get. Science has been pretty good to me. But I agree that the NHL should have not set a date in the future to stop this, but done it immediately. Sure would have helped us out in hindsight. If it truly will be evolving into an epidemic from a pandemic in the coming months, and its also now accepted that everyone will eventually get one form of COVID, surely for young healthy athletes, playing in a world where most everyone is double and triple vaxxed, they should be allowed to be ahead of the curve if anything, not behind it. Instead its a cluster#$%$ of a combination between the NHL rules on testing ALL players regardless......combined with the cross border requirements of two countries that don't respect each others quarantine measures. I get that its also a political decision for enforcing Canada's quarantine mandates on everyone, regardless of profession or stature. And opposition from non hockey fans would be deafening against the government if they dare to relax them just for NHL (and NBA) players. But logically, common sense wise, now that we know that some form of COVID will be with us indefinitely, and the latest variant is one of milder symptoms overall, its time to allow non symptomatic players to play with other non symptomatic players. That is what the future will be like anyways. Its how they treat a player with say, a cold. If its mild and not affecting their play on the ice, they will play. No flu tests before each game for every player and coach. And if they give it to another player....that is a risk the team takes. And I get it, still a player, or coach, can get the virus from some untested asymptomatic player, take it home, give it to their family, who gives it to an elderly or immunity compromised person, who is so frail they cannot even handle the milder symptoms of the Omnicron variant. But at what point is that threat a small enough percent that it becomes an acceptable risk? I don't have the answer, but there is always risks in life, its a matter of how much we accept and adapt. I don't know, just venting. We will get there eventually. Usually I am okay with the idea of going the "extra mile" in regards to public safety. But when it affects my hockey team I go a little crazy. Patience grasshopper.
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Assuming Petey, Quinn, Demko, Hogs n Podz are off the table If Rutherford can manage to only lose one of these players to trade, I'd be stoked: Boeser, Miller, Horvat I'd even include Garland and Motte. If its two or more, its not going to be great for chemistry on the team. We've dealt with that problem for a lot of JBs this-time-its-going-to-work seasons. If its three or more of those players, we might as well call it another re-something. A lot of speculation, but as long as we get a decent return. I'm prepped to lose at least one. Even Miller . The last one I'd consider moving out of those. We have a lot of other pieces we can throw into second position add ons. Pearson, Highmore, Dickenson, Poolman, Schenn, Hamonic, Depeitro even? Lets see just how creative this new not-the-actual-GM can be. Its just been so long that we've had a GM who can pull off a steal for us, we don't know what its like.
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This always seems to work better than a stagnant box. Standing around waiting for something to happen, and then react. But chances are, if there is a shot and rebound up for grabs, because they've been standing still for so long, and the other team is skating all over the zone, the other team will most likely get to that rebound first. And it all starts again. Now I think they are starting with an aggressive kill most nights compared to under Green. At least to start a PK. If they can't recover the puck right away, its only logical that they then fall back and defend the front of the net. Its a fine line. Suffuse to say they stay on the aggressive side longer now under Bruce. But lately they've fallen back to the box right away again. Obviously its riskier to be more aggressive, in the sense that a player may over commit to attacking one player which opens up a shooter for a clear shot on net. But its also risky to just let the other team just treat their PP like a firing range. And just hope like heck that you can get just one of those rebounds and shoot the puck down the ice. That brings me to the most frustrating part of the Canucks PK. whether they fall back into a box or not, when they do get control of the puck again, after a chance on net by the opposition, its that puck management within that second where they seem to lack direction. Its like they've practised the PK only up to the point where they recover the puck. Then its like....."now what?" They do dumb things like try to pass it off, in the D zone, cross ice to another teammate, who will have an opposition player on him immediately to check him. Or pass it to a player right before the blue line in a crowd, which inevitably gets the puck turned over again. Myers, who's been great this year in every other area, is horrible at giveaways in our own zone. I'd add Miller and Horvat. They have to get better at that first pass.
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[Report] Canucks hire Rachel Doerrie in an analytics role
kilgore replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
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[PGT] Florida Panthers at Vancouver Canucks | Jan. 21, 2022
kilgore replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
Because you only like it if you win -
Who will be the first player to be traded under the new management?
kilgore replied to Rabbit's topic in Canucks Talk
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Who will be the first player to be traded under the new management?
kilgore replied to Rabbit's topic in Canucks Talk
It still sucks -
Who will be the first player to be traded under the new management?
kilgore replied to Rabbit's topic in Canucks Talk
Maybe it can't be avoided, but I absolutely hate all this media circus created and inflated by sports media on the idea of trading JT Miller. It goes from one reporter making a lazy assumption that you just look at the most valuable player vs. cap hit on the team and put it out there as the most obvious and lucrative trade option. Fine. But then you get the next wave of reporters, some from the center of the universe, who expand and exaggerate it into a "story". One that is updated daily. Canucks Are Looking To Trade Miller! And then that becomes the new reality. Regardless how even Miller may be thinking. I hate how Miller now has to read this $&!#e on a daily basis. I know its part of the business, but its got to put at least a tiny seed in his mind that the team thinks it can do without him, and is looking to trade him off the team he is trying to give his 110% for every night. And will that start to affect his performance on the ice? He's only human. This is something you do on a start-from-scratch rebuilding team. Trade your best, most productive player, and one of the emotional leaders. I thought we were past that? Did JB really leave us with no other options to improve? Even I'm not that pessimistic on the roster he left us with. There has to be a better option than trading JT now. -
Who will be the first player to be traded under the new management?
kilgore replied to Rabbit's topic in Canucks Talk
That may be true. But no one is saying that a NMC/NTC is worthless. Its about how well a GM can convince a player to waive it. The final decision is still up to the player. At the very least it would ensure that the player can have a list of teams he will be traded to. And probably every GM has engaged in this at one time or another. I just think #1, there are degrees. ie. behind closed doors, gentle nudges a GM may start with. And then trading his friends and teammates away first is another step. And just the knowledge that another team would value him more at that point in his career. Those kinds of moves do not negate the legality of those contracts. And #2, in any GM's tenure, something like this usually happens near the beginning, at least for the high profile players, (not a Pearson) and if it doesn't work, that GM, along with that reputation, is most likely gone before the next window of opportunity and the need for FAs at that time. Conversely, if it works, the team is a contender, and that GM is still there for years after, I think players will be attracted to play for a winning team while their own personal window is open, regardless. It does have some consideration for sure. I just think its down the list of reasons players want or don't want to play in a particular city or even re-sign there. You hear about players waiving all the time, I really don't think its as big a detriment to sign on a team as other issues I listed above. I am unaware of a blacklist of cities/GMs that are to be avoided by the NHLPA. -
Who will be the first player to be traded under the new management?
kilgore replied to Rabbit's topic in Canucks Talk
You have a point. But I think its a mix of reasons and a different mix as well for each player that rate above a particular GM's aggressiveness in that way. Taxes probably is a big factor. But then Americans sign for Canadian teams all the time, so its not just about squeezing out the most money for all of them. Being closer to family is a two edged sword, it also means more scrutiny from local media. Some players just don't want to take that on. Other's like Stecher seemed to thrive in it. The state of a new team at the time is probably a huge consideration as well on signing...how close to being a contender. But again, that changes if you are a veteran who will get ice time, or a younger player who may have to sit, or even be immediately sent down to the AHL, because the team is already stacked. Then you can throw in the lifestyle of a large eastern mega city for younger players just cashing in on their first NHL contract I suppose would be a factor for some of them. But in that case, Vancouver ain't just chopped liver. Lots of ethnic restaurants to choose something else. I would think there would be at least a third of the league's cities below Vancouver in desirability to live. I think all those considerations outweigh any perceived reputation of a team because of a one time pressure from one GM on previous players with NTC NMC, to wave those. And that that would effect any future FAs wanting to play in cities that had a GM that did that. One of the main reasons is that GMs don't last forever. It would be kinda dumb for a player and agent to snub a city in perpetuity simply because of this happening. Which would only probably happen once in that GMs tenure for that team. (and if it doesn't work they'll be gone soon) Most players understand that business is business. They are not blind. They can see the team floundering and in need of a rebuild. That things aren't going as well as they, and their GM, thought it was going to be. They many not want to be the one that leaves, but then again, they may. Like you said, keep it behind closed doors, at least as long as you can. Also, there's degrees of pressure. Simply telling a player that there is interest, and would they consider waiving is a start. Trading the better veterans without NTCs first for futures, then coming back around and asking again now when that NTC player realizes all that's left is a skeleton crew. Dirty maybe? But I'm not looking for a boy scout for the GM. Just results. Sometimes a Buono, not a Benning, is in order. Years later, if the new revamped team is performing well, you will then attract the next generation of talent simply because its now a winner. Whether it has a different GM by then or not.