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[Rumour] Bo Horvat Trade/Contract Talks
N4ZZY replied to HOFsedins's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Yep. It's not the no plan plan, it's the win now plan. And decisions made are to be made with winning now in mind. Rutherford doesn't have patience (this is not a good sign), and I'm not sure if Allvin does or not, but the way Benning managed this team wasn't in line with the windows of Petey and Hughes sadly. They screwed that up, and now, Rutherford and Allvin step in a year ago, and they have two franchise players in which to build around. Bo has had enough of losing and "building" - and there's no gaurantee that re-building will make this team a winner. Re-building assumes that management can make solid trades that will net us futures that will contribute to the franchise's direction. If you lose on those trades and get pieces that just end up being flops, then that sets the team back even more. Management also has to draft the right pieces. Benning screwed up on two 1st round picks with Juolevi and Virtanen. That in hindsight, really hurt the team moving forward. Would Petey and Hughes want to be a part of a rebuild? My gut tells me that they wouldn't want to be. They'd rather be traded than be part of a rebuild (in the traditional sense). These guys are built to win, and they want to win now. So in order to keep them here and happy, management needs to build around those two guys moving forward. And surround them with a new core. Right now with rumours swirling. I think the new core has to be Miller, Hughes, Petey and whoever else they bring in. Bo might still be part of the core if he resigns and he's here. The team has a good forward group, but they can't play defense. And the defense can't even play defense. So the main priority in my books is that they need to rebuild (major surgery right, Jim?) the backend and probably the goalie as well (Demko sounds like he's wanting out of the organization based on the rumours). How can management rebuild the backend after committing so much dollars to the forward group, and that's not even including Petey and his new extension coming up soon. If they lose Petey, then all bets are off, and they'll have to enter into a full rebuild. No way you can continue to be competitive without your franchise player. No way. And it would show everyone just how much of a shit show this organization has been if they lose their franchise guy. -
(Rumour). Jake Livingstone D - NCAA - NHL Availability
N4ZZY replied to SilentSam's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
yeah, well, I think they're in for a surprise when other teams aren't willing to take Brock without the team taking some kind of salary back. It's a flat cap league right now, and not a ton of teams have a lot of cap space these days, so it's going to be hard to fit Boeser under the cap with another team that's struggling just as much as the Canucks are with cap space, and the teams that do have cap space, well, I'm not sure if they'd be interested in Brock to be honest. -
[Rumour] Bo Horvat Trade/Contract Talks
N4ZZY replied to HOFsedins's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Yeah. It's pretty clear that what the fanbase wants, and what management has said are two different things. Management isn't going to go full rebuild, but they're going to attempt to tweak the roster and make changes and bring in players that will play the style of hockey management wants to see, and they believe that Tocchet and his staff can get them there (we'll see if they can). But without a rehauling of the defense, I just don't see how that's possible. -
(Rumour). Jake Livingstone D - NCAA - NHL Availability
N4ZZY replied to SilentSam's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
I'm not sure this management has enough humility to take a loss on one of their players. -
(Rumour). Jake Livingstone D - NCAA - NHL Availability
N4ZZY replied to SilentSam's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Don't think it's possible to move those players without retention or sweeteners. -
[Rumour] Bo Horvat Trade/Contract Talks
N4ZZY replied to HOFsedins's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
I mean, Allvin seems to think they can. -
[Rumour] Bo Horvat Trade/Contract Talks
N4ZZY replied to HOFsedins's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
I think like another poster was saying that the major surgery doesn't necessarily have to be on the forwards (though I do see Garland, Brock moving on) but on the backend. I can't see OEL coming back (buyout), and if I had to guess, I'm going to guess that management's going to bring more grit to the backend than what we currently have right now. Schenn could very well come back in a lesser role than what he's used to playing here in Van this year. -
[Rumour] Bo Horvat Trade/Contract Talks
N4ZZY replied to HOFsedins's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
I think this off-season, there's going to be buyouts (OEL, Garland), and Myers will be traded most likely either before the season, or at next year's TDL. Have to imagine that someone is going to take a flyer on Garland. -
[Rumour] Bo Horvat Trade/Contract Talks
N4ZZY replied to HOFsedins's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
I mean, if it's that easy, Bo would've probably signed already . -
[Rumour] Bo Horvat Trade/Contract Talks
N4ZZY replied to HOFsedins's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
I don’t understand why Rutherford would say this could take 2-3 years. Realistically it’s going to take longer than that to retool or a forced rebuild. Forced meaning that management tried to do it their way and they still suck and are forced to acknowledge that they gotta strip it all down. I wouldn’t be surprised if management miscalculates again. -
[Rumour] Bo Horvat Trade/Contract Talks
N4ZZY replied to HOFsedins's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
I don’t understand the rumours around Demko. Like who would be ready to replace him within the organization? And why would we deal a goalie in their prime? Unless the organization really botched the medical handling of his injury. What a gong show. -
[Rumour] Bo Horvat Trade/Contract Talks
N4ZZY replied to HOFsedins's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
From cheesetits. Sounds legit. -
(Rumour). Jake Livingstone D - NCAA - NHL Availability
N4ZZY replied to SilentSam's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
I'm just curious, because I too have never remembered our prospect pool being top 5 ever in the entire existence of the team in the league. It's just been bad forever. -
(Rumour). Jake Livingstone D - NCAA - NHL Availability
N4ZZY replied to SilentSam's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Yeah, I'm not expecting a ton out of McDonough. But he's a free prospect, and who knows, maybe he's a late bloomer. Can't compare the guy to Drai, Drai is NHL superstar. If McDonough can be a legit 3rd line player, that's a huge win. And if he can kill penalties and produce a little offense, that's great. We have a middle six to bottom six winger. Every team needs players like that. -
(Rumour). Jake Livingstone D - NCAA - NHL Availability
N4ZZY replied to SilentSam's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
When has our prospect pool ever been top 5 in the league? -
[Signing] Canucks re-sign Andrei Kuzmenko
N4ZZY replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Fixed it for ya. -
[Signing] Canucks re-sign Andrei Kuzmenko
N4ZZY replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
they did. that was a mistake on their part. -
[Signing] Canucks re-sign Andrei Kuzmenko
N4ZZY replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
that's not simple math -
[Signing] Canucks re-sign Andrei Kuzmenko
N4ZZY replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
after a tumultous season this has been, signing Petey to a long term deal (max 8 years) would be a sign of some sort of stability moving forward. The franchise needs it more than Petey does. -
[Signing] Canucks re-sign Andrei Kuzmenko
N4ZZY replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
I think management will push to get him signed this off-season. -
[Rumour] Bo Horvat Trade/Contract Talks
N4ZZY replied to HOFsedins's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
why do you think JT will suddenly realize his place on this team? -
[Signing] Canucks re-sign Andrei Kuzmenko
N4ZZY replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
I think it's because fans are just angry at this point. Season ticket holders being stood up by Allvin and Rutherford. Just the last few years with Benning's dumb decisions that still haunt this club today to Allvin and Rutherford making "poor" decisions by signing the wrong players first (ala Miller, rather than Bo - miscalculated badly there). To an eventual Horvat trade (returns to be seen...). To mistreating Boudreau by throwing him constantly under the bus publicly. There's been a lot of wrong over the years. This feels darker than the Messier era, and that was pretty bad. -
[Signing] Canucks re-sign Andrei Kuzmenko
N4ZZY replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
to me, you gotta give Petey basically anything and everything he wants in his next deal. He's the franchise moving forward. -
[Signing] Canucks re-sign Andrei Kuzmenko
N4ZZY replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
ah, my bad. Is Pearson still under contract in 2024? -
[Signing] Canucks re-sign Andrei Kuzmenko
N4ZZY replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Waiting is not in the best interest of the club. Petey's a free agent after next season, isn't he?