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King Heffy

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  1. He got gifted the core by smarter GM's and then proceeded to destroy it with numerous stupid trades to go along with the bad drafting, largely because he relied on analytics dweebs instead of people qualified to assess hockey players. Gillis was easily the worst GM in the history of the franchise and simply was not qualified for any job in hockey ops. I didn't mind Nonis, but understand that some took issue with a few of his moves. Bottom line is that Burke is the last GM that was universally respected in Vancouver.
  2. It's been a decade. The last Canucks GM who was competent beyond all doubt was Burke.
  3. Can't say I blame him; after Rutherford showed the world that he's a worthless piece of trash, it's pretty reasonable to expect Boudreau to want to see him fail. Just because Bruce is enough of a professional to not say anything bad doesn't mean he has any respect for that senile parasite.
  4. I'm far from a fan of Quick, but I can't blame him if he was considering not reporting to Columbus.
  5. It's an incredibly stupid idea but that makes it more likely with the trash the Canucks have for management. Hopefully FA has the sense to fire any idiot who even suggests a buyout and Vancouver can wash the stain of Rutherford away.
  6. Rutherford not satisfied with destroying the team's reputation and is now sabotaging the future as well. This is likely a win for Vancouver long-term as it will expedite the Canucks firing this parasite sooner.
  7. OEL is a far better player than Rielly and it's not even close. He's overpaid by about two million. Rielly would still be overpaid at league minimum; he's worse than useless and always will be unless he stops disgracing his team with his atrocious play in his own zone. Rielly would probably be a decent forward, but there's no excuse for allowing blueliners to play like he does defensively.
  8. McDavid will probably win a gold medal at the next summer Olympics for his diving. All of those guys would be top 4 in Edmonton. Even after the trade for a second NHLer, the Oilers blueline is a contender for the worst in the history of the league.
  9. But you also don't win cups with defencemen who can't play defence. Guys like Rielly just get exposed in the playoffs by skilled coaching and hurt their team far much in their own zone to be anything more than a complete liability. Just because some teams think playing like this is acceptable does not mean it is a good idea. You can't provide offence when you're fishing the puck out of your own net because you never learned how to play in the defensive zone without embarrassing yourself. The position is called defence for a reason and there is a minimum standard that needs to be acceptable in order to belong on an actual NHL team.
  10. And how many cups have these guys won? You can't win with a defencemen who can't play defence.
  11. He also managed to get a first and get rid of Sandin. Still plenty of time for him to waste these picks though.
  12. Getting rid of Barrie at least is addition by subtraction, but no one on their right mind looks at the Edmonton blueline and thinks it's acceptable.
  13. Outside Nurse and Ekholm, Abbotsford has a better blueline then Edmonton. The Oilers still aren't even close to having an NHL blueline despite the improvement from this trade.
  14. I've seen him play lots, including live at Myrtle multiple levels. He's never shown any sign that he'd even willing to attempt to play at an acceptable standard in his own zone. You can't fix a guy who's slow, soft, stupid, and selfish.
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