[Proposal] Contender to Reset

[NMHockey]

Staff

1. Jim Benning relieved as GM.
    {

    Markus Naslund hired as
    President of Hockey Operations and GM.

 

2. John Weisbrod relieved as Assistant GM.

    {

    Henrik Sedin promoted to Assistant GM.

 

3. Chris Gear relieved as Assistant GM.

    {

    Daniel Sedin promoted to Assistant GM.

    {

    Chris Gear hired as Senior Advisor to GM      (while remaining Chief Legal Officer).

 

5. Stan Smyl promoted to Senior Advisor to  GM (while remaining Senior Advisor of  Canucks Hockey-Business Operations).

{

Derek Dorsett hired as Senior Advisor.

6. Travis Green relieved as Head Coach.

    {
    Manny Malhotra hired as Head Coach.

 

7. Brad Shaw retained as Assistant Coach.

 

8. Jason King relieved as Assistant Coach.

    {

    Guy Boucher hired as Assistant Coach.

 

9. Nolan Baumgartner retained as Assistant Coach.
    

10. Kyle Gustafson relieved as Associate Coach.

    {
    Jannik Hansen hired as Associate Coach.

 

Roster’s

1. Wild acquires: F J.T. Miller

                            W Alex Chiasson

    Canucks acquire: W Kevin Fiala

                                 F Nick Bjugstad     
                               2nd Round Draft Pick 2022

                               7th Round Draft Pick 2023

 

 

2. Devils acquire: D Quinn Hughes

 

    Canucks acquire: D Jonas Siegenthaler

                                 F Fabian Zetterlund

                                1st Round Draft Pick 2023

                               2nd Round Draft Pick 2023

 

3. Avalanche acquires: W Brock Boeser

 

    Canucks acquire: F Tyson Jost

           (Conditional) 1st Round Draft Pick 2024

     

 

4. Canucks acquire: D Marcus Pettersson

 

    Penguins acquire: D Guillaume Brisebois

                               2nd Round Draft Pick 2024

 

 

N.Hoglander -E.Pettersson- C.Garland

K.Fiala -B.Horvat- V.Podkolzin

T.Pearson -T.Jost- N.Bjugstad

J.Lammikko -Ja.Dickinson- Ju.Bailey

M.Highmore                         F.Zetterlund

                                          

 

O.Ekman-Larsson - T.Poolman

M.Pettersson - T.Myers

J.Siegenthaler - L.Schenn

J.Rathbone - K.Burroughs

 

T.Demko

J.Halak

 

EDIT: Adding another 1st in 2023 and 2024 and another 2nd in 2023 is to stock up for a massive run at the 1st overall pick in 2023 (if we don’t have it) to bring in the next generational star and hometown boy Connor Bedard. For example something like

 

Coyotes/Blackhawks/Kraken/Senators/

Blue Jackets acquire(‘s):

                  F Bo Horvat

D Tucker Poolman OR D Marcus Pettersson

                  G Arturs Silovs

                  D Joni Jurmo

                  W William Lockwood

                  1st Round Draft Pick 2023 (VAN)

                  1st Round Draft Pick 2023 (NJD)

                  1st Round Draft Pick 2024 (COL) 2nd Round Draft Pick 2023 (High of VAN/NJD)

                   

   

 

 

Edited November 23, 2021 by ZH96

[Tank4Bedard]

5 minutes ago, ZH96 said:

9. Nolan Baumgartner retained as Assistant Coach.

HELL FKING NO

[Elias Pettersson]

Marcus Pettersson?  Are you kidding me?  

[Crabcakes]

[wallstreetamigo]

So basically hire any former Canuck player even with limited or zero experience and trade away the whole team for futures?

 

That sounds like a recipe for disaster.

[wallstreetamigo]

6 hours ago, ZH96 said:

Staff

1. Jim Benning relieved as GM.
    {

    Markus Naslund hired as
    President of Hockey Operations and GM.

 

2. John Weisbrod relieved as Assistant GM.

    {

    Henrik Sedin promoted to Assistant GM.

 

3. Chris Gear relieved as Assistant GM.

    {

    Daniel Sedin promoted to Assistant GM.

    {

    Chris Gear hired as Senior Advisor to GM      (while remaining Chief Legal Officer).

 

5. Stan Smyl promoted to Senior Advisor to  GM (while remaining Senior Advisor of  Canucks Hockey-Business Operations).

{

Derek Dorsett hired as Senior Advisor.

6. Travis Green relieved as Head Coach.

    {
    Manny Malhotra hired as Head Coach.

 

7. Brad Shaw retained as Assistant Coach.

 

8. Jason King relieved as Assistant Coach.

    {

    Guy Boucher hired as Assistant Coach.

 

9. Nolan Baumgartner retained as Assistant Coach.
    

10. Kyle Gustafson relieved as Associate Coach.

    {
    Jannik Hansen hired as Associate Coach.

 

Roster’s

1. Wild acquires: F J.T. Miller

                            W Alex Chiasson

    Canucks acquire: W Kevin Fiala

                                 F Nick Bjugstad     
                               2nd Round Draft Pick 2022

                               7th Round Draft Pick 2023

 

 

2. Devils acquire: D Quinn Hughes

 

    Canucks acquire: D Jonas Siegenthaler

                                 F Fabian Zetterlund

                                1st Round Draft Pick 2023

                               2nd Round Draft Pick 2023

 

3. Avalanche acquires: W Brock Boeser

 

    Canucks acquire: F Tyson Jost

           (Conditional) 1st Round Draft Pick 2024

     

 

4. Canucks acquire: D Marcus Pettersson

 

    Penguins acquire: D Guillaume Brisebois

                               2nd Round Draft Pick 2024

 

 

N.Hoglander -E.Pettersson- C.Garland

K.Fiala -B.Horvat- V.Podkolzin

T.Pearson -T.Jost- N.Bjugstad

J.Lammikko -Ja.Dickinson- Ju.Bailey

M.Highmore                         F.Zetterlund

                                          

 

O.Ekman-Larsson - T.Poolman

M.Pettersson - T.Myers

J.Siegenthaler - L.Schenn

J.Rathbone - K.Burroughs

 

T.Demko

J.Halak

   

 

 

This roster is even more garbage than we already have.

[NMHockey]

47 minutes ago, wallstreetamigo said:

So basically hire any former Canuck player even with limited or zero experience and trade away the whole team for futures?

 

That sounds like a recipe for disaster.

Didn’t know Fiala, Bjugstad, M.Pettersson, Siegenthaler, and Jost were “futures”

[NMHockey]

6 hours ago, Elias Pettersson said:

Marcus Pettersson?  Are you kidding me?  

Nothing to do with the name. He’s a sizeable aggressive two-way D-man that the Penguins won’t be able to keep due to cap

[wallstreetamigo]

5 minutes ago, ZH96 said:

Didn’t know Fiala, Bjugstad, M.Pettersson, Siegenthaler, and Jost were “futures”

How does any of that make the team better? You are subtracting to add. It is just shuffling deck chairs on the titanic until there is new management and coaching. 

[NMHockey]

1 hour ago, wallstreetamigo said:

So basically hire any former Canuck player even with limited or zero experience and trade away the whole team for futures?

 

That sounds like a recipe for disaster.

No. Many people have suggested former players/staff as GM and coach replacements. I think these ones would be extremely good. Malhotra has experience as an assistant with Vancouver and Toronto for many years now and his playing style would translate well into teaching young players. He’s firm, he’s a leader, but he’s respectful. All the young players loved him when he was behind the bench for prospects development camps and scrimmages. As for Naslund he’d be the perfect face to walk into this mess. Former teammate of the Sedins, adored by the city to this day, he and his family love it here, and he has over 10 years experience now as a GM and operations leader for Modo Hockey in Sweden. If Benning is fired the highest power of opinion that the Aquilinis will turn to is the Sedins. I can see them recommending Naslund and I can see him becoming our own version of a Steve Yzerman GM wizard.

[Alflives]

1 minute ago, ZH96 said:

No. Many people have suggested former players/staff as GM and coach replacements. I think these ones would be extremely good. Malhotra has experience as an assistant with Vancouver and Toronto for many years now and his playing style would translate well into teaching young players. He’s firm, he’s a leader, but he’s respectful. All the young players loved him when he was behind the bench for prospects development camps and scrimmages. As for Naslund he’d be the perfect face to walk into this mess. Former teammate of the Sedins, adored by the city to this day, he and his family love it here, and he has over 10 years experience now as a GM and operations leader for Modo Hockey in Sweden. If Benning is fired the highest power of opinion that the Aquilinis will turn to is the Sedins. I can see them recommending Naslund and I can see him becoming our own version of a Steve Yzerman GM wizard.

How about Igor Larionov as President, and keep the status quo below him? 

[NMHockey]

9 minutes ago, wallstreetamigo said:

How does any of that make the team better? You are subtracting to add. It is just shuffling deck chairs on the titanic until there is new management and coaching. 

Did you read? I changed the management and coaching dramatically. And this is strategic and with a purpose. Besides… clearly by what’s going on lately.. there needs to be 

“shuffling deck chairs on the titanic”.

[NMHockey]

3 minutes ago, Alflives said:

How about Igor Larionov as President, and keep the status quo below him? 

I like that idea Alfie! Can always count on your wisdom 

[wallstreetamigo]

2 minutes ago, ZH96 said:

No. Many people have suggested former players/staff as GM and coach replacements. I think these ones would be extremely good. Malhotra has experience as an assistant with Vancouver and Toronto for many years now and his playing style would translate well into teaching young players. He’s firm, he’s a leader, but he’s respectful. All the young players loved him when he was behind the bench for prospects development camps and scrimmages. As for Naslund he’d be the perfect face to walk into this mess. Former teammate of the Sedins, adored by the city to this day, he and his family love it here, and he has over 10 years experience now as a GM and operations leader for Modo Hockey in Sweden. If Benning is fired the highest power of opinion that the Aquilinis will turn to is the Sedins. I can see them recommending Naslund and I can see him becoming our own version of a Steve Yzerman GM wizard.

Another rookie head coach, no matter how beloved as a Canuck, is a terrible idea. 
 

Another rookie GM with no NHL front office experience, no matter how beloved as a Canuck, is a terrible idea.
 

Hansen has never coached anywhere. Plus he seems to like Green’s style of coaching which makes him a hard no to me.

 

The Sedins are not experienced enough. Terrible idea.

 

This organization needs more than anything to get out from under the shadow of previous eras and establish its own identity. 

[NMHockey]

1 hour ago, wallstreetamigo said:

This roster is even more garbage than we already have.

A deeper, bigger, more aggressive blue line? 
A shot in the arm of bigger, faster, younger forwards? Yeah because Pettersson, Horvat, Boeser are all playing so consistent and well right? Gimme a break.

[Alflives]

Just now, wallstreetamigo said:

Another rookie head coach, no matter how beloved as a Canuck, is a terrible idea. 
 

Another rookie GM with no NHL front office experience, no matter how beloved as a Canuck, is a terrible idea.
 

Hansen has never coached anywhere. Plus he seems to like Green’s style of coaching which makes him a hard no to me.

 

The Sedins are not experienced enough. Terrible idea.

 

This organization needs more than anything to get out from under the shadow of previous eras and establish its own identity. 

Didn't we try to "get out from under the shadow of previous eras" by hiring Torts?  

Sometimes the best thing to do is be patient.  

[wallstreetamigo]

1 minute ago, ZH96 said:

Did you read? I changed the management and coaching dramatically. And this is strategic and with a purpose. Besides… clearly by what’s going on lately.. there needs to be 

“shuffling deck chairs on the titanic”.

You basically added a bunch of former Canucks not experienced enough or suitable for the jobs.

 

The Sedin era needs to finally end. Bringing them into management was a bad idea from the start. Just keeps the current group in their shadow. Your proposal takes that to next level terrible. 

[wallstreetamigo]

Just now, Alflives said:

Didn't we try to "get out from under the shadow of previous eras" by hiring Torts?  

Sometimes the best thing to do is be patient.  

And sometimes it’s not. This is one of those times. 

 

Torts wasn’t brought in to get out from under their shadow. He was brought in to break the country club entitled culture of the vets on the team. He obviously wasn’t strong enough or given enough time to do that.

[wallstreetamigo]

3 minutes ago, ZH96 said:

A deeper, bigger, more aggressive blue line? 
A shot in the arm of bigger, faster, younger forwards? Yeah because Pettersson, Horvat, Boeser are all playing so consistent and well right? Gimme a break.

The grass is always greener. Look at the players who have come here and suddenly become shadows of what they were elsewhere. It’s a very long list. 
 

It’s not the time to tear down the roster. It’s time to get competent and experienced people determining the direction to go. That doesn’t mean every former Canuck who might want a job.

[NMHockey]

1 minute ago, wallstreetamigo said:

Another rookie head coach, no matter how beloved as a Canuck, is a terrible idea. 
 

Another rookie GM with no NHL front office experience, no matter how beloved as a Canuck, is a terrible idea.
 

Hansen has never coached anywhere. Plus he seems to like Green’s style of coaching which makes him a hard no to me.

 

The Sedins are not experienced enough. Terrible idea.

 

This organization needs more than anything to get out from under the shadow of previous eras and establish its own identity. 

Green had no experience in NHL coaching or management when he was hired. Malhotra after this season will have six seasons as a development ->assistant coach in the NHL. 
After what Hansen said about our penalty killing and team in an interview the other day; I think he can handle a little entry associate coach role. Senior Advisor to the GM and Assistant GM is not overly different so the Sedins in that role will be great. Naslund has been a leader of hockey operations and GM with all of Modo Hockey; running it with Peter Forsberg for over ten years now. I think he’ll do just fine.