This front office is heavily betting on elite length, processing speed, and defensive structure, trusting their development staff to refine the technical skating.” Skating is definitely way easier to coach than length and processing speed. As a drafting strategy, it makes sense -- especially for a n ...

This touches on my favourite hockey topic: the team composition that gives the best chance to win a championship. ...I figured this could be the sort of bullsit that could drive discussion on a hockey message board... Or, you know, not. So I will explore a theory about why not. When an NFL team ...

..and then they do that with Ivchenko. That's a reach at best. Taking a goalie in the 2nd/3rd rounds makes a lot of sense. If the Canucks are looking to build the kind of team I suspect they might be, then I agree that it makes sense for them to roll the dice on a goalie in this part of the draft ...

Now that I have had the night to sleep on it, I don’t hate the Maholtra pick, I just worry how the toxic local media can turn everything sideways. Having 2 potential 2Cs in the Canucks system is great to have. The more I read about the Novotny, the more I love that pick. I don’t think they did poo ...

I know most of us would luv to have an ellite franchase forward and a top calibre D-man, but the Canes proved that u don't really need em. U mainly need solid depth in every position. This touches on my favourite hockey topic: the team composition that gives the best chance to win a championship ...

Megaterio Llamas wrote: ↑Fri Jun 26, 2026 7:16 pm I actually love this pick. This kid is a tank, and he's got a scoring touch!

I am vicariously happy that you came away from this draft with something to be excited about.

Anybody have strong feelings about Novotny at #24 ?

theman wrote: ↑Fri Jun 26, 2026 5:59 pm I can’t understand how DeBrusk not gone yet, apparently he is willing to move.

They're saving him for a '27 pick.

Mëds wrote: ↑Fri Jun 26, 2026 5:53 pm It's just fucking depressing.

Cheering for the Canucks builds mental fortitude.

Failing that, your own life looks like way less of a radioactive tire fire by comparison.

The Sharks already have Celebrini, Smith, Misa and Stenberg all only 21 years old or less. We haven't drafted that quantity of quality forward in the totality of our existence let alone in the next 3 years. Celebrini is on track to be a UFA in '31. Maybe if, by then, the Canucks look like they're ...

San Jose is gaming the system. We might as swell just quit at this point. The Sharks just killed it. Doesn't matter what we do SJ and the Ducks are gonna bitch slap us around for the next decade like the Oil and Flames used to. Damn SJ won the draft. The Sharks certainly seem to have won the '27 ...

dangler wrote: ↑Fri Jun 26, 2026 5:07 pm 2035 the Cup is coming to yvr!

Call me a wide-eyed optimist, but I am hanging on to hopes for the '32 season.

From what I'm reading, there's not expected to be anything more than footsoldiers (dolphins in the Sea of Granlunds?) left by the time the Canucks pick next at 24. This rebuild is on course to take expansion team levels of patience. We need to find a way to enjoy watching them lose for a couple of ...

I really wouldn't have minded being wrong about this. But maybe I'll be wrong when it's more important, and Malhotra turns out to really be the best player left in the draft at #3 OA. Looking around at what other teams are doing to supercharge their rebuilds, my hopes that the Canucks can be ...

I’d be please to see one of DeBrusk/Boeser/Peterrsson moved to bring in another pick or two for this weekend... Here’s hoping the new guys can be active over the next 10-14 days and provide some hope going into the summer. I want almost everyone with any trade value on the Canucks' current roster tu ...