Talent at the draft is talent, and I subscribe to the BPA. That said, if management has an identity or a style of play they want their team to adopt, and one of their 'special/core players' isn't fitting that mold, there's nothing saying they can't trade that 'special/core player' for a player who ...

Is/was Miller and Horvat a strong enough duo to win a Cup with? Probably not. They might have been enough to get you there, but looking at the last 30 years, the number of teams that have won the Cup with centres outside the top 10 is exceedingly low... Not that I really disagree with you, but wasn ...

One could very well argue that a 2nd line centre responsible at both ends of the ice could be more impactful than a scoring centre not named McDavid. Are you saying that if we're drafting teams from former Canucks you're taking Ryan Kesler before Henrik Sedin ? Or, to choose arguably higher end ...

Would it be okay with you if he became Patrice Bergeron? It would depend on the opportunity cost. I would consider the pick a classic Canuck "if-only" if it turned out a defenceman who becomes Nicklas Lidström was still on the board. If there was no one else who so much as plays in an all-star game, ...

Nugent-Hopkins was drafted 1st overall. Just sayin... A 2nd line two-way "high-character" centre with size and athleticism. Not bad at #3. Not great. But not bad. Looking over a list of recent, but sufficiently long-ago that the outcome was apparent, 3OAs, I'd say that it would fall just slightly ...

Trade him!!! Over sensitive RG. The assessor is going to hedge his bets to start with. Instead of glass is half empty Canuck talk let's take a month before the season to breathe, relax and attempt to enjoy that we have 5 players worthy of discussing as potential NHL'ers in our system when not that ...

director of hockey strategy = make sure the team loses. player evaluation = team starts winning, determine who’s responsible and trade that player for high draft picks. Or, he could have a fist full of crayons, a couple markers and a clipboard. All he does is follow behind the owners explaining why ...

...the Canucks may have picked a good time to rebuild. An interesting point, and another strong argument for why the Canucks should have been deep in re-build mode in 2015. If deep rebuild means... not shot themselves in the foot on a guy like Tanev. this and keep Horvat over JT.. JT would have ...

...the Canucks may have picked a good time to rebuild. An interesting point, and another strong argument for why the Canucks should have been deep in re-build mode in 2015. If deep rebuild means trading the Sedins and not fumbling Hamhuis, then that could have made a difference. But at the end of ...

Aaronp18 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 08, 2026 6:06 pm ...the Canucks may have picked a good time to rebuild.

An interesting point, and another strong argument for why the Canucks should have been deep in re-build mode in 2015.

[There does not seem to be any board rule against gnawing on the bitter remains of past organizational mistakes.]

I like the sound of all of that leves… I see a dark cloud: "Malhotra - top 6 player, reliable 2 way game, consistent as they come, a chemistry guy". If the Canucks used a 3OA to get a 2nd line centre, I don't think they optimized the resource. But I'm probably being over-sensitive. I guess we'll w ...

Another issue relating to Vancouver, a cash strapped real estate development group in a declining real estate market with a partner looking to be bought out of his interest in the hockey team that has risen in market value as you noted. The bad owner who at least spent money is now a bad owner who ...

preferably after Christmas near the TDL I agree that's the best time to filip what whatever players they want to transform into draft picks. The draft order isn't set, so you don't know exactly what you're getting, but it's when actual players who could help with a playoff run have their highest ...

Hockey Widow wrote: ↑Fri Jul 10, 2026 9:54 am If we just decided on a rebuild a year earlier.....what ifs

If the Canucks had just decided on a rebuild in 2014...

I'd still like to point to the absolute insanity of this salary and AAV... This contract is the height of foolishness by both Verbeek and Briere... The worst part of this situation is that now any pending RFA's may gamble on themselves in their final season. Which sorta ties management's hands into ...