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Megaterio Llamas wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2026 4:36 pm I read recently that our scouting has been the worst in the league.

But maybe with Mr Aquilini getting more involved in hockey operations again, he'll be able to impliment a winning formula this time.

It would be hard to do worse.

Aaronp18 wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2026 4:30 pm With the draft being the closest thing of relevance keeping scouting and player development in place for now makes a bit of sense.

Lancer wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2026 12:42 pm I don't care too much about their 'X's and O's' skills as long as the system they bring in is digestible to the youngsters. I recall hearing that Foote's system in the defensive zone was hard for the youngsters to get used to.

Topper wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2026 5:04 pm

Aaronp18 wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2026 4:30 pm With the draft being the closest thing of relevance keeping scouting and player development in place for now makes a bit of sense.

Player Dev, which they were a large part of, was the one thing CoPoHo's said needned much improvement.

RyJo said he needs to find and Abby GM, what are the manny implications of the new GM and tenured coach?

Aaronp18 wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2026 5:40 pm

Topper wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2026 5:04 pm

Aaronp18 wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2026 4:30 pm With the draft being the closest thing of relevance keeping scouting and player development in place for now makes a bit of sense.

Player Dev, which they were a large part of, was the one thing CoPoHo's said needned much improvement.

RyJo said he needs to find and Abby GM, what are the manny implications of the new GM and tenured coach?

Yeah I guess the Sedin's stating player development needing work means things will change, with the exodus of others on the team does that mean they feel the Canucks were simply understaffed in that area?

Maybe more firings to come.

Aaronp18 wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2026 5:40 pm

Topper wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2026 5:04 pm

Aaronp18 wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2026 4:30 pm With the draft being the closest thing of relevance keeping scouting and player development in place for now makes a bit of sense.

Player Dev, which they were a large part of, was the one thing CoPoHo's said needned much improvement.

RyJo said he needs to find and Abby GM, what are the manny implications of the new GM and tenured coach?

Yeah I guess the Sedin's stating player development needing work means things will change, with the exodus of others on the team does that mean they feel the Canucks were simply understaffed in that area?

Megaterio Llamas wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2026 4:44 pm Shane Malloy:

Canucks: Why Martin Madden's scouting success with the Ducks matters here

As the Canucks consider hockey operations hires, they need to address worst drafting record in NHL salary-cap era

How it all plays out this week should address what has handcuffed the franchise for decades. Their lack of drafting and player development success should be of paramount importance in the hiring process, especially with the 2026 NHL draft putting pressure on the Canucks to make the most of four picks in the first two rounds and 10 picks overall.

However, the Canucks have the worst drafting record in the salary-cap era. The numbers don’t lie.

“This is a pivot point,” long-serving NHL prospects scout Shane Malloy told Postmedia News on Sunday. “And if they fail this draft, the rebuild will extend two more years. Instead of five years, it will be seven or eight.”


https://theprovince.com/sports/hockey/n ... tters-here

Aaronp18 wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2026 5:49 pm

Megaterio Llamas wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2026 4:44 pm Shane Malloy:

Canucks: Why Martin Madden's scouting success with the Ducks matters here

As the Canucks consider hockey operations hires, they need to address worst drafting record in NHL salary-cap era

How it all plays out this week should address what has handcuffed the franchise for decades. Their lack of drafting and player development success should be of paramount importance in the hiring process, especially with the 2026 NHL draft putting pressure on the Canucks to make the most of four picks in the first two rounds and 10 picks overall.

However, the Canucks have the worst drafting record in the salary-cap era. The numbers don’t lie.

“This is a pivot point,” long-serving NHL prospects scout Shane Malloy told Postmedia News on Sunday. “And if they fail this draft, the rebuild will extend two more years. Instead of five years, it will be seven or eight.”


https://theprovince.com/sports/hockey/n ... tters-here

Those stats could be a tad misleading, I'm sure they don['t take into consideration the quality of picks.

Now I'm not defending the Canucks entirely here, they definitely need to get better at drafting snd developing their picks but in those ranges of years the Canucks traded away a fair amount of 1st, 2nd and 3rd round picks.Dropping out of those rounds significantly weakens the probability of success.

Really the plan moving forward needs to be attain more top end picks, and develop the draft picks appropriately. It should lead to an overall better success rate. One of the hopes I think we all had with Abby getting the farm team is more focus on development at the AHL level! That hasn't occurred yet.

Megaterio Llamas wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2026 6:00 pm I'm out guys. Aquilini shitshow, I can smell it.