Apparently Petey has mentioned he put on 6 kilos over the summer - 13lbs. Put in the work it seems. Lets see how it translates, but the excitement of another season is building! It looks like Gary Roberts kind of weight, not Shane O'Brian or Kyle Wellwood 6 kilos. Or, as a just married dude, he ...

That depends on your standards for ‘elite’. Yes, he was an all-star for multiple seasons, but he never won any NHL performance-based awards. (The standards for admission to the HHoF are flexible and a tad arbitrary, as well as political.) I think Neely should be on the 50/50 club (50 goals in 50 gam ...

Unfortunately Anaheim already drafted him, but maybe the Nucks could trade for him, in order to get another Pettersson? If they're not going to build an exciting roster, perhaps they can increase the entertainment value by creating challenges for the play-by-play announcers. See if they can ...

Neely also become an elite power foward, star player that is so rare and every team covets. That depends on your standards for ‘elite’. Yes, he was an all-star for multiple seasons, but he never won any NHL performance-based awards. (The standards for admission to the HHoF are flexible and a tad arb ...

...seven years later from when the Canucks had drafted him in 2014. And Cam Neely hadn't shown anything special in three years prior to trading him away, either -- otherwise, he wouldn't have been available at that price. People lamenting the Neely trade are disappointed over what he became, not ...

Worst trade in Canuck history - Jack Gordon’s Neely debacle Worst trade in Canuck history - Vancouver Canucks acquire Adam Clendening; Chicago Blackhawks acquire Gustav Forsling The Neely trade carries additional emotional resonance on this board because Neely was the type of player most of the p ...

Linden should have read the room....if his boss wasn't interested in a rebuild then why push it to the point that it cost you your job? Because he had almost brought a Cup to Vancouver, and wanted to seal the deal for a city he loved. He knew ownership didn't have patience for the rebuild, but he ...

Truthfully I haven’t been a fan of “our” GM’s work, all of them, in a long, long, long time. The whole kit and kaboodle. They seemingly all have a massive disconnect with what the people here, the loyal Canuck fans, want which is a patient, well structured, well thought out long term plan. It’s the ...

We need to start trading pound for pound instead of watered down quantity like we’ve seen with the Miller and Horvat returns that decimated our core. If we are trading Hughes we need to look for an equal level in return - player for player instead of player for a package of so-so’s. Just my two bit ...

If they have serious doubts about the ability to resign Hughes, then getting fair trade value for him is the next best thing. A patient ownership/management group (agreed: not the ones the Canucks have) could -- on a future-focused trade deal -- parlay that into a contender. Remember how well the ...

Sure, but we are still a team of mediocre wingers and no proper second line and no proper 2nd line level quality centre. Chytil is not a legit top two line level quality centre even when his brain is sitting stable in his skull. In a cap league, nobody gets to ice a team that is first rate in every ...

First rate goaltending and defence can take you far. Trouble is, I don't usually find it much fun to watch.

But the simple analysis of overperforming v. underperforming talent must have something to do with coaching. How much of that difference would you say is due to systems design, and how much to other factors, such as roles, linemates and/or pairings? I find it curious, that tidbit about Tocchet's ...

UWSaint wrote: ↑Tue Jul 29, 2025 11:51 am Sometimes you have to do more things wrong than right to get that guy....

Or a team could actually recognize that they don't have the horses, and deliberately choose to enter a rebuilding phase.

Or at least, that seems like it should be theoretically possible.

Since I don't see this as a Cup-winning campaign for the Canucks, even if all of the chancy variables on which they are hoping come up favourably, I'm OK with this being another developmental season, and I'd rather not see them trade anything that would make them better in '27 for something that ...