Ownership and Management (These fuckin' guys™)

[JelloPuddingPop]

Doug Armstrong is now available

Heard he is as stepping down from team Canada. Blues too?

Yep, at the end of the season - Alexander Steen is his replacement.

[Carl Yagro]

"It's time for a change..."

- Doug Armstrong to Frankie Aqua

So now that the current Vancouver Canucks management team appears to be on track for a long rebuild, what does Francesco Aquilini think?

Sounds like the Canucks owner is into it.

<- O Rly?

“The ownership is fully on board,” Canucks insider Irfaan Gaffar said on the DFO Rundown Insider Edition podcast. “The ownership knows that it’s probably going to take at least five years until they’re really, really competitive again… You have Jim Rutherford and Patrik Allvin knowing that now and having the OK by the ownership.”

<- Oh, NOW they know. No more hybrid? FIVE years people. FIVE. Don't cry. Go find a new hobby and come back then to see if this thing is finished. Hopefully it's better planned than their re-upholstery project... and the baldies long gone before then.

...Even Linden sounded surprised when speaking about it Saturday on Hockey Night in Canada’s After Hours program.

“I think in 2014 when I came in [as president of hockey operations], I knew it was a tough spot to come into. There wasn’t a lot to work with there. We had a great group of guys… but they were on the back nine.

...I think it’s a bit surprising given the history.”

The Canucks currently have 10 draft picks in 2026, including two first-rounders, plus nine picks in each of the 2027 and 2028 drafts.

The proof will be in the pudding of course, and there’s a lot more work that needs to be done. But it’s a start.

TWR. Frank quietly admitted it by letting him back into the building.

[Cornuck]

...I think it’s a bit surprising given the history.”

[Cousin Strawberry]

...I think it’s a bit surprising given the history.”

It's patheticness on an inconceivable scale

[Topper]

Who wants to clean truck stop toilets?

https://x.com/TysonLW/status/2034743954353390030?s=20

[2Fingers]

IMO Canucks also need to do a total reset in image. Get rid of the whale in entirety, get rid of anything related to orca and start with the 2 designs and colour schemes most fans like (at least the ones I know does). These or the current black jersey with skate and the hockey stick.

Maybe move away from the white home and go with a good yellow if possible.

[Cornuck]

IMO Canucks also need to do a total reset in image.

Now would be the time to do it - build something 'new' - give the players something to rally around. Worst that can happen is that they fail at the rebuild and have to rebrand in 6-8 years. That's just more jersey sales.

Not that I plan on ever buying another jersey, and I don't have the hatred for the Orca that most have - it's a good time for a change.

[BoS]

Wait till Pettersson is gone.

100% need a rebrand

[donlever]

Rebrand eh?

The Pacific Coilseum was opened in 1968 (ironically the first on ice event there was the Ice Capades which sort of mirrors the Canucks existence nicely)....GM Place opened in Sept '95.

So the Canucks current home barn is older than their first home barn at the time of the move.

[Cornuck]

Interesting... we're not the oldest, and the late 90s were a big era for rinks. 15 from 94-95 to 99-2000

[Cousin Strawberry]

Move back into the coliseum for a couple years while they reno gm place into a modern arena. Wear only spaghetti plate unis from that point on. Wash out the whale nonsense for good

[Topper]

Canuck job posting broke BC Labour Laws by not including the salary for the position.

When folks whine about ownership and a need for new owners, do they realize the cost of buying the rink?

So much civic and regional transit planning has centred around that site the impact of relocation would be very deep.

[2Fingers]

There is nothing wrong with the place. They have been updating it lately so not sure what a new place would have that this one doesn’t?

They won’t move it out at least for another 20 years.

[Megaterio Llamas]

It's older than the Coliseum was when they opened GM Place. I thought the Coliseum was still perfectly fine at the time, too.

[Meds]

It's older than the Coliseum was when they opened GM Place. I thought the Coliseum was still perfectly fine at the time, too.

The Coliseum was too small. Iirc the NHL was directing that barns should start to seat more fans and the PC only held 16,200. That would currently rank 30th in the league.

Of course that was at a time when merchandise was far less of a money maker than it is today, and gate revenue and concessions were more important by comparison.

Rogers Arena currently sits 9th in the league in capacity, it certainly doesn’t demand an upgrade there.

The idea someone on here threw out of relocating back to the Coliseum for a year while they update Rogers is a good one. But I don’t feel like it’s the highest priority.

Timing-wise though…..I’d look at doing it in a few years to coincide with the rebuild re-opening a compete window.

Going back for a year and reviving that era of Canucks branding would probably generate some excitement amongst fans of our age, and it hopefully that passion for Canucks HOCKEY would be contagious like it was from 89-Messier and then again from WCE-2010. Perfect for a rebuilding team to establish themselves and move back into a sparkling face-lifted Rogers and make their mark.