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Agreed Dude. We are not tanking no matter what goalies we go with.

We have good goaltending and a good defence, with prospects in the system.

There is no real shortcut to fixing the top 6. We have a good bottom six, perhaps bottom nine. But no question we need to improve top six. We will see how Allvin does it, without giving away our future.

Picker of Cherries wrote: ↑Wed Jun 04, 2025 6:42 am If the Canucks starting goalie is Lankinen and their best forward is Garland, they are going to have a top ten pick no matter how well their defence kills penalties.

I’m not saying a top 10 position isn’t possible but top 5? I’m not seeing us being that bad. But with a little luck we could win the lottery like what the Islanders did this year. Didn’t they move up 10 spots. Regardless of McKenna it’s a very strong draft class.

Chef Boi RD wrote: ↑Wed Jun 04, 2025 6:50 am

Picker of Cherries wrote: ↑Wed Jun 04, 2025 6:42 am If the Canucks starting goalie is Lankinen and their best forward is Garland, they are going to have a top ten pick no matter how well their defence kills penalties.

I’m not saying a top 10 position isn’t possible but top 5? I’m not seeing us being that bad. But with a little luck we could win the lottery like what the Islanders did this year. Didn’t they move up 10 spots. Regardless of McKenna it’s a very strong draft class.

That same "little luck" during the season (mostly lack of injuries and a renewed chemistry on the team) could be a playoff spot.

The negative nancies are ripping on the group that really just needs a single decent offseason move and a couple average moves.

Madcombinepilot wrote: ↑Wed Jun 04, 2025 10:50 am That same "little luck" during the season (mostly lack of injuries and a renewed chemistry on the team) could be a playoff spot.

The negative nancies are ripping on the group that really just needs a single decent offseason move and a couple average moves.

Assuming Demko is moved and our blueline corps remains the same……

Our goaltending will be in the 15-20 range unless Silovs shoots the moon.

Our top-6 defenders are a talented and deep enough group to be top 5 in the league.

Our top-6 forward group is currently bottom 10 at best. I’d say 15-25 with a circa 2022 EP40 as 1C.

While our blueline is good enough, the only true offensive contributor is Hughes. Hronek is decent, but unlikely to drive offense on his own without Hughes or strong forwards. The usefulness of our blueline is own zone smarts and ability to transition the play up to the forwards. If the forwards are offensively anemic, well then our strong blueline isn’t going to win us many games in a 3-2 league.

It’s not “ripping” on this group to point that out.

Madcomb, pretty much every team in the league has a better top 6 than the Canucks. They ain’t fixing that with a magical wave of a wand or a twinkle of the nose a la Bewitched. The defence and goaltending will only be able to do so much. You can’t play Hughes for 60 minutes. Not seeing us being better than the middle of the pack.

If only we had traded Pettersson, kept Miller and resigned Boeser and Sutter. Our needs this off season would be much less. If Petey is pouty now what will he be like when he starts getting booed instead of having his name chanted.

Yogi Svejkovsky is bolting for Philadelphia, joining Rick Tocchet on the Flyers’ coaching staff.
Well our PP sucked anyway.

Hockey Widow wrote: ↑Wed Jun 04, 2025 12:04 pm If only we had traded Pettersson, kept Miller and resigned Boeser and Sutter. Our needs this off season would be much less. If Petey is pouty now what will he be like when he starts getting booed instead of having his name chanted.

And that I believe was the straw that broke camels back regarding Tocchet’s decision to get out of dodge. I think we all ain’t reading the tea leaves as to why. Canucks fans in denial. Linden as well has been quite vocal about Pettersson, his opinion on the matter seems to be falling on deaf ears. Same with Hansen. All guys with strong work ethics.

Hockey Widow wrote: ↑Wed Jun 04, 2025 12:12 pm Yogi Svejkovsky is bolting for Philadelphia, joining Rick Tocchet on the Flyers’ coaching staff.
Well our PP sucked anyway.

Yeah, the hits just keep coming. Rogers Arena isn't exactly a good vibe factory these days.

I'm preparing for an offseason of turbulent moves, critique from all corners (sincere and cynical) and (almost entirely eastern) pundits writing the team off by mid-July.

Management needs a win - of any significant sort - badly. Who wants to re-up their tickets given the current malaise?

Hiring Dean and re-signing Forbort are, at best, bunts when management needs at least a double but more likely needs a home run or two this summer. Sadly, it looks like they're behind the count right now.

They just hired a coach. A lot of assistants follow the guy who gave them a shot. They will hire a ouppe more assistants after the finals

Canucks new assistant coaches

Hockey Widow wrote: ↑Wed Jun 04, 2025 12:04 pm If only we had traded Pettersson, kept Miller and resigned Boeser and Sutter. Our needs this off season would be much less. If Petey is pouty now what will he be like when he starts getting booed instead of having his name chanted.

They fucked up not bringing Chris Odleifsson back. Him and Pit Martin would solve this along with Derek Sanderson.

Also announced: Defensive Development Coach Sergei Gonchar, and Video Coach Dylan Crawford will not be returning to the team for the 2025-26 season.

Sounds like McLean will handle the power play and Dean will work the penalty kill. All three come with a reasonable amount of experience.

Foote press conference: https://www.nhl.com/canucks/video/news- ... 3920291112

Interesting that they didn't go with more experienced or better-known options.

Dean is the outlier in that regard, and it will be interesting to see whether the blueline will look more like his squad in Boston, or the blueline he ran in Chicago.

Mclean's CV doesn't read like anything that would move the needle based off his time in the minors.

Young's background is more in player personnel jobs vice coaching... and he's going to do what? Be a 'glue guy'??

I'll give this bunch the benefit of the doubt for now, but the smell just ain't... fresh here.