Big Head Hockey calculates that all opportunities to move up in the lottery over the years combined, the Canucks had a 98.5 percent chance of moving up. And yet, you know the story.

Ya think it's rigged?

Some of the leading GM candidates - "the worst of the rebuild is behind you"...

Looks to me like Mr Aquilini will be filling the POHO chair much like he did in the post Linden portion of the Benning era. A return to a golden age. I'll be in my glory. :D *Except during PNE week...all the Aquilinis are out there on the corners with signs to park on their back lawns That's right ...

Looks to me like Mr Aquilini will be filling the POHO chair much like he did in the post Linden portion of the Benning era.

A return to a golden age. I'll be in my glory.

Hockey Widow wrote: ↑Tue May 05, 2026 5:22 pm Rutherford just announced he is stepping down as POHO after the draft and will stay on in an advisory role.

Big news!!

Thanks HW. A little good news was sorely needed after the events of the day.

Topper wrote: ↑Tue May 05, 2026 7:18 pm Give me a Hazmat suit and I'll drive the mobility scooter to Ocean View

lol

McKenna Reid Stenberg Yeah....this is plausible as well. Or flipped as I suggested earlier. Talking to rats and ap offline. A Verhoeff & Ruck twins draft day would be solid. Verhoeff seems to be trending own a little bit at the moment, but who knows. I actually like Stenberg at three for us ...

McKenna
Reid
Stenberg

Bring on Dorion.

Aaronp18 wrote: ↑Tue May 05, 2026 4:21 pm What a pile of burning garbage.

All right, option 2. Trade down and grab 2 more picks in the top 10.

It's an outhouse fire, Aaron.

Darn, I didn't know it was a four o' clock start.

I guess I missed all the suspense, eh.

Has Dorion swooped in at the eleventh hour regaling Mr Aquilini with tales of a hybrid retool on the fly to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory?

I don't like it!

Topper wrote: ↑Mon May 04, 2026 9:37 am Pierre Dorion apparently interviewed last week.

As someone on X noted, every owner Dorian has been GM for has died during his tenure.

And we have our winner.