Trevor Linden had as much experience running an NHL hockey club as Michael “The Players Agent” Gillis had running an NHL hockey club when he was hired. The list of teams hiring inexperienced GM’s and Presidents is plentiful. Trevor was in fact hired as the President of Hockey Operations, officially, ...

I should probably re-word it, semantics. “Patience” was what Linden was rumoured to have been requesting not so much “a rebuild”, and I think this had more to do with his feelings on the UFA signings from a couple weeks prior his stepping down - Beagle, Roussel and Schaller than him “wanting” to kee ...

It seems to me that the Aqua boys are given a get out of jail free card here by “some”. I don't think there's anyone here who would be sad to see an ownership change. Imagine if Gagliardi had won the court case? Who would have thought we would yearn for the days of arms-length ownership from McCaw a ...

I' m not ragging on Lankinen. I think he's fine as a player, not a bad backup at all. An "elite" third liner perhaps... But you know what he does better than goaltending? Hire agents who could sell this team on that contract..... Echoing that famous coaches rant, he is what he is and what he has ...

When the Memorandum of Understanding between the NHL and NHLPA was officially released it stated that changes agreed to in the document will take effect on September 16, 2026. Why is this important to the Canucks? Because that means between July 1, 2026 and Sept 16, 2026, they can still offer ...

Tough crowd... Lankinen gave the Canucks starter level goaltending last season which when you look at his stats were slightly off his NHL career stats which suggests last season wasn't a one off... His new cap hit is value and maybe his greatest value going forward will be that the coaching staff ...

He had 38 points and was + 11 playing with Dahlin on one of the best D pairings in the NHL on a shitty team with little PP time. He just turned 24, has a cup ring and a WJC where he led the D men in ice time in the final game. I'd wait a bit before anointing him a bust. Only thing I worry about is ...

From listening to the “pro’s” lately when it comes to the scouting reports on AHL goalies, it seems that the goalies in question the AHL stats associated with them are not high on the list of priorities that form the gyst of the scouts scouting report on AHL goalies which is mainly due to playing ag ...

Guess its a good trade when both teams have unhappy fans ... For Pittsburg it seems that there is confusion which is understandable when you consider they have a younger goalie in their system who was taken in the 2nd round and who has put up better AHL regular season and NHL stats than Silvos... I ...

CHL will become a league where 3rd and 4th rounders are drafted from, the best Canadian kids will play their draft year in the NCAA. The star attraction element, lack thereof, could hurt at the gate for some of the CHL clubs The best analogy I've heard is from Shayne Malloy who is a prospect guru ...

Bottom 6 plus 3 players that are not quit top six so middle 9. The way I look at it is the finalists this year and last year were a competition between a Selke built team vs a Art Ross built team and the Selke team won both times... That should give the Canucks hope in that they would be considered ...

Bottom 6 plus 3 players that are not quit top six so middle 9. The way I look at it is the finalists this year and last year were a competition between a Selke built team vs a Art Ross built team and the Selke team won both times... That should give the Canucks hope in that they would be considered ...

Watched a very good interview on Bloomberg by Jason Kelly of Bloomberg and Alex Rodriguez the former baseball player with David Blitzer who has an ownership stake in a team in every professional sports league in North America including the New Jersey Devils along with ownership stakes in multiple ...

Cousin Strawberry wrote: ↑Wed Jul 09, 2025 10:05 am At the end of the day AS is a borderline NHL backup at best.

Meh...take the 5th and move along

Agree with you, the only "yeah but" is that its an Olympic year and a condensed schedule so he may have a tad more value than during a normal year...

Take care...

From Chef Maybe the Canucks could be like the new version of the Lemaire Devils era. The strength of those NJD teams was goaltending and defence like the Canucks now. The Devils didn’t necessarily have elite superstar forwards either. Appreciate the new found optimism from you, I had earlier s ...