2025 Canucks Off-season

[Ronning's Ghost]

for the Canucks to even be a team that is considered a threat to make the 2nd round, everything to go exactly right…..

1. Petey has to bounce back (or they fleece someone in a draft day trade).

2. Demko has to be healthy and playing to form.

3. Hughes can’t get injured.

4. They need to find a top-6 winger and a legit 2C (a 1C if the first item in this list doesn’t happen).

Plus all the other minutia of the season.

I think that's a pretty good '25/'26 season forecast as things stand right now.

[Chef Boi RD]

It's interesting to see basically the entire league once again are all hunting for the same goddamn thing at the same time.

The last great shortage was right handed D, now all of a sudden that isn't an in demand need but 2C's are? And we just so happen to have a spare right hand D or 2 that can be dangled for a C...



What the fucks with the patterns and shit?

It seems odd, since the GM’s and their staff should be able to forecast the off season UFA season on what/who could/should be available “positionally”. We all see the contracts and lengths and terms, and who “could” be available, if not “extended”. Again, not getting a legitimate centre in return for both the Horvat and Miller trades but “project” type centre’s seems ridiculously risky especially with what was going on with Pettersson at the time of the Miller trade. By that, one would assume they had some kind of a back up plan for this off season to address this self inflicted lack of depth they created down the middle and in the top 6, overall, some kind of target or deal in the works? I know y’all like to think I’m picking on Allvin and Rutherford but their work this year has been surprisingly surprising, to say the least.

[Meds]

It's interesting to see basically the entire league once again are all hunting for the same goddamn thing at the same time.

The last great shortage was right handed D, now all of a sudden that isn't an in demand need but 2C's are? And we just so happen to have a spare right hand D or 2 that can be dangled for a C...



What the fucks with the patterns and shit?

It seems odd, since the GM’s and their staff should be able to forecast the off season UFA season on what/who could/should be available “positionally”. We all see the contracts and lengths and terms, and who “could” be available, if not “extended”. Again, not getting a legitimate centre in return for both the Horvat and Miller trades but “project” type centre’s seems ridiculously risky especially with what was going on with Pettersson at the time of the Miller trade. By that, one would assume they had some kind of a back up plan for this off season to address this self inflicted lack of depth they created down the middle and in the top 6, overall, some kind of target or deal in the works? I know y’all like to think I’m picking on Allvin and Rutherford but their work this year has been surprisingly surprising, to say the least.

Raty and Hronek for Horvat.....good trade considering the state of the team at the time. It left us with JT, who had become a 1.0ppg power forward capable of handling 1C duties, and an, at the time, emerging Pettersson who looked like another 1C in the making. Horvat was rightly used to acquire a piece to fill the gaping hole on the right side in the top-4. At the time, they had extended Miller on a long-term contract and the plan was to go forward with Miller and Scooter. You can't condemn the Horvat trade because nobody expected Millersson-gate to happen.....when it did, well the NMC they had given JT tied their hands.

Some are saying that JT wasn't willing to go anywhere else, however, I think that if a player comes to management and asks for a trade that management's response should be that they will accommodate the request if the player waives the NMC and opens the door to 31 destinations. In this case, if JT wasn't doing that, then Pettersson should have been shopped immediately for the larger return.

[Chef Boi RD]

I’m ok with the Horvat trade and the flip a pick for Hronek. Hronek solved a problem. I’m not ok with the Miller trade and the flip a pick for “another” Defenceman. Replacing Horvat and Miller with Raty and Chytil is tarded beyond belief. And here we find us, possessing the worst centre group in the entire league. It’s not easy landing a first or second line centre. Especially if nobody now wants to play in this drama filled team. Nobody is giving them away for peanuts hence the Wild turning down our 2025 first and a player for the 5’-9” Rossi.

We will be trading from a position of weakness, once again. We will have to give up more than we are willing to give up to fix a hole created buy dumb derisions.

[Blob Mckenzie]

I’m ok with the Horvat trade and the flip a pick for Hronek. Hronek solved a problem. I’m not ok with the Miller trade and the flip a pick for “another” Defenceman. Replacing Horvat and Miller with Raty and Chytil is tarded beyond belief. And here we find us, possessing the worst centre group in the entire league. It’s not easy landing a first or second line centre. Especially if nobody now wants to play in this drama filled team. Nobody is giving them away for peanuts hence the Wild turning down our 2025 first and a player for the 5’-9” Rossi.

We will be trading from a position of weakness, once again. We will have to give up more than we are willing to give up to fix a hole created buy dumb derisions.

MiLlEr OnLy GaVe A oNe TeAm LiSt. SaMe As KeSlEr.

[Meds]

I’m ok with the Horvat trade and the flip a pick for Hronek. Hronek solved a problem. I’m not ok with the Miller trade and the flip a pick for “another” Defenceman. Replacing Horvat and Miller with Raty and Chytil is tarded beyond belief. And here we find us, possessing the worst centre group in the entire league. It’s not easy landing a first or second line centre. Especially if nobody now wants to play in this drama filled team. Nobody is giving them away for peanuts hence the Wild turning down our 2025 first and a player for the 5’-9” Rossi.

We will be trading from a position of weakness, once again. We will have to give up more than we are willing to give up to fix a hole created buy dumb derisions.

MiLlEr OnLy GaVe A oNe TeAm LiSt. SaMe As KeSlEr.

I can see the Chef's logic when looking at the fact that they then flipped the 1st rounder for a LHD.....even if that trade did very much stabilize our blueline, we did have some guys in the pipeline, and LHD are easier to acquire (comparatively).

That 1st rounder should have been used (with other parts if necessary) to acquire a top-6 pivot.

[Chef Boi RD]

That 1st rounder should have been used (with other parts if necessary) to acquire a top-6 pivot.

My Sicilian friend - Macchenzzi is a bit too triggered to realize I was referring to the flipped NYR 1st. As you said, should’ve been flipped with parts for a centre, but the two goofs were so obsessed with getting M-Pete it blinded them. Didn’t help that they were a bit full of themselves thinking Shytil Shit For Brains Ferland 2.0 was a coup.

[Strangelove]

I'm curious if Tavares would head west on a three or four year deal.

Everything I’ve read says Tavares does not want to move his family.

Leaving the Leaves will depend upon how badly they lowball him…..but it’s a safe bet he won’t come west unless the offer is substantial.

I agree Tavares would likely want to remain in the East if the Leaves are stupid enough to chase both him and Marner away.

Buffalo? Ottawa? Montreal?

But wow, they are already short a top 9 centre... losing PJ Boy and winger Marner would be devastating.

Dat dere would erase a ton of regular season points.

And the thing is, how would they replace those guys?

Bennett and The Rat will re-sign in Florida I figure.

So yeah, not much available via UFAgency.

As far as trades, well they just don't have the assets.

Bad year for them to try to "change the DNA".

Sounds like they've already managed to offend TO-loving JT.

He was willing to sign a team-friendly contract... but have they pushed it too far?

Tree-living was known for fucking up these things in Calgary.

Traded Bennett away for a 2nd.

Traded Tkachuk away for Uberdough.

Let Gaudreau walk away for nothing.

IF both Tavares and Marner walk, will Leaves even make the playoffs?

No guarantee Pigman will be injury-free... and you know Piggy will miss his lil buddy big time.

Maybe Mitch signs in Anaheim and Piggy Wiggy demands a trade there.

Oh the possibilities.

[Meds]

I'm curious if Tavares would head west on a three or four year deal.

Everything I’ve read says Tavares does not want to move his family.

Leaving the Leaves will depend upon how badly they lowball him…..but it’s a safe bet he won’t come west unless the offer is substantial.

And the thing is, how would they replace those guys?

Bennett and The Rat will re-sign in Florida I figure.

Unless Marchand and Bennett are taking team friendly deals to the tune of 50% market value, there isn't room for them both. Ekblad has to be retained as a RHD like him is not easily replaced at all. They have $19M for Ekblad, Bennett, and Marchand. All of them are $8M players.

Tree-living was known for fucking up these things in Calgary.

Traded Bennett away for a 2nd.

Traded Tkachuk away for Uberdough.

Let Gaudreau walk away for nothing.

IF both Tavares and Marner walk, will Leaves even make the playoffs?

No guarantee Pigman will be injury-free... and you know Piggy will miss his lil buddy big time.

Maybe Mitch signs in Anaheim and Piggy Wiggy demands a trade there.

Oh the possibilities.

Tree isn't on the hook for Tkachuk. He took the best offer available, and it was a good one. Huberdeau was coming off of a career season, Weegar was looking like a very good RHD, and a conditional 1st rounder.....for a guy who wouldn't re-sign.

He dropped the ball on Gaudreau. He shouldn't have let him delay his decision beyond the TDL.....if he knew that Johnny was leaving prior to the TDL then that's brutal asset management. Not dissimilar to Marner, however Mitch wouldn't waive his NMC for a trade and so Tree was stuck with Shanny and Dubas' mistake there.

I think they are trying to set themselves up to have a shit ton of room next summer in case McDavid wants to leave Edmonton and come home to Toronto.

[Hockey Widow]

At a rally yesterday Bennet yelled into the crowd, I ain't fucking leaving, I'll be back. Of course everyone cheered but it sure sounded like he was serious. The Ratman also said he wants to come back and a deal can be made. So that leaves Ekblad.