Canucks News N Notes 24-25

[Chef Boi RD]

2026:
Sign McDavid and Eichel as UFAs at a discount, by promising them Paolo's portion of ownership when they retire.

Trade Petey (Buchnevich), Boeser (Guentzel) for scoring wingers with pedigree/toughness.

DeBrusk - McDavid - Guentzel
Buchnevich - Eichel - Lekkerimaki
Joshua - Chytil - Garland

Win the cup.

Things can change in a hurry Chef.

https://youtu.be/AV00cT5qWEQ?si=9-qCH5QBXeq7ketw

[Blob Mckenzie]

There's no need for a new thread but Hargraves is winding up the Weber, might have had 2. Tough weekend.

Foote is getting a chance. Manny COULD be called upon as an elevated assistant. Perhaps its a transition period where Foote eats the boot or he wins..... Sekeres and J /Stump are all over it which tells me its the right hire. Same with Bountiful. Those folks skin their knuckles while they walk and follow the same guy to work every day.

iVe gotten chopped off in all 4 calls I've ever made to Dude's buddies on the open line show. I had Big Bob in tears when I carved Pratt. My biddy drove his sled off the road whenI imitated Jeff Paterson by the cadence of his voice. Well........JEFF , how do YOU feel about the moves ...... of THE LAST FEW DAYS????? Do you ......FEEL that the TEAM IS BETTER? And ..... as a FORMER MEMBER and well respected analyst of WHL hockey.......do you think Vancouver is IGNORING the Dub? Does your wife work on the News? Do you know the Dude?

Sekeres should donate some of that skin/blubber to that poor Butterhorn kid.

[Chef Boi RD]

Squire Barnes is a legend on the 6 o’clock news, up there with the greats. He’s making Bernie Pascal proud. His wimgmen Janower and Deley do a fine job filling in for Squire on his days off.

[Cousin Strawberry]

Squire Barnes is a legend on the 6 o’clock news, up there with the greats. He’s making Bernie Pascal proud. His wimgmen Janower and Deley do a fine job filling in for Squire on his days off.

Ran into him somewhere in a van one time. My buddy said to him you're pretty short and he replied go fuck yourself lol

[Hockey Widow]

Canucks also wanted to name HC sooner rather than later. Manny is still in the playoffs.

[Blob Mckenzie]

They will name a very experienced fella to help Foote, maybe two of them.

They should throw cake at Hitch. See if Todd Nelson or Mitch Love want to be high paid assistants and throw the keys to Mëds and the Dude to run Abbotsford. Its like Mutt and Jeff.

[Meds]

They will name a very experienced fella to help Foote, maybe two of them.

They should throw cake at Hitch. See if Todd Nelson or Mitch Love want to be high paid assistants and throw the keys to Mëds and the Dude to run Abbotsford. Its like Mutt and Jeff.

If they give us carte blanche you can be assured that there will be a reserved seat right behind the penalty boxes for Beers McKenzie.

[Megaterio Llamas]

Stephen Brunt interviewed Rutherford recently:


Jim Rutherford Opens Up About Challenges in Vancouver, His Career, and Managing Stars | Up Close

https://youtu.be/FT6EBCxUGdg?si=KfkLxNRW2Yp5ycLF




* it's an interesting interview, but the Canucks portion starts around 25 minutes in.

[Blob Mckenzie]

I keep getting this feeling they're gonna go hard after Ehlers.

No more runts says I.

Marner

[Blob Mckenzie]

They will name a very experienced fella to help Foote, maybe two of them.

They should throw cake at Hitch. See if Todd Nelson or Mitch Love want to be high paid assistants and throw the keys to Mëds and the Dude to run Abbotsford. Its like Mutt and Jeff.

If they give us carte blanche you can be assured that there will be a reserved seat right behind the penalty boxes for Beers McKenzie.

Leave the humor to guys like Gomer. You are dryer than a cunt fart out of an old popcorn machine thats in an grubby old bowling alley in downtown Ladner.

Let the adults discuss hockey Mëds. You make Gomer sound cunning.

I know you got your original seats in the Captains Crew but for heaven's sakes spread around some wealth 6 ft 11.

[Todd Bersnoozi]

But Miller's breakdown was far from a normal and healthy response to an underprepared and underperforming teammate. It is indicative of a different kind of fragility than that shown by EP40, but it is fragility nonetheless. And it *will likely reappear again* even if EP40 gets his head and body together if there's a triggering event (losing), because there is almost never a world in which everyone in an organization is doing as much as Miller would likely do to prepare himself. That's the thing about the world -- you can only control yourself and your own responses to how other's control themselves. To be sure, you can influence others to control themselves better, but you are still fully responsible for yourself (Miller failed) and doing so in an ineffective manner can make a problem worse (here, splitting the room).

I think Tochett tried his best, but we don't actually know what he did, and he might have ended up pulling the wrong levers. What we know is that in camp and right away during the season, he was pumping JT's tires non-stop -- which JT might have interpreted as being an indication that he was "in the right"; we just don't know whether Tochett ever pulled him aside and said privately "but you need to knock your shit off because its bringing this group down more than EP40's offishness and subpar preparation.... Lead on the ice, lead by example, but let me talk to EP40; let Quinn talk to EP40, and don't let it get in between your ears. You are better than that."

I think the only place I differ with what seems to be the consensus on the board is that many admire Miller for being a "leader" and doing things how they should be done. I think this comes from the fact that good JT is a hell of a player that rises to occasions. But I see Miller as the opposite of a leader. That's because while EP40s failures are not excusable, they are common and they don't generally tear teams apart, especially when the failing player is not one to set a tone for others (either for the good or bad).

A part of me wanted to say that I can't believe we are still talking about this shit; however, as we didn't make the playoffs, the coach bailed on us and looks like our top sniper is gonzo, I guess it's understandable and there's nothing really else to talk about. It's like the drama to a soap opera, it keeps pulling us in.

U have an interesting take on the EP40 & Millzy9 shit show. I would agree that at the end of the day as Burkie would say, all a player should have to do is lace up his skates and play. Everything else should be handled by the coaches and mgmt. Sure, JT can have his say to try to get his teammates going, but once said, he should just focus on his own game and lead by example. He should not be constantly badgering a guy to try to get him going to the point that it tears the room apart. It's up to the coaches and mgmt to get the most out of underperforming players or criticize a guy for not being in top shape. Players player, coaches coach and managers manage. Simple, that's it. Look at all the great leaders of the game: Burnaby Joe Sakic, Stevie Y, Sid the kid, they all lead by example on the ice. Yeah, Mess was a vocal leader and could be an A-hole, but he could back it up on the ice by being a difference maker and playing at a high lvl for a long time.

I still find it kinda odd that JT was willing to sign that 7 yr deal with us a couple yrs back. I mean, he could have become a UFA, sign anywhere he wanted and probably would have got more money in the open market, yet he extended here. I thought maybe at the time, he believed in this core of Huggy, Demmer, Brockstar and yes, even EP40 and he thought they had the potential to do something special. He had seen EP40 at his best and believed they could be an offensive juggernaught together for a long time. Unfortunately, he seemed to give up on that idea early this season. C'mon man, just last season we were one of the top teams in the league and almost knocked off the powerhouse Oil.

I do think Brad Richardson's comments about JT rings true. A team needs to surround JT with solid NHL veterans, otherwise he gets "squirrelly". I still think that 1st year when JT arrived, we had some long tenured highly respected Canucks (ie: Marky, Tanev, Edler, BoHo) and a bunch of proven vets (ie: Beags, Rousell, Benn, Myers, Pearse, Sutts) and we had zero problems with him that year. Slap an "A" on him and surround him with a bunch of young ones and it's like there's nobody around to keep him in check; especially when things are not going well. As some posters pointed out, if we kept some of those great locker room, culture guys who can still deliver on the ice (ie: Toffoli, Tanev), all this drama would probably have been smoothed out. We wouldn't be talking about this shit and maybe we'd still be watching JT and EP40 battling together for us in the playoffs.

[Lancer]

I keep getting this feeling they're gonna go hard after Ehlers.

No more runts says I.

Marner

The way things are degenerating between him, fans and the team, if they lose tonight it’s sayonara.

He wouldn’t be a bad option as a 2C, but he’s a better winger. Dunno about the intestinal fortitude. After playing in Toronto, Utah may look pretty appealing.

[Madcombinepilot]

I keep getting this feeling they're gonna go hard after Ehlers.

No more runts says I.

Marner

Marner has dissapeared in the playoffs again.

Hard No.

[JelloPuddingPop]

I keep getting this feeling they're gonna go hard after Ehlers.

No more runts says I.

Marner

Marner has dissapeared in the playoffs again.

Hard No.

I'd have to agree here - one thing to have a player who gets you into the playoffs. Another thing to have a player who can't get you anywhere once in. Vancouver's market isn't as far off from the leaves in terms of running a guy out of town if they don't like their performance/pay ratio. Can't see him succeeding here. Utah or when Bettman expands to Atlanta for the 3rd time...

[Meds]

I keep getting this feeling they're gonna go hard after Ehlers.

No more runts says I.

Marner

Marner has dissapeared in the playoffs again.

Hard No.

He has 12 points in 11 GP. He leads all Toronto forwards in TOI and SH/TOI. Sure, it's 2 goals and 10 helpers, so he's light in the actual goals department, however his regular season stat line reads 27 goals and 75 assists.....if he scores a goal tonight he's right where he always is, albeit with a lower PPG compared to his regular season numbers, but that's true of most players in the post-season.

When your goaltenders are boasting a 4.02 GAA and .877 SV% (or worse), in the second round, this doesn't fall on the forwards.

The Leaves have never addressed their crease properly. Stick Oettinger in there and they probably are up in this series. Hell, even Stolarz was playing well enough that this could be different.

I love that it's not though.

BUT.....

If Marner has any interest in coming to Vancouver as a free agent, explore it very seriously.