Canucks Pre-Season Games (Semi-GDT thing)

[donlever]

Yeah...the Foote D to O transitional system aids in the appearance of team speed for sure.

I posted something about it on some thread the other day.

[Cousin Strawberry]

I was wondering if we're seeing Marc Crawford fire wagon hockey from the 2001 Avs. Those teams played a similar style

[Ronning's Ghost]

So Rutherford has basically one year to ice a team with enough promise and hope that will interest the best player in franchise history into sticking around.

That isn't happening with leadfoot Raty making the top 9...or a Pissed Off Joseph...or picking any other waiver wire weiners

That path forward will be to harness and ride the lightning that is this young group of promising kids.

This means that if Cootes is still the better option after 9 over Raty or Chytil even...he sticks. Who cares about burning an entry year if he's still the better player.

I still haven't seen any indication that he can't hold down that spot. He's a smart, tenacious C who is already showing well beyond his years. He's got some chemistry forming with this young Sniper Lekky too.

No I don't keep Karlsson or Bains around over Cootes just because of waivers. Or Joseph over Mancini. Bring on the youth

If Plan A is to exploit the opportunity afforded by having Hughes on the roster for as long as possible (and I expect that it is), then this approach makes the most sense.