Canucks News N Notes 26-27

[Tciso]

Why do I feel like our curse(s) will never be lifted?

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Somebody burn that shit if it isn't already too late!!!

Can we burn it in the streets? Maybe a few cars too? A commemorative riot, to celebrate the previous riot.

[Lancer]

Why do I feel like our curse(s) will never be lifted?

https://www.instagram.com/p/DfiI-P_GYOP ... IzN2VjeQ==

Somebody burn that shit if it isn't already too late!!!

Can we burn it in the streets? Maybe a few cars too? A commemorative riot, to celebrate the previous riot.

A 'cleansing' riot to purge the bad juju, you say? Speaking of purges...

[Tciso]

I don't think any of us get Bains other than from a DEI (alleged) local marketable entity perspective.

Bains makes me miss guys like Motte, Cowan or MacEwan.

[Hockey Widow]

You know I knew we were going to be bad this year. But I bought into the team hype at training camp and thought maybe we would be fighting for a wild card spot. I know, extremely optimistic.

But I never imagined we would be this epic bad. Certainly goaltending has been a problem that explains some of this. But it is everything else that has been a disappointing surprise to me. I mean we are just bad. There are glimmers of bright spots I suppose. Lekkerimaki is quietly having a good year. DPetey is holding his own. Ohgren is showing glimpses of why JR wanted him in the Quinn deal. EP40 is having a bounce back season. Boeser is getting points that may make him tradeable at some point. DeBrusk too. Willander and Buium are still being thought about as potential future top 4 candidates.Hronek is logging a ton and holding his own.

So glimpses for sure but just bad. Historically so. Perhaps we will show better if Demko ever recovers. But I see no hope of being a wild card I so wanted us to be at the beginning of the season. I just never expected bad to be this bad. Year one of the re-build.........a success.

[dangler]

I expected them to be a little better than last season too.
Agree there are those bright spots mentioned.
Also might be the perfect scenario to ease Demko back, no pressure.
I think part of the problem is with Manny and all the new coaching staff finding their way too.

[Lancer]

Goaltending has been putrid. The save percentage they're rocking cannot fall even mainly at the feet of the skaters in front of them.

That said, the young D have been serving up some prime chances. Their transition game has been an utter mess to boot, leading to extended time in the D zone and little coherence in the neutral zone going into the O zone. I'm not sure if it's a case of the youngsters taking their time figuring out where they need to be and do (eye-test says that the vet line has been better at this on average); Manny and staff are running a system that opponents are sussing out and countering effectively; or the players just aren't executing - whether they've given up inside or are just overmatched.

Outside the vet line, the roster is either AHLers with no business getting the minutes they're playing or youngsters drafted well outside the top-ten because they're either projects or of limited ceiling to begin with. Can we look at any of the youngsters and say any of them would land in the top-20 of their position in 3 years-time? They're green-ass future depth players playing under a top-line of has-beens.

Last night looked like they wanted the game over by the time it was 2-0. Sushi's goal was nice, and there was a bit of juice after he scored, but it went nowhere. This was a game I thought they could win, to boot. Hopefully we don't see too many of those games. For his sake, I'm sure Manny doesn't want to see more of them either. Being outmatched or having shitty goaltending is barely bearable. Being out-worked is where young rebuilding teams end up in pre-McJesus Oiler territory..

[2Fingers]

If this keeps up Malholtra will probably be gone.

No more hires from within, get some new blood and brains there.

Bloody embarrassing to watch that crap.

[Hockey Widow]

Waiver claim. From Canucks Army:

Heading to Vancouver is 27-year-old right-shot defenceman Cameron Crotty. A native of Ottawa, Ontario, the 6’3, 212-pound Crotty was a third-round pick of the Arizona Coyotes in 2017 and has appeared in 11 career NHL games, with stops in Minnesota, Ottawa, and, of course, Arizona.
Crotty signed a one-year contract with the Wild in 2024, but appeared in just 1 NHL game with Minnesota that season, instead playing most of his games with AHL Iowa. Crotty then signed a two-year two-way deal with the Ottawa Senators ahead of the 2025-26 season, and was claimed off waivers by the Wild on October 29th (yes, less than a month ago). The Wild put him back on waivers yesterday, and now, he’s a Canuck.
Expect Crotty to split time as the Canucks’ 6th defenceman with Luke Schenn and Guillaume Brisebois, who have both spent time playing the right side this season.
As for Mancini, he heads to the AHL after appearing in eight of Vancouver’s 20 games this season. Mancini played the majority of his games last season with Abbotsford, and now heads down to play a key role with the farm team rather than rotating from the press box and the Canucks’ third defence pairing.
Mancini, 24, was acquired from the New York Rangers in the JT Miller trade and has struggled to find his footing at the NHL level since. Abbotsford is in action on Tuesday and Wednesday night this week as they host the Colorado Eagles at Rogers Forum.

[Topper]

they don't even have players for a players only meeting

temu managed

[Lancer]

All this, while Pettersson is having a quiet resurgence season. For all those with daffodil daydreams of what kind of return he would get in trade, imagine if he wasn't centring the vet line and taking some of the heavy matchup minutes. Imagine bringing up Cootes to square off against McJesus, Eichel, and MacKinnon on the regular and get caved-in. Would we even have three wins??

BTW, has Rossi checked-out yet? Kid has gone MIA most of the season thus far.

[Topper]

LOL
Leader of the worst team in hockey with no clear goals for this still birth of a season other than loosing.