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Saw this on X…
“Interesting stat heading into tonight’s game. Brock Boeser is playing in his 650th game with the #Canucks. During that time, he has recorded 499 points. At the 650 game mark of their careers, Daniel Sedin had 469 points while Henrik Sedin had 466.”
Seems like the front office and select Cunucks insiders are preparing us for something… I swear…lol.
It’s year two of a rebuild, which is at best a five year process. Management knows this, they’re just trying to calm a fraction of the fan base and media down imo. It was six drafts inclusive between Duncan Keith and Patrick Kane for Chicago. Five drafts inclusive for Pittsburgh between Ryan Whitney at #5 OA and Jordan Staal at #2 OA, and they drafted a generational player in those five years. Just takes time!!
I think they are just telling the Biggest dipshit in Canucks media, Drance, to shut the fuck up, idiot
Seems like the front office and select Cunucks insiders are preparing us for something… I swear…lol.
It’s year two of a rebuild, which is at best a five year process. Management knows this, they’re just trying to calm a fraction of the fan base and media down imo. It was six drafts inclusive between Duncan Keith and Patrick Kane for Chicago. Five drafts inclusive for Pittsburgh between Ryan Whitney at #5 OA and Jordan Staal at #2 OA, and they drafted a generational player in those five years. Just takes time!!
The Hawks won tonight. 4 point buffer.
I’m ok with winning the occasional game if there is enough gap but not at the cost of using a single asset on putting a better product on the ice this season.
I said they didnt expect the team to be this bad and that they are feeling the heat. Sedins confirm it more or less(so did RJ’s face a couple of weeks back). Meanwhile they tell the imaginary excited fan base to be patient. Feels like the other way round especially when they start talking about better product and trading for too many picks. Now I’m hearing the owner’s voice coming out of their mouths.
They will bring in players still in their mid 20’s… call it getting younger…. even though they wont be part of the long term future and will cost something… and if that son of a bitch Demko comes back around xmas and starts stealing games, then I imagine the owner would be happy… and fans would be looking at a lower tier pick…lol.
I’m in the “acquire draft capital” camp at least for the first 3 seasons which we are in year 2. After the 3 years… mix it up… draft and trade for young players/prospects… if it comes together… then the contender building phase can start if it looks realistic. Just pile up draft capital currently god dammit. Without that, you will fall short on assets along the way. Mediocre all over again.
Seems like the front office and select Cunucks insiders are preparing us for something… I swear…lol.
No shit! With Drance it’s usually a rant fest!
Seems like the front office and select Cunucks insiders are preparing us for something… I swear…lol.
Bang on.
Canucks excerpts from Drance.
First of all, you have the fans, not all of whom are hardcores and on board with taking the long-view approach to building a contending team.
ME: “That statement really resonated with me. Why?
Probably because of my age, in the twilight of my life.
I’ve been with this team since it came into the NHL, in 1970.So time, is of the essence for me. And,
I’ve been through lots of rebuilds.
With three trips to the Stanley Cup Finals (1982, 94, and 2011).And watched many NHL teams go through them also.
Some successfully. Others not.Just look back fourteen years to the present to see how long it’s taken.
For some of those teams.
Even with a number of years that these teams had top draft picks.So no, I’m not on board with taking the long-view approach to building a contending team.
I believe in draft capital, but also in collecting players that are young that may fit into the current team to make it better now.
Add in a few prospects each year into the lineup.
And continue to build a team that management views as being competitive, progressing towards a Stanley Cup contender.I believe that can be done sooner, then five plus years.”
Twenty games into the Canucks’ first disciplined rebuild in a generation, and the sense of impatience locally is already palpable. Rogers Arena isn’t full, and the club is leaning creatively into different methods of papering the crowd and manufacturing a sense of environment in the building. Criticism of current players, and even of first-year head coach Manny Malhotra, is evident across sports talk podcasts, digital properties and social media.
We know that ownership, who effectively kiboshed hockey operations leaders who suggested taking a rebuilding route to contention over the past decade, has a very limited appetite for making the revenue-side investment required to accumulate the type of elite assets that NHL teams generally require to compete credibly for the Stanley Cup. That’s a critical part of the audience the twins may be communicating with in a venue like Thursday’s session with reporters.
If an environment gets too mercenary, those sacrifices become more difficult to demand. It’s a balance, one that management has to walk.
On this score, for me, a steadfast believer that amassing a great wall of surplus draft capital is the first and most important step of any successful rebuilding project, I’d simply defer to the organization’s actions and grant them precedence over the commentary from Henrik and Daniel.
To put this as simply as possible, the goal of rebuilding, or whatever you want to label it, is straightforward. As we’ve previously spelled out, the directive is to accumulate a critical mass (or even an army) of good players who will hit their peaks simultaneously and play at a collective level that will give you a legitimate chance to win the Stanley Cup multiple times over a five-to-seven-year window.
The relevant questions on the way aren’t about method; they’re about reality. Do we currently have players of that calibre at the necessary volume within our organization? What would it take to add those players to our organization, and do we have enough assets and are we a desirable enough destination that there’s a realistic path for us to do so?
Once you answer “no” and “no” to both of those questions, as the Canucks very clearly and easily should at this point, then trading off veterans and accumulating picks is the only logical path forward.
The Sedins, general manager Ryan Johnson and Malhotra, are clearly exceptional communicators. They’ve demonstrated they have the stomach for this process and the guts to steer into it.
And they deserve to be judged on their actions, not their words in mid-November.
You’d very much like to see the organization invest more heavily in supporting them with experienced support staff, an error from this summer. Certainly there’s a ton of work to do in upgrading the quality of the ice sheet at Rogers Arena and building a sorely needed practice facility, even as the organization works through reduced revenue during this rebuilding period.
This new era of Canucks hockey operations leadership has inherited an organization that has a lot to fix. They require some runway and an abundance of patience.
Maybe the Canucks should pass on this guy…
Big Head Hockey
@bigheadhcky
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Why I’m skeptical Michkov’s getting singled out for “no reason” in Philadelphia:Pre Draft:
• Fought teammate, Ivan Miroshnichenko, at a national team training session.
• Allegedly acted aggressively towards teammates, tripping them in practice, driving a stick into his goalies chest, kicking teammates, via Mathias Brunet
• Washington Capitals scout Andrei Nikolishin publicly said “I have not seen such disrespect for other people in my life” in reference to Michkov’s attitude off-ice.2024/25:
• Gets a misconduct for trying to grab the whistle from a ref after a scrum
• Loses his cool at Head Coach John Tortorella on bench2025/26:
• Shows up out of shape to camp
• Some teammates didn’t want to play on a line with him. Via The Athletic.
• During 2nd round of the playoffs, an anonymous NHL executive claimed that Michkov was uncoachable, a poor teammate, and a terrible kid. Via Daily Faceoff.2026/27:
• Loses his cool at Travis Konecny on bench
• Loses his cool at Nick Seeler on bench
• Caught liking posts on Instagram questioning why he isn’t getting more minutes
• Potentially leaked a trade request through Kevin Weekes (ESPN) – still unconfirmed while front office publicly denies it.Yep. Skill to burn but as I was saying the last couple of days, putting a valuable package together for him and risking he doesn’t work out under Manny… terrible idea. Fans would be pissed. I know Vantel doesn’t think so but I’ve scrolled through the fans comments in the Michkov stories to see what they are saying. They are for it… then you see the packages they think will get it done. Players that will not waive to go there and players that are more or less useless to the Flyers. All firm on not giving up picks, prospects, and young players like likker and Ohgren. Yeah, no shit you are for it…. It’s not even Bieksa, Raynond and a 3rd. They don’t want to trade the 3rd. Dream on fans. Flyers are not taking a package built around Rossi that doesnt involve significant others like a valuable prospect and/or 1st rounder. Even then they may refuse anything to do with Rossi.
What concerns me is the reports that the Canucks are interested. We all agree it’s their job to kick tires one way or another but for fuck sakes…. what about all the character and culture talk they are pounding into our heads? If they are truly interested… then they are full of shit.
Yup, stay away from him. And do your homework on Miroshnichenko as well if your interested ffs. One bad apple in the room and it all goes for a shit again.
Maybe the Canucks should pass on this guy…
Big Head Hockey
@bigheadhcky
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1h
Why I’m skeptical Michkov’s getting singled out for “no reason” in Philadelphia:Pre Draft:
• Fought teammate, Ivan Miroshnichenko, at a national team training session.
• Allegedly acted aggressively towards teammates, tripping them in practice, driving a stick into his goalies chest, kicking teammates, via Mathias Brunet
• Washington Capitals scout Andrei Nikolishin publicly said “I have not seen such disrespect for other people in my life” in reference to Michkov’s attitude off-ice.2024/25:
• Gets a misconduct for trying to grab the whistle from a ref after a scrum
• Loses his cool at Head Coach John Tortorella on bench2025/26:
• Shows up out of shape to camp
• Some teammates didn’t want to play on a line with him. Via The Athletic.
• During 2nd round of the playoffs, an anonymous NHL executive claimed that Michkov was uncoachable, a poor teammate, and a terrible kid. Via Daily Faceoff.2026/27:
• Loses his cool at Travis Konecny on bench
• Loses his cool at Nick Seeler on bench
• Caught liking posts on Instagram questioning why he isn’t getting more minutes
• Potentially leaked a trade request through Kevin Weekes (ESPN) – still unconfirmed while front office publicly denies it.Yep. Skill to burn but as I was saying the last couple of days, putting a valuable package together for him and risking he doesn’t work out under Manny… terrible idea. Fans would be pissed. I know Vantel doesn’t think so but I’ve scrolled through the fans comments in the Michkov stories to see what they are saying. They are for it… then you see the packages they think will get it done. Players that will not waive to go there and players that are more or less useless to the Flyers. All firm on not giving up picks, prospects, and young players like likker and Ohgren. Yeah, no shit you are for it…. It’s not even Bieksa, Raynond and a 3rd. They don’t want to trade the 3rd. Dream on fans. Flyers are not taking a package built around Rossi that doesnt involve significant others like a valuable prospect and/or 1st rounder. Even then they may refuse anything to do with Rossi.
What concerns me is the reports that the Canucks are interested. We all agree it’s their job to kick tires one way or another but for fuck sakes…. what about all the character and culture talk they are pounding into our heads? If they are truly interested… then they are full of shit.
Maybe the Canucks should pass on this guy…
Big Head Hockey
@bigheadhcky
·
1h
Why I’m skeptical Michkov’s getting singled out for “no reason” in Philadelphia:Pre Draft:
• Fought teammate, Ivan Miroshnichenko, at a national team training session.
• Allegedly acted aggressively towards teammates, tripping them in practice, driving a stick into his goalies chest, kicking teammates, via Mathias Brunet
• Washington Capitals scout Andrei Nikolishin publicly said “I have not seen such disrespect for other people in my life” in reference to Michkov’s attitude off-ice.2024/25:
• Gets a misconduct for trying to grab the whistle from a ref after a scrum
• Loses his cool at Head Coach John Tortorella on bench2025/26:
• Shows up out of shape to camp
• Some teammates didn’t want to play on a line with him. Via The Athletic.
• During 2nd round of the playoffs, an anonymous NHL executive claimed that Michkov was uncoachable, a poor teammate, and a terrible kid. Via Daily Faceoff.2026/27:
• Loses his cool at Travis Konecny on bench
• Loses his cool at Nick Seeler on bench
• Caught liking posts on Instagram questioning why he isn’t getting more minutes
• Potentially leaked a trade request through Kevin Weekes (ESPN) – still unconfirmed while front office publicly denies it.
