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Sitting around woth a few friends who all had the same question, how long do you continue cheering for the Canucks when they have a player you despise?
For 3 of us, that player was forward Elias Petterson, while the other friend, if was Evander Kane, although he also is not a fan of #40.
After some discussion about it, the 4 of us felt the best thing to do was not watch any Canucks games while those players are on the team, or even just try becoming loyal to a different team,, which for 3 of us, might be hard, ass we have been Canucks fans since 1970 season.
Anyways, I have canceled my Sportsnet package as of midnight, the time in which #40 has his NMC kick in.
Some have decided that it was time to give up on the NHL all together and will be spending more time watching local hockeyPlayers you like or dislike come and go if you’ve been a fan for that long, it’s more the brand of hockey that I currently don’t like with the Canucks, more so than the actual players. They play a soft, slow brand of hockey. At the end of the day you can play many styles of hockey and be successful with it, you really need players who fit your system though, something Canucks management has not been good at since Mike Gillis was the GM.
Like him or hate him, he acquired players that fit his brand of hockey that he wanted to play and they were really successful at it, almost winning a stanley cup.
Sitting around woth a few friends who all had the same question, how long do you continue cheering for the Canucks when they have a player you despise?
For 3 of us, that player was forward Elias Petterson, while the other friend, if was Evander Kane, although he also is not a fan of #40.
After some discussion about it, the 4 of us felt the best thing to do was not watch any Canucks games while those players are on the team, or even just try becoming loyal to a different team,, which for 3 of us, might be hard, ass we have been Canucks fans since 1970 season.
Anyways, I have canceled my Sportsnet package as of midnight, the time in which #40 has his NMC kick in.
Some have decided that it was time to give up on the NHL all together and will be spending more time watching local hockeyGood for you. I’ve been drifting the same way over the last few years, but will still follow the Canucks because of certain players I like. But my favourite player for the last little while hasn’t been a Canuck and I’m good with that.
There’s options and when it boils down to it, if you’re like me, it’s probably the sport you love before the organization. I went to LA and Seattle over the last couple of years to watch live games. Have spent a lot more time and money watching the WHL than going to Canucks games. No regrets.
Players you like or dislike come and go if you’ve been a fan for that long, it’s more the brand of hockey that I currently don’t like with the Canucks, more so than the actual players. They play a soft, slow brand of hockey. At the end of the day you can play many styles of hockey and be successful with it, you really need players who fit your system though, something Canucks management has not been good at since Mike Gillis was the GM.
Like him or hate him, he acquired players that fit his brand of hockey that he wanted to play and they were really successful at it, almost winning a stanley cup.
Gillis was barely better of a GM than Benning was. There is a reason why none of them have gotten a job as GM since. The biggest problem is that top quality GM’s don’t want to work with Aquilini cause of the type of POS he is.
Players you like or dislike come and go if you’ve been a fan for that long, it’s more the brand of hockey that I currently don’t like with the Canucks, more so than the actual players. They play a soft, slow brand of hockey. At the end of the day you can play many styles of hockey and be successful with it, you really need players who fit your system though, something Canucks management has not been good at since Mike Gillis was the GM.
Like him or hate him, he acquired players that fit his brand of hockey that he wanted to play and they were really successful at it, almost winning a stanley cup.
Gillis was barely better of a GM than Benning was. There is a reason why none of them have gotten a job as GM since. The biggest problem is that top quality GM’s don’t want to work with Aquilini cause of the type of POS he is.
I think you missed the point of my post, not once did I say Mike Gillis was a great GM, I simply said they haven’t had a GM who outwardly identified a system he wanted to the team to play and then went out and got players who fit that style of play. Yes he made a lot of mistakes along the way, plus he seems like a complete dick of a person, but they had a lot of success playing the style of hockey he wanted the team to play.
What style of play do the Canucks currently play? Who is driving their style of play, the coach? In my opinion, management should be identifying a style of play they want to see played, get a coach who buys into that, and then get players who fit that system. When your organization builds a brand of hockey, or an identity, you need to stick to that brand of hockey. When teams try to change their brand, they fall to the wayside. Look at Nashville, they’ve always been a defensive minded team, they play a certain style, then Trots goes out and signs a bunch of offensive minded players and now he has to give them minutes to try and create that offence, but the team suffers defensively and now they can’t produce offence or defend, so they suck. Stick to your brand and identity.
What is the Canucks current brand of hockey, what is their identity? They don’t have one, they’ve been throwing crap against the wall since Benning came to town and they’ve been pissing into the wind ever since. I’ve never heard Rutherford or Allvin say they want to play this or that style of hockey.
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