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I never went back to that site even once. It was over. It was no longer a hockey site.
X is becoming a cesspool also these days.
I don’t think the future is bright any longer for Canadian hockey. NHL is streaming more games and with the currency exchange difference and top players wanting to play in tax free states It does not look good for Canucks. I probably expect to see about forty games on TV this year instead of the full 82 plus.
Canadian teams just have to build a winner, that changes everything. There’s a bunch of NHL teams in high tax states just like Canada, Minnesota, Anaheim, LA Kings, San Jose, Washington DC, Washington State, New Jersey, Islanders, Rangers, Boston, Buffalo, they all pay high tax rates with the high salaries in pro sports.
Currency for Canadian teams is definitely an issue though with a ever-increasing salary cap, and the crappy weather most Canadian teams have to offer their players, taxes certainly plays into it too, but that’s not purely a Canadian problem.
From the “Daily Faceoff” the Canucks prospect system went from 28th ranked in 2025 to 10th ranked after the 2026 draft, amazing how one solid draft can potentially change the fortunes of a franchise. As of right now the Canucks have two 2nd round picks in the 2027 draft and one 1st, getting another 1st round pick would go a long ways to having another solid draft and continuing to climb any prospect rankings. Which is what they should be, and seemingly are, concentrating on.
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“Daily Faceoff’s prospect guru Steven Ellis dropped his top-32 NHL prospect pool rankings, and based on his rankings, he likes what the Vancouver Canucks did at the 2026 NHL Draft.
Moving up 18 spots from the 28th ranking in Ellis’ 2025 edition, the Canucks find themselves ranked 10th. The three notable prospects Ellis lists are Caleb Malhotra, Braeden Cootes, and Adam Novotný – the latest three Canucks first-round selections.
Here is what Ellis had to say about his Canucks ranking:
“It was hard to not feel bad for them when the possibility of landing Gavin McKenna first overall was ripped away on a fateful night in May. But after one heck of a draft, the Canucks’ pipeline honestly looks impressive – and easily one of the most improved in the league. Four players taken in the top two rounds this year appear on this list, and another three below have NHL experience already. The pipeline is starting to come together, and while there’s still a ton of work to make this team truly competitive again, they’re off to a good start. The future, eventually, will be better, Canucks fans. But for now, all aboard the Landon DuPont train.”
The 2026 NHL Draft saw the Canucks add nine new prospects to their pool, including four within the top 41. All four of those selections were made on forwards, with the Canucks selecting Caleb Malhotra – son of now head coach Manny Malhotra – at third overall, Adam Novotný at 24th overall – the pick acquired in the Quinn Hughes trade from the Minnesota Wild – Brooks Rogowski at 33rd overall, and Niklas Aaram-Olsen at 41st – the pick acquired in the Kiefer Sherwood trade from the San Jose Sharks. Vancouver rounded out their draft with goaltender Dmitri Ivchenko in round three, overagers Yaroslav Bryzgalov and Connor Davis in rounds four and five, and a pair of Europeans in round six with Lucian Bernat and Samuel Eriksson.
The nine prospect pools Ellis had above the Canucks were: the Chicago Blackhawks, San Jose Sharks, Calgary Flames, Nashville Predators, Utah Mammoth, Detroit Red Wings, Washington Capitals, Montreal Canadiens, and St. Louis Blues.”
I remembered your name about an hour later. Old age has set in.
All good my friend, I was teasing and testing you a couple months back when VHG brought up your old username and I pretended not to know who you were.
Glad to see the great Quinnie fucken over the Wild right now, what a POS
Stop it…he’s not screwing over anyone, he’s signed for another year and he’s seeing what happens with the Wild’s roster, their cap situation, and/or seeing how things playout with whatever’s important to him. He’s under no obligation to extend with the Wild, or manage their salary cap situation for them. I think they currently have 1.1 million for the 2026/27 season but they lack a true number one center, although they don’t seem to have any trouble scoring as they were 11th in GF last season.
Offensively Quinn Hughes is top three dmen in the league, he controls breakouts like few others in the game. His slight stature does hold him back when defending but he’s learning to use body position better as he matures as a player, he’s only 26 years old. The past five seasons he’s a +61, he has 41 points in 41 career playoff games, and he has 388 points in 378 games, the kid is an unbelievable player but he got tired of the shit-show in Vancouver, who can blame him? They got a great return for him, thankfully!
Hyronek, BB and others all on the ice today, quite a few players. Pretty sure the flake will wait until the last minute to show up. Great way to start fresh with a clean slate!
I thought I read he’s there skating with the boys at Rogers Arena already…stop with your anti-EP40 overt antics you drama queen.
Cale Makar signs for 20.4 million a season, Quinn Hughes is in for a massive payday.
Wild with $1,152,501 in cap space. Good luck signing Quit Hughes. Maybe the Canucks can take on some $?. In any event they traded that runt at the perfect time.
They’ll trade him, they can’t afford to keep him.
Probably an unpopular comment. I’d pass on any Russian, based on our history and luck. We’re already trying to get rid of a talented flake. Trade up/down whatever, hard no.
We’re gonna win the draft lottery and take Landon Dupont anyway. There’s only two good Russian’s in the top ten, Yevgeni Yakunin and Nazar Privalov, when we get the top pick it won’t matter, Dupont is ours!!!
Thomas Drance@ThomasDrance
Reporting with @DhaliwalSports:
We’ve learned that the #Canucks have hired Sean Finn – a B.C. native who has spent the past decade working in development roles in the KHL – as an amateur scout.
Interesting hire. 2027 draft class is loaded with 🇷🇺-born talent.
2 more today after work.
Nice…are you just chucking it out there from around Tower Point? A couple of my buddies got into them yesterday too, they said it was a crazy day and sent photos too. I’m jealous.
