20-21 Season Tank Thread (MOD WARNING IN OP)

[I am toxic]

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[I am toxic]

 

[vanuck]

Yup. I couldn't care less about the draft pick.

The worse this season goes, the more certain we can be that the rot in the organization will be addressed and the morons running this team will be gone.

I never thought you'd be one to advocate losing. Like at any point ever. Soooo... colour me surprised, hah.

 

[MS]

I never thought you'd be one to advocate losing. Like at any point ever. Soooo... colour me surprised, hah.

Outside of the last 10 games of a season where you're 20 points out of the playoffs, nope. I've never been a tanking advocate.

It's not enjoyable to watch games cheering for the team to lose. But at this point the only thing that matters is being as terrible as possible to leverage these idiots out of here.

 

[I am toxic]

Sorry . . . just need . . . need to get it . . . get it out of my system . . .

 

[Bobby Digital]

Luke Hughes let's gooo

 

[DS7]

Tanks have returned, Nature is healing

 

[valkynax]

Sorry . . . just need . . . need to get it . . . get it out of my system . . .

Yeah you're too toxic, need to cleanse your lower digestive tract.

As long as we keep this clean and tight, we'll be alright~.

 

[Fatass]

This tank concept is confusing. During games we (maybe just me?) can’t help but cheer for us to win. It’s after the game is over that we come here and (kind of) convince one another the losing (which obviously sucks old socks) has an important purpose in our team becoming a lot better, no?
Like right now it’s obvious we need to add draft picks, so trading vets out for those picks is important to being better later. Plus, getting the highest first round pick possible has increased potential to draft an impact player.

 

[Zanon]

They’re not making the playoffs, guys. Therefore, lose for Hughes!

 

[Blue and Green]

While I can't say I'm on Team Tank per se, I've been saying since last spring that this season would be the ideal one to start absorbing the inevitable pain of the cap squeeze rather than extending it. That's why I wasn't troubled with not re-signing Markstrom, Tanev and Toffoli. Most likely end result would've been a short-term boon but a long-term bane. People aren't paying $50 - $200 to sit there and watch a tanking team, and the franchise isn't foregoing a chance for big playoff revenues because there won't be 18,000 people buying tickets for playoff games. Trade the likes of Pearson/Sutter/Benn as the deadline nears, get a high draft pick and start putting things in order for the future.

 

[I am toxic]

This tank concept is confusing. During games we (maybe just me?) can’t help but cheer for us to win. It’s after the game is over that we come here and (kind of) convince one another the losing (which obviously sucks old socks) has an important purpose in our team becoming a lot better, no?
Like right now it’s obvious we need to add draft picks, so trading vets out for those picks is important to being better later. Plus, getting the highest first round pick possible has increased potential to draft an impact player.

You can come here in the middle of games too.

And no need to convince anyone the losing has an important purpose in our team getting better. Reality is a cruel mistress.

 

[Cupless44]

Yup. I couldn't care less about the draft pick.

The worse this season goes, the more certain we can be that the rot in the organization will be addressed and the morons running this team will be gone.

It is so important to have Benning and Weisbrod removed.

The only problem is still the owner in place making the decisions.

 

[Fatass]

It is so important to have Benning and Weisbrod removed.

The only problem is still the owner in place making the decisions.

Can Aquilini actually keep his hands out of hockey opps? If he can’t assure any new GM he’s able to do that, then we are going to just have another hand puppet GM.

 

[xtra]

I just want to point out that I blame the deletion of the tank threads for covid.

the moment we deleted the treads covid started showing up. If covid now disappears in bc we know what the cause of it is.

 

[I am toxic]

Just one more (I know, I know, but what ya gonna do?)

 

[mriswith]

Team tank until management is replaced. Benning, Weisbrod and Green, all gone.

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

I will root for losses unless the following players come up big and give our team wins: Hughes, Pettersson, Hoglander, Horvat, Boeser, Juolevi, Bailey, McEwan, Demko and any prospect with potential that works their ass off.

I will be livid if we get Sutter or Pearson game winners.

I also don't want to see demoralizing losses only because the young core may be negatively impacted.

 

[Zippgunn]

Me I only want total destruction, a complete revolution where the team is sold to interests that can be looked up to as virtuous and good who then step in and completely sweep the entire franchise clean with the thoroughness of fire. Hire and sign only people who really want to be here and then let them do their jobs without interference. If that means groaning through season after season of years like this well then so be it; I'll still get to see stuff like Elias' through-the-legs goal and smile. But currently everything about this team is wrong.

 

[CpatainCanuck]

Sad to say but the Canucks playoff chances are virtually dead not even halfway into the season. They would need to play with a .758 points percentage from now on to match Montreal’s projected finish.

 

[Knight53]

Seeing the tank thread

 

[canuckking1]

It's so hard to cheer for the Canucks to lose but then I see the garbage on the roster and behind the bench and find myself furious and thinking it's what they deserve. So conflicted

 

[Knight53]

Elias Pettersson
Brock Boeser
Quinn Hughes
Luke Hughes
Nils Hoglander
JT Miller
Bo Horvat
Vasili Podkolzin
Olli Juolevi
Jack Rathbone
Thatcher Demko

Sell the rest, new GM and coach.

 

[ProstheticConscience]

There is no other goal that means anything to the Canucks until management and coaching are cleaned out.

 

[The Vasili Jerry]

This is kind of a HF Canucks tradition. It’s almost our very own Festivus for the rest of us. We can have our airing of grievances and maybe HTP and WTG can have a feats of strength competition.