2024-2025 Tank Thread
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Bobby9
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Why would we not tank when we are at risk of finishing 9th….
When we got rid of our 100pt center.
When pay a 11.6 mil player producing like a 3rd liner.
When our best D player is injured probably remainder of the season and whom will leave in 2 years.
Anyone logical poster not blinded by ego would be suggesting tank route or something similar.
When we got rid of our 100pt center.
When pay a 11.6 mil player producing like a 3rd liner.
When our best D player is injured probably remainder of the season and whom will leave in 2 years.
Anyone logical poster not blinded by ego would be suggesting tank route or something similar.
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rypper
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You answered your own questions in your first sentence. We're at risk of finishing 9th. Which means we're still just as likely finish above that, ie in the playoffs.
In the real world teams don't tank in that position. They just don't.
If we were sitting where the kraken, preds etc were sure I'd be screaming tank while wearing my conductor hat driving the choo choo tank train down the tracks. The team has 2 games in hand on the blues and has been trading back and forth with the Flames for a while.
Yeah they might get in and get knocked out in the first but no gm, owner, player etc is throwing in the towel where the Canucks are.
And yeah this is the tank thread, I'll kindly show myself out.
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I recall liking a kid by the name of Carter bear. His stats are insane level for a team that plays the trap. But he’s more like 20s guy so I don’t really know much.
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I am toxic
. . . even in small doses
Not only should the tank thread be stickied, it should be perma-stickied so it never leaves the very top of the forum
Always
Winning season or losing season, or chasing wc2 season, it's best to lull the hockey gods to sleep with an active tank thread, since the Canucks have obviously angered them back in the early early '70's and as long as they are on the ball, this team will never succeed
Really when you think about it, the anti-tankers have ensured this dismal fate, making it a certainty the hockey gods will pay just enough attention to the Canucks to swat them down whenever success rears its head
Feel free to unholster pitchforks and begin the witch hunt for anti-tankers, burning them at the stake is really for their own good
And if nothing else, we get to enjoy a bonfire
Figuratively speaking, of course
Of course
Always
Winning season or losing season, or chasing wc2 season, it's best to lull the hockey gods to sleep with an active tank thread, since the Canucks have obviously angered them back in the early early '70's and as long as they are on the ball, this team will never succeed
Really when you think about it, the anti-tankers have ensured this dismal fate, making it a certainty the hockey gods will pay just enough attention to the Canucks to swat them down whenever success rears its head
Feel free to unholster pitchforks and begin the witch hunt for anti-tankers, burning them at the stake is really for their own good
And if nothing else, we get to enjoy a bonfire
Figuratively speaking, of course
Of course
I've heard a lot of discouraging reports about the 2025 draft.
But I find it interesting that the Canucks were willing to deal away almost all their picks in the 2024 draft; but have kept all this picks this season. They've even replaced the third rounder they previously traded with a pickup of San Jose's third rounder via the Soucy trade with the Rangers.
So clearly their scouts feel there's some good players available in the early rounds of the June draft. Their prospect pipeline needs all the help it can get.
But I find it interesting that the Canucks were willing to deal away almost all their picks in the 2024 draft; but have kept all this picks this season. They've even replaced the third rounder they previously traded with a pickup of San Jose's third rounder via the Soucy trade with the Rangers.
So clearly their scouts feel there's some good players available in the early rounds of the June draft. Their prospect pipeline needs all the help it can get.
I don’t know anything about his exam findings or how he’s doing, but man, I hope we aren’t going to put Hughes at risk of injuring himself further by playing him vs the Flames…
…it just feels like their could be some pressure from higher up to get him into the lineup so we can get that #8 playoff spot.
Maybe that’s just my paranoia.
…it just feels like their could be some pressure from higher up to get him into the lineup so we can get that #8 playoff spot.
Maybe that’s just my paranoia.
