Gotta think if something doesn't give, and/or we don't start stringing some wins together within a couple of weeks, we're probably gonna have to start thinking about reloading for next year. Ugh. 
Are we cooked?
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If there's any 'positives' in this 'face-plant' down the NHL standings, it's that the Canucks will be firm 'sellers' at the TDL.
The problem with hanging around in the playoff race is that management would be tempted to acquire some more rentals, at the expense of more picks.
But as of right now, as sellers, they're in a position to acquire some decent picks/prospects of their own. This roster needs some radical surgery--and if this crushingly disappointing season continues into March, then radical changes is exactly what Canuck fans will get.
The problem with hanging around in the playoff race is that management would be tempted to acquire some more rentals, at the expense of more picks.
But as of right now, as sellers, they're in a position to acquire some decent picks/prospects of their own. This roster needs some radical surgery--and if this crushingly disappointing season continues into March, then radical changes is exactly what Canuck fans will get.
Quinntessential
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Jury is still out but everyone's attention span in 2025 is fried from all the tik tok I guess. Championship teams all go through rough stretches like these. How these guys respond to this adversity will define this core.
Not yet because the west is garbage. It's us, blues and flames fighting for the 8th spot. We will make it and get smoked by one of the top teams in the first round. Only a Hughes injury would make us miss the playoffs since we'd be screwed without him.
Team has a tendency to only have a great half season.
Issue is their shit half seasons, take them out of the playoffs. If they are still in the race, you go for it. It was never going to be picture perfect after the previous regiment.
Issue is their shit half seasons, take them out of the playoffs. If they are still in the race, you go for it. It was never going to be picture perfect after the previous regiment.
I was part of the "no panic" crew but I'm seriously concerned now. It's not just about losing games, it's that the majority of the times the team is unable to consistently move the puck from end to end and turtles out of necessity to survive until they have a shift where they can actually transition the puck to generate pressure. The bad starts lately I think is literally the team trying to not play on their own end, but being too slow and too clumsy when moving up the puck so they bleed high-scoring chances. Even the Toronto game, a little puck luck for the Leafs and we would've been down 2 or 3-0 at the end of the 1st.
Lankinen's good start and Hughes playing to a Hart level are masking the fact we've performed like a team fighting for the lottery for the last while and I honestly don't believe it's form, it's just that we have too many players that suck in a way that really hurts the rest of the roster - 4/6 defensemen can't get puck to forwards, smallish forwards have to grind it out vs bigger meaner oppponents instead of having possession and playing to their strengths. Too many holes and too few assets to fix this through trade I think, so we can only hope Tocchet can somehow get blood out of stone.
Lankinen's good start and Hughes playing to a Hart level are masking the fact we've performed like a team fighting for the lottery for the last while and I honestly don't believe it's form, it's just that we have too many players that suck in a way that really hurts the rest of the roster - 4/6 defensemen can't get puck to forwards, smallish forwards have to grind it out vs bigger meaner oppponents instead of having possession and playing to their strengths. Too many holes and too few assets to fix this through trade I think, so we can only hope Tocchet can somehow get blood out of stone.
PuckMunchkin
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I have no idea what should be done with this team.
Last year was the 99th percentile success that you could hope for with that talent.
This has been the opposite. And I dont understand the reasons why anymore. There is something very out of the norm going on in the Canucks locker room and it has persisted through three very different coaches.
Last year was the 99th percentile success that you could hope for with that talent.
This has been the opposite. And I dont understand the reasons why anymore. There is something very out of the norm going on in the Canucks locker room and it has persisted through three very different coaches.
PuckMunchkin
Very Nice, Very Evil!
What is positive about this?
I dont think we are in a position to use the assets we get as sellers within the window we are currently operating in. Or it will be an extremely narrow path they must try to navigate.
