Confirmed with Link: Canucks announce HC Rick Tocchet will Not Return

[dwarf]

What makes you think that?

Only proven coach that is desperate enough to come out here.

 

[GranvilleIsland]

Acquire all the players Tocchet wants and trot them out against him.

 

[iceburg]

Comparing draft picks across GMs is a little bit of a fools errand if you ask me. So much depends on where the team picks, the strength of the draft etc. That said, a simple analysis of picks outside of the top 10 (historically all top 10 players play at least 100 games with few exceptions) shows that Nonis did well based largely on that 2004 draft, Benning did ok based largely on the 2014 draft, and Gillis did the worst. But the difference is so small. Basically, by percentage of picks over 6-7 years Gillis picked 2 fewer players that went on to play more than 100 games. To say that that is franchise altering is a stretch, to be polite. One of those extra players is Jonah Gadjovich and Benning traded away two others...

Picks below top 10 to play more than 100 NHL games.

Nonis: 2004 (4), 2005 (1), 2006 (1), 2007(0)
Total: 6 of 23 (26%)

Gills: 2008(0), 2009(2), 2010(0), 2011(0), 2012(2), 2013(0)
Total picks: 4 of 35 (11%)

Benning: 2014(3), 2015(2), 2016(0), 2017(1), 2018(0), 2019(1), 2020(0)
Total picks: 7 of 40 (17%)

Alvin: 2021(0)*, 2022(2)*, 2023(1.5)*, 2024(0)*
Total: 3.5 of 24 (15%)
*projected - being conservative

 

[BWJM]

It’s going to be Woodcroft ain’t it.

 

[Ernie]

It’s going to be Woodcroft ain’t it.

why do people think this? If they want a guy who has coached in the NHL there are far better candidates, and he has no previous history with Tocchet as far as I can tell.

 

[rypper]

No way and this makes no sense. Why would Canucks fans (who paid enough attention to the draft to attend the draft) be shocked at the selection of Pods thinking he would be gone already. If Pods was the popular choice most would have crossed their fingers and cheered when he was selected. This was not the case. It's like if we selected Kopitar instead of Bourdon (RIP) and saying the initial fan reaction from GM Place would have been shock "because everyone expected him to be gone already."

Sorry you're right, what I experienced first hand is wrong.

 

[timw33]

Acquire all the players Tocchet wants and trot them out against him.

Yeah that's how we got bozo tree D men. Went great.

 

[F A N]

Sorry you're right, what I experienced first hand is wrong.

What you experienced doesn't mean it reflects reality or what "everyone" experienced. How do you know that "everyone expected him to be gone already" and that "Everyone was focused on the US hockey guys around our pick?" You don't and it makes no sense to me given the pre-draft discussions here and elsewhere.

 

[rypper]

What you experienced doesn't mean it reflects reality or what "everyone" experienced. How do you know that "everyone expected him to be gone already" and that "Everyone was focused on the US hockey guys around our pick?" You don't and it makes no sense to me given the pre-draft discussions here and elsewhere.

You're right I wasn't able to personally poll everyone in the arena, Vancouver, and the world.
I should have known that that's what you expected.

 

[F A N]

You're right I wasn't able to personally poll everyone in the arena, Vancouver, and the world.
I should have known that that's what you expected.

I expect a long time poster like you to be more informed and not mistake the initial shock from fans in reaction to the Canucks picking Pods as everyone being shocked that he was available.