Speculation: Doug MacLean: Demko not happy in Vancouver

[Nikolajs Sillers]

Demko is not very good this year ether. Still hurt?

 

[Stickpucker]

The Hurricanes love injury prone goalies!

Alas, they gave all of their spare top 4d to the devils.

 

[CascadiaPuck]

Whats MacLean's track record like ? Is it better as a journalist, or whatever he is than it was for him as a GM ?

Add to it: how many of these media talking about internal issues within the Canucks have EVER broken trade news about the team under this management?

 

[notsocommonsense]

What a difference from last year. Has Tocchet lost the room already?

If he has, he’d be the 3rd coach to “lose the room” with this core. Which seems to me like a core issue, not a coach issue

 

[Love]

I can’t imagine Demko has any value. If he wants to leave then umm…. sure…. Hopefully someone wants him. It’s really no loss at all to the Canucks. It is good news in fact.

 

[Cousin Eddie]

Whats MacLean's track record like ? Is it better as a journalist, or whatever he is than it was for him as a GM ?

He has a lot of friends both around the league and in media so I don’t think he’s one to just make shit like this up.

 

[Brookbank]

He said it today on Sportsnet with kypreos. He's hearing that Demko isn't happy in Vancouver. Unfortunately his health is still an issue. Any Offers on Demko? Canucks could continue to run with Lankinen and Silovs as a 1A and 1B.

Canucks looking for a top 4 dman.

See ya later Demko.

Demko can barely stay on his feet. And his injuries cost is a playoff spot in 2022/23. And cost us the playoffs last year

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

Can we put NYR and VAN in a Winter Classic together and bring back that HBO show that filmed in the locker rooms?

That would be peak reality TV.

 

[Price is Wright]

I could see him on the Flyers. Most of their goalies have been brutal. Why not try an American kid?

 

[nucks88]

True........but one team has a 11-2-1 in rhe last 14 and all is good in the room.

Talk about polar opposites right now.
Alvin is up..............

Key phrase being “ right now”……lots of hockey to be played, one point out of a Wild Card…..but yeah count them out…..

 

[BLONG7]

Key phrase being “ right now”……lots of hockey to be played, one point out of a Wild Card…..but yeah count them out…..

Who is counting them out.........the previous poster you quoted simply said the Nucks are a tire fire right now, and they are.
No big deal from my pov.....

 

[Steddy33]

It's pretty crazy how many good players are in Vancouver and then want to leave. Must be the weather.

Impossible. They have palm trees

 

[DougBodger]

Utah or Cbus

 

[nucks88]

Who is counting them out.........the previous poster you quoted simply said the Nucks are a tire fire right now, and they are.
No big deal from my pov.....

Fair enough…..

 

[BLONG7]

Fair enough…..

I like the team, some amazing talent.........but just awful right now. The GM has to do something to salvage their season...

 

[Diogenes92]

Getting tired of all the reports of these diva players 'wanting out' and 'unhappy' wherever. Like every grass is always greener somewhere else. Vancouver needs to decide who is part of the problem and who is going to be a part of the solution soon or they will continue to spin their wheels for another decade.

Aquilini will be the one to spin the wheels of purgatory for the next decade.

He will likely nix any trade that is futures oriented, which is what the team needs for long term success.

 

[thefutures]

Aquilini will be the one to spin the wheels of purgatory for the next decade.

He will likely nix any trade that is futures oriented, which is what the team needs for long term success.

The absolute worst owner around. Everything happening is a symptom stemming from poor ownership

 

[DeltaSwede]

It's getting ridiculous at this point with all the rumors spread by journos and bloggers. Why would Demko be unhappy in Vancouver all of a sudden? He's been out injured. From all indications and history he loves it there. Nothings changed.

 

[CraigBillington]

It's getting ridiculous at this point with all the rumors spread by journos and bloggers. Why would Demko be unhappy in Vancouver all of a sudden? He's been out injured. From all indications and history he loves it there. Nothings changed.

This is pure speculation, but if the rumors are true about the locker room, I bet it's completely fractured. When MacLean says he's unhappy, I feel it is related to tensions in the room being exacerbated by losing which creates more tension. Not him not wanting to be a Canuck

 

[Team_Spirit]

He said "not excited" as in coming back from injury playing behind a team in turmoil.

That being said let's remember this gem;

 

[PuckG]

It's getting ridiculous at this point with all the rumors spread by journos and bloggers. Why would Demko be unhappy in Vancouver all of a sudden? He's been out injured. From all indications and history he loves it there. Nothings changed.

A bad team, a bad locker room with apparent rifts, coaching with no answers, and injuries on top of that. Combined, a player can get sour pretty quick.

 

[DeltaSwede]

A bad team, a bad locker room with apparent rifts, coaching with no answers, and injuries on top of that. Combined, a player can get sour pretty quick.

Oh, an Oilers fan rejoicing in it, how shocking and unexpected. I get it, if it was Oiler related I'd enjoy it as a Canucks fan as well.

Not sure about bad team.. they're certainly playing like one though. I mean the Demko talk makes so much sense. The guy has always said how much he loves Vancouver and his teammates, has now been out injured long-term, comes back, get's injured again, so obviously he's soured and wants out. Makes total sense. Not at all absurd and illogical.

Maybe it's a clickbaity media strumming up things because the team is playing poorly.. That wouldn't be a logical explanation at all.......

 

[TS Quint]

Canucks have some of the worst management in the league. They do absolutely nothing as their team is buring to the ground. The only thing they do is cry in the media. Absolute clown show of "management ".

 

[DingDongCharlie]

I was gonna say: Pettersson+Jarry for Hoglander+Demko.

That’s seems, not good for Pittsburgh. Hog at 3m is a cap dump and Demko is currently damaged goods. Yes the Jarry contract is brutal but Pettersson is worth around the value of a late 1st

 

[Mr Positive]

Holy I'm sure the vultures are circling the Canucks. They just need to win a few games and get the ball rolling the right way