Quinn Hughes Injured - Massive Problems in Vancouver

[Omni Owl]

Gotdamn that's gotta be the worst injury ridden 1st half of a season I've ever seen. Just an endless barrage of top players out.

 

[LemonSauceD]

If you’re a one man team then you don’t really have a good team so they deserve to be in trouble

I wouldn’t be making fun of other teams when the GM of my favourite team is Rob Blake.

 

[SpezDispenser]

When we played the canucks, he was easily the best player on the ice. I'd say they're in huge trouble

 

[Esq]

Connor Murphy is totally yours

 

[TLEH]

Seth Jones can be had for free and we'll take your bad salary too.

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

If you’re a one man team then you don’t really have a good team so they deserve to be in trouble

not to say our blueline wasn’t terribly constructed, but tbf we have two top pair guys and they are both out.

i remember bitd i thought the 2001 avs had a top heavy blueline (blake - bourque - foote, then klemm - de vries - skoula), and later the 2007 ducks (pronger - niedermayer - beauchemin, then o’donnell and two guys named kent huskins and joe dipenta) but ours is something else.

norris winner and a high level #2 on the first pair

a 4/5 and a 5/6 on the second pair (soucy and myers, respectively)

and rotating 6 at bests but probably actually 7s and 8s on the third pair (juulsen, brannstrom, desharnais, forbort)

now subtract that first pair and...

Canucks are Running THIS defense for a Month.

Forbort - Myers
Soucy - Juulsen
Brännström - Desharnais

how have we never called myers shawn bradley before?

 

[Reality Czech]

If you’re a one man team then you don’t really have a good team so they deserve to be in trouble

Most teams would struggle losing their 1d and best player eh?

 

[PuckG]

Complete one-man team.

 

[Lawzy]

It's not ideal, I'll give you that.

 

[Kryten]

Complete one-man team.

 

[SillyRabbit]

Looks like a good situation for a shrewd GM to weasel an unprotected first out of a desperate team and land a top 5 pick.

This will be a true test of the Canucks management.

Trading futures to try to salvage this season would be shortsighted.

Now that Hughes is out indefinitely, Hronek out long term and Pettersson out as well, they really need to see the writing on the wall and hold onto all of their futures.

If anything they should consider being sellers at the deadline if they find themselves outside of a playoff spot.

Blowing 3 goal leads in each of their last two games really goes to show just how awful their defense is without Hughes and Hronek.

 

[Leafshater67]

If they could get someone with term like Seth Jones and make the cap work, it wouldn’t really be trading a future. They need secondary defensive depth badly.

It’s not just because of injury now, they need a deeper blueline for the playoffs and injury that could happen later. This is one of the worst blue lines I remember in recent history.

 

[tsujimoto74]

Most teams would struggle losing their 1d and best player eh?

Sabres with Dahlin: 14-13-2
Sabres without Dahlin: 0-6-2

Yeah.

 

[Caboose]

I know people want to talk about next man up etc... But Quinn Hughes is the closest thing to LeBron James I've seen in the NHL, both get detracted for their "killer instinct" or lack of relentless aggressive highlight reel scoring, but in terms of controlling the game and ball/puck they are unmatched. People like to rag on LeBrons teams for playing "Bron Ball", but this year you can definitely call the Canucks style as Quinn Puck...

Many of those LeBron teams are lottery tier without him, let's see how the Canucks can survive. In the long run, this is probably a good thing, team got way too reliant on Quinn having a Hart level season just to survive.

 

[Canucks LB]

Complete one-man team.

Remove Bouchard and Ekholm for a Month, and lets see how the Oilers do.

 

[Rabid Ranger]

Remove Bouchard and Ekholm for a Month, and lets see how the Oilers do.

Go on a burner?

 

[PuckG]

Remove Bouchard and Ekholm for a Month, and lets see how the Oilers do.

Agreed. My original point still stands.

 

[Three On Zero]

One man team calling another team a one man team is definitely a take.

 

[Lazlo Hollyfeld]

Looking at that potential blueline and I'm making a movement, for sure. Eek.

Holl, Petry, Gustaffson? Take your pick Nucks! The Red Wings are open for business!

 

[Czechboy]

One man team calling another team a one man team is definitely a take.

Bullshit.. we are a 2man team!

FTR.. hope he's okay and back soon. Big fan of his.

 

[Czechboy]

Wildcard race could heat up. Only team I see doing it are Utah though. FTR.. Calgary is so much better than I expected. Good for them.

 

[Three On Zero]

Bullshit.. we are a 2man team!

FTR.. hope he's okay and back soon. Big fan of his.

This train wreck is going to be too comical. I hope it never ends

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

He already entered.

If you don't know what you're doing, how can the opponent? 4D chess

Great. Now Makar is going to get hurt

Is that how this works?

Congrats on your Norris, Kyle Burroughs! *crosses fingers*

 

[lionsDen]

Sucks to hear about Hughes, loved the back and fourth about him and makar

 

[Akrapovince]

POS Nick Cousins ran him in the Ottawa game. Was shaking out his hand after but it might be a shoulder stinger. Was at the game and saw it in front of me. Timeline seems about right as well as him playing after thinking he could play through it vs a hand that was speculated

I hate cousins. He’s been useful player but absolute idiot.