Vancouver is never ever rebuilding scorched earth while Aquilini is owner. He should have when the sedins, kesler etc were declining but forced Benning to retool then rebuild. Linden proposed a full rebuild and was shown the door. Rutherford has been mandated, retool, not rebuild.
Should the Canucks tear it all the way down to the foundations?
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Vancouver could basically jump start a massive rebuild. For example
Pettersson + Hughes
For
Cozens + Power + Byram + Buffalo 2025 1st
Would basically give them 3 lottery pick building blocks + another first + their first this year in year 1.
Pettersson + Hughes
For
Cozens + Power + Byram + Buffalo 2025 1st
Would basically give them 3 lottery pick building blocks + another first + their first this year in year 1.
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After the Luongo/Schneider dilemma it would be very Vancouver to have to decide between Miller and EP and decide they both need to go.
Deno
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Vancouver would be idiots to tear down the Canucks and rebuild again. If they can fix the culture in the room I see no reason why they cannot be a PO team every year. The Jets had horrible culture in their room a few years ago. The addition of Bones and the subtraction of Wheeler and PLD did wonders for the culture and now may have the most closely knit team in the NHL.
As is being emphasized on here already the Canucks doing a full tear down rebuild is pure fantasy land. It's something that was heavily discussed internally on the Canucks board during the 2022-23 season, with new management and Horvat & Miller approaching free agency. That discussion was put to rest with the breakout 2023-24 season. Now that the Canucks have a step back with lots of reported locker room drama, the idea seems front and center on the main board now.
In 2023 the Canucks traded Horvat for a good 1st round pick, then immediately turned around and flipped it for Hronek. Now 2025 they again trade Miller for a good 1st round pick, and immediately traded it for M.Pettersson. It's the same deal, ownership won't take a rebuild, and management is aggressively pursuing putting together a competitive team. Nothings going to change, and it shouldn't. It's far too early to write the Canucks off as a done team, much more likely they're last seasons New Jersey. But despite all the injuries and thanks to the weaker competition they're still there for a playoff spot this season.
You can start worrying about Hughes in the Fall of 2026 when they can start talking an extension. Anyone talking about getting a "haul" for him now probably play too much GM mode and don't comprehend how the NHL actually works. I mean for one thing the threat that the Canucks face losing Hughes to would apply to every other team that's not New Jersey, which makes trading options pretty exclusive.
In 2023 the Canucks traded Horvat for a good 1st round pick, then immediately turned around and flipped it for Hronek. Now 2025 they again trade Miller for a good 1st round pick, and immediately traded it for M.Pettersson. It's the same deal, ownership won't take a rebuild, and management is aggressively pursuing putting together a competitive team. Nothings going to change, and it shouldn't. It's far too early to write the Canucks off as a done team, much more likely they're last seasons New Jersey. But despite all the injuries and thanks to the weaker competition they're still there for a playoff spot this season.
You can start worrying about Hughes in the Fall of 2026 when they can start talking an extension. Anyone talking about getting a "haul" for him now probably play too much GM mode and don't comprehend how the NHL actually works. I mean for one thing the threat that the Canucks face losing Hughes to would apply to every other team that's not New Jersey, which makes trading options pretty exclusive.
