VANCOUVER CANUCKS GM PATRIK ALLVIN DEFENDED: WHY HE’S NOT TO BLAME
[Music] You know what I think? I think sometimes it’s okay to be a fan. And that is a message that I think many Vancouver Canucks fans have kind of lost track of a little bit. Not to say that any of y’all are not real fans. I think anybody that dedicates any sort of emotional investment whether that is joy or frustration or even apathy uh apathy I don’t know apathy can come from a place of expectations and disappointment. So I think there still is some underlying emotional response there. Vancouver Conucks fans have been quite cynical about this team the past few years. And I know some of y’all might respond to that saying, “Okay, yeah, I mean, of course we have been.” There are many reasons to be cynical about the Vancouver Conucks. from the people that own the franchise all the way at the very top to how that has trickled down throughout decisions made by GMs and presidents in recent memory to the straight up just bad results that the Vancouver Conucks have had in the majority of their seasons the past few years. There was a period of time post Sadine Twins. Heck, even during the Sadine era, where the Vancouver Conucks were not a good team. It’s been like this for more years than not in the past decade. And I can understand the cynicism. I feel it here, too. We always make cynical comments on this YouTube channel about my favorite hockey team, the Vancouver Conucks. But I do think there is still room to be maybe not necessarily a fan. And I think I phrased that incorrectly at the beginning. We’re all fans at the end of the day. But I do think there is room to be a fan boy and to actually just allow ourselves to feel optimistic and happy about the way this team is assembled and the way this team has come together. I wanted to go out there and respond to some commentary made on the are Conucks subreddit after yesterday’s Canucks defeat at the hands of the Seattle Kraken in the pre-season. Now, you can check out our postgame video. We made that last night talking about the game, about the players who stood out, and about everything else in between. Nikita Toapilo, folks, he’s very good. But the game was still a pretty sizable Vancouver Conucks loss. Say what you want about the goalending when Toapilo left the crease, but at the end of the day, you know, the Conucks, they played a mostly Abbottzford/ECHL and CHL lineup and they kept things a little bit tight against a Seattle team that had the majority of their regular roster. But with this in mind, the game itself, I mean, I wanted to refer to a comment made on the postgame thread on the Aranox sub. This was posted and talked about by Cucumber. And I’m not saying that Cucumber is being like a super big fanboy or whatever, but they made this comment and it kind of inspired me to make this video. I think my biggest takeaway so far from the end of last season through to now is that Patrick Alvine has done a good job with what he had as a GM. Fundamentally, he has to hire people to make the franchise better. Right now, our player development seems really promising. I think our coaching is solid and scouting has been good despite the Canucks not having any high draft picks really ever. If Patrick Alvine gets fired this season, I’ll be pissed. To me, at least, it doesn’t seem the coaching staff or management was the issue causing the drama last year. And I think that is a very accurate way to describe what was the source of the problem from last season up until the end of the season. Because of course we recognize Miller and Patterson having their feud, Demco being hurt, Quinn Hughes not staying healthy. Of course he was phenomenal when he was in the lineup, but he did get hurt because he kind of had to overwork himself. All the injuries to everybody else, of course, Person had the tendinitis. Heronic was out for an extended period of time. It’s very difficult to pin any of those things on the management with the exception of maybe the Person Miller feud blowing up in the way that it did. I think that’s probably the biggest error that Alvine and Rutherford made as a duo manning this team was telling Miller, “Hey, we got to push Petey more. He’s on the first year of that contract and he stunk towards the end of last season in the playoffs. Miller, we want you to be the guy to push Pey to be better. And then that totally backfired because Person doesn’t respond well to that harsh kind of criticism and tough love type of approach that JT Miller thrives off of. Bruce Budro broke it down very well. But aside from that, you think about the strategy that the Vancouver Conucks had and the things that they have in the organization. The Canucks wanted to grab centers on the market. They wanted to be able to make a trade. They wanted to force things to go through, but nobody was biting. Nobody was selling. Patrick Oine spoke out. They tried to make trades in the offseason. They tried to grab centers. They just couldn’t. How many top six centers got traded this year in the free agent market? Like none. There weren’t any. Everybody stayed Pat. And Patrick Alvine had no choice but to accept it. Now they had to look within. Okay. Philip Pedal, can you step in? All right, we actually believe in this guy. Believe it or not, we believe in him. And so, he’s going to be the deacto second line center. Meanwhile, Adam Foot, he had the team playing a lot more of an offensive leaning style of game in yesterday’s preseason contest against the Kraken. I think a lot of Kucks fans were very excited to see that. There’s another comment here on the Kucks subreddit that I thought was really great here, too. It’s made by Walnut James. I will say the system was exciting to watch. I can’t wait to see the big boys play this system where it will be a bit more controlled. Obviously referring to the lacadasical somewhat clumsy nature of the younger prospects trying to execute these NHL level plays and strategies. when it’s more tight with Quinn Hughes and Brock Besser and Person trying to do these same things, who knows what the results will look like. And then when it comes to player development, I mean, I was listening to Rick Dollywal on Halford and Bruff on Friday. He was talking about how in his opinion, Abbottzford is one of the bestrun American hockey league clubs in the league. It’s so close to Vancouver. There’s such a good bridge of connection there between the main team and the farm team. And the staff in the farm team’s organization are doing wonders between the Sadine twins and Manny Melholtra. Maholtra was gathering NHL interest, but nope, he’s sticking around in Abby for the next two years because the Canucks exercised their option to keep him. They’re taking these guys that were not supposed to be top tier guys and turning them into players that could potentially challenge for spots. You have defenseman like Victoria Mancini, who wasn’t a top round guy or whatever. He was just a shoe in an extra player added in the JT Miller trade and now he’s scoring a goal in preeason. He’s looking pretty strong. You have other players that are developing well. Archdeep Baines, say what you want about how he had performed in the game yesterday, but he did play in the NHL. That normally doesn’t happen. Then you have the guys that are looking to being good now. Tom Vander, Leramaki, Braden Coots looks awesome. That guy was drafted 15th overall. I mean, Patrick Alvine, say what you want about the lack of trades or the certain kinds of decisions, but I think a lot of the Vancouver Conucks failures are not really at his behalf. In the same way that we can say, “Oh yeah, Jim Benning traded away Jared McCann for Eric Branson. Jim Benning traded away Gustaf Forsling for Adam Clenenning. Jim Benning traded away Rousel Beagle and Ericson whose contracts were expiring for Oliver Ecman Larson. And sure, Carter Garland came in that trade too, but they lost out on a first round pick that inevitably became Dylan Gensther. There were so many errors with the Jim Benning era. And I don’t think we can say the same about a lot of what Aline has done, just that the team has underperformed in certain situations like they did last year. Is that Alvine’s fault? I don’t know. Seems like the players in Vancouver, they like being here. They want to be a part of this organization. They want to be together and they want to win together. There’s culture in that, right? If young guys are able to break onto the team, then it just increases the internal competition and it hopefully pushes everyone to be better. So, with that in mind, I want you to let me know your thoughts in the comment section below. Do you agree with this assessment here? Patrick Aline is not at fault, and he actually did a pretty good job. If you agree or disagree, feel free to like or dislike this video and let me know in the comments why that is. It helps out with the algorithm. I really appreciate it. Thoughts on the Conucks and the Patrick Alvine era? What are your overall thoughts? 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We’re going over the Vancouver Canucks situation with Patrik Allvin, and why he’s not at fault.
This video is taking place after the 2025 NHL Entry Draft, and after the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The 2025 NHL Draft 1st Round went as follows:
1st) New York Islanders, Matthew Schaefer
2nd) San Jose Sharks, Michael Misa
3rd) Chicago Blackhawks, Anton Frondell
4th) Utah Mammoth, Caleb Desnoyers
5th) Nashville Predators, Brady Martin
6th) Philadelphia Flyers, Porter Martone
7th) Boston Bruins, James Hagens
8th) Seattle Kraken, Jake O’Brien
9th) Buffalo Sabres, Radim Mrtka
10th) Anaheim Ducks, Roger McQueen
11th) Pittsburgh Penguins, Benjamin Kindel
12th) Philadelphia Flyers (from New York Rangers via Vancouver Canucks and Pittsburgh Penguins), Jack Nesbitt
13th) Detroit Red Wings, Carter Bear
14th) Columbus Blue Jackets, Jackson Smith
15th) Vancouver Canucks, Braeden Cootes
16th) New York Islanders (from Calgary Flames via Montreal Canadiens), Victor Eklund
17th) New York Islanders (from Montreal Canadiens), Kashawn Aitcheson
18th) Calgary Flames (from New Jersey Devils), Cole Reschny
19th) St. Louis Blues, Justin Carbonneau
20th) Columbus Blue Jackets (from Minnesota Wild), Pyotr Andreyanov
21st) Nashville Predators (from Ottawa Senators), Cameron Reid
22nd) Pittsburgh Penguins (from Colorado Avalanche via Philadelphia Flyers), Bill Zonnon
23rd) Ottawa Senators (from Tampa Bay Lightning via Nashville Predators), Logan Hensler
24th) Pittsburgh Penguins (from Los Angeles Kings), Will Horcoff
25th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Vaclav Nestrasil
26th) Nashville Predators (from Vegas Golden Knights via San Jose Sharks), Ryker Lee
27th) Washington Capitals, Lynden Lakovic
28th) Winnipeg Jets, Sascha Boumedienne
29th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Carolina Hurricanes), Mason West
30th) San Jose Sharks (from Dallas Stars), Joshua Ravensbergen
31st) Los Angeles Kings (from Edmonton Oilers via Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins), Henry Brzustewicz
32nd) Calgary Flames (from Florida Panthers), Cullen Potter
This video is also taking place after 2025 NHL Season, and after the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs, where the Florida Panthers defeated the Edmonton Oilers in the Finals.
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