Me watching the Habs go from a complete joke to a terrifying behemoth in four years with their core locked in until 2030 and $5.5m in cap space

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  1. The Canucks never did a rebuild. They fell ass backwards into some good players and then tried to cut corners at every step after.

  2. We never did one tho, we talked about one after a bad year but then had a ”lucky” year and it was all back into going for the cup. We needed to stay bad longer and actually rebuild.

    Then it could work out, sure but so many things need to align for it to do that. I think it’s very psychological with this team atm, the skill is there and has been but for some reason it’s not working.
    Take Petey for instance, I think forcing him into the contract situation started the downward spiral. He is not really involved or in control, it’s all agent and management. Getting a big number and expectations to follow with that during the season, when he is playing to his level. He stated he didn’t wanna do that contract process during the season so why push him into it? He’s play crashed after that announcement. Then telling Miller of all idiots to toughen him up when he’s not in a good place. Yeah well that’s probably how you fuck up a superstar. Elite athletes however skilled they are, are still humans and basic physiological rules really apply for them to be able to perform. I think having media and fans in you is one thing, pro athletes can usually manage that but its these within org shit that really hits and might let that media and fan noise get in.

    That’s just an example and my take on that situation but my point is, we are not setting up the team for success. Or rather management is not. So I’m honestly not sure an actual rebuild over 3-5 years and we might have someone else than petey would have done better within this org.

    Then again, we haven’t even played 5 games. Let’s wait a bit and actually see what’s what.

  3. I get the sentiment but gonna be honest, we were a very good team 2 seasons ago and without an injury to our most important player would have beat the oilers in round 2, then who knows. I don’t think anyone anticipated our 2 best forwards having some weird beef and pettersson going from a defensively responsible 100 point capable player into whatever he is now, we somehow lost two 100 point capable centers over the course of one season. Seemed like we were entering a contention window, appears to be a cursed franchise

  6. They also hit on their draft picks and made good trades and smart moves in free agency. The Canucks didn’t. They’ve had some really bad misses at the draft table. Missing out on Matthew Tkachuk one year. Then, missing out on Nylander and Ehlers. Then, missing out on Cole Caufield and Matt Boldy and Thomas Harley.

  7. Never ever will happen as long as Francisco Aqulini owns the team. Mike Gillis, Trevor Linden lost their jobs because they wanted to build through the draft. Our owner is allergic to those because they don’t sell tickets/butts in seats to him. But he doesn’t realize that rebuilds build hope and patience. Every hockey mind says this market can’t handle a rebuild. Oh yes we can (the fanbase) but try selling that to the stubborn ass owner. It won’t and will never happen until Frankie croaks or sells

  8. That would require long term thinking like weaponizing cap space to get 2 1sts out of Monahan

    We had cap space to weaponize at a crucial moment in the flat cap era when no one else had any, but Aqua’s restaurants lost a few percentages so management wasn’t allowed to use it

  9. We went through a year where we were terrible and our GM openly admitted that he didn’t know what time the trade deadline was

    🤦

  10. If they had commit to one after Kesler had walked we’ve had a cup by now. Aquilini being greedy is what led to this. Should have just done one back then.

  11. And about 27 million in cap space next season. We could literally overpay the top free agent on the market and still have 10M in cap space next off-season.

  13. Being from Montreal, I appreciate that the owner invested in the right management team and its a lesson for all owners ! Trust your team and pay them well too.

  14. One of the perks of being French Canadian on the west coast is that I have two teams by default. One currently counteracts the depression the other gives me.

  19. A complete joke 4 years ago? My brother in Christ. The worst part of this is that 4 years ago they MADE THE STANLEY CUP FINALS. THEIR REBUILD TOOK 4 YEARS AHHHHHH.

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