IT’S TIME: SHOULD THE VANCOUVER CANUCKS FINALLY REBUILD?

IT’S TIME: SHOULD THE VANCOUVER CANUCKS FINALLY REBUILD?

So, it’s time to talk about the Vancouver Conucks. And I think based off the way this team has performed the past little while, it’s about high time that we start reopening some old wounds and talking about some other talking points that I don’t think we’ve had in a few years. Let’s head over and discuss the game yesterday. Vancouver versus Chicago 5-2 loss at home in a game where the Vancouver Conucks were totally dominating in the first two periods. You can see it based off the way the shots were broken down. Vancouver broke the record for most shots on goal in the first two periods of a game by the Canucks whilst not scoring any goals. And that might have been seen as a bad omen for some. We’ll get into that a little bit more as this video goes on. But the Canucks absolutely blew it. They had maybe one of the worst third period collapses that we have seen in years. Ratu and Evander Kane got on the board afterwards to try and make things interesting, but then Connor Baddard scored the empty net. I’d say that despite the fact that Quinn Hughes had himself an assist on the Evander Kane goal, he was not good. And on two out of these four goals over here, you could very well say that he was at fault for how things went. And then on the empty net, he wasn’t really all that great either. It was not a good showing for some of the best players on the Canucks. And in yesterday’s postgame video, you know, this is the most recent video on the channel, we spoke about Quinn Hughes. focused on Quinn Hughes and I wanted to get that narrative down that this guy was not performing up to snuff and you know I think it’s unfair to fully focus on Quinn without at least acknowledging EP40 as well and we did that in yesterday’s video but I wanted to talk about things a little bit more here too there were a bunch of tweets Daniel Wagner went out there and posted this people will get on Person for the drop pass on a partial breakaway but what happened was The Vander Kane took too long to pass it in the first place. It would have been a clear-cut breakaway if he had passed it sooner. Kane waited too long and Person got caught. Thomas Trance was also tweeting about the exact same moment. The image does the play a disservice. Person was at the end of a long shift and he had to slow down to receive a late pass from Kane at the blue line. As a result, Renzel was going to catch him. So, it was a decision to shoot from distance or try the drop. You can second guess decision, but he absolutely didn’t pass up a breakaway or even a partial breakaway opportunity. So, there you go, right? Good guy coming in here and defending Elias Person. Never mind the EP40 discourse. I wanted to talk about just the Vancouver Conucks as a whole. And this tweet by Grady Sass goes out there and articulates it pretty well. And I think I think this allows us to open the door to start talking about the rword again. Oh yeah, I’m saying again. 15 games is still early, Grady says. But we are getting a sample of how bad the Canucks are defensively. These are their league ranks at 5v5. In terms of Corsy against, the Vancouver Canucks are 31st. In Fenwick against, they’re 32nd. In terms of shots against, they’re 32nd. In expected goals against, the Canucks are 31st. In scoring chances against, they are 30th. In high danger chances against, they are 30th. The team defense has not been a strong point like many thought it would be. Oh, you can’t see that. Let’s zoom out. And these numbers, you know, these numbers are not great. They indicate a team that has very well matched the eye test. I would say they haven’t looked good. They had some lucky breaks, had some breakaways, had some Kefir Sherwood moments that totally stood off the page and changed the way these games went. But the Vancouver Canucks, when you just look at how they’re performing analytically, injuries be damned. This is terrible. This sucks. And you know, we talk about Filiped and Laramaki and Hoglander and all the guys that are missing. I’ll ask you the same question that I asked you in the videos yesterday that we made after the Conucks game. Are Heedle, Hoglander, Laramaki, are they going to be able to come in and all of a sudden fix what’s going on with this team? If you think so, then hey, all the power to you. And if you think so, and that actually happens, and maybe Hoglander is actually a lot better than we thought he was. But I think more so with the way this team has been performing and what they’ve shown us so far throughout the year, the Vancouver Conucks are just not a good team. And it comes across in some of the body language. You know, we highlighted body language in the Quinn Hughes video yesterday. And it’s like, you know, I don’t really think Quinn Hughes even thinks that this is a team worth sticking around with. The scary thing is they’re this bad defensively with very little to show offensively. The veterans are struggling. I was told this was a top five D core in the league. And honestly, I thought it would be too. You take the best of Hughes, Ronic, Marcus Pey, Meyers, who admittedly actually had a pretty decent start to the year, and then the rotating cast of younger guys and Forbort, Mancini, Elias Person, Tom Vander. These guys could show off value. And when you think about what they could realistically provide the Canucks today, they’re actually actually fine. But this team, especially what we saw yesterday, I mean, Marcus Person totally losing his check on the what was it, the third? I forgot which one it was. I think it was the hat-tick goal. No, the second goal. Excuse me. I mean, we review some of the game footage and the tape over here. Quinn Hughes is not looking his best. He’s just going out there and standing in goodness knows wherever. just letting the puck go over to Tyler Bertusi. You have Marcus Petey losing his man on the penalty kill, not being able to track down Tyler Bertusi either. Take a look at this. Hey, he’s right there behind you. But nah, he goes through and then Quinn Hughes on the Elia McKay goal. He’s just chilling. He loses the puck battle to Oliver Moore right here. And then he just kind of hangs out behind the net and watches everything unfold. This is not the defense that we expected out of the Vancouver Conucks. Quinn Hughes is not performing up to snuff. They’re getting these brain fart moments and now this team is not absolutely not providing the results analytically nor via the eye test. I mean, it’s so night and day when you think about what we thought this team would look like defensively and what’s actually being shown out there. The goalending isn’t helping either. I’ll say that. But still, Vancouver hockey is not in a good spot. And it’s getting to a point now where if you go over to the Arucks postgame thread, this is the Conucks in Chicago game from last night. Let’s go out there and read some of the comments over here, shall we? It’s absolutely wild that the Ducks, Canadians, and now probably Chicago, soon San Jose, have all lapped the Canucks between their rebuilds. What are we doing here? The answer is that Vancouver never fully committed to a rebuild, and they tried to shortcut the rebuild by trading away draft capital for middle-of the road players. This team will never get to consistent contender status with Francesco Akalini as the owner. And uh yeah, that’s pretty much it. Eh, I’m bored watching this team. I can’t explain it. They’re just not doing it for me. Even when they were out shooting the Hawks, this felt like an inevitable loss in the making. This roster isn’t it. We aren’t one or two players away either. The levels of mismanagement. We need to rebuild. Same mediocrity more or less since 201213. The core just ain’t it. And I think with that in mind, you know, Brock Besser, he’s a core player, right? I don’t think he’s shown enough to be able to drive a line, let alone a team on his own. Jake De Brusk, you probably want more out of him. But Patterson and Hughes, they haven’t shown off this season that they are absolutely the players that they need to be. And if that continues throughout the course of the next few weeks here, I wonder just what direction the Canucks will start to go down. Do they commit to trying to make the playoffs? Do they still go keep Quinn Hughes here at all costs? Or do they read the tea leaves and they say, “Hey, it kind of feels like Quinn’s already out.” I don’t know. You can let me know your thoughts in the comments section below about all these Vancouver Conucks related ideas and how the team has been playing so far. Do you think the rebuild is necessary? It’s the big bad scary rword, isn’t it? But I want to open up that can of worms here again today. Thoughts in the comment section below. I hope you enjoyed this roll and bye.

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We’re going over the idea of a Vancouver Canucks rebuild, focusing on Quinn Hughes and Elias Pettersson.

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.

Quinn Hughes was one of the top NHL prospects at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft.

The 2018 NHL Entry Draft saw many top NHL prospects get selected by a variety of teams. The first round of the draft went as follows:

1st – Buffalo Sabres, Rasmus Dahlin
2nd – Carolina Hurricanes, Andrei Svechnikov
3rd – Montreal Canadiens, Jesperi Kotkaniemi
4th – Ottawa Senators, Brady Tkachuk
5th – Arizona Coyotes, Barrett Hayton
6th – Detroit Red Wings, Filip Zadina
7th – Vancouver Canucks, Quinn Hughes
8th – Chicago Blackhawks, Adam Boqvist
9th – New York Rangers, Vitali Kravtsov
10th – Edmonton Oilers, Evan Bouchard
11th – New York Islanders, Oliver Wahlstrom
12th – New York Islanders (from Calgary Flames), Noah Dobson
13th – Dallas Stars, Ty Dellandrea
14th – Philadelphia Flyers (from St. Louis Blues), Joel Farabee
15th – Florida Panthers, Grigori Denisenko
16th – Colorado Avalanche, Martin Kaut
17th – New Jersey Devils, Ty Smith
18th – Columbus Blue Jackets, Liam Foudy
19th – Philadelphia Flyers, Jay O’Brien
20th – Los Angeles Kings, Rasmus Kupari
21st – San Jose Sharks, Ryan Merkley
22nd – New York Rangers (from Pittsburgh Penguins via Ottawa Senators), K’Andre Miller
23rd – Anaheim Ducks, Isac Lundestrom
24th – Minnesota Wild, Filip Johansson
25th – St. Louis Blues (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Dominik Bokk
26th – Ottawa Senators (from Boston Bruins via New York Rangers), Jacob Bernard-Docker
27th – Chicago Blackhawks (from Nashville Predators), Nicolas Beaudin
28th – New York Rangers (from Tampa Bay Lightning), Nils Lundkvist
29th – Toronto Maple Leafs (from Winnipeg Jets via St. Louis Blues), Rasmus Sandin
30th – Detroit Red Wings (from Vegas Golden Knights), Joe Veleno
31st – Washington Capitals, Alexander Alexeyev

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