Thomas Drance on the 4-0 Canucks since the Hughes trade

Thomas Drance from The Athletic and Sportsnet 650 joined the guys and talked about the Canucks 4 game win streak since the Hughes trade and more.

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  3. So…I guess the plan is to either screw up the tank (no, I don't expect individual players to tank) until Demko gets injured again from being overplayed. Obviously, I like that Foote has them playing hard every night. That's important. You want the new guys coming in to get into the habit of playing the right way. But you can still lose by selling veterans. Unless this is an excuse to showcase Demko to another team, I don't see the point. He's signed long term, so let's not injure the guy so he's still available when the team gets better AFTER the rebuild. Plenty of goalies are still effective in their mid 30s.

  4. Vigs was a canuck coach for a lot longer than tocchet. rick was the proverbial rat leaving the sinking shift and he doesn't deserve any comparisons to the best canuck coaches from the past.

  7. Drance is right. Despite the vibes being good for now in a 4-0 run….this team still needs to look towards a long term trajectory, selling is still the right thing to do despite being only 6 points away from a wildcard spot. The Canucks still need to build for the new core, not continuing to do patch work with this current broken core of players.

  8. 6 points away from a Wild Card… 1 point away from again being LAST – love the positivity but folks need to chill. This team should continue to rebuild

  15. Let's cut through all the Canucks talking heads Yadda-yadda and get down to the basic facts. At the halfway point in the season, they have traded away their only superstar player (except for Demko) and got three great players in return. They have won the last four games and are no longer at the very bottom of the league and Pacific Division. That's OK but it's hardly "Red Hot". Yes, things have improved, but it's extremely unlikely they will make the playoffs once again. They still have the most over-rated, over-paid player in the NHL in Elias Petterson EP40, who is only at #128 in the NHL League Leaders list. All the other Canucks are below him. Nobody is scoring goals and making assists. Until EP40 starts earning his huge contract and lives up to expectations, and other Canucks step up as well —- this team is just putting in time until the season ends and they all hit the golf course. The loyal Canucks fans deserve a lot better.

  18. 4:55 I've been saying this for a month now. When the Canucks were 32nd in the league, it wasn't at all comparable to a couple of years ago when the Sharks were dead last. A lot more points being spread around this season. This is shaping up to be a real banger of a season for the NHL. The trade deadline could either be crazy, or most teams sit on what they have and hope to make that 16 team cut. It'll be interesting to see what happens.

  19. Drance may be right, but I'll be darned if he doesn't feel like the Grinch.
    Canucks Talk used to be my absolute favorite , go to show, even during lean times..however the last year or so, it has been so negative, but also sarcastic..I don't know why exactly, but the vibes are kinda gross. They aren't wrong, but it's the way they deliver all the doom and gloom, that just kinda made it unlistenable lately.

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