[The Athletic] The Canucks receive an F at the mid point of the season
January 17, 2026
[The Athletic] The Canucks receive an F at the mid point of the season
27 comments
And water is wet. Tank goes on.
Teams that are doing good are good, teams that are doing bad are bad
fuck man, I should have been a sports journalist
That’s pretty generous. I thought we’d be lower
How does Tampa not get an A plus, they are rolling without Point and Hedgemen.
No shit.
F is A for in tanking terms.
How is tampa not an A+. 1st in the east and they’ve had an ahl defense almost all year as well as point missing a ton of games
Now grade on how good your season has gone for tanking, bet we’d look pretty good then
Can’t believe someone went to school to get a degree in journalism to write this up.
lol.
You trade Quinn Hughes, that’s a paddlin’.
They gave Panthers a B? Lame
play off aspirations to trading away a generational defensemen. grade seems about right.
Unlike the Rangers, Blues, and Jets, the F here stands for Francesco.
R for Relegation
I like how most of us were pretty optimistic coming into the season because we thought it couldn’t get any worse than last year
Can we get to Z?
well yeah hahaha
F seems kinda high
Lame article. Nothing new or brow raising here. Not sure why this is reportable news..
Yay!
Realistically, Canucks are a B+ at this point for having a moat on #1 overall odds and could be an A+ if they shed assets for value.
Teams positioned to lose out of the east playoffs and draft 13th like the Leafs are the real Fs
I give them an ‘A’ for tanking
How is Tampa Bay only an A-? They’ve been winning despite key injuries all season.
So just the standings order then, thanks
Shit is so pointless lol
Seems kind
Which is so weird because we have playoff caliber bottom 9 guys like Karlsson, Sasson, Raty, Sherwood, Garland, Blueger, Willander, DPetey, Hoggy, etc. but we needed another game breaking forward around EP40 and Boeser.
A rising tide lifts all boats as they say and adding a top 10 forward like a Necas or a Celebrini-lite would’ve brought this team to a new level. Hopefully McKenna or Stenberg become that player for us
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27 comments
And water is wet. Tank goes on.
Teams that are doing good are good, teams that are doing bad are bad
fuck man, I should have been a sports journalist
That’s pretty generous. I thought we’d be lower
How does Tampa not get an A plus, they are rolling without Point and Hedgemen.
No shit.
F is A for in tanking terms.
How is tampa not an A+. 1st in the east and they’ve had an ahl defense almost all year as well as point missing a ton of games
Now grade on how good your season has gone for tanking, bet we’d look pretty good then
Can’t believe someone went to school to get a degree in journalism to write this up.
lol.
You trade Quinn Hughes, that’s a paddlin’.
They gave Panthers a B? Lame
play off aspirations to trading away a generational defensemen. grade seems about right.
Unlike the Rangers, Blues, and Jets, the F here stands for Francesco.
R for Relegation
I like how most of us were pretty optimistic coming into the season because we thought it couldn’t get any worse than last year
Can we get to Z?
well yeah hahaha
F seems kinda high
Lame article. Nothing new or brow raising here. Not sure why this is reportable news..
Yay!
Realistically, Canucks are a B+ at this point for having a moat on #1 overall odds and could be an A+ if they shed assets for value.
Teams positioned to lose out of the east playoffs and draft 13th like the Leafs are the real Fs
I give them an ‘A’ for tanking
How is Tampa Bay only an A-? They’ve been winning despite key injuries all season.
So just the standings order then, thanks
Shit is so pointless lol
Seems kind
Which is so weird because we have playoff caliber bottom 9 guys like Karlsson, Sasson, Raty, Sherwood, Garland, Blueger, Willander, DPetey, Hoggy, etc. but we needed another game breaking forward around EP40 and Boeser.
A rising tide lifts all boats as they say and adding a top 10 forward like a Necas or a Celebrini-lite would’ve brought this team to a new level. Hopefully McKenna or Stenberg become that player for us