{"id":527056,"date":"2026-03-28T05:25:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T05:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/527056\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T05:25:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T05:25:21","slug":"in-a-lost-season-zeev-buium-showed-the-canucks-exactly-what-they-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/527056\/","title":{"rendered":"In a lost season, Zeev Buium showed the Canucks exactly what they need"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Photo credit: Bob Frid-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Zeev Buium gave Adam Foote’s Canucks a needed spark after Los Angeles pushed late in a 4-0 game and Vancouver’s young group pushed back.<\/p>\n

That’s the real story here. Not the final score by itself, but the response after Buium said he saw teammates \u201cgetting kind of jumped a little bit\u201d while the Kings were already up 4-0.<\/p>\n

Buium did not sound rattled. He sounded annoyed, and that matters for a team that has spent too much of this season getting buried in games and then getting judged for everything that follows.<\/p>\n

He also pointed to something bigger than one scrum.<\/p>\n

He talked about playing harder, not panicking, making the hard play, communicating, and getting out of the zone clean instead of just throwing pucks away.<\/p>\n

That is a young defenseman talking like someone who already understands what this rebuild needs.<\/p>\n

The Canucks are not in a spot where moral wins fix anything, but habits still matter.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

And on a night like that, the late pushback mattered. Vancouver did not fold, and the kids in that room showed they are not interested in becoming easy to play against.<\/p>\n

Buium’s message matters more than the score<\/p>\n

Was the Kings’ behavior warranted with a 4-0 lead?<\/p>\n

Buium made his view pretty clear. He said he did not think that needed to happen, and it is hard to argue with that when the game was already decided.<\/p>\n

At the same time, Vancouver’s answer was the encouraging part.<\/p>\n

The young players stood up for each other, and for a club this deep in a bad season, that is not nothing.<\/p>\n

The Canucks are 21-42-8 with 50 points, last in the Pacific.<\/p>\n

That is a miserable season by any measure, and it is exactly why signs of pushback and pride still matter.<\/p>\n

Foote cannot sell standings right now. What he can sell is structure, emotion, and a standard for how this group responds when a game gets ugly.<\/p>\n

Buium’s comments fit that perfectly.<\/p>\n

He was not celebrating a scrum. He was saying the team has to stay connected, make stronger plays, and take care of each other when things start going sideways.<\/p>\n

That is why this quote lands. In a lost season, the Canucks still need players who hate losing, hate getting pushed around, and refuse to drift through the final stretch.<\/p>\n

Vancouver still has a long way to go. But if Zeev Buium and the younger group keep showing this kind of bite, the rebuild at least has something real to build on.<\/p>\n

Previously on Vancouver Hockey Daily<\/p>\n

POLL<\/p>\n

29 MINUTES AGO|2 ANSWERS<\/p>\n

In a lost season, Zeev Buium showed the Canucks exactly what they need<\/p>\n

Did the Canucks show the right kind of fight after the Kings pushed too far ?<\/p>\n

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