2020 Tank Thread: Get Punched in the Solar Plexus for Alexis

[DFAC]

Having to endure year after year of the idiotic Benning regime is not good for mental health. Especially when you're forced to explain to his supporters that the earth isn't flat.

Shouldn’t you take a break from the Canucks then?

I mean, why follow the team if it’s not enjoyable for you anymore? Isn't the whole part of sports just for fun?

 

[y2kcanucks]

Shouldn’t you take a break from the Canucks then?

I mean, why follow the team if it’s not enjoyable for you anymore? Isn't the whole part of sports just for fun?

What I do is none of your concern.

 

[Megaterio Llamas]

Shouldn’t you take a break from the Canucks then?

I mean, why follow the team if it’s not enjoyable for you anymore? Isn't the whole part of sports just for fun?

We're all addicts here my friend,

What is said here, stays here. Here here

 

[Canucks LB]

What I do is none of your concern.

While this is true, you don’t have to be such a dick to him about it

 

[just22]

If you’re constantly bitching and moaning in public but instantly tell someone it’s not their concern about what you do then you should just keep things to yourself.

 

[y2kcanucks]

While this is true, you don’t have to be such a dick to him about it

It was a deserved response to that kind of comment.

 

[Cheeks Clapinski]

I wonder if these same guys berating Y2K for following his favorite team regardless of how much management pisses him off are the same ones telling him hes a fair-weather fan when he was previously considering taking a break.

Quick reminder that gatekeeping is pathetic and anyone who posts here is a fan of this team in some capacity.

 

[Grub]

This goes beyond tanking, if it means Jim Benning and his cronies get canned, I will always support the tank.

I would like to see another playoff before I reach 30 though. With a different group in management.

 

[DFAC]

It was a deserved response to that kind of comment.

Huh? Very weird response to a genuine question.

It just seems like following the team brings you no enjoyment whatsoever anymore and you constantly remind everyone here of that so I ask - why continue following the team?

But hey sorry if I offended you and yeah you’re free to do whatever you want so you do you. Have a nice day y2k.... cheer up and remember hockey is just a game after all!!!

 

[y2kcanucks]

Huh? Very weird response to a genuine question.

It just seems like following the team brings you no enjoyment whatsoever anymore and you constantly remind everyone here of that so I ask - why continue following the team?

But hey sorry if I offended you and yeah you’re free to do whatever you want so you do you. Have a nice day y2k.... cheer up and remember hockey is just a game after all!!!

I get enjoyment out of seeing Benning's team fall flat on its face. I get enjoyment out of thinking of a brighter future when Benning is fired and hoping that someone competent is hired to take over.

 

[Baby Pettersson]

We are all Canucks afterall.

 

[dwarf]

This team is no where near rebuilt. It needs at least two more top Dmen, and two more impactful scoring wingers. Chychrun or Tkachuk would look pretty good right about now.

Also, we don't know if the likes of Demko or Pettersson are the real deal. Will Boeser be able to be effective in a tight checking playoffs?

We need to tank for at least three more years just in the hopes of batting 750 at the draft.

 

[xtra]

This team is no where near rebuilt. It needs at least two more top Dmen, and two more impactful scoring wingers. Chychrun or Tkachuk would look pretty good right about now.

Also, we don't know if the likes of Demko or Pettersson are the real deal. Will Boeser be able to be effective in a tight checking playoffs?

We need to tank for at least three more years just in the hopes of batting 750 at the draft.

Yup I want to see how Petersson responds when he doesn’t have a 20%+ shooting percentage before anointing him a mega star

 

[Blade Paradigm]

2020 is going to be a special year.

Lafreniere, Byfield, Holtz, Raymond, Barron, Lundell, etc.

Quinton Byfield is a magnificent skater, and he's 6'5''.



Justin Barron is a great puck-rushing defenceman.

Anton Lundell is a very skilled, intelligent center who impressed me at the World Juniors.



Alexis Lafreniere is great around the net and is excellent at controlling loose pucks.

A Top 5 pick in 2020 would be enormous.

 

[canuckfan75]

I would be shocked if that Canucks still have there 2020 1st round pick on June 23, 2019. I think it is very much in play to land a significant piece that will help them make the playoffs next year. this years upsets have motivated the make the playoffs at all cost next year mantra at Rodgers Arena.

 

[sandwichbird2023]

I would be shocked if that Canucks still have there 2020 1st round pick on June 23, 2019. I think it is very much in play to land a significant piece that will help them make the playoffs next year. this years upsets have motivated the make the playoffs at all cost next year mantra at Rodgers Arena.

Watch they don't even put in a "top 5 protected" condition. When asked by the media why Benning didnt do that, he turn to his assistant (while on camera) and ask "whats that?"
That's my prediction.

 

[TruGr1t]

I think the right management team could turn this thing around with one more year of the tank. Get a good player at 10 this draft, plus some solid deeper drafting, and draft high again next year. With the right trades and signings you could do it.

Issue is we don't have the right executives in place.

 

[dwarf]

I would be shocked if that Canucks still have there 2020 1st round pick on June 23, 2019. I think it is very much in play to land a significant piece that will help them make the playoffs next year. this years upsets have motivated the make the playoffs at all cost next year mantra at Rodgers Arena.

This would be a brutal error of Ottawa type proportions.

This season looked good for the Canucks, because they got a lot of back up goalies, and teams who thought they were easy points.

Next season is going to be harder not easier.

 

[Icebreakers]

This team is no where near rebuilt. It needs at least two more top Dmen, and two more impactful scoring wingers. Chychrun or Tkachuk would look pretty good right about now.

Also, we don't know if the likes of Demko or Pettersson are the real deal. Will Boeser be able to be effective in a tight checking playoffs?

We need to tank for at least three more years just in the hopes of batting 750 at the draft.

Just in time to draft 3 busts and have Horvat leave in FA

 

[dwarf]

Just in time to draft 3 busts and have Horvat leave in FA

Sounds Canuckish. I am expecting a bust this season. Not seeing anything sure at 10th, and that's a good sign the Canucks will mess it up for certain.

I am pretty sure that next season, this team will end up with a better pick, as teams will be more apt to bring their A game.

 

[Knight53]

 

[TruGr1t]

I would be shocked if that Canucks still have there 2020 1st round pick on June 23, 2019. I think it is very much in play to land a significant piece that will help them make the playoffs next year. this years upsets have motivated the make the playoffs at all cost next year mantra at Rodgers Arena.

This would be disgusting. Another high first round pick in 2020, and well-executed draft more broadly, is exactly what this team needs. The goal for the playoffs should be the 2021-2022 season. This organization needs two more drafts focused heavily on filling out depth at every level.

 

[CanuckCity]

Some pretty tantalizing prospects at the top of this draft. Will be interesting to see who maintains their hype and who comes out of the blue.

Just have to pray that finally the new lottery will work in our favour and we'll win a top3 selection after finishing in the 8-12 range.

But yes this team is still so far from being consistently competitive. Just compare what we have to the 'weaker' teams competing right now and its clear we aren't close.

I'd rather be patient and suffer the tank a little longer than jump the gun and end up in that perennial 7th-10th, 1st round exit purgatory.

Not to mention that the reason teams like Tampa, Boston, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Wsh are able to stay competitive long-term is because they have layers of nhl-caliber prospects that join the team in waves.

We don't even have the initial wave yet

 

[Jack Burton]

2020 is going to be a special year.

Lafreniere, Byfield, Holtz, Raymond, Barron, Lundell, etc.

Quinton Byfield is a magnificent skater, and he's 6'5''.



Justin Barron is a great puck-rushing defenceman.

Anton Lundell is a very skilled, intelligent center who impressed me at the World Juniors.



Alexis Lafreniere is great around the net and is excellent at controlling loose pucks.

A Top 5 pick in 2020 would be enormous.

Yaroslav Askarov, the 6 foot 3 inch, 16 year old goalie for team Russia at the u18 looks spectacular!

If he keeps it up then he's definitely going in the top 5.

 

[Peter10]

Yaroslav Askarov, the 6 foot 3 inch, 16 year old goalie for team Russia at the u18 looks spectacular!

If he keeps it up then he's definitely going in the top 5.

Jan Bednar might be the better goalie prospect at the moment. Also dont think any goalie will come close to top 5 in 2020, there is just so much top end talent I doubt any team takes the risk to pick a goalie instead of the guys Blade Paradigm mention already and he hasnt even listed some guys (Gunler f.e.) that are likely ahead of those 2 goalies as well.