[Paywall] LeBrun: Pourquoi Jim Rutherford n’a pas paniqué après le départ 0-5-2 des Canucks et « n’a pas changé » ses attentes pour 2022-23

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1. airjunkie 2 ans ago

   So, this is really just a puff piece by Lebrun allowing Rutherford to get out some messaging, it’s not an interview where Lebrun challenges Jim on anything, but I think it’s worth a discussion because it’s alluding to many of the troubling trends I’m seeing in this new regime (i.e. a continuation of the ideology that underpinned the last regime, retool on the fly, fear of the Vancouver impatient fan myth, etc.).
   This is pretty much the thesis of the message Rutherford is trying to get across (Lebrun, quoting Jim):
   > This is about attempting to get the team in a better place while staying competitive. Which is a challenge.
   >“We have to make the team better and we’re building the team,” Rutherford said. “And people can use whatever words they want as to what that means. But we will continue to build the team until we become a contender to win the Cup.”

   If this “thesis” comes across as fluff to you, that’s because it is, and that’s the problem.
   Rutherford in the interviews goes on to discuss the recent trades, voice trust Bruce, and say that he still hopes to get Bo signed.

   I have to say that I was very excited when this new regime came in, I liked lots of the front office hirings and thought that having a character as big as Rutherford in the President position would create a healthy barrier between ownership and management. But the reality is, they are following pretty much the same plan as the last regime (trade away assets for the few players in their early to mid twenties that good teams want to move on from, signing long term deals for older players) and their voiced guiding principal seems to be the same, retool on the fly and hope for the best.

   I honestly don’t know where this leaves us as fans. This plan under Benning left us as the 26th best team over the course of his term as GM, maybe with a more competent front office running the same plan we become a true bubble team, instead of a team just aspiring to be a bubble team? It just feels like there is absolutely no hope for the future being offered here. Rutherford mentions that a rebuild takes years—I just don’t understand why that is a bad thing, I want a methodically built and well thought out roster, not something that is cobbled together.

2. theDanu 2 ans ago

   As angry as I was as everyone else before we won the 2 games, I think we gotta give Allvin/JR some more time. As badly as I wanted them to shake up the d-corps, Benning put them in an extremely awful spot as a large majority of the guys we want to get rid of have/had zero value. Dickinson, OEL, Myers… All of those guys have pretty much next to nothing in value. Even Garland and Boeser probably had diminished value based on their seasons last year too and we are not in a position to sell low.

   They barely had any wiggle room to play with and it’s not like there were many UFAs out there who would’ve helped (Klingberg on a long-term deal would’ve been yucky – doubt he signs a 1 year deal with us). I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt for now but if they don’t address the D next summer then well it’s time to bring out the pitchforks

3. carmnec 2 ans ago

   Very funny how the team went through 10 years of failing to rebuild on the fly and the org still thinks they can sell the false of being a bubble team while every other team in the Pacific builds properly around superior cores.

   These quotes are honestly exceeding Benning levels of terrible (and also hilarious)

4. Standingbutsitting 2 ans ago

   This sample size it too small to make any decisions imo. Also the players need to get a few games under their feet to get to game speed so I think we’ll start to see if this team can really cut it in the next few months. Reevaluating before the winter break would give us a more accurate picture I think. But there’s definitely something fishy about our slow starts