@FriedgeHNIC When you go down in a game some teams use that as motivation. While other teams play not to lose and panic when the other team scores/puts on pressure
Rutherford/Allvin era in only FOUR years:
• Humiliated and fired Bruce Boudreau
• Chose Miller over Horvat
• Drafted Willander over Benson
• Mikheyev 4 x $4.75 mill, spent a 2nd to trade the contract
• 1st for Lindholm, let him walk
• Let Zadorov Walk
• Traded Miller for a 1st and injury prone Chytil who’s barely played any games, flipped the 1st for Marcus Pettersson
• OEL buyout, he went on to thrive as a top pair defencmen
• Lost Jack Adams winner Rick Tocchet
• Signed EP40 to worst contract in NHL
• Blocked trade of Necas for EP40
• Extended injury prone Demko
• Long term expensive deals for Garland, Boeser and Demko to convince Hughes to stay when Hughes already informed him he’s leaving
• Let Pius Suter walk
• Traded Podkolzin for 4th for him to go thrive in EDM
• Traded a 4th for Evander Kane
• This all led to Quinn Hughes wanting out
• Traded Quinn Hughes
• After all this… they first refused the notion of a rebuild on HNIC, suggested a retool with a hybrid form
What did I miss? Rutherford/Allvin destroyed the Canucks in only 4 seasons. They might be the worst executives in #Canucks history.
Not only did they delay the inevitable for seasons, they wasted years of the former core’s competitive window.
Fuck Jim Rutherford.