[Drance] “To be very to the point, the changes that we’d made, we have a playoff team *if* everything goes right,” says Rutherford. “But we want to get to a point where we have enough in our lineup that you can have a few things go wrong… and overcome that.”
“To be very to the point, the changes that we’d made, we have a playoff team *if* everything goes right,” says Rutherford.
“We want to get to a point where we have enough in our lineup that you can have a few things go wrong… and overcome that.” #Canucks
— Thomas Drance (@ThomasDrance) September 20, 2023
by PaperMoonShine
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We probably could get there if we stopped trading all our picks and rebuilt properly instead of trying to force playoffs by overpaying middle 6 wingers.
Classic Rutherford not sugar coating anything.
He’s exactly right, if we lose any important players like Petey or Hughes we don’t have the depth to keep winning games.
Self aware moment. Rutherford runs his mouth occasionally but I love his candidness
I really liked this response from Rutherford. It is very honest and realistic.
They’ve got their team to a point where they believe they are a playoff team. Now their job is to improve on that and get to a point where we can withstand injuries or down seasons from some players and still be a playoff team.
I’m optimistic that they can achieve this over the next couple seasons.
I enjoy this honesty. It is kind of how I feel too.
Making the playoffs, but only if absolutely everything goes right. Also known as: The Aquilini Sweet Spot!
I only saw the first part of this quote before and got annoyed at the “if” but glad he actually said what should be the goal. At least they’re aware of the issue even if I don’t agree with all their ideas of actually getting there.
He’s spot on
Ah yes the Canucks way. We will make the playoffs if every single thing goes right.
Yeah like col lost byram, landeskog, nichuskin, and even Makar for part of the season and still made the playoffs.