Coconuts Posted January 19 Author Share Posted January 19 4 minutes ago, Strawbone said: But he old. Hope he makes it! If we're getting lit up just put him in net He can take his lumps on and off social media Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Elias Pettersson Posted January 19 Popular Post Share Posted January 19 (edited) The Godfather will be signing an extension. Great news. We need him for 2-3 more years. Two cups are coming for Vancouver. Edited January 19 by Elias Pettersson 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandmaster Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 Confirmed. https://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/2825864 The Vancouver Canucks inked president of hockey operations Jim Rutherford to a three-year contract extension, Canucks owner Francesco Aquilini confirmed Friday. Rutherford oversaw the reshaping of a roster that has greatly exceeded expectations this season. Alongside general manager Patrik Allvin, Rutherford made several moves that eventually helped Vancouver turn things around in 2023-24. The longtime executive and former NHL goaltender joined the Canucks in December 2021 after resigning from his previous post as the Pittsburgh Penguins' general manager. Rutherford was at the helm in March when Vancouver acquired defenseman Filip Hronek and a fourth-round pick from the Detroit Red Wings for a conditional first-rounder and a second-round selection. Hronek is now a fixture on the club's top pairing alongside Quinn Hughes, and the Czech blue-liner ranks second on the team behind Hughes in average ice time at 23:36. In December, the Canucks further bolstered their back end by landing Nikita Zadorov from the Calgary Flames for a 2026 third-round pick and a fifth-rounder this year. Rutherford signed off on Vancouver re-upping skilled forward J.T. Miller on a seven-year extension in September 2022. Miller ranks among the NHL's scoring leaders this season with 20 goals and 41 assists in 45 games. He also helped Vancouver correct the mistake of the Oliver Ekman-Larssontrade that the previous regime led by Jim Benning consummated with the Arizona Coyotes in July 2021. Rutherford and the Canucks bought out Ekman-Larsson's contract this past June, giving the club added financial flexibility. Rutherford, who'll turn 75 on Feb. 17, constructed the Penguins clubs that won the Stanley Cup in 2016 and 2017. He also did so with the Carolina Hurricanes squad that won it all in 2006. 1 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elias Pettersson Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 16 minutes ago, Grandmaster said: Seriously? The guy is old enough to have fought in the American civil war! He has been awesome for us but he needs to relax and take care of what few years he has left! We need him to win us two cups. Once that happens they will build a statue of JR outside Rogers Arena. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elias Pettersson Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 Called it. 3 more years. Enough to win us two cups. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimito Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 don't jinx it. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket-68 Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 56 minutes ago, HKSR said: If he takes the Canucks to a Stanley Cup championship during his tenure here, then I think it's safe to say he is one of the greatest hockey masterminds in the history of the NHL. Make it two and even @King Heffy will grudgingly erect a statue of JR ... although drawing a line at one in his living room. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 8 minutes ago, Jester13 said: O'Keefe has been in the news lately that he's getting fired, but the difference is that Toronto media hasn't turned it into a shit show like Vancouver media did at the time. Everyone loved Bruce, but what happened (minus the outrage) was standard practice in the NHL. Might be the case, but it's still not a good way to handle it, even if "everyone is doing it". It was worse in Vancouver since the secret was so badly kept. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rocket-68 Posted January 19 Popular Post Share Posted January 19 (edited) 55 minutes ago, -AJ- said: I'll say this: I'm not a fan of the way Rutherford handled the Boudreau situation and I don't respect him as a result of that. That said, he knows the right people to hire to get the job done, so on the hockey front, he's done well. While I agree that JR should have handled the Bruce-There-It-Is situation better, people need to let this go. Everyone makes mistakes and I seem to recall JR publicly saying he didn't handle the BB (not BB6 ) situation and apologized for it in public as well. I would hazard a guess more was done in private. Doing this earned back a lot in my book - my opinion, you don't have to share it. If only the Mother Teresa types with unblemished records need apply for hockey positions with the Canucks, then we would have a lot of vacancies for all positions, including most of the fans that would otherwise sit in the stands. Happy he will (apparently) be extended and now onto extending PA ... and of course Petey along with a smattering of upcoming UFA's / RFA's. Edited January 19 by Rocket-68 3 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 8 minutes ago, Rocket-68 said: Make it two and even @King Heffy will grudgingly erect a statue of JR ... although drawing a line at one in his living room. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Strawbone Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 12 minutes ago, Jaimito said: don't jinx it. No kidding. Hockey people don't talk about these things in public! I sure hope he's right though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ngoway Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 Happy he's sticking around for another 3 years! Sure is nice to have a management group that is actually helping the club in the present and future 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coconuts Posted January 19 Author Share Posted January 19 3 minutes ago, OldFaithfulcap said: 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 (edited) 1 minute ago, Coconuts said: I thought he said that he'd shut up and start acting like a professional after the embarrassment his misconduct caused last year? Edited January 19 by King Heffy 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Elias Pettersson Posted January 19 Popular Post Share Posted January 19 1 hour ago, -AJ- said: I'll say this: I'm not a fan of the way Rutherford handled the Boudreau situation and I don't respect him as a result of that. That said, he knows the right people to hire to get the job done, so on the hockey front, he's done well. Rutherford never hired Boudreau. Aquilini did. The team stunk up the joint last year and Boudreau deserved to be fired. The parasites in the media are the ones to blame for following JR around when he was secretly talking to Tocchet. Also, Boudreau can’t stop talking about the Canucks. He sounds like a bitter old man. So I lost some respect for him too. 3 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grinch Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 (edited) 6 minutes ago, OldFaithfulcap said: This is why you are not allowed to talk to the media anymore kuzmenko will be traded for sure Edited January 19 by Grinch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jess Posted January 19 Popular Post Share Posted January 19 1 minute ago, Elias Pettersson said: Rutherford never hired Boudreau. Aquilini did. The team stunk up the joint last year and Boudreau deserved to be fired. The parasites in the media are the ones to blame for following JR around when he was secretly talking to Tocchet. Also, Boudreau can’t stop talking about the Canucks. He sounds like a bitter old man. So I lost some respect for him too. I agree that Boudreau deserved to be fired, but not hung out to dry like he was. Once you make the decision to fire the guy, just do it and get it over with. Don't let him hang around like a dead man walking knowing what's coming. It was beyond unprofessional and disrespectful. What Boudreau said or has done after the fact doesn't really have a bearing on my judgment of Rutherford, though I wouldn't begrudge him for any salty comments on the Canucks given how poorly his exit was handled. 1 5 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandmaster Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 6 minutes ago, King Heffy said: I thought he said that he'd shut up and start acting like a professional after the embarrassment his misconduct caused last year? Relax 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamonds Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 2 minutes ago, Elias Pettersson said: Rutherford never hired Boudreau. Aquilini did. The team stunk up the joint last year and Boudreau deserved to be fired. The parasites in the media are the ones to blame for following JR around when he was secretly talking to Tocchet. Also, Boudreau can’t stop talking about the Canucks. He sounds like a bitter old man. So I lost some respect for him too. Rutherford had every right to fire the coach. That wasn't the problem. The problem was that every interview Rutherford gave he talked about not being sure Boudreau was the right guy and always questioning him. Why would any player buy into a system from a coach that management has openly stated they don't believe in? It leads to every player playing only for themselves which is exactly what happened. If you're going to fire the coach, then fire him. Otherwise just shut the hell up because it makes things worse. 1 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Grandmaster said: Relax His conduct was unacceptable then and it still isn't. I'm not going to pretend to respect a Poho with the kind of character issues that Rutherford displays, and I'm going to call him out every time he opens his trap and proves just how much of a piece of garbage he is. Edited January 19 by King Heffy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Elias Pettersson Posted January 19 Popular Post Share Posted January 19 1 minute ago, -AJ- said: I agree that Boudreau deserved to be fired, but not hung out to dry like he was. Once you make the decision to fire the guy, just do it and get it over with. Don't let him hang around like a dead man walking knowing what's coming. It was beyond unprofessional and disrespectful. What Boudreau said or has done after the fact doesn't really have a bearing on my judgment of Rutherford, though I wouldn't begrudge him for any salty comments on the Canucks given how poorly his exit was handled. Tocchet was contractually obligated to work at TNT. So he couldn’t just quit when the news came out. There was a timeline that needed to be followed in order to hire him. The media are the ones that leaked out the information. You don’t fire a coach based on the media’s timeline. It was an unfortunate situation and obviously it could have been handled differently. But the blame shouldn’t be put 100% on Rutherford’s shoulders. Boudreau also acted unprofessionally by stating he was waiting to be fired in November. If he was that gung ho about getting fired then he should have just resigned instead of continuing on with the gong show. Allowing this team to play pond hockey for 4 months was disrespectful to the fans who paid big money to watch the games. Instead of talking about hockey like we are now we talked about tanking and Bedard for 4 months. Never seen such a sad situation in 35+ years of following this team. 1 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mike Vanderhoek Posted January 19 Popular Post Share Posted January 19 21 minutes ago, -AJ- said: Might be the case, but it's still not a good way to handle it, even if "everyone is doing it". It was worse in Vancouver since the secret was so badly kept. Vancouver had a plan in mind, a timetable that had to be followed regarding people involved being available. That media dug up and kept building a story about a coach on the outs is not on the Canucks and further was a joke hearing the Friedmans of the world cry about how could Vancouver do this to their coach? you mean operating a hockey club and trying to secure a targeted replacement before firing a coach as is standard NHL practice and it would have been a quiet rumor or whisper until the change had media types not dug it up and ran with it, being the one's responsible for Bruce being lame duck for a month or longer? JR's reaction, class. He apologies and owns that maybe he could have handled it differently to placate the bleeding hearts and demented media types who did the damage in the first place then goes on to stick to his guns and upfront say the team had a plan, whether conjecture, rumors, word leaked wasn't going to change their plan. Loved that part, steadfast, even keel and committed to the organization. 5 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elias Pettersson Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 7 minutes ago, Diamonds said: Rutherford had every right to fire the coach. That wasn't the problem. The problem was that every interview Rutherford gave he talked about not being sure Boudreau was the right guy and always questioning him. Why would any player buy into a system from a coach that management has openly stated they don't believe in? It leads to every player playing only for themselves which is exactly what happened. If you're going to fire the coach, then fire him. Otherwise just shut the hell up because it makes things worse. Boudreau got fired because his team sucked and he decided to play pond hockey for 4 months. Don’t go blaming the players or the management group on our pathetic start last year. If Boudreau didn’t want to be around then he should have just resigned. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mike Vanderhoek Posted January 19 Popular Post Share Posted January 19 8 minutes ago, Diamonds said: Rutherford had every right to fire the coach. That wasn't the problem. The problem was that every interview Rutherford gave he talked about not being sure Boudreau was the right guy and always questioning him. Why would any player buy into a system from a coach that management has openly stated they don't believe in? It leads to every player playing only for themselves which is exactly what happened. If you're going to fire the coach, then fire him. Otherwise just shut the hell up because it makes things worse. I would prefer as a fan when I am watching my team suck ass night after night because they have lost the ability to play simple structured hockey, playing the basics that my team's management is upfront and says they are not happy with the coaching, not happy with how the team is being lead by the coach and even to go so far as to say we need the coach to start implementing structure. I was pleased to hear the management group was not status quo about what the problem was an acknowledged it. Boudreau was given multiple opportunities to implement a game plan and he did nothing. He had to go and im glad management was able to identify the problem and correct it. Tocchet comes in and he has to start practices with the very basics of play, looks to me like JR saw it, gave warnings and publicly made the fanbase and anyone who cared to listen that they needed actual coaching. And he WAS RIGHT. 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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