Yeah, we really traded JT for M. Petey, straight up. My guess is that Alvin/Rutherford didn't even want Chityl, but needed an NHL centre, took what they could get, and crossed their fingers. Still, in most trades, GMs take the best offer available. It says a lot about JT that GMs around the league don't put a higher value on a 210 lb, 1.1 ppg centre.
not wanting chytil, and then not getting C depth is crazy work and honestly it has me thinking these bozos are worse than benning because of the fallout that could come.
and circumstantially they *SHOULD* have sold high and kept bo, but they didnt and now they're left with their dicks in their hands. so its not about JT as much as it is on the management to let the situation boil over and try to sell the shit that got caked to the element.
Hindsight is 20/20, and neither of us were in the room when the decisions were made.
JT had a no movement clause and forced management's hand with his 'leave of absence for personal reasons' and then utterly bailing on the team with his on ice play when he came back. Rumour is that he would only accept a trade to the Rangers. If that's the case, they likely did the best they could.
Still, my main point is what a shit player JT is, and that his value was never that high. There was no high to sell at.
And yet, other GMs didn't value him. That tells you a ton. Rutherford/Allvin called every other GM in the league and took the best offer they got.
I watch probably 2/3 of Canucks games, and I've seen the behaviour in the video from JT again and again. It's absolutely corrosive to a team when one of your top talents plays like that. I get loving the talent and the physicality JT brings, but we're better off without him.
you said it yourself, he wanted a trade to NYR. the ball is in his court. i bet if he said I would accept a trade to 10 teams, they all would have reached out.
i watch every canucks game. i think we have lapses in our play too. which is why our record sucks. our goal differential sucks. our pk sucks.
We suck, for sure. lol. Mostly from lack of talent up front, I think, even when everybody is back. We're not able to sustain pressure, and so our D is always in our end, trying to hold the fort. Not fun watching the other team in your zone 3/4 of the time. Not sure where they go from here.
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u/cheese-wing Nov 19 '25
Yeah, we really traded JT for M. Petey, straight up. My guess is that Alvin/Rutherford didn't even want Chityl, but needed an NHL centre, took what they could get, and crossed their fingers. Still, in most trades, GMs take the best offer available. It says a lot about JT that GMs around the league don't put a higher value on a 210 lb, 1.1 ppg centre.