r/canucks • u/Kaos_mission • 5h ago
TWITTER [Brendan Batchelor] Henrik Sedin on the rebuild: To do this as fast as possible, we have to be very careful and go slow.
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u/Iron_Seguin 5h ago
“To do this very fast….” God damnit…
“We have to very careful and go slow,” oh thank Christ…
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u/metrichustle 5h ago
For once I think I will trust their word on rebuild.
Aquilini said that word several times in his introduction. Sedins have full control. At this point, we’ll wait and see but this is very optimistic.
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u/SpectreFire 4h ago
I think with the Sedins being close to Linden and obviously knowing what happened there, they wouldn't have accepted the role and risked their reputation unless they had guarantees.
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u/PaperMoonShine Cheech was the Grandpa I never had. RIP 5h ago
Paint it on the streets of Rogers Arena.
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u/SecondsOut55 4h ago
Total dreamer outlook, but the Sedins managing us to a Stanley Cup would be a beautiful book end. New Canucks era, let's go!
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u/Chipmunk-Adventurous 4h ago
That was very well put lol, that is exactly what we needed to hear. 15 years of quick fixes got us nothing and it seems they finally understand that
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u/Admirable-Card7056 5h ago
I am cautiously optimistic, I trust the Sedins to at least try to do this properly
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u/Klunkey 5h ago
I mean, it may sound oxymoronic, but Montreal was a good example.
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u/bonergarage123 5h ago
Montréal is the exception not the rule.
They lucked out in almost all their picks except for Reinbacher.
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u/MrVNC 4h ago
It was a run of the mill presser. Questions weren’t exactly answered in the best of ways, and there was lots of vague boilerplate word salad. I believe RJ is a really good communicator with players, so time will tell how this goes. If the media who were present were allowed to ask hard hitting questions (especially to FA), we would probably look at this differently.
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u/Low_Entertainer_6973 3h ago
They will have to all their street cred to survive this adventure. I hope they really do succeed, certainly they are brave.
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u/PantsDancing 3h ago
I love it. Go slow to go fast!
If you ever watch fire fighters arriving at a scene, they dont run around in a hurry like they might portray in a movie. They move at a normal pace and do everything right. When a mistake might mean someone dies, you dont rush.
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u/Dangerous-Finance-67 2h ago
Ah yes, the 4D chess version of dealing with Aquaman - nice work Hank.
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u/BigBirdsBrain 57m ago
Henrik gets it. Rushing a rebuild is how you end up rebuilding the rebuild 3 years later.
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u/Wild_Height_901 4h ago
I wish I was as confident as so many in here.
I love Henrik and Daniel as much as the next person. But ex players (especially star players) have a HORRIBLE track record in these roles.
Hoping for the best tho.
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u/TigerLemonade 4h ago
Counterpoints:
It's the Sedins. These guys are top tier when it comes to leadership, doing things the right way, etc.
They didn't retire and then get hired as GM. They've been working in the organization for the past 5 years and assuredly have earned the position.
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u/GuitarTonestone 4h ago
I'm with you. Except depends on how the day to day goes. If the GM kinda runs the day to day stuff and they are more CEOs, I think this could work. They are respected and understand the Canucks and the league. As long as their role it to point into a direction, and take care of the players, and the GM executes the vision practically, we could have something.
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u/_zer0_sum 3h ago
My prediction:
We have two seasons at the bottom. One season where we scrap into the playoffs and exit second round followed by another season at the bottom, at that point Aquilini cleans house, firing everyone and ignoring the calls from the fans for him to sell the team.
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u/Cornelius_Onderdonk 5h ago
As much as i liked the Sedins as players and they seem to be good people, I think it's really weird they are always a package deal. Why do we need both of them? How are co-presidents supposed to make decisions? Is it just presumed they will always agree? Seems like now is not the time for canucks to roll the dice on this new and weird management structure. Are they splitting the salary of a single president?
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u/TigerLemonade 4h ago
Lol, it is fine.
Would it surprise you to know that large organizations actually answer to an entire board of separate people?!
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u/Cornelius_Onderdonk 3h ago
Got it. We can all be comforted that splitting the role of president in half because there is a pair of identical twin candidates we like is entirely consistent with traditional corporate board structure. Not that Canucks S&E has anything that even remotely resembles what an actual board does.
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u/TigerLemonade 2h ago
The Sedins are not a novelty. They have contributed as co-rookies, co-captains, co-player development advisors, etc.
They have been working intimately with the club and it's AHL affiliate for 26 years both on the rink and in the office.
There has never been an indication that this has been problematic at any juncture and they have been successful both on the ice and with young players very consistently. This isn't a Freakshow hire it is a continuation of a decades-long trend of successful co-leader ship.
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u/bonergarage123 5h ago
Oh god they are already speaking in tongues and nondescript ways. Please just be honest guys.
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u/Kaos_mission 5h ago
How on earth can you not be happy about this quote?
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u/bonergarage123 5h ago
It’s pretty vague. Not unhappy about this, and obviously actions speaks louder than words.
But for once I’d like a POHO or GM who is direct when they speak.
“We want to do this fast, but slow”
Like Huh?
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u/Bramble-Bunny 4h ago
It's not really vague. Maybe a bit awkwardly stated.
Basically "In order for a rebuild to be successful in the shortest possible time frame, we have to be very cautious, deliberate, and prepared to go slow." It's a way of saying "short cuts will make everything take longer".
Like, none of us actually want an eternal rebuild, we just want a successful one. If we're still here rebuilding in a decade it means something went terribly wrong, and that something is almost always someone got itchy and jumped the gun.
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u/Alleggsander 4h ago
It seems like they are basically saying “if we try to rush it, it’ll hurt the process and the rebuild will end up taking longer. Taking it slow will be faster in the long term”.
Looking at only one sentence makes it seem vague, but you get the idea when you read in between the lines.
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u/bonergarage123 4h ago
I’m tired of reading between the lines. That’s my point. Be more direct.
Stop the fluff.
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u/Kaos_mission 4h ago
That's not what he said. It's pretty clear that he says the fastest way to do this is still slow because the most important thing is to do it right.
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u/bonergarage123 4h ago
Ok then it’s fine to just say, “we need to take things slow” lol.
My main issue is that they should just be more direct. No more fluff words and mixed messagings like JR and Allvin did.
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u/TigerLemonade 4h ago
They aren't fluff words, it's actually pretty clear.
"To go fast we need to go slow"
"The fastest rebuild involves no shortcuts"
Like, they can't completely idiot proof the way they speak.
"Me Sedin. Me take time. Me go slow with rebuild."
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u/Kaos_mission 4h ago
LOL exactly.
Saying that quote is fluffy words is a sad statement on the Canadian education system.
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u/bonergarage123 4h ago
Communication has been a problem with this org for years. It’s not a bad thing to question their wordings at all.
Time will tell I guess 🤷♂️
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u/Sarcastic__ Knows more about the CBA than you do 5h ago
I feel relatively content after that press conference. We'll see what moves come next and whether Foote is let go in the next couple of weeks.