Now that the Vancouver Canucks have a losing record, it’s a good time to revisit the idea of rebuilding.
You know, the thing that Jim Benning and Trevor Linden say they’re currently doing?
Management’s excuse for avoiding a full demolition of the current roster is that the fans won’t support a rebuild. Of course, that isn’t the reason they won’t do it. That’s just their justification after the fact.
Maybe they don’t believe a rebuild will work. Or maybe they are under pressure from ownership to get attendance back up by assembling a somewhat competitive team.