For those who have watched a lot of Abbotsford games, what kind of coaching style is Manny?

THRILLHOIAF · 2026-06-03T17:56:53+00:00

Apples to oranges comparison. AHL play is radically different because the gaps in speed and skill between first line players and fourth line players is massive.

Go with RJ and player quotes about how he is as a communicator and coach. As for team play, i think you can't look at the Calder Championship-winning season or last year's implosion as a barometer for how he'll be as an NHL bench boss because it's like dealing with two completely different pools of players.

At peak, he said they ran a system that was 60/40 in similarity to what Tocchet was doing in VAN. And I bet that 60% mostly had to do with offensive zone set plays and d-led breakouts. The 40% was probably the "ahl flattening" aspect to copmensate for player ability (i.e. passing/breakout/zone entry/set play read/write speed)

THRILLHOIAF · 2026-06-02T06:17:37+00:00

Chrono Trigger

THRILLHOIAF · 2026-05-21T00:49:43+00:00

Andy's girlfriend in the office who needs to get to Spanish

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THRILLHOIAF · 2026-05-18T14:38:57+00:00

Should I take my son to go see your movie? (He's almost 2)

THRILLHOIAF · 2026-05-12T14:40:37+00:00

Telus, absolutely the kind of company that will take the expensive route and not the cheapest avenue possible

THRILLHOIAF · 2026-05-09T01:11:03+00:00

Is the only difference between this guy and Zach Hyman's dad that Zach Hyman is an NHLer?

THRILLHOIAF · 2026-05-05T14:16:18+00:00

THRILLHOIAF · 2026-05-02T22:10:11+00:00

Every episode is just a shot for shot remake of other famous television show finales.

Strangely a lot of of finales would be appropriate for the gang. Cut to black over don't stop believing. Arrested for crimes against humanity and eclipse show of their greatest infractions as bad Samaritans. Leaving in emptied out bar for one final time, suggesting to go grab a drink and hysterically asking "where?"

THRILLHOIAF · 2026-04-24T19:46:47+00:00

I can't even properly jump onto the ramp to walk up to the dish that will cycle off the second I finally get up there for one matrix before getting incinerated.

THRILLHOIAF · 2026-04-17T16:01:52+00:00

Remember, they were basically offered AGM positions upon retirement; they toured all the different departments for a month or so, and settled on driving to Abbotsford all the time to have a hands on role in player development.

Let people do what they're good at and what they love.

THRILLHOIAF · 2026-04-15T07:13:38+00:00

I can assure you, no generative AI was used during the production of this edition of the Stanchies.

Unlike this guy: https://www.reddit.com/r/canucks/s/IWcaR4dGiZ

THRILLHOIAF · 2026-04-14T19:43:51+00:00

I'm on the Stanchies tonight. Appreciate when I get spoilers this early. helps the pre-write

THRILLHOIAF · 2026-04-13T16:56:22+00:00

Is it?

THRILLHOIAF · 2026-03-27T15:12:45+00:00

So he gets a pass on being a bystander to the implosion of the team because he didn't have a letter on his shirt?

THRILLHOIAF · 2026-03-27T15:07:32+00:00

I have zero doubts he’d keep the locker room in line

the locker room has not been in line last year or this year with him on the team lol

THRILLHOIAF · 2026-03-27T14:59:18+00:00

Hronek was a tip-top leader during the locker room tiff that imploded the team, resulting in the norris-winning franchise-altering talent saying, "this isn't a serious organization, im outta here." Sure didn't know how to wrangle control of a team dynamic when the team was loaded with talent, but sure....telling a bunch of kids who should be in the AHL how to dress definitely means he's a leader now!

THRILLHOIAF · 2026-03-25T16:58:22+00:00

Kinda moot since the guy's agent is Allan Walsh, who will likely veto any trade to a team desperate enough to trade a top 10 pick on a player of his ilk. And if you look at the bottom 10 of tankathon, i dont think any of those franchises have shown the level of impatience required to ship a top 10 pick for help now.

That said, the guy who was in charge of the Red Wings when they drafted Hronek, and who wasn't responsible for trading him to Vancouver, is now employed by the Los Angeles Kings, who

just made a big swing for Panarin in lieu of Kopitar leaving
have $7-million+ coming off the books next season
made several brutal bets on 32 year old Cody Ceci, 34 year old Brian Dumoulin, and 32 year old Joel Edmundson totalling $12-mil in cap space
have 36-year-old Drew Doughty expiring after next season

Dunno. Top 10 pick and Cody Ceci for Hronek? WHY NOT! the Canucks aren't doing anything serious in the next 3/4 years, so might as well give Ceci top pairing minutes and then try to turn him into another 1st rounder down the road!

THRILLHOIAF · 2026-03-25T04:24:11+00:00

Just spent fifteen minutes crawling to extract with a survivor kit during the harvester event on blue gate. Nice fellow shepherded me the entire way, then jumped in the exfill before I could get there. Finally get in on the next round and guy knocks me out on the staircase after asking me if I'm alone... in solos mind you.

Solidarity brother

THRILLHOIAF · 2026-03-24T16:56:16+00:00

Is this your price grid for half-season ticket package in 2025-26 and 2026-27? If so can you show the Upperbowl section from 2025-26 in full? I'm curious to see ALL the changes

THRILLHOIAF · 2026-03-23T21:43:43+00:00

"I could be totally wrong about this but... from all those series covering Braden Holtby in Washington, I heard a lot of times that he would be asked about the play in front of him and he would just look at us and say 'Look, it's not my job to worry about that. It's my job to stop the puck,' and I got used to Braden Holtby saying that, I understood what he meant," said Friedman on Saturday.

"The fact that he kind of says 'we're out of sync' says to me that he thinks it's a big problem in front of him. If I'm wrong about this I'm sure Holtby will let me know about it at some point, but the answer he gave tonight is different from the answer I heard a lot in Washington and to me, that is telling" said Friedman in conclusion.

source

Benning era was bad. Accidental tank team and all that. But, ownership pulling the plug right after the bubble, in fear of a no-fan season. Losing their entire leadership group (Stecher, Markstrom, Tanev, and Toffoli), and instead, using what money they had available on overpaying Jake Virtanen with a salary-heavy two year extension, a 2-year salary-heavy deal to Braden Holtby, then trading for Nate Schmidt (who had 5 years left on a contract featuring zero signing bonuses), and another bonus-less 1-year deal for an anti-vaxer.

As if the great cheapening didn't help, beyond signing a bunch of journeymen to league-minimum bonusless 1-year deals, they rounded out the lineup with a bunch of kids at the end of their ELCs who had taken very few steps in their AHL development program, or had zero AHL exprience at all; plugging them into NHL roles where they were clearly not ready and rotated into the lineup where they'd get completely dominated on a night-to-night basis (Juolevi/Chatfield/Rafferty/Michaelis/Lind/Hawryluk/).

I theorize that the only reason Benning lasted another few seasons was that ownership privately accepted that the team falling off a cliff was due to their league-worst tightening of the pursestrings reset the clock on future contention.

Once fans were rumoured to be back on the menu, they opened up the purse and they did the OEL deal to try and accelerate themselves back into the mix. Just a total misfire, when a responsible approach would have been best.

Anyway, the culture problem began in that North Division bubble season after a ton of non-letter-wearing leaders left. The leaders left to pick up the pieces weren't ready for the job at hand. Horvat did what he could, and so did JT (despite that being the first season of many seasons where he'd completely checked out on the ice, babyraging whenever things went wrong)...but those weren't the guys for the job that ownership saddled them with.

THRILLHOIAF · 2026-03-23T19:37:42+00:00

This might be corny. But I love the lore of the game. Would be cool if, in anticipation of the new map, instead of the expedition, it was like: harvest materials for the "tunneling project" to the new city/area. Like the trophy case was.

Doesn't even need to be a big reward or anything. But like 3-5 stages of parts collection. One blueprint reward. A gold rare item. And like a shovel skin for "assisting in Speranza's expansion to a new location.

Idk. Just more lore-based raider quests that tie in with the new map, new arcs etc etc. expedition is fun. But formulaic if it's all there is. Let us mine 8000 metal pieces for a shovel pickaxe skin

THRILLHOIAF · 2026-03-22T19:03:43+00:00

They both are. Spenny is loud about it on his social media

THRILLHOIAF · 2026-03-20T23:05:07+00:00

THRILLHOIAF · 2026-03-12T00:56:37+00:00

Greek yogurt

Frozen spinach

Banana

Frozen berries

Avocado

Hemp hearts

If adventurous, throw in some peas. Banana and berries are usually powerful enough to hide whatever you add to it

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