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Originally Posted by pastarocket
As long as Aquilini owns the Canucks, I do not think that this franchise will undergo a full rebuild based on building a team through draft picks.
Here is why:
It is widely speculated that Vancouver Canucks owner Francesco Aquilini wants to win a Stanley Cup to honor his aging father, Luigi Aquilini, before he passes away. This ambition is often cited as a driving force
behind the team's "win-now" decisions and reluctance to enter a full rebuild.
Francesco Aquilini has openly stated, "Winning a Stanley Cup is everything" and that owners should be "driven to win the Stanley Cup".
While he has never explicitly attributed this wish to his father in a formal statement, reports and sources close to the team have indicated that fulfilling his father's wish is a significant personal motivation.
Luigi Aquilini is in his early 80s now. Will Francesco ever allow Allvin and Rutherford to blow up team's core and do a full rebuild of this franchise?
How many years would it take for the Canucks be come legitimate championship contenders if the team does a full rebuild based on draft picks?
Aquaman really wants his Daddy to have a chance to to see the Canucks win a Stanley Cup. Luigi is OLD. 
That is why I think Aquaman is a meddling owner who will not let management do a full rebuild. A re-tool on the fly with signing free agents and keeping our team core of Hughes, Petey, Boeser, Garland, and Demko.
Yeah, I am not fan of Aquilini if you have not found out now. What a joke to see that a billionaire who helped build his business empire partly from construction and real estate NOT spend money to build a practice facility for the Canucks. |
That is the definition of insanity. Do something over and over again expecting different results. Stanley cup is not everything. Money is everything to them. If stanley cup was everything they would have built a practice facility long time ago when experts called for it.
$24 beers anyone? Lol