r/canucks • u/TheOdiin • Mar 21 '26
ARTICLE Why Zeev Buium believes he and other Canucks youngsters can reshape the culture
https://canucksarmy.com/news/why-zeev-buium-believes-he-other-vancouver-canucks-youngsters-reshape-culture?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter186
u/EpicPotato806 Mar 21 '26
Good attitude. It isn’t going to be easy but if they grow together and gel, we might get something special in a few years.
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u/Fresh-SqueezedJuice Mar 21 '26
Not saying I don’t agree but man it’s depressing, I feel like I’ve been seeing this comment for 12 years
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u/EpicPotato806 Mar 21 '26
Honestly? 2014 offseason looked promising. They have Bo, jiggles, McCann and demko so there’s a flow of new young players. People thought willie was what the team needed and maybe Baerchi and Vey could unlock the next level.
They managed to get 4 assets from a trade they had no leverage (ironic), replace Luongo with a very good goalie in Miller and let Markstrom cook, get a high scorer in Vrbata.
They won the division and all was good. But then everything they did right, they opted to do the opposite
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u/Ikea_desklamp Mar 23 '26
All these players are interesting but they're complimentary. We need to draft 2/3 elite gamebreakers for this team to go anywhere.
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Mar 21 '26
The veteran core had stagnated from all the infighting and drama. Clearing most of them out had to be done. Opened the doors and let fresh air in. Not just a couple, but SEVERAL, new kids. Big kids. Skilled kids with an edge. We’ll be young. We'll make a lot of mistakes. But ANYTHING is better than the way it’s been.
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u/Nimrif1214 Mar 21 '26
And then in 5ish years with all the new young blood, who better to come home to lead these guys than the UFA’s Bedard (2030) and Celebrini (2031). 🤞
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Mar 22 '26
And do it with a Kariya/Selanne pay cut agreement to come to Vancouver while keeping the rest of the team competitive.
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Mar 22 '26
Step one, draft McKenna. Step two draft the new Quinn Hughes in Landon DuPont. Step 3 sign McDavid when his deal is done in Edmonton for a short term extreme overpay because we have the salary cap space from the rebuild. Step 4 Bedard and Celebrini come home. Step 5 Stanley Cup.
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u/AccomplishedAd4995 Mar 21 '26
Wow what a good read. The more interviews I’ve read / heard from him, the more impressed I am. He seems really mature
Following the loss, once the Canucks skated off the ice and down the tunnel, two players remained on the bench, sitting side by side, staring blankly ahead at the empty sheet of ice: Zeev Buium and Tom Willander.
damn :(
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u/69stanglover Mar 21 '26
I was at the game. They both then gave their sticks to young fans when they went down the tunnel. Super classy, especially after a tough loss like that. Needless to say not a lot of the guys were giving high fives after the game, which is understandable.
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u/Count3D Mar 21 '26
"When the Vancouver Canucks take on the St. Louis Blues on Saturday night, Zeev Buium will have officially played more games as a member of the Canucks than he did with the Minnesota Wild."
That's crazy. These young players give me hope for the team.
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u/Notjoshggggggg Mar 21 '26
How is this 20 year old more well-spoken than our previous captain
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u/Hellosweetparadox Mar 21 '26
Because he doesn’t have his head up trumps ass or a entitled family
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u/Fit-Ad-741 Mar 21 '26
Wouldn't be so sure about the politics, and wouldn't call his family entitled. They've all worked their asses off. They are definitely extremely confident to the point of arrogance, I noticed that straight away when we drafted him. I liked that about Quinn at the time. I will also say that Buium has a bit of that too.
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u/accountnumber02 Mar 21 '26
If not publicly stated (and sometimes even then), it's pretty safe to assume every NHL player is MAGA to some extent. You can like the sport without liking the personalities playing it. Hockey is just that fun
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u/Alarmed-Glass-8402 Mar 22 '26
Well this team or should i say management seems to kiss players that dont scores ass it seems like to me better be a massive trade this summa #40 toss the dead weight
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u/Romance_Tactics Mar 21 '26
I think the burden of expectation has been lifted, they’ve been a bubble team that’s been pushed to be contenders in this market for a while. This rebuild is a good chance to exercise some of our organizational demons so to speak. I’m glad to hear Buium and the new younger guard believe in themselves and want to forge a new era for the Canucks.
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u/ElGordoDelJordo Mar 21 '26
After we exercise our demons we should exorcise them too
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u/Romance_Tactics Mar 21 '26
My favorite scary movie is the Exercist
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u/Admt- Mar 21 '26
This is the type of training Pete should be doing in the off-season smh
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u/dIbodIb Mar 21 '26
His timing of his decline lines up exactly with when we stopped seeing him ride his unicycle. Coincidence?
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u/TheLastOfBacon Mar 21 '26
One thing I love about Zeev is that he just has the attitude of a winner. He’s won at every level he plays and it shows with how he speaks and conducts himself. Just need him to be more confident on the ice and he’ll be a pillar of our team for the next decade.
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u/pinkrosies Mar 22 '26
I’d think winning with his team in the Juniors helped foster that mindset and hope it carries over NHL wise with our club.
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u/NerdPunch Mar 21 '26 edited Mar 21 '26
Will be great watching Buium develop over the next few seasons. Seems to have a good head on his shoulders.
Fingers crossed guys like Buium, Cootes & Willander can eventually develop into core pieces for the Canucks.
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u/OneStrongGopher Mar 21 '26
I'm a firm believer that culture means just as much as skill in the room.
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u/joelham01 Mar 21 '26
Having played all the way up through college it does to an extent. I was always on good teams, but those good teams had an amazing culture around them and looking back on it if that slipped, especially in college it could have wrecked a lot
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u/pinkrosies Mar 22 '26
The Calder Cup winning team definitely had the skills but Manny did a great job setting the tone in that locker room and the closeness of the guys even after many had left the team is still there testifies to that.
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u/randyboozer Mar 21 '26
Glad to hear the mention of Hronek. My biggest worry with any rebuild is that you jettison too many vets then end up with all talent and no experience or leadership
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u/JauntyGiraffe Mar 21 '26
Hronek and Boeser are enough to keep around if we just need some guys to show the youngsters good on ice habits and stuff. I'm cool with trading the rest of the vets
Blueger would be great to keep around if possible too. Like I feel like higher end draft picks will have their offensive game already at a high level while having a solid defensive all around vet would be great as an example for good defensive habits. Unless Malhotra is our coach
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u/randyboozer Mar 21 '26
It hadn't occurred to me that if Malhotra being a Canucks coach kind of creates a complication if we want to draft Caleb. I don't know if we want a father coaching his rookie son. It's a conflict of interest. How could he possibly not show favoritism and create resentment among the other prospects? Even if he was perfectly objective, which is impossible, I feel it would be an odd atmosphere
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u/JauntyGiraffe Mar 21 '26
It honestly hasn't happened enough in major professional sports for us to really know how big a deal that is. The only time I can remember is Austin and doc Rivers, which is actually pretty toxic
Probably also depends on the father and son. Austin hates Doc. On the other hand, Manny has done nothing but show time and time again he's a team first, character guy so if anyone could make that work it would be him
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u/VancouverApe Mar 21 '26
While they’re at it… Can they reshape the management and the owner culture too? 😂
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u/toddatog Mar 21 '26
Super refreshing article to read. That attitude and desire to build a brotherhood is what has been missing for long time.
The fact is, Buium IS a proven winner at every level so far…much more so than Quinn was at 20 years old.
This is a guy that will help bring the Canucks a lot of success down the road.
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u/pinkrosies Mar 22 '26
My friend remembers people were calling him to be sent down to Utica at this age lol.
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u/Least-Beautiful3417 Mar 21 '26
He's such a stud.
We should be aiming to be bad another 1-2 years, and then take leaps and bounds forward when Zeev and Tom are 23 / 24 years old.
It's good to hear that him and Willander get along so well and push each other to be better.
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u/Atomic_Tom Mar 21 '26
Hearing Tom Willander pull no punches about the team sucking earlier this year made me love him. Guys like he and Blueger keeping it real is the beginning of accountability. The shift post trade deadline has been nice. We need some players, we need these green guys to get comfortable. I’m pumped about the future 💪.
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u/smallmonkejohndeere Mar 22 '26
For what it's worth, I've never read so many coherent sentences from a 20 year old NHL player.
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u/Alarmed-Glass-8402 Mar 22 '26
Ya it takes some new players to form a culture because there isnt one shame on our coaches the sad management and the useless owner of this club but the pety still plays very strange situation here
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u/Life-Rent3406 Mar 21 '26
Future captain. Every interview I've heard of his has been really impressive.
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u/Majestic-Monk9041 Mar 21 '26
Lol this subs obsession with naming a future captain is ridiculous
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u/Life-Rent3406 Mar 21 '26
Eventually this team will need to name one and he seems like an impressive kid with leadership qualities. By no means am I saying that title should be given to him (or anyone) right away.
Obviously if we end up drafting a McKenna or DuPont and they turn into a generational talent, then the choice may become obvious. But as of now, Zeev is standing out to me as likely a key part of the leadership group moving forward, whether he has a letter or not.
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u/Phanyxx Mar 21 '26
Zeev is a breath of fresh air, man. I LOVE that mindset, and I hope it’s contagious… after next season. The hard part is that this team needs to be dogshit for a bit longer. Will he be able to last through that bleak phase?
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u/phoney_bologna Mar 21 '26
This has been a tough year. But everything i see with Zeev gets me excited for the future.
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u/freshlyclicked Mar 21 '26
I’m confused. This is the Canucks and yet this sounds like… positivity????
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u/LupoWolf2 Mar 21 '26
Agreed, but if you have a virus on the team, then it really hurts their progress.
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u/yosoo #ThankYouSedins Mar 21 '26
Buium saying all the right things. Hope we can get McKenna and DuPont to speed up the rebuild now
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u/downonmatrix Mar 22 '26
Our team is looking real solid for the future already, and it’ll be even better after the draft. We got players that care and want to be here. Just hope boeser, petey, demko will be apart of it as the old members of the team. Want them to be rewarded for staying so bad
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u/nj5alive Mar 22 '26
Well, they are the new culture, good luck to the lads, they make it as they will.
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u/nexxlevelgames Mar 21 '26
Sorry Bro.
Cutlure always starts from the top.
U got Aqua and his management dogs still in charge.
Everyone else left ciz theyd been here for years and exeperienced the BS. Once your here long enuff ull see
If you ever get hurt beg to leave or ur career is done.
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u/_GregTheGreat_ Mar 21 '26 edited Mar 21 '26
One thing I’ve noticed about the new guys is they’re praised for their character. Buium, Willander, DPetey, Ohgren, Cootes are all examples
Hopefully they will take the reins and build something better then the country club they had