FUCK THE AQUILINI’S.
not having a practice facility is a colossal embarrassment, those cheap fucks. I’ve coached minor hockey for 30 odd years and I fight for extra ice time week in and week out for 6 months every goddamm year so our kids can develop. If there’s a canceled game/practice somewhere, I’m fucking jumping all over the ice allocator to get more ice time. Most coaches go with the prebooked once a week practices but I commit myself to twice or more, plus games. I’ve been to Shattuck where Crosby, Celebrini and many other amazing players went to school… and it’s absolutely amazing what they do and one of the most important things for growth is providing players with unlimited ice time practically 24 hrs a day!
how the fuck do you expect Canucks players to develop or the coaches to work on things with individuals or small groups if they’re just stuck in between already crazy tight ice time schedules at public rinks like Father Bauer! Just in Vancouver alone, the T-birds and VMHA have hundreds of minor teams and they’re overflowing into Richmond to get game ice and Burnaby for practices… so how the fuck is there any ice leftover for the Canucks to practice on??
This ain’t a new problem. The owners have had DECADES to deal with this but instead of buying property for the Canucks to have an amazing practice facility, they’re 100% focused on their own real estate empire… they are fucking developers and you’re telling me after DECADES they can’t find property to build a practice facility??? FUCK THE AQUILINI’S!!!