Canucks make Shocking move... - This is Insane

You get a shocking update coming from the Vancouver Canucks as Elliot Freeman has revealed today that the Canucks have placed a fan favorite and young inspiring player on waivers today and we're going to break down everything you need to know on this roster move, what it means for the team moving forward and the implications this has with a young Canucks team looking to get ice time for even younger players. We're going to break down everything you need to know on this entire situation plus so much more in this episode but before we get into it i want to give a huge shout out to everyone watching we're trying to reach a goal of 10 000 subscribers so if you haven't hit that subscribe button yet make sure to go down and hit it means the absolute world and we're just 200 away from hitting the goal a huge shout out to absolutely everyone watching and let's just dive straight into it today where we get the shocking report coming from Elliot Freeman that fan favorite Otto Rottuhas been placed on waivers by the Vancouver Canucks now looking at Elliot Freeman and a lot of what waiver wire moves continue to be made as its early season teams are kind of playing with what they can do but with the Canucks coming out and doing this a bit of a shocking situation as we've seen last year even to the point where Adam Foot was not playing Otto Rottu someone that's familiar with Manny Mahltrah losing that ice time and seeing a guy like this being placed on waivers it's just sad to see and of course the production is something that Otto Rottu was never really given the opportunity to really get going he scored a goal during the season one point incredible on the face off I mean one of the best in the NHL every single year Otto Rottu continuously got put in the doghouse season after season if that was from Adam Foot now to Manny Mahltrah and now the Canucks made the decision to place what was headlined piece of Bo Horvat being traded to the New York Islanders on waivers as they cannot find a spot within this NHL lineup to continue to let him grow now looking at of course Otto Röttu over the stretch of games with the Canucks before being placed on waivers there were scratches in between games and of course looking at the minutes nine and a half minutes nine minutes and 56 seconds eight and a half minutes with the final game going up where we've seen on October 11th playing 12 and a half minutes for the Canucks looking at the production again the minutes weren't there but a young guy that again had a lot of potential now being placed on waivers in the past four out of three out of the four games not hitting the average time of 10 minutes and 10 seconds on ice now looking at of course Otto Röttu there's so much to value and how much he brings in but looking at the face-off is of course what he's known for and there was a stat just last week out of all NHL players i believe since 2023 Otto Röttu was in the top 4% when it came to face-off wins, and this season, continuing the trend at 56.8%. Offensive zone, 54%. Neutral zone, 58%. Defensive zone, 57%. And the third period in overtime at 56%, a way above league average face-off guy, and someone that gives them a specialty that a lot of teams look for, looking at your fourth line center. You have a young one that's continuing to grow. this is one move that of course is not going to make or break the Canucks it's not going to be the deciding factor if the Canucks are a playoff team in the next year or two but losing a guy like this someone that has legitimate value it's uncertain if the Canucks have been trying to trade this guy or working with others but now with him going down and being placed on waivers there's two options now we see other teams can submit the claim and of course take Ochiratu off waivers which would result in the Canucks losing him for nothing but if he does end up clearing waivers and sent to the AHL is there a trade in the works are we going to see maybe something where this swap with someone like Connor Zari over in the Flames organization which a similar situation is happening this is a player that's not going to probably take well to being demoted and not getting ice time a young guy again looking at what he's done this season is not the most impressive again but when looking at the age someone that wants to continue to grow fans I personally want to know your thoughts down in the comments on Ochiratu being placed on waivers again an elite face-off guy and of course the shots and his assists per game are low but fourth line minutes will end up resulting in this but the biggest thing is now of course when looking at Ochiratu there's a lot of reasons why the Canucks probably leaned into this direction and that's of course looking at clearing and going down he will be able to work with the AHL maybe this is to get his confidence back but this was a big result in guys taking over and having good seasons I mean looking at Max Sasson someone that stepped into this Canucks organization last season as almost a full-time NHLer and having an incredible run 66 games played 19 points and solidifying himself but the biggest thing with Max not so much a centerman I mean looking at this season alone 41 percent from the dot the Canucks now have the opportunity to once again let this guy clear waivers because he's lost a spot within the lineup two guys like Max Hassan and other guys stepping through but the biggest thing is now is with the Canucks I feel like giving up on a young guy a fan favorite nonetheless that showed out when it came to Olympics or any kind of international ice when he ended up playing this is a guy that genuinely was within this organization and had a valued role within it from the neutral zone face-off defensive face-off overtime face-offs it's a guy that added that extra level of having that face-off guy within this group when looking of course Petey incredible player not the strongest when it comes to the dot Marco Rossi great, Sason great as well and Drew O'Connor a winger filling in the center it's one of those moves if it's not just with a lateral move if you're looking to do something else sure but at the end of the day fans again I never thought I'd lose my mind over a guy that gets 10 minutes of ice time but someone that's been growing with this organization of course if you look back Bo Horvat trades for the second and Bo Horvat doesn't look the prettiest but at the end of the day you had a young centerman that was truly growing if you wanted to trade this guy or trade a veteran to get him in it's one of these decisions that again is not going to break this team and is not going to make you look at it and say hey this organization's screwed they're doing the wrong things because Akkuratov's on waivers but again it's one of the things is there something internally is there something that every single coach in the nhl that's had Akkuratov is seeing differently than what we've seen in the nhl and other aspects of his game shooting percentage at 12 and a half percent attempts 2.5 a game expect a goal sitting at 0.6 which is 0.4 higher than we've seen in previous seasons and looking at his shots coming from the inner slot the slot outside and the point Akkuratov had legitimately some value and fans again i want to know what is the thought process behind this is it because the canucks are starting to lose quite a few games we've seen them start the year winning against Edmonton, they've bounced around and since then plummeting quite a bit though Calgary's been pretty bad and same with the LA Kings so at least you're not dead last yet because we want that first overall pick but fans I want to know your thoughts about everything, Dan Blow on Otto Rota, what is your thoughts on this waiver does he end up getting claimed is this just a move to open up a new opportunity to trade for a guy to add a new contract to this team is this something that was inevitable with the no ice time that he was getting over the past couple of seasons I want to know all your thoughts down in the comments am I over reacting for Otto Rota I don't think I am because again an incredible player and truly I hope the and I do truly think this is an NHL player that the Canucks will ultimately look back at and say hey we lost a 60% face-off guy for absolutely nothing let me know your thoughts down in the comments I've been your host Mark take care Canucks fans go Canucks go and I'll see you in the next one