-AJ-

Enjoy from a fan's POV

@AlwaysACanuckFan Oddly enough, I had trouble finding a simple clip of it on YouTube with Shorty's call.

Are you trying to blame the road jersey's played at home this afternoon? 

@Ghostsof1915 you're on to me 

close to .500 on the road, thats not bad actually. I'm more concerned about the "game management" going on this year with the zebra's, not just with the Canucks but around the entire league. The ref's are way too involved this year. 

talk to alf, he might give up supper one night, if you make it worth his while, hair balls aside. 

-AJ- just lost his chance to become the next Spiderman.

Bergeron really should be winning it every year.

@Jaku I'm at school at the moment, but I'll try to give more info on how I did it when I get home.

@Jaku Basically, I took a look at a bunch of statistics I consider valuable for defensive forwards, such as face-off percentage, blocked shots, Corsi, Fenwick, +/-, etc. From there, I picked out the top five from every category to get a wide variety of players. From then on, I simply ranked the players in each category compared to each other. At the end of it all, I totaled up the ranks and the players with the lowest total numbers were the highest in the rankings.  

It's worth noting that:

a) I was a bit lazy as I went on and disregarded players near the bottom of each category, so being in the bottom third, say, didn't give you an advantage over being completely last place

b ) I did measure players on points-per-game as well as I find that Selke nominees tend to be well-rounded in offense as well.

If you want, I can show screenshots of my spreadsheet as well.

Saw that yesterday and it was pretty good. Always was a Ryan Walter fan and think he is at the top when it comes to character hockey players or men for that matter.

Depends on what you consider a "great guy".  i know and have known a lot of NHL players, coaches and management/scouts over the years, and though many have been good people, there are a lot more that are total db's.  I've been around Ryan Walter a fair bit and though he might do a lot for charitable foundations etc, face to face he's a total p***k.  A complete asshat to the people around him.......that said, that's just my experience.

Thanks for your nice words!

I wrote the entire thing: lyrics and script. And play the piano of course.

Marie sings and looks awesome.

And the Canucks production team takes care of the rest!

We can ease Markstrom into the starting role and give Demko a full year as the starter in Utica. Win-win situation for everyone. 

if this happened today the security would kick everybody out. Plus we lost this game 5-2

Who was #38 on our team?  Play without the puck is huge. 

@Alflives Pavol Demitra.

@Baer.

It's also worth noting that Boeser's numbers are in three less games and he has more assists...Kovalchuk had 98 points and 52 goals twice. #100pointsforBoeser

A neat comparable, but don't neglect the fact that Kovalchuk was about 2 years younger his rookie season

Top Post-Lockout Teams

Top 100 CDC members

Top Playmakers!! Gives you more players to talk about.

Nice list AJ. I assume Vezina, Conacher, Taylor, Howe will all be in the top 5?

Crap Conachers already on the top 10 how'd I forget that already? I r a dum. 

@smithers joe My list is exclusive to the NHL, so Cyclone Taylor didn't make it at all. Lionel didn't make my list, but as you can see his brother did.

@Stamkos Gordie Howe didn't play in the pre-Original Six era, he was later on.

The final five should be out tomorrow!

i sure appreciate what you do with researching canuck and league history. it is informative and interesting. you make this forum better for me. thank you lad. 

i don't really have a great hockey knowledge but proceed with the same method i use in all faucets of my life. i go with my gut feeling. sometimes i'm bang on and other times, i'm out to lunch. i hope that in those situations, fellow cdc'er can not hold me in too disregard. i can admit my fallacies and stinking thinking. 

hell, i'm just a kid from smithers.

comparative to all the other NHL team site's  ,canucks.com  hand's down is more popular with it's fan's than any other site.

@Green Building, what was that about a superiority complex!? 

I had six electric unicorns and some buds writing my posts last night.

And it's really the syntax errors making your eyes bleed there, Nazi.

Trudeau is a natural left winger....oops, I thought this was the politics thread.

@Baer. Hockey-Reference keeps track of positional changes throughout the years. That was my source and was also how I knew Linden wasn't a centre in his rookie season (I wasn't around back then). It's the only source for stats I've found that will show position changes throughout the years (NHL.com will just use one position for a player's entire career, like most sites).

Linden actually wasn’t a center at all prior to when he was drafted by the Canucks...so it’s not a surprise he was initially used as a winger with the Canucks.  It goes to show you just how good he was (and no, I’m not saying he was a generational player) to be able to make such a drastic change.  The only thing tougher is moving from center to D (or visa versa).  

We were sooooo thin at center, Trev was shifted to center.

Not just a guy who led by example but had real talent.

Sounds fun..GL!

I got this sticker for my scooter.  I could help you with your training if you like? 

I've been itchin to get some HIIT cardio in for a while. Having some major issues with my calves..going to the doctor today to clear it up hopefully.  Ive turned the clock back 2 out of 5 years..just need that last 3. 

BC . stands for bring cash if you want to live here......

Isnt it funny..The places where lots of work and oppurtunity is, you cant afford housing. Where housing is affordable theres little work and opportunity 

BC Liberal party sold us all out.......

Don't Push This!

A guy who is a huge minus player should never win the Heart.  It’s all Panarin or Pastrnak this year.  

Panarin was up there for sure, but Zibenijad is pretty nuts too, so he has some help in NYR.

Also a caveat--I limited my finalists to teams that are currently in the playoffs.

I would almost have JT Miller on that list for Vancouver. He ha been extremely valuable to this team.

My vote for the Hart Trophy would going to several people:

StealthNuck, AJ, Vintage Canuck, b3, debluvscanucks, diesel_3, Monty, Roger Neilsons Towel, Templeton Peck.

(yes, this is what you call the supreme sucking up to authority post ).

No Carter HART ...

Went for a hike in the woods, & I asked the trees about this. They were surprisingly critical about WD...

@Nuxfanabroad They must have been deciduous.

@ajhockey I'm relatively indifferent to this move, if we have even half the injuries we suffered this year, and if Miller decides to move on, we're likely picking in the top 10 next year as well no matter who the coach is. I think the little tidbits like WD's soundbite where he criticizes Labate's return to Utica add up to a greater difference of opinion between how JBTL and TL want things run.

I won't be surprised in the slightest if we play exactly the same way next year and people are asking for heads to roll all over again.

^Now THAT's comedy! :^)