CanucksFanMike Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Hey guys, i saw this article in the toronto sun completely trashing the nucks and i had to release my anger somewhere.... Robert Tychkowski I'm not going to pretend I like the Canucks. Nobody likes the Canucks. Nobody outside the sushi dens and granola taverns of Vancouver, anyway. They whine. They dive. They turtle. They want referees to fight their battles. They are arrogant, they bite people and their fans set fire to police cars. And that's why we watch them. Say what you will about the Canucks, they are never boring. Would you throw up a little in your mouth if you saw Ryan Kesler handing the Stanley Cup to Maxim Lapierre? Of course you would. But if Ottawa is playing on one channel and the Canucks are on another, who are you watching? Ottawa? Nobody wants to watch vanilla ice cream melt Ñ you're going to watch the hated Canucks because you know you're going to see something good. Or stupid. Or good and stupid. It's usually all of the above with these guys. Remember Dale Weise, agreeing to fight Shawn Thornton, then hiding behind a linesman when Thornton dropped his gloves? Who on Ottawa can get your blood boiling like that? Remember Alex Burrows pulling Duncan Keith's hair? Or diving and flailing every time he's touched, then crying about the non calls? What's more compelling than Roberto Luongo walking a psychological tightrope above GM Place, with his own fans ready to heckle at the first sign of trouble? Does Lapierre, with his yapping and hacking and never manning up to fight his own battles, represent Canadians, or the way we want hockey played? God, no. But you watch just to see what's going to happen next. All to the backdrop of former Vancouver play-by-play guy Jim Hughson calling it like he sees it for CBC. They aren't all bad — Kevin Bieska and the Sedins are among several good honest Canucks Ñ but they are bad enough to make it fun. And they're good enough to drive you insane. You watch the Canucks for the same reason people watch villains in wrestling — to see them beaten — but it never seems to happen, which makes them even more infuriating. You can have your Senators. I'm watching Vancouver. I'm not going to like everything I see, but I can't turn away. Follow me on TWITTER.com/SUN_TYCHKOWSKI ROBERT.TYCHKOWSKI@Sunmedia.ca Bruce Garrioch When is the last time Henrik and Daniel Sedin took a snowmobile to the Rogers Centre for Vancouver Canucks practice? I know, it's ridiculous, it never snows on the West Coast of Canada. But just wondering. Ottawa Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson has done it. He might hail from Sweden, but the 39-year-old owns a couple of sleds. If there's snow on the ground, the odd time he'll put on his helmet and head to practice in style. Is there a better snapshot of true Canadiana than that particular moment? No way. Seriously, that could never happen in Vancouver. The twins probably have to climb into their SUV, stop at one of the six Starbucks on the way to the rink for a latte, then show up fashionably late to make sure they're part of the culture. There is no question, with only two teams from North of the border in the playoffs, Ottawa is Canada's team. The way the Senators have played this year represents everything that Canadians should like in a team. The Senators have been the underdogs, selected to finish No. 15 overall in the East by The Hockey News. Ottawa has battled the odds to make the post-season. There were no expectations coming into this year. None at all. Sure, the Toronto Maple Leafs are widely regarded as Canada's team, but they haven't made the playoffs since the lockout ended in 2004, even with genius Brian Burke in charge. The Senators have only missed twice in that stretch. The Senators' best player is centre Jason Spezza. A pure Canadian in every sense of the word, he has it all: The ability to make plays that lift people out of their seats, good looks and an ÔAw Shucks' personality. Coach Paul MacLean is beloved on the East Coast and GM Bryan Murray is from the Ottawa Valley. Yes, Vancouver coach Alain Vigneault is one of the best, but the Canucks organization is led by sourpuss former agent Mike Gillis. It's hard to hate the Senators. The same can't be said for the Canucks. They are Canada's most-disliked team and it's going to be difficult for any fan to get over that hurdle, which is as high as the Rocky Mountains. bruce.garrioch@sunmedia.ca Twitter: @sungarrioch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewah Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 7 years... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RK17Forever Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Figures. Toronto fans and media are angry that we made the playoffs and they didn't once again. Jealous Torontonians.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magician Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Why is he writing this article...... Shouldn't he be golfing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Everybody Hates Raymond Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 If you're going to attempt journalism, you should at least know that it's Rogers Arena, not GM Place. About 2 and a half years or so behind the bend now, Toronto Sun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karlsson`s Flo Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Those are appalling articles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewah Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Judging from the first paragraph, it's clear he hates Vancouver more than the Canucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron_Gland Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 This is perfect. This isn't supposed to be 'Canadas Team', that lame bs CBC comes up with to keep people interested (ratings) once the Leafs/Flames/Oilers/Habs miss the playoff again. This is Vancouver's team....honestly, shouldn't matter to anyone that a couple no name editors out east aren't fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewah Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 If you support a Canadian team other than the Canucks, go frack yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertuzzi Babe Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Yet more blatant stupidity published from Toronto though the 'writers' (and I use the term very, very loosely) are from Edmonton and Ottawa.......... but should we really be surprised? Once again, the media is publishing inflammatory, misleading, downright lies and untruths about the Canucks. Their jealousy is flamboyantly obvious, their deliberate ignoring of FACTS demonstrates their sour grapes and really, why are we even reading their crap? They're out to sell newspapers and gain readers, plain and simple. The bottom line is $$$$$$ and let's face it, it's not like they have a whole lot to brag about in their own back yard. Embrace the hate........but like all Canucks fans, we'll rinse the taste out of our mouths with champagne out of the President's trophy and with each win in the playoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goalie13 Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Remember Dale Weise, agreeing to fight Shawn Thornton, then hiding behind a linesman when Thornton dropped his gloves? Who on Ottawa can get your blood boiling like that? Remember Alex Burrows pulling Duncan Keith's hair? Or diving and flailing every time he's touched, then crying about the non calls? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnarbot Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 remember when shawn thornton admitted that weise was gonna fight boychuk but thornton dropped his gloves instead to throw him off. just awful journalism Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBCanucks Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Dude, the Sun is a glorified tabloid. Don't pay attention to anything they say. It's embarrassing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etsen3 Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Dale Weise never agreed to fight Shawn Thornton, he was planning to fight McQuaid. But anyways, I would love to see Kesler pass the Cup to Lapierre. And I would love it even more if I could see all the haters throw up a little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giXXer Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 There's two reason for the articles 1. They are just bitter. 2. They are trolls trying to get attention because Canuck fans would follow them on twitter and which would give their pathetic writing career a little push . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amish Rake Fighter Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Bruce "the Warthog" Garrioch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdeath Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Neither of them are Toronto writers. Robert Tychkowski is an Edmonton Sun writer. Edmonton has hated Vancouver for a long time. No big deal. Bruce Garrioch works for the Ottawa Sun and surprise surprise he's a Sens homer. Neither of these articles are that bad really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasetheCanuck Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Canucks fan in Toronto here... our media is clearing oozing jealousy... Lappy leads the Canucks with most fights and he doesn't man up? WHAT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7thMan Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Whatever. If people find the Canucks entertaining, even in a train-wreck kind of way, the league might want them to advance and we might not have a repeat of last year's Canucks-Blackhawks reffing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toews Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Every hockey article that comes out of the Toronto Sun is brutal. Although I am not sure why you guys hate the first one, the person clearly dislikes the Canucks but still finds them entertaining. The same could be said for a lot of hockey fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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