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It's Friggin Time To Canadianize This Team


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Obviously, Euros like Swedes (Edler), Danes and others can't win us the cup. They are too soft for today's NHL. They are not built for the playoffs.

Now, the Americans like Kesler, Booth and Higgins are all on-and-off guys. Not talented enough.

The only solution is to accumulate as much Canadians into the system like what Chicago and Boston did and win us the Cup.

The only exception to this is Luongo and Bieksa. They are Canadians but they fall into the category of the Americans.

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I'd like more BC players. Losing a guy like Willie Mitchell who actually cared about this city and its fans was a mistake. Especially since the guy they got instead, Ballard has been a bust and it also cost the Canucks Grabner and a first round pick.

After 2010, the Canucks simply walked away from Mitchell because of his concussion. He really wanted to stay in Vancouver but Gillis didn't want him back. He ended up signing a two year contract in LA for $7M($3.5 per- which is less than Ballard makes) but had the Canucks committed to him early in the offseason he probably would have signed for even less to stay in Vancouver.

If Mitchell and Grabner are on the Canucks last year instead of Ballard then the Canucks likely would have won the cup. Ballard provided nothing in the playoffs before or after Hamhuis went down.

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