Gollumpus Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 The Canucks need more personnel that can recognize this and avoid letting role players like this get away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanCityScout Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 Bernier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smackyo23 Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 I'll agree with Mitchell but Bernier was given a fair shake while here in my opinion and he was used in almost every situation conceivable. He was incredibly frustrating to watch as he seemed to have all the tools but just couldn't use them. I'd hardly say we missed out as he's been through how many teams since and always picked up on waivers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Everybody Hates Raymond Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 BERNIER IS HAVING ONE GOOD POSTSEASON ONEEEEE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8K0 Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 Dude , mitchell had a concussion. i don't the canucks wanted to gamble with that. Hamhuis is a lot better than mitchell. Where was this thread when the canucks made the finals last year? that's right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Surfer Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 Willie got a two year, $7 mill contract when he moved. And he signed a month after July 1, when his concussion symptoms dissipated. Had he been available, healthy, when we were making decisions on Hamhuis & the Ballard trade i bet we would have looked at him. A $3.5 cap hit for 2 years seems cheap considering Ballard who has been injured almost as much, and not been as important a player as Mitchell. I bet Willie begrudged us not standing with him while he was injured, just because he had an expiring contract. Really no harm on our part, we paid and rehabilitated him till our contract with him expired June 2010. And unlucky on our part. Ballard had been injury free for several years, when Mitchell missed the final 50 games of our contract with him. We traded for a guy who was younger without the same injury history. Willie just re-upped a month or so ago. He was not the risk $ value Ohlund received (and Tampa regrets) at $25 million over 7 years. Yes Hamhuis > Mitchell, but unfortunately Mitchell > Ballard. Hard to blame MG all things considered, just hard luck! Hamhuis>Mitchell at this point I love big Willie, but that contract he got was too rich and too long of term for a guy his age coming off concussions. It was the same with Ohlund, would have loved to keep him, but he got overpaid. I wish people would get over it... it seems like every time we don't sign a player they want to fire the management. Just because these guys are on teams in the SCF, doesn't mean they are the ones who got them there. Bernier is the bottom guy on the 4th line... the other two guys are carrying him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pavel_Bure 10 Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 We shouldn't feel as bad as Yzerman for letting Mike Smith walk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hf44 Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 Mitchell and Bernier for playoff's MVP! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topbananas Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 and dont forget Pyatt who did rather well for the Coyotes......as for Bernier, his best moment was when he pounded on phaneuf in what I think might have been his first game and the crowd were chanting Bernier Bernier Bernier......little did we know what was to come Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXnucks975 Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 BERNIER IS HAVING ONE GOOD POSTSEASON ONEEEEE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicocanuck Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 You should change your post to read: "WE MISSED OUT ON ANY PLAYER WHO EVER LEFT THE CANUCKS AND IS NOW SUCCESSFUL WITH THEIR NEW TEAM!!" Coulda, woulda, shoulda does not win cups and either does hindsight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KING ALBERTS Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 the canucks made bernier into the player he is... and even then, hes not THAT good. when he was here, he was slow and inneffective... good for him for turning his career around, but we did not miss out on ANYTHING except mitchell - we should have re-signed him... i said so then, and i say it now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pears Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 We missed out on Jamior Jagr, we missed out on Martin Brodeur, we missed out on Pavel Datsyuk, we missed out on Henrik Zetterberg, we missed out on Tim Thomas, Zdeno Chara, Claude Giroux, Anze Kopitar, and the list goes on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vintage Canuck- Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 We missed out on Jamior Jagr, we missed out on Martin Brodeur, we missed out on Pavel Datsyuk, we missed out on Henrik Zetterberg, we missed out on Tim Thomas, Zdeno Chara, Claude Giroux, Anze Kopitar, and the list goes on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keslerian one Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 Mitchell, yes. Bernier, nope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Common sense Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 BERNIER IS HAVING ONE GOOD POSTSEASON ONEEEEE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Common sense Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 We missed out on Jamior Jagr, we missed out on Martin Brodeur, we missed out on Pavel Datsyuk, we missed out on Henrik Zetterberg, we missed out on Tim Thomas, Zdeno Chara, Claude Giroux, Anze Kopitar, and the list goes on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KFBR392 Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 Mitchell was everything we didn't need in a defenseman at the time. Hes big and slow.. He had no offensive upside when he was here. He became the scapegoat for what was wrong with this teams D when he coughed up the puck in the Blackhawks series which resulted in our elimination. Not to mention the concussion issue. We chose to go another route, and while it didnt result in a cup - we did pretty well for ourselves. That being said, I'm a big Mitchell fan and wouldn't be opposed to him returning if he was cheap enough. We have a fast enough d core to compensate for how slow he is. So I don't think we 'missed' out on him at all. He's done well and we've done well. Bernier on the other hand was basically a plug for us. Not sad that he left... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortorella's Rant Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 Bernier sucks. He's looked impressive here in the playoffs, but this is the same Bernier that had 6 points and 1 goal in 32 games for the Devils. He barely qualifies as a fourth liner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toews Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 Lol as if anyone would Steve Bernier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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