Tragoedia Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 After his single season here, Mike Gillis decided not to resign Raffi Torres, a player known for his massive hits and ability to make other teams keep their heads up, leaving many people here disappointed that we didn't extend his contract. After this season I think it was a smart move not re-signing him, and although I do think he is a good player and a good guy, he has become a liability. Going into the 2012 season, Torres had already received a 4 game suspension and narrowly missed a second one. Whether you think he deserved to be suspended is irrelevant because in the leagues eyes, they were dangerous. Also, in 2012 rulebook changes were being made that were expressly banning such hits. So heading into the 2011-12 season, Torres was either going to be a liability with his reckless play (as the league describes it), or having to change his style and become less effective. I am glad they didn't extend him because although he scored 15 goals and 26 points with Phoenix, he received a fine and 2 suspensions amounting to 31 games and a 4 infractions in 2 years. Not the type of liability the Canucks could have used. Again, it is not relevant whether you believe those suspensions were fair or not, because either way he was still suspended 4 times and he has still injured 4+ players in the past two seasons. The league does not view him well, and his punishments are only going to get harsher. Even if he does smarten up, he will have to become a less effective player to do it, and not the same Raffi that we loved. I bring this up because often I hear people on hear complaining about how we let Torres go, so I though it would be worth the discussion and I didn't see any ongoing discussions about it. (The only ones were from April about his suspensions). So do you think the same way? Do you think he would be worth the suspensions and the ire of the referees? Also do you think he would put our stars at a higher risk of being cheap shotted themselves with his hits? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biasbieksa Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Hes a series changer. I love him. and wish we still had him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanucksFanMike Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Last year on June 30 i was saying to myself, "c'mon MG please just re-sign one of them, you dont need to re-up both, just one" That is what he did and look what happened.... I am sooooo happy he picked Higgy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Everybody Hates Raymond Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Hes a series changer. I love him. and wish we still had him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biasbieksa Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 @Trip Remember when he hit Thornton? game 4 was it? Ol' Joe disappeared in the series after that hit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drybone Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 I would re sign him. Matt Cooke turned his career around, maybe Raffi can too !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rampage Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Torres was intimidating and that's a good thing to have in the playoffs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Common sense Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Raffi didn't appear to be able to change his ways. If he reformed like Cooke while keeping up physically, I would sign him in a heartbeat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee goren rulez69 Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 we need more raffi torreses on this team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John.Tallhouse Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Raffi didn't appear to be able to change his ways. If he reformed like Cooke while keeping up physically, I would sign him in a heartbeat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smashian Kassian Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 It wasnt really about letting him go. Raffi wanted more $$ and MG wasn't willing to go for it. Atleast I'm pretty sure thats what happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kesler_smash Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 A question: Which was the dirtier play? Keith elbow on Daniel Sedin or Torres hit on Hossa? The NHL is dumb... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee goren rulez69 Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 It wasnt really about letting him go. Raffi wanted more $$ and MG wasn't willing to go for it. Atleast I'm pretty sure thats what happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smashian Kassian Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 pretty sure MG let him go cause he wanted 2 years while MG only wanted 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drybone Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 It wasnt really about letting him go. Raffi wanted more $$ and MG wasn't willing to go for it. Atleast I'm pretty sure thats what happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drybone Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 pretty sure MG let him go cause he wanted 2 years while MG only wanted 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tragoedia Posted July 28, 2012 Author Share Posted July 28, 2012 It wasnt really about letting him go. Raffi wanted more $$ and MG wasn't willing to go for it. Atleast I'm pretty sure thats what happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legend Killer Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 We need a guy like him on our team to be successful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Frk Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 I miss Raffi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TowelPower12 Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Nobody on the current roster could even come close to doing this to Douglas Murray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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