-DLC- Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Hopefully we can start the cycle again and pick up a future star centreman like Linden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c00kies Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Trevor Linden planned all this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westcoast Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 It kind of opens the debate on whether you should retire your superstars to build a rich history or trade them at the 3/4 point of their career to rebuild the franchise and keep it strong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yete Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 whats the difference between luongo and trevor linden -NONE both them hardworkers but still no cup............ thats all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanIsleNuckFan Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 whats the difference between luongo and trevor linden -NONE both them hardworkers but still no cup............ thats all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
higgyfan Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 I remember how much I hated that trade. In the end, the pieces returned were good. Unfortunately, the ugly combo of Messier and Keenan hindered the team and it took a long time for the team to recover (as well as many of the fans). Was elated when Trevor returned to the Nucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Ikea Lack Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 I was just happy that Linden got to retire as a Canuck, where his heart always was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckNORRIS4Cup Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Still a bad move, Linden should of never been traded, and it all would of been prevented if the Canucks NEVER signed Messier as a free agent, that was the big mistake. And then there 2nd biggest mistake was hiring Keenan to replace Renney, I didn't have a problem with them firing Renney, but it's who they hired was the mistake. If these 2 moves never happened Linden would of always been a Canuck, and who knows what the team would of done with 6 Million extra dollars to sign maybe a legit player instead of Messier, maybe go after Bertuzzi, things would of worked out one way or another for the best not the worst like it did. Just because we got Bertuzzi doesn't make everything ok, that was 1 good thing out of it all, but there was still 3 bad things that lead to the 1 good thing, that's a fail IMO still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMapleLaughs Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 No wonder Mike Milbury hates the Canucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7thMan Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 whats the difference between luongo and trevor linden -NONE both them hardworkers but still no cup............ thats all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mabbott Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 You're not bitter or jaded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gino Odjick Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 You're not shy or bashful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c00kies Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 You're not bhy or sashful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canacks1970 Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 In hindsight, yes. But, at the time, it was like the heart and soul was being ripped out of the team. You can always look at trades after the fact and state that they're "good/bad" but, at the time, it's impossible to know how things will pan out. So, although things did play out rather favourably for the team in the end, we (fans) had no way of knowing that and it was a pretty devastating move at the time. Despite the eventual (positive) outcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dajusta Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Canucks have been plagued with poor trades and drafts. We have no cup. Let's not get ahead of ourselves here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WEwantCUP Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Maybe Luongo will get traded, stay in Florida for a couple of seasons, then end up back here for a dirt-cheap price, have a Tim Thomas-like coming out party when he's 40 and bring us a Cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westcoasting Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Schneider > Quick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fagin Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 In hindsight, yes. But, at the time, it was like the heart and soul was being ripped out of the team. You can always look at trades after the fact and state that they're "good/bad" but, at the time, it's impossible to know how things will pan out. So, although things did play out rather favourably for the team in the end, we (fans) had no way of knowing that and it was a pretty devastating move at the time. Despite the eventual (positive) outcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Colt 45s Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 Totally agree. It wasn't the trade that Bothered me back then, It was how Keenan treated Linden and other players, While showing favortism for Messier because of what he's done his whole career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-DLC- Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 ....The reason Linden was traded was his play was somewhat pathetic at the time.The trade was actually better for Linden than anybody because it lit a fire under his ass.His play then improved dramatically and I believe one of the only reasons he was re-signed by the Canucks. Really? In the 1995-96 Linden had 33 goals, 47 assists and 80 points, the most he has ever collected in all three statistical categories. On February 27, 1996, he played in his 437th consecutive game, breaking the team record previously held by Don Lever. The following year he only played 49 games but averaged nearly a ppg with 40...that was the year before Messier arrived. So hardly pathetic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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