VanCityScout Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 Detroit won back to back cups around that time if I remember correctly Scotty Bowman was large and in charge back then!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWMc1 Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 The room was split between Bure's offense only players and Linden's two-way players. When Messier the slime arrived, the room was splint into three factions. That's why they couldn't win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riffraff Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 EGO's . coach leadership. goaltending was inconsistent at the best of time for all the net minders invovled. plus Murzyn who one of the worst d-men to ever suit up for the nucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaBestPlaceOnEarth Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 No chemistry, Keenan was terrible behind the bench, nobody was really on the same page. Keenan would trash guys in the press or to each other in the room as some kind of divide-and-conquer motivational technique, it didn't work at all, just made guys give up. Didn't help that it was only three years since the '94 series and now those guys had Keenan and Messier as coach/captain, just bad chemistry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NucksBruins Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 Just about anybody's career would steamroll if their wife was cheating on them with a co-worker(teammate). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mcfly Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 From Quinn to Keenan? That would shake up any team. Whether it was in a good way or a bad way is arguable. I Couldn't get even behind Messier as our captain. Didn't even watch again until the West Coast Express showed up. Those were my dark Canuck fan days for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Bo7 Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Let's see since then the Canucks have in those 15 years: -made to a Stanley Cup final -won their first 2 presidents trophies -had players claim the franchises first ever Art Ross trophies in back to back years -had a player win the franchises first ever Hart Trophy -had the most exciting/energizing line in hockey for the better part of 2 years in the West Coast Express -went from a franchise that was a "phone call away from being moved" to one of the richest, most stable, hockey businesses We've had a lot to celebrate, do I need to go on? I'd give my left nut for the Canucks to win the Cup but what's the point in only celebrating Stanley Cup wins? Sure, we shouldn't celebrate the above as much as we would a Cup win, but if the Stanley Cup was the only thing that was worth celebrating we'd be happy at most 1 night a year. That's not very entertaining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewdog Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 The late 90s Canucks had a tonne of their own problems, but there were also some Godzillas in the Western Conference to contend with - Detroit, Colorado, Dallas, St Louis. Even if the Canucks were a cohesive team, they weren't going to beat any of those guys in the 2nd round. It's no wonder I blanked out my memory of the Canucks from Linden's trade until the WCE emerged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandmaster Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 The late 90s Canucks had a tonne of their own problems, but there were also some Godzillas in the Western Conference to contend with - Detroit, Colorado, Dallas, St Louis. Even if the Canucks were a cohesive team, they weren't going to beat any of those guys in the 2nd round. It's no wonder I blanked out my memory of the Canucks from Linden's trade until the WCE emerged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewdog Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Those teams, minus St Louis, owned the Western Conference. Our best had no chance against; Colorado Forsberg, Sakic, Hejduk, Tanguay, Blake, Foote, Roy Detroit Yzerman, Federov, Larionov, Shanahan, Lidstrom, Chelios, Hasek Dallas Modano, Hull, Nieuwendyk, Hatcher, Zubov, Sydor, Belfour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NucksBruins Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 How many Hall of Famers do I count there? 15? Crazy teams, those were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winacup Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Totally agree. Obviously a cup would mean so much to Canucks fans, but it shouldn't completely discredit other successes. There are lots of sports franchises with long histories of not winning it all, but they are still proud franchises with proud fans. There's no reason why Canucks fans shouldn't be the same way. Look at the Blackhawks. It took them 50 years to win a cup post original 6, and now look how cocky all their fans are. One cup can change everything. Same with the Boston Bruins. It took them 40 years to win a cup since they won it back when the league was half the size and way less competitive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Bo7 Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 of course those teams have proud fans. their teams had won cups before. we have no cups........ever. we therefore look like fools when we try to take pride in a president's trophy or a dvision banner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pears Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 If the last time your team won was in the 60's or 70's, you don't have any more right to brag than us IMO. If your team hasn't made the playoffs in the last 6 years, you shouldn't be bragging either. I don't see anything wrong with bragging about recent accomplishments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canucks.brad Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 serious sure,why not? Dominate or not,Naslund and Bertuzzi still had skill set didnt they? They were not expected to be the go to guys at the time, no pressure or top players/checkers to play against I think canacks1970 response was a good reason why,as well as under performing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballisticsports. Posted September 11, 2012 Author Share Posted September 11, 2012 oh come on that is the most bs statement i have read all day. That is like saying stamkos as the age of should be good enough because he has the same skill? Look at Kesler. Kesler in 2005 is the same player he is today? The sedins of 2001 are the same player they are today? bulls**t. your reasoning and logic is flawed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riviera82 Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 If the last time your team won was in the 60's or 70's, you don't have any more right to brag than us IMO. If your team hasn't made the playoffs in the last 6 years, you shouldn't be bragging either. I don't see anything wrong with bragging about recent accomplishments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Bo7 Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 We have had our fill of regular season accomplishments. The Stanley Cup is all that counts now. Who really brags about Presidents Trophies or division titles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewdog Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 If a TO fan is ever giving you a hard time about the lack of Vancouver Cups, remind them that the Leafs have never won a Cup that required more than 2 series wins. Can you believe that the Islanders won 19 straight Playoff series? Just think about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riviera82 Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Good points D-Bo7 and brewdog ^^. Noted but still not satisfied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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