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[OLD TRADE] Cory Schneider for Gilbert Brule


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Hindsight. For those calling out Nonis, you guys are idiots. Our core is pretty much comprised of Draft picks or signings he made to keep the team together, and of course the Luongo trade.

Schneider was looking like a bust in his first few years, and not only that, people in Vancouver LOVED Gilbert Brule and was regarded as one of the top junior players.

Brule was rushed into the NHL too quickly, and unfortunately suffered an injury right off the bat which hindered his development.

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People are saying this would have been terrible, but fail to recognize WHY Schneider turned out the way he did and Brule the way he did.

Doug MacLean ruined Brule's career by throwing him to the wolves as an 18 year old. While Schneider developed properly in the minors for 5 years and then as a backup under Luongo for 2 years.

If Schneider ended up in CBJ it's likely that Schneider would have been a bust because he would have been rushed and Brule a star because he would have been developed properly like Kesler, Burrow, Edler, Schneider etc etc...;.;

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Hindsight. For those calling out Nonis, you guys are idiots. Our core is pretty much comprised of Draft picks or signings he made to keep the team together, and of course the Luongo trade.

Schneider was looking like a bust in his first few years, and not only that, people in Vancouver LOVED Gilbert Brule and was regarded as one of the top junior players.

Brule was rushed into the NHL too quickly, and unfortunately suffered an injury right off the bat which hindered his development.

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Excellent post. Dave Nonis saved this franchise - and lost his job - by not buckling under the pressure of the Aquilini's to acquire Brad Richards and make a run for the playoffs in 2007-08. That would've reportedly cost us Kesler, Edler, and Schneider.

Also correcr about Brule/Schneider - amazing what the role of luck plays in sports/life. Hard to think that Columbus is just so woeful at choosing their players; there's gotta be something inherent in that system that just stunts development. Brule was a high probability pick. Filatov's talent is incredible - another guy that was thought-of as high probability. Derick Brassard. Steve Mason. All of these disappointing young players makes me think that there's a systemic issue.

Brule's career trajectory probably would be far different today had he been drafted by the Canucks.

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Maybe if we he had Brule instead of Columbus he could have had time to properly develop into the player he could have been. Remember way back in 2005? He was tearing it up with the Giants. I would have probably made that trade, too, if I was Nonis.

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This looks pretty bad because now you look at it and Schneider is #1 Goalie and Brule has trouble staying in the league.

But who knows, if we had made this trade might no have turned out as bad, maybe we wouldn't have rushed him and he would have become the player he was supposed to be.

The funny thing is everyone probably would have praised him if the deal was made too.

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Doug MacLean on Hockeycentral today said he got a call from Dave Nonis back when Nonis took over the GM role with the Canucks and Dave offered Schneider straight up for Brule.

How different would our organization look of that had happened eh?

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