Mattias Ohlund's Career May Be Over

[mbal23]

Hey, don't get me wrong; I'm a fan too. He was our version of Scott Stevens in that he could clean your clock with a big hit and he could score big goals as well. But he was pretty nasty too, like Stevens. He hit to hurt you and I remember many occasions where I would see him cream someone and think "Ouch, dirty hit. Thank God he's on my team". One thing I'll bet; if some soft Canuck player was on the recieving end of any of the hits in those clips and the hitter was, say, a Boston Bruin EVERYBODY here would be screaming blue murder about them. I respect Ohlund for coming back after his terrible eye injury and still being an effective player. If it really is over for him he has nothing to be ashamed of and has a great career to remember.

[spliced]

Gillis letting him go paid off. I like Ohlund a lot but you can't keep guys forever.

[Lancaster]

Gillis letting him go paid off. I like Ohlund a lot but you can't keep guys forever.

[Dilly Canuck]

He was more important to this organization than I previously thought, after looking back on his career. Also kind of reminds me of Sergei Zubov in terms of how underated he was both as a player and a leader. Hope he at least gets inducted into the ROH.

[DownUndaCanuck]

Exactly the type of player the Canucks miss right now, and the type that are winning Cups every year. Big, strong, physical and frightening to play against in front of our own net, it's a shame there aren't many guys like Ohlund.

Willie Mitchell, Matthias Ohlund, Kevin Bieksa at his peak and an emerging Edler in 2007 was probably the most solid our defence has ever been.

[Boudrias]

Exactly the type of player the Canucks miss right now, and the type that are winning Cups every year. Big, strong, physical and frightening to play against in front of our own net, it's a shame there aren't many guys like Ohlund.

Willie Mitchell, Matthias Ohlund, Kevin Bieksa at his peak and an emerging Edler in 2007 was probably the most solid our defence has ever been.