BananaMash Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 He will play topless! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goneforever Posted January 24, 2013 Author Share Posted January 24, 2013 I don't think gay canuck will object! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goneforever Posted January 24, 2013 Author Share Posted January 24, 2013 Good read. I think a lot of people really overlook the types of games Kassian and Hodgson play. Kassian is a bruiser, that is capable of decimating someone, and sniping geno's when he needs to. Cody is more of a finesse sort of player, and definitely plays the opposite end of the spectrum from Zack. I have always liked Zack and I am loving his start to the year. Expect more out of him playing with the Sedins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nucks_rule1 Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 well written my friend, but after 2 good games this place blows up and starts applying pressure on this kid. let him play his game, lay off him and thats how he will succeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BananaMash Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 I'd prefer to see Higgins play topless. hummina hummina. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorkush Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 zack kassian Favorite player growing up was todd bertuzzi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bieksasangryface Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 More like Cody Whodgson! Amirite! * high fives everyone on CDC * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austy Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 I'm not cool with all the hate for Hodgson. We needed a power forward, Buffalo needed a center. Everyone's a winner! And we're supporting our expansion bros in their battle against Toronto and Boston. Hodgson is doing the Canucks' work out east, he's already beaten the Leafs once this season. The supposed bitterness between him and the management/coaching is just a cover story. We sent him over there to mess with our enemies, he's in deep cover. Don't worry about it. Star Wars analogy: when we traded Hodgson I was all like, "you were supposed to be the chosen one!" but then he became the villain instead. Well, we know how that ends, right? Hodgson is gonna throw Jeremy Jacobs down an elevator shaft at the Garden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riffraff Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Totally different players. Good luck to Cody. The Canucks have needed a player like Kassian since Bertuzzi more than they needed a player like Hodgson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5minutesinthebox Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Canucks will retire his jersey while he's still playing for the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. White Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortorella's Rant Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Kassian's only the man until his next mediocre game. Then the Cody fan boys come out. I still contend Cody is the better player, currently, but I never did suggest that Zack couldn't be a very good player for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forsy Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 I like Kassian, but he's played 2 goddamn games this season, and has not matched up yet with the best players. He could just as easily regress for the rest of season, or he could just be slightly better than last season. Everyone please hold back the mvp parade and just enjoy watching the ZACK ATTACK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goneforever Posted January 24, 2013 Author Share Posted January 24, 2013 Kassian's only the man until his next mediocre game. Then the Cody fan boys come out. I still contend Cody is the better player, currently, but I never did suggest that Zack couldn't be a very good player for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCR Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 One of the issues with trading for a different kind of player is that since they aren't really replacing each other, you can't really compare their performance directly. Kassian's probably not going to center a top line, and Cody's never going to let his concussive fists go to town on Ben Eager's head. With that in mind, and admitting that points are going be important, I think one way to compare them might be ice time. Not comparing Cody's ice time with Buffalo to Zack's with the Canucks, but comparing Zack's ice time with the Canucks (and the conditions under which he's on the ice) to Cody's ice time with the Canucks before the trade. It's not a perfect comparison, especially when you consider Cody was being showcased for part of the year, but I think it's one of the best tools we've got for comparing them. Basically, if Zack is getting more ice time than Cody did, and is put out in more difficult situations then he's showing that he is more valuable to the Canucks than Cody was. Conversely, if he ends up spending the season in Keith Ballard's special seat in the press box, then he'll have proven himself less valuable than Cody. The same is true for Cody in Buffalo. The way I look at it, a team does well in a trade if they get more use out of the player they acquire than they had been getting from the one they gave up; regardless of how that player does on the other team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabinessence Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Kassian is more of a poer forward but Hodgson maybe has a better all around game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-AJ- Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Canucks will retire his jersey while he's still playing for the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disisdayear Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 This is my post-game post on PuckBuddys called The Kassian-Cody Conundrum. It's about whether the trade of Cody Hodgson for Zack Kassian and two other players was a good one. After last night's squeaker win, Kassian is now DA MAN! But for how long? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ugli Fruit Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Kassian's looking good so far. Comparing the two isn't going to yield accurate results. Neither have been in the NHL long. Especially Kass. At least so far the trade doesn't seem to be a loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehamburglar Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 I miss Cody, he would have helped out our team right now so much. But glad Schroeder's here. But Kassian has been playing great with the Sedins and that's nice to see. But he's always had consistency problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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