Twilight Sparkle Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 say what you will, but the millionaires had a sweet jersey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Honouring something that's a part of hockey history is that bad? If the Canucks do a tribute to the Vancouver Canucks WHL team is that bad as well? This year is the 120th anniversary of the Stanley Cup being awarded (The first being to Montreal HC), if the Canadiens wanted to celebrate that, I'm fine with it. And yes, it's partly a money grab as well, considering the club lost out on basically 1/2 a season, that's understandable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimito Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 because the city has never won anything in hockey since. why not? they bought the millionaires trademark to make a buck, and they will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkeeterHansen Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Everyone seems to be so into this idea of celebrating the Millionaires tonight but I just don't get it. Let's be honest, if the Canucks had not failed in each of their trips to the final there is no way we eould be celebrating a cup victory by another franchise. Other than being from Vancouver the Millionaires have no connection whatsoever to the Canucks, hell they didn't even play in the same league. How many Islanders or Sabres fans did you remember celebrating the Rangers victory in '94? The answer is none, because the Rangers are an entirely different franchise and being in the same city or state as a championship winning team does not earn you any bragging rights if your team was not the one that won. Crazier still is the fact that the Millionaires were not even the last team from BC to win the cup, in fact, that honor goes to out OPPONENTS in tonights game, who were originally the Victoria Cougars and won the cup in1925 before moving to Detroit and becoming the Detroit Cougars and later the Red Wings. I think celebrating futility as we are tonight is pathetic and there is no reason to embrace all the years of failure by the Canucks and celebrate a cup by another franchise nearly a century ago. If there was ever a good reason to riot it would be to boycott this stupid celebration of failure tonight. I hope not to offend anyone, I'm just sick of this organizations attempts to cover up and hide how much this team has failed in the past while doing next to nothing to make us better in the future. Enjoy the game! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haikara Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 A select few are chosen to be Canucks multimillionaires. The rest of us are here to worship the wealthy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoner. Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 No city on the pacific coast haf a team during the original 6 era. The western most team was Chicago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brodeur Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Just enjoy the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cromeslab Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Gotta admit this whole Millionaire tribute is troll fodder,expect a lot more of these ridiculous threads popping up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuckedup Posted March 16, 2013 Author Share Posted March 16, 2013 say what you will, but the millionaires had a sweet jersey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanucksLegacy Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 I agree it is a really nice jersey. But then again, the Blackhawks have perhaps the best jersey in all of sports, that doesn't give the Canucks a reason to wear it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimpcurtly Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Are you even a fan? I mean it's one thing to critique a player because of how they're performing, but criticizing why we celebrate? Again as many have said, it's a celebration of the HISTORY of hockey in BC. If you didn't know already, the Patricks (major part of the Vancouver Millionaires) were major pioneers in the hockey we know today. Taken from: http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/LegendsMember.jsp?mem=b195803&page=bio&list= I personally didn't know that hockey use to be all backpassing before the Patricks introduced the forward pass. That's some history. It was changes of almost a century ago that have led to the hockey of today. I think that'd merit some sort of celebrating the history of hockey in Vancouver, no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riviera82 Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Everyone seems to be so into this idea of celebrating the Millionaires tonight but I just don't get it. Let's be honest, if the Canucks had not failed in each of their trips to the final there is no way we eould be celebrating a cup victory by another franchise. Other than being from Vancouver the Millionaires have no connection whatsoever to the Canucks, hell they didn't even play in the same league. How many Islanders or Sabres fans did you remember celebrating the Rangers victory in '94? The answer is none, because the Rangers are an entirely different franchise and being in the same city or state as a championship winning team does not earn you any bragging rights if your team was not the one that won. Crazier still is the fact that the Millionaires were not even the last team from BC to win the cup, in fact, that honor goes to out OPPONENTS in tonights game, who were originally the Victoria Cougars and won the cup in1925 before moving to Detroit and becoming the Detroit Cougars and later the Red Wings. I think celebrating futility as we are tonight is pathetic and there is no reason to embrace all the years of failure by the Canucks and celebrate a cup by another franchise nearly a century ago. If there was ever a good reason to riot it would be to boycott this stupid celebration of failure tonight. I hope not to offend anyone, I'm just sick of this organizations attempts to cover up and hide how much this team has failed in the past while doing next to nothing to make us better in the future. Enjoy the game! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riviera82 Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 "How many Islanders or Sabres fans did you remember celebrating the Rangers victory in '94?" How is that even relevant? 3 different teams. Should the Maple Leafs celebrate any of their cups when there were only 6 teams in the playoffs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmployeeoftheMonth Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Same state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John.Tallhouse Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Simply celebrating 100 years of Hockey in Vancouver.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimito Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 I agree it is a really nice jersey. But then again, the Blackhawks have perhaps the best jersey in all of sports, that doesn't give the Canucks a reason to wear it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicky Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 @VanCanucks Today we are celebrating a Century of Hockey in#Vancouver by wearing the original jersey of Vancouver's first team. It's big night. Really interesting hockey history here on the coast, worth celebrating and reviving. The Patrick family and the PCHL really had a strong impact on how the game is played to this day. And, as most will agree, sick jerseys-moneygrab or no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-DLC- Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 1. Remind me never to invite you to a Super Bowl party. I don't live in the US/have an NFL team in my city so why should I celebrate the Super Bowl? Giving away my NYG stuff now. Sorry? 2. Anyone who suggests there is ever reason to riot isn't worthy of a serious response, however, here it is: 3. Quit trolling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bananas Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 I like the whole Victoria Cougars part. I didn't even know that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jai604 Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Another great thread on CDC, as usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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