J529 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 http://www.theprovin...3080/story.html To say the Canucks of the last couple years is the best team the organization has ever iced is as legit as Henrik Sedin's ironman record. And it is an insult to the '94 squad who, barely making the playoffs, played with the heart, soul and grit of a truly remarkable team. Remember '94, when hockey was played with integrity? Remember when the Canucks lost to the Rangers, they did it in style? All this whining about being bullied and conspired against is getting embarrassing for the sport and the city. Remember, a last-place team that plays with heart will always beat a first-place team that dives and whines - even when it loses! The world will always respect a beautiful loser. Darrin McCloskey, Vancouver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wallstreetamigo Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 The guy has a point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canucks fan in chicago Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 San Jose did way more diving and whining all series. This dude sounds like a Flames fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tas Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 San Jose did way more diving and whining all series. This dude sounds like a Flames fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HC20.0 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 The Sharks dove 100x more than we did in that series, but he has a point... where is our heart? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyLow_ Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Maybe instead of Bieksa watching film on the sharks diving, he should have been watching how they were making him and the rest of the D look like Cones. Just sayin.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wallstreetamigo Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Maybe instead of Bieksa watching film on the sharks diving, he should have been watching how they were making him and the rest of the D look like Cones. Just sayin.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sypher009 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 the guy is right, if this current team with how talented it is had as much heart as the team from 1994 we would have at least 1 or 2 cups by now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxiebrown Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Heart is the explanation used by people who don't understand hockey. If you're citing heart, you are not credible. It's really as simple as that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenbean30 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Heart is the explanation used by people who don't understand hockey. If you're citing heart, you are not credible. It's really as simple as that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KelownaCanucksFan Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Heart is the explanation used by people who don't understand hockey. If you're citing heart, you are not credible. It's really as simple as that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diesel_3 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 "But...But the Sharks whined and took more dives than the Canucks that series!" - Canucks Fans whining about whining and diving. Face it, the Canucks dive and whine a lot. Bieksa whining to the media was embarrassing. They need to suck it up and play regardless of whining about what the other team is doing. I would kill for another Lunch Pail crew like '94....Well, plus a Bure, too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poetica Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 And that is why nothing will ever change in the NHL, because its customers continue to think... The Canucks are the "divers"....even when it's clear their opponent was doing all of the diving. Diving is despicable, unsportsmanlike, and shame upon the sport...unless it's a guy on a team playing against the Canucks. Then it's kharma. Constant diving draws the justifiable ire of the refs and will rightfully guarantee your team years of unfair treatment and unjust punishment...unless you're on any team other than the Vancouver Canucks. (Apparently, the "it's fair now because they were divers back then" rule has only ever been applied to the Canucks despite the continuing existence of diving throughout the league.) And regardless of the evidence any other team might have, refs are mostly fair...unless that bad call was against your team. In that case those corrupt zebras can go and "date" themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCammer Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Heart is the explanation used by people who don't understand hockey. If you're citing heart, you are not credible. It's really as simple as that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis15 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 the guy is right, if this current team with how talented it is had as much heart as the team from 1994 we would have at least 1 or 2 cups by now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnews Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 "All this whining about being bullied and conspired against is getting embarrassing for the sport and the city." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanKeslord17 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 True... So what is he saying we do about this? Because we weren't the divers here.. Whiners yes, divers? Sharks take that role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
higgyfan Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Nothing wrong with Hank's Ironman record. The guy gets tripped, slashed, whacked and driven into the boards constantly. Maybe ol' Darrin could put on some skates and see what it's like for a shift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riffraff Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Heart is the explanation used by people who don't understand hockey. If you're citing heart, you are not credible. It's really as simple as that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poetica Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 I'm sick of everyone whining about everything the Canucks do as if it's the worst thing that's ever happened, even when other teams do it all the time. Whining itself is a prime example! People take such offense to the Canucks saying anything, no matter how true, and label it whining, but seem to have no problem with other teams doing the exact same thing. It happens all of the time in the NHL. For example, in 2011 it was pass the accusation. Anaheim accused Nashville of diving, SJ accused the Canucks of diving, and then Nashville accused the Canucks of diving. Don't even get me started on Boston... In 2012, Phoenix accusing LA of embellishment and diving...and they were pissed about LA getting 17 PPs to their 10 in the first 3 games of the series. Try 24-10 in 4 games! This year, Boston accused Montreal of diving before the playoffs even began. In the playoffs, Minnesota accused Chicago of cheating on faceoffs and Toronto has questioned the fairness of faceoffs in their series with Boston. And if you check out what fans are saying, every team has committed at least one egregious act of diving in these playoffs and it's was surely worse than any dives from their players. People want to sit on their high horse and pretend to look down in judgement on Vancouver when it comes to whining or diving but the truth is, most teams are guilty of both and some teams are guilty of both to a much higher degree than Vancouver. It just seems that Vancouver is the only team that gets drawn and quartered for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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