You know you're an old school Canuck fan when

[samurai]

When you standard for grit when assessing current canuck players is by comparing them to Stan Smyl aka 'the steamer'.

[Gollumpus]

You remember thinking that $6 million was a huge cash grab by the NHL in order for the Canucks to join.

You remember hearing who was on the first NHL team, and thinking, "Cool, a lot of these guys were with the team that won the WHL last year!"

Jim Robson.

Richard Loney.

You remember the elation at merely getting a tie with one of the league's current power houses.

The sense of, "Oh crap, there goes the season." when Kurtenbach was injured. Thus started a long standing tradition where the Canucks would crash and burn from December through February.

You remember as one bad season was winding down, and the playoffs were not too far off, Vancouver fans chanting, "We're number seven! We're number seven!"

or

The comment, "The Canucks fans are chanting GO CANUCKS GO, but they're pointing at the exits while they're doing it."

You remember word getting out that there was interest by other teams in Rosaire Paiement, and thinking, "The team would be crazy to trade this guy!" And the following season thinking, "Why didn't they trade this guy when they had the chance?" (Yes, Canuck fans are fickle regardless of the era.)

Bobby Schmautz kicking the crap out of Keith Magnuson.

regards,

G.

[hlinkas wrister]

When you can remember Ivan Hlinka's wrist shots from the half board on the power play. Still can't believe he used to do that with a wooden stick !

[Absent Canuck]

You know who john mckeachie and Barrie houlihan are.

LOL

Havent heard his name since he went into exile.

[Absent Canuck]

How about the Rocky theme playing at the start of 'Sports Page' when it came on every night at 11pm .

[TimberWolf]

When you still get that "winning spirit" theme stuck in your head (red and gold, black and white, the winning spirit's here...!)

Remembering Gretzky's records almost as much as Oiler fans because of how many were set in games against us.

[Dogbyte]

Kevin McCarthy, Butcher, and Bubla.

[MickVega]

You remember the Oilers and Flames actually being better than the Canucks. (To the younger fans - this is not a myth, there was actually a time when Edmonton and Calgary were competitive)

[CrazyAL]

You know who Lonny Bohonos is

[Raoul Duke]

When you remember your dad picking you up from elementary school on a cold winter night in 1985 and he takes you for a pre-game McDonald's dinner and you get a Muppet Baby toy in your happy meal, THEN you go see the Nucks take on the Hartford Whalers in the upper bowl and the tickets costed $30 for the pair.

[Heretic]

Listening to the game on the AM radio with your dad in the basement workshop.

[goalie13]

you remember the excitement when 2/3 of the famed KLM line were joining the team.

[smithers joe]

when you watched andy bathgate and larry popein playing for canucks before the rangers called then up...and fights involving orland kurtenback...one tough mother......and listening to foster hewitt...on the radio doing games from the old six team league...and maurice richard....watching games in the old forum

[goalie13]

Joe wins!

[YEGCanuck]

You can still recall sitting in a half-empty Pacific Coliseum watching the Blazers, Vancouver's team in the World Hockey Association.

[Lychees]

When CKNW 980AM ran the Canucks games

Larscheid (holy crap that name took me a long time to remember)

The days of being the whipping horse of the Western conference

[Provost]

When you remember being at games when they played this song. I only had a clip of it... can't find the whole song.

Effectively the message was that we knew we were going to lose most nights "but we always won the fights".

[Spoosh]

You know who Lonny Bohonos is

This.

And more when you remember Pavel Bure debuting in the NHL.

[smithers joe]

haro..oold.....har.oold......

[Chalky]

When your favorite jersey is the flying V and you remember every cup run.