Hank Moody Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Thought this could be a fun little exercise to get us going through the offseason. When Willie D came in, we all saw the infamous Medicine Hat connections that were instantly injected into the lineup. Players like Linden Vey who played under Willie, Emerson Etem, Derek Dorsett, Curtis Valk. Management has shown they are willing to bring in players the Coach thinks would be a good fit based on their past coaching/being around those players. A lot of people are saying they like Travis Green, he's a really likeable guy, they enjoyed playing/being under him. It's not inconceivable to think there might be some connections that pay off in the near future. What are some of those potential players on the Travis Green side of things? Let's speculate. 15 years as a NHL Player New York Islanders (1992-1998) Players Still Around: Zdeno Chara Anaheim Mighty Ducks (1997-1999, 2006-2007) Players Still Around: Ryan Getzlaf Corey Perry Chris Kunitz Phoenix Coyotes (1999-2001) Players Still Around: Shane Doan Toronto Maple Leafs (2001 - 2003, 2006-2007) Players Still Around: Matt Stajan Alexander Steen Boston Bruins (2003 - 2006) Players still around: Patrice Bergeron Mark Stuart Brad Boyes Joe Thornton Zug EV (2007-2008) Players still around: Raphael Diaz (lol) (Funny note, Travis was also a Medicine Hat Tiger in 1989-1990) Assistant Coaching/GM Record Portland Winterhawks (2008 - 2013) Notable Players: Travis Ehrdhart, Nino Neiderreiter, Ryan Johansen, Joe Morrow, Riley Boychuk, Sven Baertschi Head Coaching Record Portland Winterhawks (2012-2013) Notable Players: Brendan Leipsic, Nic Petan, Ty Rattie, Troy Rutkowski, Tyler Wotherspoon, Seth Jones, Derrick Pouliot, Oliver Bjorkstrand Utica Comets (2013-2017) Notable Players No Longer With Canucks: Frankie Corrado, Nicklas Jensen, Yannick Weber, Jordan Schroeder, Hunter Shinkaruk, Ronalds Kenins, Tom Sestito Other Notable Connections With Coaches/Management/Media Etc Kevin Cheveldayoff (GM - Winnipeg Jets) - Played together in the AHL for Capital District Islanders Marc Bergevin (GM - Montreal Canadiens) - Played together in the AHL for the Capital District Islanders Brad Treliving (GM - Calgary Flames) - Played together in the WHL for the Spokane Chiefs Ron Hextall (GM - Philadelphia Flyers) - Played together in the NHL for the New York Islanders Randy Carlyle (Head Coach of the Anaheim Ducks) - Was the Head Coach of Travis Green on the Anaheim Ducks Mike Sullivan (Head Coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins) - Was the Head Coach of Travis Green on the Boston Bruins Mike Johnston (Head Coach and GM of the Portland Winterhawks) - Was Head Coach when Green was Assistant on the Portland Winterhawks Dave Hunter (London Knights) - Played together in the WHL for the Spokane Chiefs Lorne Henning (Former Canucks Assistant GM) - Was Travis' Assistant then Head Coach on the New York Islanders Ray Ferraro (Radio Personality) - Played with Travis Green on the New York Islanders Jamie McLellan (TV and Radio Personality) - Played with Travis Green on the New York Islanders Francois Allaire (Goalie Coach - Colorado Avalanche) - Was the Goalie Coach for the Phoenix Coyotes while Travis was there Rick Bowness (Former Canucks Assistant Coach) - Was the Assistant Coach for the Phoenix Coyotes while Travis played there Newell Brown (Former Canucks Assistant Coach) - Was the Assistant Coach of Travis Green on Anaheim Ducks Michael Nylander (Father of Alex and William Nylander) - Played with Travis Green on the Boston Bruins Don Hay (Former Coach of Vancouver Giants) - Was Assistant Coach to Travis Green on Anaheim Mighty Ducks If anyone wants to add anything, let me know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 wow thats quite the list. As long as "Notable Players No Longer With Canucks" stays that way I'm good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emmetts Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Impressive data finding! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Moody Posted April 26, 2017 Author Share Posted April 26, 2017 27 minutes ago, S'all Good Man said: wow thats quite the list. As long as "Notable Players No Longer With Canucks" stays that way I'm good. Thought i'd add it in there just incase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tas Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 nice resource, thanks for the effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
250Integra Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Let's hope he was well liked by his connections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Moody Posted April 26, 2017 Author Share Posted April 26, 2017 1 minute ago, 250Integra said: Let's hope he was well liked by his connections. I mean if Ray Ferraro (Who hates everybody) raves about him so much, i'm sure he was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckledraggin Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 His most impressive stat line is his record when leading. The biggest thing for the Canucks under Green will be to get the lead. UTICA COMETS 2013-14 RECORDS LEADING AFTER 1ST 11-1-2-3 LEADING AFTER 2ND 15-0-3-0 TIED AFTER 1ST 14-13-1-0 TIED AFTER 2ND 14-6-2-2 TRAILING AFTER 1ST 10-18-2-1 TRAILING AFTER 2ND 6-26-0-2 UTICA COMETS 2014-15 RECORDS LEADING AFTER 1ST 25-2-0-1 LEADING AFTER 2ND 36-0-1-0 TIED AFTER 1ST 16-8-6-1 TIED AFTER 2ND 9-4-5-2 TRAILING AFTER 1ST 6-10-1-0 TRAILING AFTER 2ND 2-16-1-0 UTICA COMETS 2015-16 RECORDS LEADING AFTER 1ST 19-4-1-1 LEADING AFTER 2ND 26-2-0-0 TIED AFTER 1ST 11-7-4-3 TIED AFTER 2ND 8-5-3-2 TRAILING AFTER 1ST 8-15-3-0 TRAILING AFTER 2ND 4-19-5-2 UTICA COMETS 2016-17 RECORDS LEADING AFTER 1ST 15-4-2-0 LEADING AFTER 2ND 24-0-1-0 TIED AFTER 1ST 12-14-3-1 TIED AFTER 2ND 6-7-5-1 TRAILING AFTER 1ST 8-14-2-1 TRAILING AFTER 2ND 5-25-1-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerrDrFunk Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 2 minutes ago, canuckledraggin said: His most impressive stat line is his record when leading. The biggest thing for the Canucks under Green will be to get the lead. UTICA COMETS 2013-14 RECORDS LEADING AFTER 1ST 11-1-2-3 LEADING AFTER 2ND 15-0-3-0 TIED AFTER 1ST 14-13-1-0 TIED AFTER 2ND 14-6-2-2 TRAILING AFTER 1ST 10-18-2-1 TRAILING AFTER 2ND 6-26-0-2 UTICA COMETS 2014-15 RECORDS LEADING AFTER 1ST 25-2-0-1 LEADING AFTER 2ND 36-0-1-0 TIED AFTER 1ST 16-8-6-1 TIED AFTER 2ND 9-4-5-2 TRAILING AFTER 1ST 6-10-1-0 TRAILING AFTER 2ND 2-16-1-0 UTICA COMETS 2015-16 RECORDS LEADING AFTER 1ST 19-4-1-1 LEADING AFTER 2ND 26-2-0-0 TIED AFTER 1ST 11-7-4-3 TIED AFTER 2ND 8-5-3-2 TRAILING AFTER 1ST 8-15-3-0 TRAILING AFTER 2ND 4-19-5-2 UTICA COMETS 2016-17 RECORDS LEADING AFTER 1ST 15-4-2-0 LEADING AFTER 2ND 24-0-1-0 TIED AFTER 1ST 12-14-3-1 TIED AFTER 2ND 6-7-5-1 TRAILING AFTER 1ST 8-14-2-1 TRAILING AFTER 2ND 5-25-1-1 Wow, that actually is huge considering the Canucks would usually get picked apart in the 3rd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentSam Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 1 minute ago, Hank Moody said: I mean if Ray Ferraro (Who hates everybody) raves about him so much, i'm sure he was. Interesting thread HankMoody, as I went through your list, thought to myself that it would have been great to have had Shane Doan here when he was "courted" to play in Vancouver by Mike Gillis,. not only would Doan have helped with our mentoring of youth at the on-ice level... but like Travis Green, what a great Coach Shane Doan might become somewhere one day. "The six degrees of seperation" rule is definitely previlant in North American Hockey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeeBee51 Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 59 minutes ago, Hank Moody said: Thought this could be a fun little exercise to get us going through the offseason. When Willie D came in, we all saw the infamous Medicine Hat connections that were instantly injected into the lineup. Players like Linden Vey who played under Willie, Emerson Etem, Derek Dorsett, Curtis Valk. Management has shown they are willing to bring in players the Coach thinks would be a good fit based on their past coaching/being around those players. A lot of people are saying they like Travis Green, he's a really likeable guy, they enjoyed playing/being under him. It's not inconceivable to think there might be some connections that pay off in the near future. What are some of those potential players on the Travis Green side of things? Let's speculate. ~~~~ Interesting read. Thanks H.M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sygvard Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Super interesting resource. It is great insight into how some of the coach and GM relationships fit together as a network. It is no secret that some GM's are trading buddies. The first person they call, the one that they spitball with the most. There are obviously people that feel more comfortable chatting, and then end up being the teams with which we most often see trades. A decent portion of that can likely be attributed to networks like this. A big chain of "Played with. Played under. Coached." GMs that are more comfortable calling each other, because they used to play together. Being influenced by coaches that are more comfortable asking for certain players, since they used to coach them. Interesting to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down by the River Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Good work man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down by the River Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Alright, so I went deep on this one, but bear with me. In 87/88, Butch Goring coached Green on the Spokane Chiefs. In 2012-13, Green coached Brendan Burke. Brendan Burke and Butch Goring make up the NYI broadcast duo. More legitimately, he also coached Paul Bittner and Sbisa (assistant coach). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Moody Posted April 26, 2017 Author Share Posted April 26, 2017 7 minutes ago, Down by the River said: Alright, so I went deep on this one, but bear with me. In 87/88, Butch Goring coached Green on the Spokane Chiefs. In 2012-13, Green coached Brendan Burke. Brendan Burke and Butch Goring make up the NYI broadcast duo. More legitimately, he also coached Paul Bittner and Sbisa (assistant coach). Great find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 I would imagine Benning learned from the Willie fiasco not to give the coach much of an input on player personnel decisions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownUndaCanuck Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 I wonder if he'll put some inside knowledge into what might end up trades for those ex-Winterhawks? Joe Morrow, Derreck Pouliot, Johansen (untouchable now), Leipsic are just a couple of would-be good fits who have played for Green before... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wallstreetamigo Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 You missed the obvious one: Pretty sure Green played with Linden for the Islanders. I think it was only part of Lindens first year there when he got traded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erkayloomeh Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 6 hours ago, canuckledraggin said: His most impressive stat line is his record when leading. The biggest thing for the Canucks under Green will be to get the lead. UTICA COMETS 2013-14 RECORDS LEADING AFTER 1ST 11-1-2-3 LEADING AFTER 2ND 15-0-3-0 TIED AFTER 1ST 14-13-1-0 TIED AFTER 2ND 14-6-2-2 TRAILING AFTER 1ST 10-18-2-1 TRAILING AFTER 2ND 6-26-0-2 UTICA COMETS 2014-15 RECORDS LEADING AFTER 1ST 25-2-0-1 LEADING AFTER 2ND 36-0-1-0 TIED AFTER 1ST 16-8-6-1 TIED AFTER 2ND 9-4-5-2 TRAILING AFTER 1ST 6-10-1-0 TRAILING AFTER 2ND 2-16-1-0 UTICA COMETS 2015-16 RECORDS LEADING AFTER 1ST 19-4-1-1 LEADING AFTER 2ND 26-2-0-0 TIED AFTER 1ST 11-7-4-3 TIED AFTER 2ND 8-5-3-2 TRAILING AFTER 1ST 8-15-3-0 TRAILING AFTER 2ND 4-19-5-2 UTICA COMETS 2016-17 RECORDS LEADING AFTER 1ST 15-4-2-0 LEADING AFTER 2ND 24-0-1-0 TIED AFTER 1ST 12-14-3-1 TIED AFTER 2ND 6-7-5-1 TRAILING AFTER 1ST 8-14-2-1 TRAILING AFTER 2ND 5-25-1-1 Excellent work canuckledraggin. This is a record that i like and really means something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForsbergTheGreat Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Sbisa played 12 games for him in 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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