iceman64 Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 3 hours ago, BrockBoester said: Hello CDC! Long time forum lurker here and I am really looking forward to the 50th anniversary season! Especially hyped for some sweet Petey dekes! So I decided to write up a little post here discussing a big upcoming role to be filled on our beloved hockey club. The general consensus among our fanbase is that Mr. Horvat will be the next to step into the shoes of Canucks Captain, in the line of the greats like Trevor Linden, Markus Naslund, Roberto Luongo (lol) and whichever one of the Sedin bros that it was that was captain (you know as well as I do you can't tell them apart). However, I think that Bo will ultimately plateau as a strong third line center as his potential seems very limited as far as skillset and it begs the question, do you put the C on the most talented player (Pettersson) instead? Or do you not want an extremely young alien leading the hockey club? I was actually mulling over some uncommon choices and I figured I would present my take to you fine folks out there in Canuck land so that we can decide who the captain should be and then send a petition to Benningsauce that he should name that player as the captain. Scenario 1: The bridge captain - Alex Edler Definitely regarded as our "veteran" on the backend along with Chris Tanev (Who obviously can't be named captain due to the likelihood that he plays 20 games or less), since Edler is only on a 2 year deal, we could kinda use him as a stopgap measure for the captaincy and then throw it on Petey or Boeser or Hughes (not Bo though please as like I said he is a great leader but has very limited hockey skills).Scenario 2: Russian dictatorship - Tryamkin WHEN the big Russian tree returns to glorious city of Vancouver, pinning a C to his sweater would definitely reaffirm to his fragile ego that he is a valuable asset to our team and community. Plus, I bet Goldobin and Podz would be fired up, and if you name both of them Alternate Captains then they could have a blast trash talking the refs in Russian and the league would never know the wiser (to punish us) Scenario 3: Lighting a fire - Loui Eriksson If there's any player in Vancouver that could use a bit of a vote of confidence, it's Mr. Eriksson. Once an elite goal scorer in a terrible city like Boston, he has become complacent in the beautiful city we live in. And after numerous months of being dragged through the mud by fans and media alike, wouldn't it be a huge surprise to see this stud named Captain and ultimate role model for our young Canucks. I could see him potting 40+ and winning Conn Smythe if we were to fasten the C to his sweater. Scenario 4: Fin As a fun joke, for the first game of the season of course, and then swerve the audience and award the C between the 3rd period and overtime to one of these candidates I've listed. Scenario 5: Goalie gets the nod - Demko I don't really agree with everyone around here that Luongo was a terrible choice for captain. Imagine how sweet Demko's lid would look with a big C on the side? Plus, he's American, so the refs and Gary Buttman wouldn't hate on us as much for being a Canadian team maybe? I know this is a long shot but I think Demko can definitely afford to handle the pressure and distractions of being the Cap.Scenario 6: New Blood - Myers or Ferland A defenseman that's like 8 feet tall would be an intimidating force as leader. Or Ferland the human wrecking ball who is definitely tougher than Lucic and will be steamrolling opponents left, right, and center this season and for many years to come. Can't go wrong naming beefy players like this to lead the team. Scenario 7: Bench Captain - Travis Green Green doesn't get enough respect around here and I think that this ultimate dark-horse choice would be great for a couple of reasons. Number one, he doesn't have to deal with the distraction of playing hockey and could focus his full attention and energy on arguing with the referees. Plus, if we named Loui as his assistant, they would probably be able to become friends again and the bond forged would be unstoppable, again in all probability propelling Loui to a 40+++ goal season and redeeming himself in the process to all the Canucks naysayers. Let me know what you guys think down in the thread below and as always thank you for reading! Just no to all of the above, Bo has literally earned it.. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post VforVasili Posted July 27, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted July 27, 2019 Can’t believe how many people are actually taking this seriously. I popped on here only to suggest Louie Eriksson as a goof but the op beat me to it and then some. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mpt Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 (edited) If its not Bo then it has to be Boeser. Your captain shouldn’t be your best player, it should be your best leader; sometimes they are one in the same, other times they aren’t. Edited July 27, 2019 by mpt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremyCuddles Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Local boys Virtanen or Stecher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taskicon Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 I say we bring back Vey and make him a Captain, then hire Willie as the Gm and Coach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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IBatch Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Is this guy for real? Horvat “plateaus” as a serviceable third line center? Maybe when he’s 40. He’s better each year and factually was at the top of the second line centres league wide last year point wise, beating out some teams first line guys playing with chumps except at the end with Pearson. If we had four guys like him we’d win the cup five years in a row. What an idiotic post. It’s written like the author isn’t even trolling which is the funniest part about it .... new to hockey? Good grief. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldoescobar Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Could LE put up a 50g season with the C on his chest? Questions remain. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckylager Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Saw the thread title and was like wtf, guess I'll give this piece of $&!# a read. Your sarcasm wasn't lost on me bud, had a few chuckles. Keep at it, comedy is really hard to write. Mediocre jokes can be made hilarious with the right delivery, timing is everything in comedy and that timing is incredibly hard to write in a forum friendly format. Thanks Boester. 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckylager Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Holy crap, I just read through a bunch of comments, and a whole lot of you guys may as well be a potato. It was a spoof, morons. Duh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6string Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 2 hours ago, BrockBoester said: No I'm sorry this is my first forum post and I read all the new threads here every day but I decided I wanted to join the party for our 50th anniversary season. I'm sorry about my harsh words about Bo in retrospect he definitely has a bit higher ceiling than 3rd line C but I really think that we should give a good solid look at some of the other options before we consider Mr. Horvat as the foregone conclusion. It's always good to have a bit of drama and excitement, and even a surprise or two in store for the future right? You don't need an account to read threads, just to post them. Sorry, I really wasn't trying to drum up negativity here, just presenting a few outside-the-box (or outside-the-rink?) options to mull over. That was an insulting "50 year anniversary party" comment. I fail to see the humor by demoting Horvat while suggesting a Russian ( Trymakin ) yet a year away without an ESL skill level of speaking would captain our team.... So lets move on and continue to be excited about the season ahead of us, enjoy the ride BrockBoester! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-DLC- Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 11 minutes ago, luckylager said: Holy crap, I just read through a bunch of comments, and a whole lot of you guys may as well be a potato. It was a spoof, morons. Duh I didn't read it...I got a couple of paragraphs in, then packed it in. I'm not sure who's more of a moron...people who shut it down or those who kept reading. I'd rather be a potato than read a tldr spoof that cuts down my Captain. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceman64 Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 8 minutes ago, debluvscanucks said: I didn't read it...I got a couple of paragraphs in, then packed it in. I'm not sure who's more of a moron...people who shut it down or those who kept reading. I'd rather be a potato than read a tldr spoof that cuts down my Captain. Maybe we can get Russell Peters to do a spoof on the CDC.. go big or go home right? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckylager Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 16 minutes ago, debluvscanucks said: I didn't read it...I got a couple of paragraphs in, then packed it in. I'm not sure who's more of a moron...people who shut it down or those who kept reading. I'd rather be a potato than read a tldr spoof that cuts down my Captain. Awww Debs, I love your passion. He didn't cut down Bo. Anybody who thinks his ceiling is 3rd line C is either special or a troll. The OP was trying at a lighthearted troll from my perspective. The whole post was tongue in cheek. It's not pro quality humour, but I'll take it over 90% of the trash posted since June. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Torts Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 6 hours ago, BrockBoester said: Hello CDC! Long time forum lurker here and I am really looking forward to the 50th anniversary season! Especially hyped for some sweet Petey dekes! So I decided to write up a little post here discussing a big upcoming role to be filled on our beloved hockey club. The general consensus among our fanbase is that Mr. Horvat will be the next to step into the shoes of Canucks Captain, in the line of the greats like Trevor Linden, Markus Naslund, Roberto Luongo (lol) and whichever one of the Sedin bros that it was that was captain (you know as well as I do you can't tell them apart). However, I think that Bo will ultimately plateau as a strong third line center as his potential seems very limited as far as skillset and it begs the question, do you put the C on the most talented player (Pettersson) instead? Or do you not want an extremely young alien leading the hockey club? I was actually mulling over some uncommon choices and I figured I would present my take to you fine folks out there in Canuck land so that we can decide who the captain should be and then send a petition to Benningsauce that he should name that player as the captain. Scenario 1: The bridge captain - Alex Edler Definitely regarded as our "veteran" on the backend along with Chris Tanev (Who obviously can't be named captain due to the likelihood that he plays 20 games or less), since Edler is only on a 2 year deal, we could kinda use him as a stopgap measure for the captaincy and then throw it on Petey or Boeser or Hughes (not Bo though please as like I said he is a great leader but has very limited hockey skills).Scenario 2: Russian dictatorship - Tryamkin WHEN the big Russian tree returns to glorious city of Vancouver, pinning a C to his sweater would definitely reaffirm to his fragile ego that he is a valuable asset to our team and community. Plus, I bet Goldobin and Podz would be fired up, and if you name both of them Alternate Captains then they could have a blast trash talking the refs in Russian and the league would never know the wiser (to punish us) Scenario 3: Lighting a fire - Loui Eriksson If there's any player in Vancouver that could use a bit of a vote of confidence, it's Mr. Eriksson. Once an elite goal scorer in a terrible city like Boston, he has become complacent in the beautiful city we live in. And after numerous months of being dragged through the mud by fans and media alike, wouldn't it be a huge surprise to see this stud named Captain and ultimate role model for our young Canucks. I could see him potting 40+ and winning Conn Smythe if we were to fasten the C to his sweater. Scenario 4: Fin As a fun joke, for the first game of the season of course, and then swerve the audience and award the C between the 3rd period and overtime to one of these candidates I've listed. Scenario 5: Goalie gets the nod - Demko I don't really agree with everyone around here that Luongo was a terrible choice for captain. Imagine how sweet Demko's lid would look with a big C on the side? Plus, he's American, so the refs and Gary Buttman wouldn't hate on us as much for being a Canadian team maybe? I know this is a long shot but I think Demko can definitely afford to handle the pressure and distractions of being the Cap.Scenario 6: New Blood - Myers or Ferland A defenseman that's like 8 feet tall would be an intimidating force as leader. Or Ferland the human wrecking ball who is definitely tougher than Lucic and will be steamrolling opponents left, right, and center this season and for many years to come. Can't go wrong naming beefy players like this to lead the team. Scenario 7: Bench Captain - Travis Green Green doesn't get enough respect around here and I think that this ultimate dark-horse choice would be great for a couple of reasons. Number one, he doesn't have to deal with the distraction of playing hockey and could focus his full attention and energy on arguing with the referees. Plus, if we named Loui as his assistant, they would probably be able to become friends again and the bond forged would be unstoppable, again in all probability propelling Loui to a 40+++ goal season and redeeming himself in the process to all the Canucks naysayers. Let me know what you guys think down in the thread below and as always thank you for reading! what in the &^@# Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptKirk888 Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 1 hour ago, taskicon said: I say we bring back Vey and make him a Captain, then hire Willie as the Gm and Coach Well, then it has to be megma as cap, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptKirk888 Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 1 hour ago, IBatch said: Is this guy for real? Horvat “plateaus” as a serviceable third line center? Maybe when he’s 40. He’s better each year and factually was at the top of the second line centres league wide last year point wise, beating out some teams first line guys playing with chumps except at the end with Pearson. If we had four guys like him we’d win the cup five years in a row. What an idiotic post. It’s written like the author isn’t even trolling which is the funniest part about it .... new to hockey? Good grief. When it smells like a cow, it is a cow ‘town’ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptKirk888 Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 56 minutes ago, luckylager said: Holy crap, I just read through a bunch of comments, and a whole lot of you guys may as well be a potato. It was a spoof, morons. Duh If I didn't have puke breath, I'd kiss you! Eh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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