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McDavid and the last quarter century
Baratheon replied to Baratheon's topic in General Hockey Discussion
Well there it is! McDavid has hit 150! Unreal. I thought those kinds of numbers were relegated to my childhood and earlier. -
Haha! Have you ever re-watched game 7 against Calgary in 1994? Jim Peplinski keeps talking about "the simple plays that we've been talking about all night" but literally only he ever mentioned it. Nobody but him was talking about "simple plays". My dad and I always found it hilarious for whatever reason. You drug up a random memory for me. lol
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I think it will come together. Seattle will be getting their first taste of the playoffs which will start breeding more passion in the fanbase. They will begin to hate it when our fans travel down there and fill up a large portion of their building. Their fans might start doing the same thing (especially if they build a good team) which will surely annoy our fans. And we're off to the races! Haha
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How many of those years did we spend to the cap? (Not to mention the assets we've thrown away) Nobody wants to tear it down and rebuild (at least that I've seen) but if they would have chilled out for even one year it would have really helped. I used to actively cheer for teams that I hate to do exactly what we've done over the last decade or so. They absolutely should be trying to make the playoffs next year. Additions like Hronek and our new coach are a good step in that direction. This "all or nothing" mentality absolutely needs to stop however. It has seriously damaged this team on multiple occasions over the years. We should be much better than we are right now. We aren't though because we put so much stock in to previous seasons. Weren't those years fun?
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[Signing] Rangers re-sign Filip Chytil
Baratheon replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Lol I literally clicked on this thread looking for your take. Agreed with it as I figured I would and happily feed my confirmation bias! -
I feel like Thornton must have felt the most pain haha. All those years where SJ were "cup contenders" lol. Sadly I think our Canucks players are the ones who came "closest" Gilbert Perreault and the Sabres lost in the finals to one of the all time great teams in the big bad 75 Flyers. They had to get past another phenomenal team in Montreal to get there. The Canadiens had Lafleur, Robinson and a whooole bunch more HOFers on that roster. You had to be playing some pretty incredible hockey to get past them.
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Agree with regards to the other elements that Iggy brought to the game. He's not the only one however. There are others on this list who provided more than just offense. Agree to disagree with regards to playoff production. All we hear all the time is about how the playoffs are what really matter. People praise those players who elevate their game in the post season. I find it odd that regular season stats then become the standard by which most people judge players. At least in terms of history.
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Love these kinds of threads! Good OP EP! (I enjoyed typing that!) I feel like in these historical debates we often look first at regular season stats. Figured I'd be a little different and take a look at playoff production. The highest point total belongs to Adam Oates with 156 Most games played goes to Big Joe Thornton with 187 (Probably a frustrating stat for him lol) Gilbert Perreault has the best PPG at 1.14 (good sample size for him as well with 90 GP) Going in I "felt" like Dionne or Perreault were probably my answer so I vote Perreault based on this info. Note: Stastny's stats are nearly identical to Perreault. Stastny and Perreault are closer statistically than Hank is to Dank lol. (just to put it in perspective) I just give it to Gilbert by a hair.
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A good reminder for me and probably some others as well. One of my all time favorite hockey memories is Matt Cooke's goal against Calgary in game 7 and we didn't even win the bloody game! It's alright to have fun folks! To be honest, even when I want the team to tank I still end up cheering for them whenever they score. I can't help it. It's only after the game that I really think about it. Cheers!
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[PGT] Vancouver Canucks at Chicago Blackhawks | Mar. 26, 2023
Baratheon replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
I'm not actually saying that they ARE being impatient to be honest. I reserve my judgement on new management. My point is just that if you take your foot off the gas for a year or two then it doesn't automatically drive away your star players. -
[PGT] Vancouver Canucks at Chicago Blackhawks | Mar. 26, 2023
Baratheon replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
Yep. It's not easy to tank when you have the talent that we do. I think most expected this year to be a better one. We agree for the most part. I DO think there's a way of building patiently without alienating your young stars however. Bo's patience might have paid off for him here if the team hadn't gambled for shorter term moves so many times over the years. -
[PGT] Vancouver Canucks at Chicago Blackhawks | Mar. 26, 2023
Baratheon replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
Sounds like you've put some thought in to this! Oh dear... now I'm thinking about it too. So if his junk is out and he's spinning around like that... you know what, never mind! -
[PGT] Vancouver Canucks at Chicago Blackhawks | Mar. 26, 2023
Baratheon replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
Good old polarized CDC!! It is a good thing that the team is coming together folks. They have made some shorter term moves and therefore we need next year to go well. Gelling under RT is an important step. You absolutely ARE allowed to feel disappointed that our draft position is being torpedoed however. While it's great that the team is playing well, it is not great that it's resulting in points. I'm not buying that Petey is some fragile little baby. He's not going to have his career derailed just because we didn't squeak out a few meaningless games.