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they are a weird team. first look at all the good GMs they have had then they boot Talon upstairs and replace him with Rowe While TO and Zona go young and new age, Fla goes Old and new age with Rowe then they boot Rowe downstairs or sideways but keep both him and Talon, after Rowe fires Gallant BUt compare that to all the trepidition in Canuckville about "not being able to attract free agents" etc if we trade one who doesn't work out Florida fires Gallant and hires Joel Q and the team is still terrible It must be the hockey players (past and present) dream to live in Fla
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of all the weird things Gillis did in Vancouver those are what bug you most? How about naming Luongo Captain or that horrible contract? But Sundin, Grabner and Sturm? Even Willie, man I loved Willie Mitchell, I was at the game when he got hurt, but he was in danger of becoming Brandon Sutter, he missed 25 games his first year in LA and the whole season 2 years later. Like I said I liked Willie, but kudos to Gillis for not getting all sentimental and overpaying a guy who might have been a boat anchor. Gillis signed enough bad contracts, but not as many as Jim. Willie just was not one of them. And good for Willie for making it back into the league, the odds were against him.
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Druken? somebody remembers Druken? I remember the Drake, Baron, Brandon Reid, Klatt, Mr Saturday night, the Mattress lLine, OBywan, Weinrich, That guy that looked like Burtuzzi Arturs, Back UP Bob, actually the whole goalie graveyard, THE GREATEST 4TH LINER NOT IN THE NHL, Fedor, Keane, the guy that went on to become a country singer, ol' daisyhead Maysey, jarko, HORDICHUK, sOPEL, mALIK, 38 games of Sundin, PETTINGZoo , that guy that played here twice and the other guy that played here 3 times, I can remember a lot of the 2000s, but for the life of me I cannot remember one shift of Harold Druken... but i think we traded him to the Leafs
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[PGT] Arizona Coyotes at Vancouver Canucks | Mar. 04, 2020
lmm replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
I went to a book launch and sushi and the tail end of a new political party launch as well, fun night then I cam home and watched this debacle on tape at least I skipped past Murth-Sat-Mac I did tune in for the dog race though, Jakes dog plays like the Canucks -
[PGT] Arizona Coyotes at Vancouver Canucks | Mar. 04, 2020
lmm replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
that dog is so Virtanen, good north -south run for 1/2 the race, got distracted by a cmeraman, went east-west and backwards for a while , then refocused sprinted to the finish -
[PGT] Arizona Coyotes at Vancouver Canucks | Mar. 04, 2020
lmm replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
I thought Benn moved his guy out while Sutter slept beside crouse -
[PGT] Arizona Coyotes at Vancouver Canucks | Mar. 04, 2020
lmm replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
he is channelling his inner Adrien Plavsic -
[PGT] Arizona Coyotes at Vancouver Canucks | Mar. 04, 2020
lmm replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
Sutter boxed Crouse out like a champ -
[PGT] Arizona Coyotes at Vancouver Canucks | Mar. 04, 2020
lmm replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
that is because after hemming them in their end we invariably try an ill-advised pass to the point that gets picked off. Horvat with a beauty tonight, although he was not the only one -
[PGT] Arizona Coyotes at Vancouver Canucks | Mar. 04, 2020
lmm replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
ya that was all because of the fight bench MacEwen!!!! what, that was last game Still his fault, a poorly timed fight can last for games -
I don't think it has anything to do with playing dirty. StL won the cup with 6 huge D-men, they do not play dirty, but they have very few player that need others to step up for them. The Canucks used to talk about 'team toughness' StL has team toughness. They are tough enough that they don't need to play rough or dirty
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I agree it was a turning point, but how is Zack supposed know that his team turns to mush after a fight? This has been going on since the Naslund era, there was some talk a few years back about changing the culture, but that has died down without an actual change. This is a team that seems to think it can One Punch its way through rough stuff. Do they actually think 'well we answered the bell, now we can get back to a nice game'? It sure looks like it from where i sit. It has seemed for a long time that the Canucks would prefer the staged goon fight era, so 2 guys can saw off and the rest of the team goes about their business.
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i agree 100% but the answer from many fans is "Its an 82 game schedule and you can't play that way for 82 games. But that is why, as you said, you need more than 1 or 2 guys. and there are a lot of small time toughs in the NHL who will take advantage of the Canucks because they know how we play, but if they knew we would bring it they would want no part. Mike Matheson comes to mind. We would still have to deal with the Matt Martins of the world, (and it would be awesome) but not the Mike Mathesons.
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Guber was always mis-cast from the day he arrived in Vancouver. He was sheltereds in FLA, playing with the likes of Willie Mitchel and Brian Campbell. He should have played with Edler from day 1, but he was used as the steady hand to anchor Benny Hutton on the 2nd pair. I seem to recall Gube thought he was going to score more and Jim +co thought he was the stabilizer on the 2nd pair. Turned out he was neither, but he did play the tough guy pretty good. now Benny and Guber are playing pretty well, albeit in diminished roles in the same city on different teams, still on bad teams. As for the forward, MacEwen could be that guy, but the rest of the team seems to go into a coma when ever a Cancuks gets into a fight
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Well I wouldn't hold my breath, John and John, and all the other Johns still talk about "Pocketing a point" all these years later like the rest of us don't know its a bloody loser point. Just once I'd like John to say to John, "well one of these teams just pocketed a loseer point, now we'll see who wins the game"