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  1. 1982 seems like a hundred years ago.........
  2. Got nominated for the Vezina last season (4th in voting). See more goalies imho.
  3. But "veteran mentorship" has an unquantifiable value. . . . . . . . That's all I got.
  4. A former #11 (I won't speak his name because it's like saying Beetlejuice three times!) was more like *sniffing* glue.
  5. Will be tough for the rookie Hogs to produce with Sutter as his center. Sutter will tend to get his goals no matter who his wingers are. Course his wingers won't likely produce.
  6. It's not the size of a dog in a fight (not that I am condoning dog fights in any way) but the size of the fight in the dog.
  7. Dale Tallon could've been that player but they screwed around with his development (playing on a real expansion club didn't help either) by shifting him to center & back again to D (and so on & so on). For being the consolation prize in that draft (missing legit HHOFer Gilbert Perreault), he had that kind of talent.
  8. Been *OVER* twenty years since the Panthers have made the post-season two years in a row (something which they're currently well on their way of doing with their current record of tied for 2nd overall in the league standings). And again, this is only his 2nd season behind the bench. Granted, it's early but it seems like he's been able to take that team to the next level (regardless of what he might or might not have inherited). We, on the other hand, seem to be going in circles (I think we're better than our record indicates - at least on paper imho).
  9. Don't forget another *key* difference between that Hawks team and these Canucks. The head coach. I mean, look at the Panthers, who while they were a 1st round exit, still managed to make the post-season the first season under coach Q (after missing the playoffs for a number of years). Look at their record THIS season. Coach Q >>> Travis Green The Duke of Wellington: "I used to say of him (Napoleon) that his presence on the field made the difference of 40,000 men
  10. What value could Rousel have the way he's playing? Might as well just keep him vs getting an extremely late round pick + retaining a chunk of his salary. Plus he has a modified NTC (and people complained about Gillis handing out too many NTCs).
  11. Bingo. Could he have done better than Gillis in 2008? Probably. But Rutherford isn’t coming into remotely the same situation here now if he became GM of the Canucks in 2021.
  12. Meh, traded vs signed as a free agent. Signing Loui E as a free agent might make it less worse than trading for him but it doesn’t not make it an awful mistake. As for trading Pearson. Does it matter he wanted out that you trade him for a 4 million dollar #6 defenseman? Pearson is /was still a useful player. Sure inheriting two generational players, legit #1 D and a stud goalie doesn’t guarantee success. But it sure makes the job easier. We’ll just have to agree to disagree. Peace.
  13. He traded for Jack Johnson and Gudbranson. Inherited Crosby, Malkin, Fleury, and Letang. Yeah, I’ll give him credit for his work on the Canes but that was a while ago.
  14. Considering the way the team is playing, it's actually a good idea the arena is empty.
  15. If I’m not mistaken, one of those PHD drills ended the career of the pride of Prince George- Darcy Rota. But yes, 54 is way too young. RIP.
  16. Watch Stevens carefully on SOME of his patented hits. His defensive partner, unless I’m mistaken, often funneled the opposing player towards the headhunter Stevens (legal hit back then).
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