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He was a 5th round pick so those guys tend to be a huge work in process. Even 2nd round picks have roughly a 75% of never having a real NHL career. Still, he has a small chance to have a longer career than one former 6th overall pick by the Vancouver Canucks. A boom or bust pick (Gaudette) as if he couldn’t crack the top 6, it was unlikely he’d be able to adjust his game to handle the bottom six.
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His real life brother is actually a Priest! I’m sure he put in a good word for his brother to be “made” up there.
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[Signing] Penguins re-sign Kris Letang
NewbieCanuckFan replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Didn't he have to get "credit" in terms of shares of the team because the Uber contract he signed where the owner of the team went bankrupt? -
[Signing] Penguins re-sign Kris Letang
NewbieCanuckFan replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Mario wished he got that same retirement deal contract from the Pens. -
Bryan Marchment passes away
NewbieCanuckFan replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in General Hockey Discussion
I think he had karma when the last "patented hit of his" the threw in professional hockey actually ended his own career. That said, I echo your thoughts (re: "Tough on Mason and his whole family for sure". Too young (Bryan Marchment)). -
[Report] Kaprizov Flees, and is now Wanted in Russia
NewbieCanuckFan replied to AngryElf's topic in General Hockey Discussion
Bure was a special case in that nobody thought he was eligible (& thus was available for us). But we had a special operative in Russia who "found" alleged missing documents (lol, get him on finding Hillary's emails!) that supported him being draft eligible. That's what missing from our management since then. When you deal with dirty dealing people like the Bruins management, you gotta get your hands dirty as well. -
[Report] Kaprizov Flees, and is now Wanted in Russia
NewbieCanuckFan replied to AngryElf's topic in General Hockey Discussion
They're not the ones going to be sent "to the front". It'll be the poor individuals who don't have the money and/or high profile (like athletes) to bribe their way past their equivalent of a draft board. -
Problem is Batman (McDavid or Draisaitl) has his Robin. They have TWO of them not just one. Fortunately for us, we've got a trump card (Demko).
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I miss the good old days of attending SFU during a heavy snow where riders would all get asked to get off the bus at the ‘bottom of the hill’ so the bus can make it up the steep climb to campus.
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Bryan Marchment passes away
NewbieCanuckFan replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in General Hockey Discussion
Wasn't he the guy that gave knee hits or am confusing him with another player? In any event, RIP. -
Thing is with that overpaid contract (Garrison), Benning was able to deal him for a 2nd round pick *WITHOUT* taking any salary back. So he was hardly a disaster signing & did have some tradable value. He faded because of injury issues after he came here (recurring groin injury) not because he was on the downside of his career. Still managed to play on a playoff team (Bolts) top 4 for two years before that injury really crattered his performance for two seasons in Tampa - that's a *FULL FOUR SEASONS* after Gillis gave him that retirement contract. I'm not sure that's a good example.
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[Report] Sharks name Mike Grier as GM
NewbieCanuckFan replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in General Hockey Discussion
He just needs a sudden epidemic of Shark players over 30 years old with high cap hits developing career ending equipment rashes. Course we know that hasn't happened before. -
[Buyout] Colin White
NewbieCanuckFan replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
That's racist. -
[Report] Sharks name Mike Grier as GM
NewbieCanuckFan replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in General Hockey Discussion
How he'll do will depend on the type of assistants or auxilory support staff he is surrounded with. Else if he's like Jim Benning (rookie NHL GM) put with rookie President & rookie head coach; it might not be all that successful for a period of time. Unfortunately for us, Pat Quinn passed away. I think Benning would've had a far easier time had he some veteran guy behind the scenes "easing him in" (aiding Linden as well). -
Which Canuck were you wrong about? Good or Bad?
NewbieCanuckFan replied to danjr's topic in Canucks Talk
One of those GM's was responsible for 4 of those 6 "failed" 1st round picks. His name was Pat Quinn. Being a successful GM requires more than drafting. -
Which Canuck were you wrong about? Good or Bad?
NewbieCanuckFan replied to danjr's topic in Canucks Talk
Well he was. Just not in one season. -
There’s a clear difference between a player that is a bit overpaid but still provides some service on the ice. Even Loui E was an ok 4th defensive winger and his insured contract was greatly front end loaded. Still big negative value because of his cap hit. Arizona still was willing to take on his negative value contract because of the actual cash he was to be paid. Ferland’s contract is worse than that because even the Yotes wouldn’t go near his contract. Ferland will in all likelihood never play hockey again so he serves no purpose even on a team's AHL affiliate. Uses up 1 of a team's 50 professional contracts slots AND costs a team several million dollars. It's one thing to pay a guy that much to play on the Abby Canucks (at least a guy like Loui E would play decently enough at level of hockey) but it's another to tell your boss (the owner) I want to acquire a guy that is a "no work job/no show job" (to use a Sopranos reference) without getting one heck of an additional asset to compensate for that.