Pinhead

Of course its revisionist history. This is CDC , where its all revisionist history depending on what they want to believe. The guy was terrible. He was SLOW. However, this back excuse crap never lead to any 'permanent damage' supposedly and never required any surgery either. How about the fact hes too slow? He is too slow to dominate the NHL, just like Kyle Wellwood is . Shroeder is fast, skilled, played at the College level and now the AHL level and produced. Hes also younger than Hodgson. More people need to start waking up to these basic facts.

You guys will never stop trying to hijack threads and make them all about Hodgson. Gillis tried desperately to avoid Hodgson . He talked about the canucks prospects as a whole until a reporter finally had to ask specifically about Cody. Even then, he says he has no idea if he can make the team, but he has high hopes for him. Like he does all our prospects. Its not something specific to Hodgson. Its not like he has high hopes for the clown but nobody esle. He then went on to talk about Connaution and Sauve in great detail. Gillis stated that to get a top 4 RENTAL he wasn't prepared to trade Hodgson. Now you tools are twisting that into EVERYONE wanted Hodgson . Isn't it great to hide behind the internet and make up chit anytime you feel like it? You guys do this all the time. ANYWAYS, can we get back to Jordan Schroeder now? The thread is supposed to be about him.

Im not a big believer in racially profiling guys due to their nationality. I think that its the person , not which country they were born in. Henrik (Sweden) Ryan (USA) could easily become captain or even co -captains. p.s. Derian Hatcher won the cup as a USA born captain in 1999.

Very well written article. Sometimes we have a tendency to defend our favorite players -as I do with Kesler himself . You have shown great restraint and objectivity regarding Lui and therefore get a full thumbs up. There is no reason why Lui cant be the off ice captain or 'honorary captain' and be left to concentrate on playing between the pipes. Cheers

We will re sign Welly and both Schroeder and Hodgson will be in Manitoba next year, unless injuries hit.

I would like to see what kind of season he has next year in manitoba. If he does well, he could be ready for the 2011 - 2012 season

Kesler has played brilliantly in the playoffs. Hes second in takeaways /giveaways behind Datsyuk , he has 9 points in 8 games, blocks shots , and is a plus 4. Even the US eastern media on Versus has been calling Kesler brilliant.

You guys are trying to make the Schroeder thread about Hodgson ? I have never seen a prospect so ridiculously over hyped in my life than Cody Hodgson. But back to Schroeder (remember him? its his thread right?) .... Hes already proving to be good enough to play in the AHL at 19 and not only that, thrive.

I've been thinking it over for the year since this thread has been going and now I can announce my decision. Yes. I think we really need Burrows.

I think we should trade Hodgson instead. He may never even make the NHL and Grabner has already shown he can.

c of team Canada since the pelim round? So ever since Canada played for real against Russia and Slovakia? Their offense, depth and grit has been outstanding. Their goal tending? In these two games (ECHL level Germany and Norway dont really count) against Russia and Slovakia , the GAA is 2.50 and a save percentage of sub .900

Schroeder is going to be a good pro i think.

Marcel Dionne were shrimps and are hall of famers. There or a whole pile of other guys who were good.

Flames owe the Yotes their first round pick from the Jokinen deal so if they miss the playoffs and they get some kind of lottery pick, there will be calls for sutters head. Phaneuf wanted out of Calgary, and the flames have to make a push to get into theplayoffs some how so Burkie had the upper hand. Burkie is enough trouble as it is for the Kessel trade but leaf fans will let their GMs do basically anything and still keep their job.

-It says so right in the post above you. Learn to read.

And while Im on the subject, the NHLPA should allow there to be a one time bonus to one guy per team per year for the guy who is totally getting underapid. Alex burrows sweated like a dog to make 500k and shut down guys with Ryan Kesler Then sweated like a dog to score 28 goals with the sedins for 500k. now hes going to get 40 goals maybe for 2mil bucks? Give me a break. FA should give Burr a 3mil dollar bonus this year. Im dead serious. I know its against the CBA and everyone would think they want a cut in the future blah blah.....................but this is an extremely special case of a guy whose been underpaid for a long time and has to live with this 2mil contract thru his top prime years until age 32 I think he should get a special owners bonus.

No matter how much hype Burrows is getting recently, hes STILL the most underrated guy in the NHL. They should have a 'under rated underpaid guy ' award. The most underrated guy ever was probably Ron Francais . Dont know who was the most underpaid. Probably Bobby Orr was the all time most under paid guy for what he brought to the ice. Lets go with the Burrows winning the unofficial Ron Francais unsung hero award for the entire NHL.