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  • Birthday 09/24/1938

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  1. ain't they got no learnin?

  2. ain't they got no learnin?

  3. back before bure's arrival, i wrote the canucks and proposed a trade that would have been the worst trade in canuck's history. right to bure to edmonton for dave hunter. harry neale wrote me back and thanked me for my interest and support. i thought that was super, especially after bure got here and was so amazing. whatever happened to that team and fans loyalty and communication? shame, if they can take their game and go home if they don't like how their fans feel about their product. are they looking for sheep? i don't know who actually killed this form but someone should come by and explain why.
  4. don't know if its true but i read that clint eastwood died. anyone know for sure?
  5. i think i did but but not sure.
  6. Joe we need you on our new forums! https://www.forumcanucks.com/

     

    Make an account so we can continue this great community with you! If you need any help at all, please let me or any one else who can help you know!

     

    You are such an integral member of our group.

  7. for me, it was family. when iwas stuck and needed help or encouragement cdc family was there. when i needed someone to stay with me after eye surgery in terrace, chon derry came from rupert to make that happen. when my brother died, deb was so consoling and even offered to talk with his wife. many members over the years have offered their support. as the oldest member on cdc, these things mean everything to me. chon derry and j.a.n.i.a.h.n. have both been to my place in smithers, several times. thank you. and deb went to 2 canuck games with me. i will remember.
  8. not having this site, is like experiencing a great event and then not having anyone to tell. makes my cocoon diminish further. this has been like a family to me. why take them away? why?
  9. I hope you sign up to the new forum Joe 

     

    https://www.forumcanucks.com/

  10. most interested in kudryavtsev, brzusewicz, mcdonough and zlodeyev. i think they will all make the canucks someday.
  11. i have to admit for much of my early life, i was very selfish. most everything i did i did for my own gratification. i was in my 3rd year coaching little league baseball when that began to change. this is the story of ray. i believe it was my first year coaching baseball in newton, which would have been in 1970. we had tryouts and then a draft.there were two buys with the same last name, but not related. when i called out ray's name, the other coaches started laughing. they so ran the kid down and when they told me i could change my pick, i said no,he is the boy i wanted. to say that ray was uncoordinated would be an understatement. if the ball was hit his way, he would put his glove in front of his face. when he went to throw the ball, it went sideways. at batting, ray would miss the ball by a foot or more. i was having trouble teaching him the game. it wasn't long before the other boys took him aside and told him he should quit. you're ruining our team and we don't want you here, they told him. later, ray's mother phoned me and asked if i would come over as ray wanted to quit the team. i have to admit that on the way there, i was thinking of telling her that i thought he should too. when i arrived, his mom told me how much she appreciated my being the only positive male influence in ray's life. ray lived with his mom and two sisters and they were very protective of ray. before he came in, his mom told me the story of ray. three years earlier, when he was seven, ray and his father were out fishing in the middle of a large lake. suddenly, his father suffered a heart attack and all he could get out was, "ray get help " ray rowed the boat into the shore, crying as he struggled with the oars. sadly, his dad died before help arrived. ray became withdrawn and joining the baseball team was the first time joining in with others. when ray came in, i told him that if he came back, there would be no more trouble with the other boys. i phoned the rest of the team and asked them to come to practice fifteen minutes early. when they came, i told them the story of ray. i told them, if they did what i wanted them to do, that they would see a miracle happen before their eyes. throughout that season and next,the boys all became like big brothers. they helped him and encouraged him. ray did improve but not to the level of the other boys. by the time my son was three and because i lived in north delta, i decide i should switch and coach there. a few years later, i ran into my fellow coach from newton. he said ray never came back to baseball but instead joined a football team and apparently became a pretty decent player. three years later, i moved to smithers. several years after that, my old fellow coach from newton, came through smithers and looked me up. he told me what each boy was doing now. i asked him about ray. he said sadly, that ray had died of leukemia a couple of years after i moved to smithers. he said ray's positive attitude helped his mother and sisters cope with losing him. it may be hard to see a miracle there, but i believe there was one. to me, the story of ray lives on. the story of ray doesn't define my life, but it sure set me on a new course for the rest of my life.
  12. i wouldn't mind if the canucks gave up a 3rd round pick for logan thompson.

    he could fight out between between silovs and martin for back up.

    by all reports he has an excellent future. perhaps silova an thompson  would be a good tandem someday.  he makes less than 800,000 this season.

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    2. Citizen Erased

      Citizen Erased

      Exactly, @Ghostsof1915. That’s why signing Schneider makes more sense. All it costs is a roster spot and the league minimum salary.

    3. FlippersUp

      FlippersUp

      Thompson had an incredible season. Though Hill got all the playoff glory Thompson played 10 more reg season games and showed fantastically I had him in my hockey pool. If he was available I would offer a lot more than a 3rd. 

    4. -AJ-

      -AJ-

      Thompson would cost far more than a 3rd, unfortunately.

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