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[DEBATE] Which #8 in their CANUCKS prime are you taking?
-AJ- replied to Elias Pettersson's topic in Canucks Talk
Crazy. Two of my all-time favourite Canucks on here in Mitchell and Tanev. That said, there are some other good names here too. Very hard to compare offensive forwards to defensive defensemen, but I'll try. I could legitimately see my top 5 completely rearranged. 1. Bobby Schmautz The only reason I chose Schmautz at 1st over some tough competition is that he famously (perhaps not famously enough) scored 7 goals in 2 games as a Canuck, scoring three in one game and then four the next. He led the Canucks in scoring in 1972-73 and set a new Canuck record with 38 goals and 71 points. He also came back one year in 1980-81 and was a key part of the team as a veteran. 2. Rick Blight Blight scored 68 points in 1976-77 in his best career year and was 31st in NHL scoring (1st among Canucks). On top of this, though he never scored, Blight did have 5 assists in 5 playoff games with the Canucks during the 70s. 3. Greg Adams Late 80s and 90s fans who didn't watch in 70s might find it crazy that I have Adams this low, but Adams scored his career bests in the 80s when everyone's grandma was scoring 80 points. That said, Adams did finish 2nd on the Canucks in scoring in 1987-88 with 76 points and was on pace for 89 points in 84 games in 1992-93, but he was injured. He was solid in the 1994 playoffs, but more known for scoring clutch goals than providing steady offense. He was an outstanding performer in the 1993 playoffs, however, with 7 goals and 13 points in 12 games. 4. Willie Mitchell The only edge I gave Mitchell over Tanev was his physicality. Both of them were incredible defensive defensemen who didn't put up many points, but Mitchell could hit sometimes too and would also drop the gloves from time to time. 5. Chris Tanev In a contest for the best defensive defenseman I have ever seen on the Canucks (roughly from 2001 onwards). Only Mitchell rivals him in my mind. 6. Peter McNab As stated by @4petesake, his best years were earlier in his career, with the Bruins. He played only a bit over a year in Vancouver and was solid, but not spectacular with 48 points in 76 games. 7. Donald Brashear One of the fiercest heavyweight fighters to ever play for the Canucks, Brashear has the current Canuck record for most PIM in a season with 372, which also led the league. Even still, he could score a few goals, peaking in 2000-01 with 9 goals and 19 assists for a solid 28 points in 79 games. Curiously enough, in those playoffs, his only with Vancouver, he had 0 PIM in 4 games as they lost to the Avalanche in the first round. 8. Jim Nill I suspect I don't know enough about Jim Nill to accurately rate him, but his offensive numbers are very underwhelming, especially for 80s hockey. That said, I do believe he's the first Canuck to ever score a playoff overtime winning goal in later than the 1st overtime, scoring the winner against the Black Hawks in game 1 of the 1982 Western Conference Finals at 8:58 of the 2nd overtime as a trade deadline acquisition (I think). Given Nill's relatively lengthy NHL career, it's reasonable to guess that he was a defensive forward for many teams in the 80s and that his calling card was not offense, but keeping the puck away from his net. -
Abbotsford Canucks Season Ticket Pricing Announced
-AJ- replied to -AJ-'s topic in Prospects / Farm Team
34 games makes up all the home games. I probably just didn't realize how expensive hockey tickets are, since I've never purchased full price tickets to anything more than WHL games. I was hoping maybe a small 10-game pack or something would be viable, but I may just have to go to a few games instead. For some reason I was hoping the prices would be comparable to CHL games. -
I have the same problem. Haven't been able to watch any of these clips.
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Got an email today about the season ticket pricing: https://abbotsford.canucks.com/tickets/?mc_cid=f06c96ab93&mc_eid=25396a7b76 Maybe it's just me, but some of these seem on the expensive side to me, at least to get decent tickets. Maybe I'm just too unfamiliar with the prices of good tickets to hockey games.
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Jake Virtanen banner still up at Rogers place ( article)
-AJ- replied to cuporbust's topic in Canucks Talk
Slow news day. -
NHL owners approve jersey ads for 2022-23 season
-AJ- replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in General Hockey Discussion
If it's inevitable, the kind you posted would be the best option, but I still don't personally feel it's a good option. -
NHL owners approve jersey ads for 2022-23 season
-AJ- replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in General Hockey Discussion
Personally, it's still too much of a foul to me. I can live with a single small ad on the helmets, but I feel like the jerseys are too far. Also, there's the slippery slope case which I think is legitimate. -
[DEBATE] Which #7 in their CANUCKS prime are you taking?
-AJ- replied to Elias Pettersson's topic in Canucks Talk
Which one? -
[DEBATE] Which #7 in their CANUCKS prime are you taking?
-AJ- replied to Elias Pettersson's topic in Canucks Talk
Went with Ronning. B-Mo would be #2 and Boudrias #3. Pederson probably gets 4th. -
NHL owners approve jersey ads for 2022-23 season
-AJ- replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in General Hockey Discussion
Kind of sad, but not surprising. Sort of ruins the prospect of buying jerseys. Either you buy a jersey with some dumb ad on it or you buy a jersey without an ad, but that doesn't look like what the players actually play. There's no winning. -
For some reason I forgot your schtick with Green, lol.
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I just could truly see both a disaster start or a beautiful start. Both seem like somewhat realistic worlds to me.
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I'll guess 4-4-1, but I could see it honestly anything from 0-9 to 9-0.
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It's definitely noteworthy, but also noteworthy that Green trusted most other defenders more on the PK than Juolevi. That said, as you state, giving such a young player PK time at all is indicative of what Green thinks he can learn and do going forward. I expect Juolevi to gradually play a more prominent PK role as time goes on.
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Juolevi averaged 0:50 of PK time per game, which among defensemen with more than 1 game places him 6th only ahead of Hughes and Chatfield. That said, Benn (5th), Schmidt (4th), and Edler (1st) are all gone now, so Juolevi may end up being used a bit more on the PK in this coming year, though there's a chance that OEL gets some PK time ahead of Juolevi too. I'd expect Myers and Hamonic to probably be our top PK pairing and then maybe OEL and Juolevi to be the PK 2 pairing for this upcoming year. OEL might take a spot on the 1st PK if he can prove defensively sound enough.
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Personally, I wouldn't mind some sort of ceremony and then the bringing of the numbers back into circulation. It feels weird to have a sort of unspoken, unofficial understanding of retired numbers. Either make it official or don't retire/restrict them at all.
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[Signing] Canucks re-sign Jason Dickinson
-AJ- replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Roughly as expected. Three years is fine. Now on to the big final two. -
[Report] Jagr forced to keep playing
-AJ- replied to grandmaster's topic in General Hockey Discussion
Kind of sad really. Players should feel free to retire when they want to and they're not enjoying the game anymore. It sounds like to me that Jagr feels done with hockey for now. -
[DEBATE] Who is the greatest player in Vancouver Canucks history?
-AJ- replied to Elias Pettersson's topic in Canucks Talk
Looks like you and I both commit the unpardonable sin in Canuckland by having Bure outside of our top 5. The twins are 1 & 2 for me followed by Linden and 3, Naslund at 4, and Smyl at 5. -
[DEBATE] Who is the greatest player in Vancouver Canucks history?
-AJ- replied to Elias Pettersson's topic in Canucks Talk
To be fair, if Lemieux plays more than 22 games in 1993-94, Bure doesn't lead the NHL in goals. Lemieux had 17 goals in 22 games that year. -
[DEBATE] Who is the greatest player in Vancouver Canucks history?
-AJ- replied to Elias Pettersson's topic in Canucks Talk
That would again depend somewhat on longevity. There are a few who've been incredible in shorter stints like Quinn Hughes or even Thatcher Demko. That said, if we're going all-time, I would have to probably put it between Linden and Bure--both are excellent choices. Some of the '82 guys would be good choices if they didn't struggle so much in subsequent years. -
[DEBATE] Who is the greatest player in Vancouver Canucks history?
-AJ- replied to Elias Pettersson's topic in Canucks Talk
You might be right about that. A Top 40 Canucks list done in 2011 on CDC had Linden at #1 and I think Bure was at #2 on that list. -
[DEBATE] Who is the greatest player in Vancouver Canucks history?
-AJ- replied to Elias Pettersson's topic in Canucks Talk
Probably true, but there are also a lot of different valuations of players. It's likely that fans choosing Mellanby are very nostalgic mid 90s fans and remember the '96 run fondly. I think we all tend to romanticize some of our favourite eras and we see the same here with the '82 run, '94 run, WCE, and '11 run from fans usually of varying ages. No doubt I would probably rank Bure higher had I not been a toddler during his best years in Vancouver. -
[DEBATE] Who is the greatest player in Vancouver Canucks history?
-AJ- replied to Elias Pettersson's topic in Canucks Talk
True, but Mellaby's career was already done by 2009, at least for the Panthers, so the timing difference wouldn't make a difference in that case. -
[DEBATE] Who is the greatest player in Vancouver Canucks history?
-AJ- replied to Elias Pettersson's topic in Canucks Talk
For reference, when I conducted the Top 50 Canucks of All-Time polls a bit over a year ago, Henrik came out on top. The Top 5 was as follows: 1. Henrik Sedin 2. Daniel Sedin 3. Trevor Linden 4. Pavel Bure 5. Markus Naslund That said, the poll for #1 was interesting too: