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  1. that would be a dream... can we get him here fast enough to beatup marchand on December 8th
  2. the worst was if you had call waiting and someone would call the line while you were online...the modem would hang up!
  3. ok fair enough. We have had precedent for this in the past. Linden gets traded for Bertuzzi + and changed the course of the team for years to come. I guess trading one of the older core guys might have a similar effect. I guess my perspective is we are in this hole after 8 years, team looks worst than it did when Benning took over, and its almost been a decade. Im not sure if I want him around anymore making decisions that will affect the team years down the road...coz im really disappointed with the present state of the team.
  4. not sure what you mean here Sam....you thinking that a new GM would be a bad thing coz he would scrap everything and start over?
  5. The dirtbag Marchand has a hearing today for the slew foot.  Any guesses to what he gets

    https://www.nbcsports.com/boston/bruins/bruins-brad-marchand-has-hearing-nhl-slew-footing-oliver-ekman-larsson

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    2. Dekey Pete

      Dekey Pete

      A fine.  Some amount that's a complete drop in the bucket of his annual take home salary.

    3. Patel Bure

      Patel Bure

      Meh.  I stopped caring about Marchand and the 2011 Bruins in 2014 when my Seahawks won the Super Bowl.  If the league wants to act in a biased manner towards both Marchand and the Bruins, more power to them.  

    4. JM_

      JM_

      rat boys biggest impact on the game was smart positioning for an opportunistic goal, his antics didn't tilt the game.

  6. I was gonna make fun of Feaster … but seeing where our team is now and where Benning has led them all I will say is Good luck Mark Jankowski - ex Highschool phenom
  7. I don’t even want to think of trading anyone that is considered a core player until a new management team is in place.
  8. You got to think that if they could kill a $&% penalty and BB and EP were putting up points like they used to the team wouldn’t be in the toilet. I can’t recall two young players falling off a Cliff like this in Vancouver. Still not good enough. No 3c. Only two real top 4 dmen, no toughness, no glue players that can PK. Add a coach who is in over good head. This all starts at the top. 8 years in , time to clean house with a big broom
  9. Nightmare of a season. Historically awful yet nobody has lost their job
  10. yup, it all starts at the top imho. its the wrong mix of players with the wrong coach. It is apparent now that guys like Edler, Tanev, Beagle kept this team from being real bad. Guys willing to block shots, win board battles and provide some leadership. Losing those guys was like pulling the lynchpin on the grenade. They pulled the bandaid and exposed this team for what it really is. I might throw sutter in that list just because he was a competent 3c that could kill penalties and win draws, although a little expensive. Schenn threw a big hit today, rattled the other guy. The play seemed so unusual, a Canuck player drilling a guy and separating him from the puck. Our top two lines cant do that. Our defence in general is soft. We really only have 2 top 4 d men. The rest would be bottom pairing d guys at best on good teams. A bunch of guys on the perimeter in the O zone with only the smallest guys willing to the dirty areas. The poster above (i think @khay) brought up an excellent comparison- this team is like the oilers of the 2010s. So true. The scary part is that without a clear plan and a very shrewd management team we are likely to be stuck in this buffalo style purgatory for years. 8 years in, its time for a change and a change in direction.
  11. Geez, i remember the same talk around Trevor Linden starting in the 95 season and up till he was traded. Too soft, doesnt lead, doesnt fight. I think Bo is a decent 2nd line centre and probably a really good 3c (on a really good team). It doesnt help that he is saddled with Pearson and a revolving door of wingers on the opposite wing. Bo is the type of player that will elevate his game in the playoffs, we have seen it on the occasions that the Canucks have actually made the playoffs. In 2015 I thought he outshone any of Calgary's young players, 18 year old included. In the bubble he was a beast. Anyhow, the following is a link to the Canuck usenet newsgroup - it was the first Canuck forum on usenet/internet, and existed way before this website. Have a look at what fans were saying about Linden in the mid-late 90s, and see the parallels here. Then ask yourself was the criticism warranted? I think we are doing the same thing now. (warning...there were no moderators back then so some of the language is foul ;-) https://groups.google.com/g/alt.sports.hockey.nhl.vanc-canucks/c/W7JVKsUiHO8/m/2cV328bY4D4J https://groups.google.com/g/alt.sports.hockey.nhl.vanc-canucks/c/r1a7ihYtfkA/m/AYaYJi53PRAJ
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