UFCanuck Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Haha!!! Yes! So Happy Garrison signed with Vancouver. What great news to come home too!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCRenegade Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Awesome!!! couldn't be happier, lets hope MG is able to find a centerman for the beginning of the season that can play wing when Kes gets back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etsen3 Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Seems like a bit of an overpayment to me...but actually I'm ok with overpaying in this case. Compared to some other ridiculous signings by other teams, and the fact that Garrison turned down larger offers to play with Canucks, it doesn't seem as bad. With Salo leaving, we needed a Top 6 defenseman badly, and I'm glad MG was able to pull this off. If we didn't get it done, someone else would have. That's free agency after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Brahma Bull Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 A Schneider parody account, still had me chuckling though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mookie Wilson Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 So on paper, we're almost back to where we were in 10-11. Hamhuis Bieksa Edler Ehrhoff Ballard Salo Hamhuis Bieksa Edler Garrison Ballard Tanev I still think we're one good veteran defenseman away from that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa... We are NOT back to 10-11 depth level. NO ROME = WE ARE FRACKED. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UFCanuck Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 never heard of him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlvlw Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Lol. Say what you want about him, but he was a pretty good depth defenseman that AV just happened to have a love affair with. Imagine if we could convince Carle to buy into our cap system and sign for around 4.5.... Hamhuis Bieksa Edler Garrison Ballard Carle *Drool* I know there's the whole cap issue, but defence wins championships, and that D is stacked. We could always acquire a young elite player on an ELC, or a cheap veteran player for the top 6. Worse comes to worst, having Higgins-Kesler-Booth as the second line isn't so bad if we could have that D-core. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unknown33429 Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Watch hockey much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 So the D-core is going to score goals instead of Higgins-Kesler-Booth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unknown33429 Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Well a good defence that can move the puck actually does help the forwards score more. But I meant we would be a wall defensively, so being a high scoring team wouldn't be necessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Yeah and don't forget those Sedin guys. They had some pretty good years offensively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UFCanuck Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 I mainly watch Canucks so I hadn't heard much aboout him. Tough to follow all teams with work and life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMapleLaughs Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Yup. Early in the season Garrison was a poolie's wet dream. Then reality sunk in and teams started playing Florida a bit harder. Let there be no mistake: $4.6mil IS an overpayment. But on July 1st, everything is. Still manageable for the 3rd-best defender available. TOML Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unknown33429 Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 I work 9 hours a day, full time school, go out. I Still know about him, watching tv isn't difficult, at least not for me. He was leading the league in goals by a d-men for a long portion of the season, he was talked about a lot on sportscenter and other highlight shows. Not to mention in the playoffs when TSN kept calling him the key to the Panther Powerplay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray_Cathode Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 That is one BEAUTIFUL Top 4 we've got! Hamhuis - Bieksa Edler - Garrison P.S. give this a read! http://www.the6thsen...931.html and http://www.theglobea...article1983801/ (we have 3 of the top 10, and 4 of the top 20 defensive D-men!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Garrison was a top defender on a longshot team that took the Eastern Conference champion team to the brink in 7 games. That should say it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panelguy Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Something wrong with getting a good big local guy ? The price Tampa paid for Salo is outrageous by comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Tamland Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Feels like an overpayment for another left handed dman and possibly one hit wonder. i hope I am wrong, but it just feels like too much for too long... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunningWild Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Good read: http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=636919 Garrison is confident he'll get that chance with a Canucks team that has won the last two Presidents' Trophies as the NHL's top regular-season team. In addition to talking with Raymond about locker-room dynamics, he has gotten to know a handful of other Canucks veterans at pick-up skates around Vancouver over the last couple of summers. And Garrison had a front-row seat for the run to Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final two summers ago. "I live downtown, so I was right in the heart of that whole experience," he said, "and I'm not going to lie. I was extremely jealous – I think that is the polite way to put it – and now I'm just looking forward to being in that position with them next time." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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