[Signing] Canucks re-sign Jake Virtanen

[Hogs & Podz]

52 minutes ago, PhillipBlunt said:

The Wikipedia article is a fail as it fails to include Todd Bertuzzi, who was the prototypical power forward who could have (and would have) destroyed over half the mentioned names.

Lol!  I noticed that!  Obviously the Wikipedia writer was not a canuck fan... Or maybe didn't want to deal with the repercussions of using a polarizing figure such as Bert.  I mean most Canucks fans know, support and forgive his actions in Steve Moore 'incident' but many hockey fans do not... So I get why this wiki author didn't include arguably the greatest power forward of all time!

[Kanukfanatic]

On 8/12/2018 at 3:47 AM, Rodishred said:

I swear to god... Every Virtanen thread turns to a bunch of posters wining and going around and around in circles.  I am grouchy... And am annoyed by this topic going off the rails due to the definition of power forward.  So I Wikipedia'd it:

 

In ice hockey, power forward (PWF) is a loosely applied characterization of a forwardwho is big and strong, equally capable of playing physically or scoring goals and would most likely have high totals in both points and penalties.^[1] It is usually used in reference to a forward who is physically large, with the toughness to dig the puck out of the corners, possesses offensive instincts, has mobility, puck-handling skills,^[2][3] may be difficult to knock off the puck or to push away from the front of the goal^[4] and willingly engage in fights when he feels it is required.^[5]Possessing both physical size and offensive ability, power forwards are also often referred to as the 'complete' hockey player.^[6][7]

Historically, power forward was not originally a hockey term, finding comparatively recent origins from basketball.^[8][9] Harry Sinden, former president of the Boston Bruins, claims power forward first became part of hockey terminology because of the style of play of Cam Neely, an NHL player from 1983 to 1996, who could play ruggedly and also score goals.^[7][10]

Players who have been described as power forwards include Wendel Clark,^[11][12] Ryan Getzlaf,^[13] Clark Gillies,^[14] Jarome Iginla,^[5][10]Tim Kerr,^[10] John LeClair,^[10] Eric Lindros,^[10][15] Milan Lucic,^[16] Mark Messier,^[10][17] Keith Primeau,^[18] Brendan Shanahan,^[10][19][20] Ryan Smyth,^[21] Kevin Stevens,^[10][22] Keith Tkachuk,^[10] and Rick Tocchet.^[10]

 

^{Wikipedia is not the end all be all but this seems like a reasonable description... Now can we go back to talking about other aspects to Virtanen's game etc?}

Loosey goosey definition. No heights or weights. If the guy is 5'11" at 189 but very strong and does those other things is he a PWF? Plus who cares...

 

The whole argument before were lazy posters saying PWFs take longer to develop...even though it has been shown many wingers, centres, d-men, and goalies that turned out to be great players also took longer to develop.

 

The fact you put a wiki definition on and said you were annoyed speaks to how you missed the entire point.