canuck73_3 Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 (edited) 1 minute ago, King Heffy said: Yep, flipping off the crowd sure isn't an attitude issue, never mind the long list of classless behaviour by Lucic. It was Montreal, not like they ooze class themselves. Also donating time to a family of a sick child trumps fingering a crowd once. Edited October 2, 2019 by canuck73_3 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzle Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 Just now, King Heffy said: Yep, flipping off the crowd sure isn't an attitude issue, never mind the long list of classless behaviour by Lucic. Insisting on wearing number 66 - Ho Sang - should tell you A LOT about him. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuck73_3 Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/ference-touched-story-5-year-old-fan/ what an awful guy eh? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 16 minutes ago, Dazzle said: Insisting on wearing number 66 - Ho Sang - should tell you A LOT about him. Yep. Definitely crossed a line for me, despite it being technically allowed. Showed a ton of disrespect for the history of the sport by doing that. 100% biased as a huge fan of Super Mario as a kid. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 On 9/30/2019 at 9:14 AM, WiDeN said: You don't think Edmonton would take him for their middle 6? They are very weak in the wings, and he'd be an improvement on several guys. I highly doubt he makes it through waivers if that's what's happening. That's exactly what I thought. I live near Edmonton and they're desperately needing players like Baer. They were absolutely stupid not to take him. Absolutely stupid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 Just now, MikeyD said: That's exactly what I thought. I live near Edmonton and they're desperately needing players like Baer. They were absolutely stupid not to take him. Absolutely stupid. I'm not sure if they had the cap space to do so though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzle Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 Just now, King Heffy said: Yep. Definitely crossed a line for me, despite it being technically allowed. Showed a ton of disrespect for the history of the sport by doing that. 100% biased as a huge fan of Super Mario as a kid. Yeah, and the problem is, he's nowhere as good as Mario was, which makes the whole thing even worse. (Not saying the whole thing would be justifiable in the first place, but at least you could say "well, hard to argue, his role model was Mario, and plays like him too") Lucic is a saint by contrast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzle Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 Just now, MikeyD said: That's exactly what I thought. I live near Edmonton and they're desperately needing players like Baer. They were absolutely stupid not to take him. Absolutely stupid. They could've taken Goldobin if salary cap was their issue. Low risk, decent reward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Dazzle said: Yeah, and the problem is, he's nowhere as good as Mario was, which makes the whole thing even worse. (Not saying the whole thing would be justifiable in the first place, but at least you could say "well, hard to argue, his role model was Mario, and plays like him too") Lucic is a saint by contrast. At least contact Mario and ask him if it's ok if you use the number and tell him why. Lemieux's a classy enough guy it would probably have been a non-issue if he'd done that.. Kid's too young to even remember Mario though and couldn't hold his jock strap. I think as a fanbase, we're more conscious of unofficially retired numbers after a worthless piece of garbage decided to steal Maki's number. Edited October 2, 2019 by King Heffy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mll Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 17 minutes ago, MikeyD said: That's exactly what I thought. I live near Edmonton and they're desperately needing players like Baer. They were absolutely stupid not to take him. Absolutely stupid. No cap space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Kneel Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 9 hours ago, theo5789 said: So we have all our depth still. And we are under the cap. Vets don't take away time from young guys in Utica. Anything left to complain about? I want a fighter type for LE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elias Pettersson Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 1 hour ago, canuck73_3 said: Lucic and Ference have no attitude issues, they play/played on and over the edge. But both are highly respected by teammates. Ference also became very close with a family of a sick girl in Boston and made sure to visit them when Edmonton came to play Boston. Didn’t Lucic threaten to kill Weise? He also threatened a guy on the streets of Vancouver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elias Pettersson Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 1 hour ago, Dazzle said: Insisting on wearing number 66 - Ho Sang - should tell you A LOT about him. Pretty much every team has a player that wears #4. Bobby Orr is considered by some as the greatest player ever. No one ever mentions insulting Orr by wearing his number. #66 has been worn before. Not often though. Gino Odjick wore it for a game or two. The only sacred number is #99. Only Wilf Paiement was dumb enough to wear it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuck73_3 Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 2 hours ago, Elias Pettersson said: Didn’t Lucic threaten to kill Weise? He also threatened a guy on the streets of Vancouver. Never said he was perfect, and the guy he “threatened” in Vancouver was a drunk clown who was harassing him. He’s calmed that stuff down as he has gotten older. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filthycanuck Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 5 hours ago, Dazzle said: Insisting on wearing number 66 - Ho Sang - should tell you A LOT about him. pretty much. I know the number isnt retired, but Ho-Sang isn't worthy of wearing such a legendary number on the back of his jersey 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filthycanuck Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 4 hours ago, Elias Pettersson said: Pretty much every team has a player that wears #4. Bobby Orr is considered by some as the greatest player ever. No one ever mentions insulting Orr by wearing his number. #66 has been worn before. Not often though. Gino Odjick wore it for a game or two. The only sacred number is #99. Only Wilf Paiement was dumb enough to wear it. #4 and even #9 are common numbers with so many players wearing them in the early days. I don't think anybody wore 99 (I could be wrong, if there has, there wasnt many) or 66, Wayne and Mario made those numbers famous. Even in rec league, a lot of players wear number 4 or 9, but no one or VERY rarely you see 66 or 99. You're really asking for it if you wear those numbers 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NHL97OneTimer Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 On 9/30/2019 at 9:17 PM, DeNiro said: My guess is he will have more value once he clears waivers as he can be recalled at any time. A trade could still happen. Well he didn't get picked up as I suspected. Does he have to clear waivers again when being recalled? Wondering if this is what you mean by him having more value once he clears waivers. Man it would be nice to have him available to bring up if needed but a trade would be good too. Would hate to lose Sven for nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph. Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 51 minutes ago, NHL97OneTimer said: Well he didn't get picked up as I suspected. Does he have to clear waivers again when being recalled? Wondering if this is what you mean by him having more value once he clears waivers. Man it would be nice to have him available to bring up if needed but a trade would be good too. Would hate to lose Sven for nothing. No more recall waivers with the current CBA. That's pretty much it: if a player clears, a team can trade for him and stash him in the AHL without having to worry about them getting plucked away if they send him down (if they do it within the 30-day/10 NHL game time-frame of the waiver clearing) or when they eventually call him up. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CanuckGAME Posted October 2, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted October 2, 2019 10 hours ago, filthycanuck said: pretty much. I know the number isnt retired, but Ho-Sang isn't worthy of wearing such a legendary number on the back of his jersey The #66 has nothing to do with the NY Islanders. Why the **** cant he wear it? Its actually sad that people think this way about numbers. If I was an NHLer I would want to wear #19 in honor of my favorite player, Markus Naslund. Not as a sign of disrespect, but as a sign of respect. Numbers shouldn't even be retired. They should just be hung from the rafters to remember but the players should continue to be able to wear them. 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5Fivehole0 Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 1 hour ago, CanuckGAME said: The #66 has nothing to do with the NY Islanders. Why the **** cant he wear it? Its actually sad that people think this way about numbers. If I was an NHLer I would want to wear #19 in honor of my favorite player, Markus Naslund. Not as a sign of disrespect, but as a sign of respect. Numbers shouldn't even be retired. They should just be hung from the rafters to remember but the players should continue to be able to wear them. I get retiring numbers for a team, if a player was truly great in their time there. Luongo shouldn't be retired in Van, and I'm a massive Luongo fan, but he didn't quite reach that. Hank and Dank were special, and deserving of having their number retired. 99 retired across the league makes sense, but not Mario, despite him being the 2nd or 3rd best of all time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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