bishopshodan Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 All time? I have to go with Bo Horvat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bertorama Posted October 8, 2019 Author Share Posted October 8, 2019 52 minutes ago, Ghostsof1915 said: Canucks: Linden NHL: Jean Beliveau Thanks for sharing that clip hard to argue Jeans Greatness. 10 cups!! Wow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bure2Win Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 For me it's easy, it's the guy who got us the closest we've ever been to winning the cup. Linden literally put the team on his back in game 7 of the 94 finals, scoring 2 goals and almost getting us to overtime all by himself, even with a broken nose, cracked ribs and all. That team really deserved better.......Sigh 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Torts Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 Bobby Lu 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putgolzin Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 38 minutes ago, bishopshodan said: All time? I have to go with Bo Horvat. You mean all-time, across all leagues of all sports, yes? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuck2288 Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 Sedin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McBackup Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 Messier, they named the leadership award for him afterall. He must be the best. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremyCuddles Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 Growing up I liked Stevie Y, Burnaby Joe and Markus Naslund. I was quite young during Linden's glory years. But, hearing the stories about Linden. It's quite legendary. Was it Cliff Ronning that told the story about Linden's ribs and how he was screaming in pain in the medical room but walks into the dressing room like nothin' just happened? Stuff like that gives me goosebumps every time just thinking about it. As much as Naslund and the West Coast Express got me into hockey. The stories and the way Linden played sounded legendary. Even as a guy that never got to watch him in his prime years I gotta give my vote to Trevor. I watched him in his twilight years and I loved him then. Can only imagine how much appreciation I'd have for the guy if I watched him play in his prime. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruilin96 Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 Canucks All-Time: Trevor Linden NHL All-Time (my favourite): Steve Yzerman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilduce39 Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 Henrik Sedin presided over the most successful stretch in Canuck history. With all due respect to Linden, for me it has to be Hank even though his playing style isn’t what I’d prefer in a captain. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hindustan Smyl Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 4 hours ago, Bertorama said: Would love to hear everyones thoughts. In light of a new ”C” to be given Wednesday night, Who is your choice for the best Canuck Captain of all time. I have to go with Trevor Linden hands down, he was who I looked up to in my era along with Steve Y. He was able to showcase being a captain is about showing up to play every night and give it your all. Rarely did he play a bad game if ever. If you don’t have a fav Canucks Captain who was the Best Captain to play on any NHL team. ? Messier for both answers? In all seriousness, I’d go with Henrik for the Canucks as greatest captain of all-time. Henrik had all of Linden’s off-ice attributes, but was also a legitimate superstar in the league. Linden, at his peak, was always a very very good player, but was never considered to be a superstar or amongst the best on the league. As far as all-time goes, I’d probably have to go with Stevie Y. He has four cups on his resume, and could also be used in any kind of forward role. He could be play wing, be used in a scoring role, or be used to shut down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
189lb enforcers? Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 Iginla and Sundin were great captains of teams that never won anything, like Linden. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the grinder Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 2 goals game 7 of the finals with broken ribs black eyes blood on the jersey , he almost did it all that night , hands down one the greatest performance of a canuck player 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingfreako Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 Henrik gets my vote, Linden right behind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofsurrey Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 (edited) Good captains don't have to lead the team in points. Good captains just have to lead the team. Also, when the going gets tough.... good leaders step up and carry the club on their shoulders. I vote for Linden with Steamer just behind. Both of them were true warriors that you would climb out of trench with and bravely follow. Edited October 8, 2019 by kingofsurrey 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davathor Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 If only we would have listened to him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Torts Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 Pettersson, when Bo's traded... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toyotasfan Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 Been a long time since we had a captain that can drop the gloves once in awhile. Welcome to the Horvat era. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Roger Neilsons Towel Posted October 8, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted October 8, 2019 Trevor Linden. Hands down. Quote Linden heroic in 1994 Stanley Cup Final by John McGourty / NHL.com December 15th, 2008 After all these years, Cliff Ronning lets us in on a secret that speaks glowingly of Trevor Linden's competitiveness and tenacity. "You don't know this, but Trevor Linden had cracked ribs and torn rib cartilage for the last four games of the 1994 Stanley Cup Final," Cliff Ronning said. "You can't imagine what it's like to hear your captain, in a room down the hall, screaming at the top of his lungs as they injected the needle into his rib cage. Knowing him, he probably thought we couldn't hear. He would then walk into our dressing room like nothing had happened. That was inspirational." Ronning was remembering Linden dropping his right shoulder into Brian Leetch, pushing the defenseman to the side and scoring on Mike Richterto make the score 2-1 Rangers in Game 7 of the Final. Linden couldn't will his team to victory that night, despite his two goals, in the deciding 3-2 loss. "I broke my hand in that game," Ronning recalled. "But how do I say I can't play when there's a guy who has played four games with broken ribs and torn cartilage and he's dropping his shoulder into guys to make plays?" "There's a famous picture of Trevor and goalie Kirk McLean standing in exhaustion and it exemplifies what everyone on our team gave that day. It was a sad day because we lost, but it was a great day in the sense of what we had accomplished. We were not as talented a team, but how close we came! And, how close we became as friends, to this day." Ronning said the famous picture of Linden and goalie Kirk McLean, standing together in Game 7 in total exhaustion, captures the moment. The Canucks had beaten the Calgary Flames in seven games, the last three in overtime, before five-game series victories over the Dallas Stars and Toronto Maple Leafs. Linden was Vancouver's second-leading scorer in the playoffs, behind his right winger Pavel Bure, with 12 goals and 13 assists. Down 3-1 in the Final, the Canucks rallied to win Games 5 and 6. At one point in Game 6 in Vancouver, Linden crawled on the ice to get to his bench, he was in so much pain. "Trevor and Kirk and the exhaustion in their faces exemplifies what everyone on our team gave that day," Ronning said. "Pat Quinn was inspirational to the younger players and put us in situations that we'd be accountable to each other. That's where Trevor fit in. He showed us that his accountability as a player was to the team, not to Trevor. By playing on the defensive side of the puck and taking hits to make plays, to staying in the night before a big game, Trevor set the disciplinary tone by himself. That's why we saw him as a great leader. "Quinn slowly groomed our team as he went along and he needed a captain who shared his philosophy of hard work," Ronning said. "Trevor never took a shift off. He sacrificed his body to block shots and did a lot of little things that some scorers won't do. That's what made him an excellent captain." Ronning grew up in suburban Vancouver, in Burnaby, and was overjoyed to be traded from the St. Blues to the Canucks in 1991. He had a lot riding on winning the 1994 Stanley Cup but even more in seeing his hometown take the Canucks to their heart. He knows the role Linden played in making that happen. "He's been great for this city from the day he got here until he played his last game," Ronning said. "It's not just what he did on the ice. He did so much for the community. I can feel that connection with the fans and you don't know how many sick kids he visited in hospitals. He brought this community together and I've always thought it would be interesting if he ran for mayor." The NHL honored Linden in 1997 as the 10th recipient of the King Clancy Memorial Trophy. "Certain people have leadership skills in their makeup and it was abundantly evident in Trevor Linden," said Quinn, who named Linden team captain at age 21. "He had shown it as a young player and we were a team changing our ethic. We hadn't been a winning organization. He seemed the right guy to put in there to be our leader and captain. "He was a high-level performer who brought his level up in the big games. He didn't make mistakes and he scored important goals. Even if he wasn't a prolific scorer, he was that good, solid, two-way player that coaches love to have in the lineup. "Linden was big in that Game 7 and the whole series," Quinn continued. "There's no possible way to give more than he did. He led by example and was a monster in the final game. Woulda, coulda, shoulda, but Vancouver should have won that series. We were better in four of the seven games." https://www.nhl.com/news/linden-heroic-in-1994-stanley-cup-final/c-397641 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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