-AJ- Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 Jovocop gets in as the 28th Greatest Canuck without too much competition, though both Sundstrom and Adams saw noteworthy spikes in support last round. Kurtenbach and Hansen tied with seven nominations each. The random number generator was used again and this time, Kurtenbach came out on top, so he was added as a voting option. Reminder to both vote and nominate another player to be added as a voting option! For those of you who haven't seen these kinds of polls before, the way they work is you vote for who you think is the greatest/top Canuck at the position. As for what is meant by "Greatest" or "Top", I will leave that to each individual. I have my own interpretations, but others may define it differently. Worth noting, that I do want to keep this to their tenures with Vancouver and as players, thus a player like Neely would only be considered for his Vancouver time and guys like Quinn and Crawford would only be considered for their playing careers, not their coaching careers. The List: #1 - H. Sedin #2 - D. Sedin #3 - T. Linden #4 - P. Bure #5 - M. Naslund #6 - S. Smyl #7 - R. Luongo #8 - K. McLean #9 - T. Gradin #10 - A. Edler ------------------- #11 - T. Bertuzzi #12 - M. Ohlund #13 - R. Brodeur #14 - A. Burrows #15 - R. Kesler #16 - H. Snepsts #17 - T. Tanti #18 - A. Mogilny #19 - J. Lumme #20 - S. Salo ------------------- #21 - B. Morrison #22 - A. Boudrias #23 - D. Lidster #24 - K. Bieksa #25 - C. Ronning #26 - D. Lever #27 - D. Kearns #28 - E. Jovanovski 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-AJ- Posted April 17, 2020 Author Share Posted April 17, 2020 I'm voting for Patrik Sundstrom again. He should have a good chance of getting in this time. Nominating Darcy Rota. He's finally starting to get some support in the nominations, which is good to see. I have Hansen and Kurtenbach very close together, but I actually have Hansen a few spots ahead of our first captain. Still, I wouldn't have him on the list of options before a lot of other guys like Rota, Ververgaert, McCarthy, and Smith. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 vote Sundstrom, nominate Curt Fraser. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Biestra Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 (edited) Vote Sundstrom. Nominate Tiger Williams. Congratulations Orland. At least that's one of the old dogs that needs to be on the ballot. Tiger, Rota, Gary Smith, Ververgaert, Chris Oddleifson, Kevin McCarthy hang in there we're coming for you... Edited April 17, 2020 by Kevin Biestra 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baratheon Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 Vote Sundstrom Nominate Rota 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 Voted Sundstrom Nominating Hansen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Blight Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 Voting Skriko and nominating Rota.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB5 Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 vote Bo Nominate Tiger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbermen Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 Vote Gino Nominate Tiger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beary Sweet Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 Voted Sundstrom. Nominating Rota 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kevin Biestra Posted April 17, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 17, 2020 (edited) I think I posted it at two points before in the previous 28 rounds of voting, so I figured hey why not post The Biestra News official Top 50 Canucks of all time. Possibly something to talk about, perhaps it will provide a few options for nominations that would have slipped minds otherwise. But two things. There have been a couple of revisions since the earlier postings. And I decided to go whole hog and give The Biestra News Top 100. The 100 Greatest Vancouver Canucks 1-9 Trevor Linden, Henrik Sedin, Daniel Sedin, Stan Smyl, Markus Naslund, Pavel Bure, Kirk McLean, Roberto Luongo, Richard Brodeur 10-12 Harold Snepsts, Thomas Gradin, Alex Burrows 13-20 Doug Lidster, Tiger Williams, Cliff Ronning, Andre Boudrias, Alex Edler, Don Lever, Mattias Ohlund 21-30 Gino Odjick, Ryan Kesler, Todd Bertuzzi, Dennis Kearns, Patrik Sundstrom, Gary Smith, Jyrki Lumme, Alexander Mogilny, Geoff Courtnall, Orland Kurtenbach 31-39 Petri Skriko, Dave Babych, Ed Jovanovski, Darcy Rota, Brendan Morrison, Greg Adams, Garth Butcher, Kevin Bieksa, Kevin McCarthy 40-50 Chris Oddleifson, Rick Lanz, Ron Sedlbauer, Jannik Hansen, Dennis Ververgaert, Elias Petterson, Bo Horvat, Sami Salo, Dana Murzyn, Dan Hamhuis, Curt Fraser 51-60 Paul Reinhart, Cory Schneider, Rick Blight, Dale Tallon, Bobby Lalonde, Ivan Boldirev, Chris Tanev, Barry Pederson, Jocelyn Guevremont, Jacob Markstrom 61-70 Doug Halward, Cesare Maniago, Dan Cloutier, Ivan Hlinka, Wayne Maki, Gerald Diduck, Brock Boeser, Gerry O’Flaherty, Glen Hanlon, Bobby Schmautz 71-80 Willie Mitchell, John Garrett, Martin Gelinas, Sergio Momesso, Bob Dailey, Jim Sandlak, Chris Higgins, Matt Cooke, Adrian Aucoin, Donald Brashear 81-90 Dunc Wilson, Lars Lindgren, Garry Monahan, Igor Larionov, John Gould, Barry Wilkins, Mikael Samuelsson, Ryan Miller, Ron Delorme, Quinn Hughes 91-100 Tim Hunter, Christian Ehrhoff, Jeff Brown, Steve Weeks, Dan Quinn, Lars Molin, Rich Sutter, Alex Auld, Gary Lupul, Russ Courtnall HM 100-110 Jim Nill, Moe Lemay, Murray Craven, Jim Benning, Brent Sopel, Andrew Cassels, Brian Bradley, Murray Baron, Petr Nedved, Pat Quinn The Biestra News. All greatness. No monkey business. Edited April 17, 2020 by Kevin Biestra 3 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Mind Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 Voting Adams Nominating Hansen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
189lb enforcers? Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 Sundstrom. Tiger. I’d like to put Gino in for #29, but not ahead of this guy. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KristoffWixenschon Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 Sundstrom Tiger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stonecoldstevebernier Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 Voting Adams. Nominate Tiger Williams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coconuts Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 (edited) Voting Sundstrom and nominating Hansen again I'm actually a bit discouraged at this point because it feels like I've been pushing him forever, but I'll keep posting this til he's at least a voting option Hansen is 20th in games played amongst Canucks, ahead of a few guys who've made it in He's also 32nd in total points amongst Canucks, impressive given he played mostly a bottom 6/top 9 role He was one of the few players we've had over the last decade that you could count on to give his all game in and game out, he didn't take games off Seriously, Burrows gets a lot of love but Hansen was right there with him as a heart and soul player Don't sleep on the honey badger! Edited April 17, 2020 by Coconuts 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Biestra Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 (edited) 43 minutes ago, Coconuts said: Voting Sundstrom and nominating Hansen again I'm actually a bit discouraged at this point because it feels like I've been pushing him forever, but I'll keep posting this til he's at least a voting option Hansen is 20th in games played amongst Canucks, ahead of a few guys who've made it in He's also 32nd in total points amongst Canucks, impressive given he played mostly a bottom 6/top 9 role He was one of the few players we've had over the last decade that you could count on to give his all game in and game out, he didn't take games off Seriously, Burrows gets a lot of love but Hansen was right there with him as a heart and soul player Don't sleep on the honey badger! Don't get discouraged. After the decades of Canucks hockey I've seen, I can't make myself rank him quite as highly as you do. But I respect your passion for his body of work and your support for him, and he is in my top 50. It's still quite early to me but the time is coming not all that far down the road where I would nominate him myself. He definitely has longevity and being a loyal soldier on his side, and a Stanley Cup Final. But the 1982 and 1994 teams had their Jannik Hansens as well: probably Lars Molin / Ivan Hlinka / Gary Lupul in 1982, and Sergio Momesso / Murray Craven / Martin Gelinas in 1994. And none of those six guys have had their names come up...including even by me, which means I am giving Hansen more credit for his long and faithful service than any of his rough counterparts on championship caliber teams. Including Gelinas who was actually Canucks MVP one year, and Ivan Hlinka who held our rookie scoring record and is a bona fide international legend. So, that's just to say that though I haven't nominated Hansen yet, I am giving him a lot of credit. I have little interest in making arguments against Hansen, but I can always make cases for the other players I have in the rankings. Edited April 17, 2020 by Kevin Biestra 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kchengc Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 Voted Gino for #29 (though I felt Sundstrom should be more deserving). Nominate Tiger again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Canuck #12 Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 (edited) Voted Kurtenbach and nominating Gary Smith. You gotta remember that players like this actually carried the Canucks for periods of time in the early years. Some of the players being voted in now were good to very good, but would never be seen to have carried the team at any point. Edited April 17, 2020 by Captain Canuck #12 wording 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Biestra Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 2 minutes ago, Captain Canuck #12 said: Voted Kurtenbach and nominating Gary Smith. You gotta remember that players like this actually carried the Canucks for periods of time in the early years. Some of the players being voted in now were good to very good, but would never be seen to having carried the team at any point. I'm almost at Gary myself. I don't know if people go to the games and actually look up at the rafters and what's hanging there. But there is a 1974-75 division championship banner that was the only thing the team had to hang at all for its first 12 years. And it is there almost entirely because of Gary Smith, who was 3rd for goalie of the year and 6th for Hart Trophy voting that season. And that's with a much heavier eastern bias in the voting back then. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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