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[Nucker 67]

Welcome to that hockey!  There is no question Demko is the starter. Boudreau made a mistake and put the wrong guy in, and then made another mistake not pulling him after 3 goals on 8 shots. But, Demko, he the man.  Halak is a hack. Hopefully lesson learned, never put Halak in, ever.

[Shekky]

[Fred65]

1 hour ago, NUCKER67 said:

Welcome to that hockey!  There is no question Demko is the starter. Boudreau made a mistake and put the wrong guy in, and then made another mistake not pulling him after 3 goals on 8 shots. But, Demko, he the man.  Halak is a hack. Hopefully lesson learned, never put Halak in, ever.

I'd think thhat the time is now for sending down a skater and bringing in Spencer Martin ie three goalies, having a farm team so close by enables us  to recalla player in hours only. Halak has a NMC which I believe meaans he can't be put on waivers ?? Would we really miss Chiasson ?

[Jaimito]

Speaking of Demko, here's a crazy story

 

Demko speaking on around 1:04:00 mark, good listen. They asked him about Bruce's F bombs or Bruce There It is. 

 

[Spittin Chiclets] Spittin' Chiclets Episode 375: Featuring Thatcher Demko + Natalie Spooner #spittinChiclets 

https://podcastaddict.com/episode/136162494 via @PodcastAddict

 

 

 

https://canucksarmy.com/2022/03/01/canucks-goaltender-thatcher-demko-story-robbed-gunpoint-utica/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Canucks goaltender Thatcher Demko tells the wild story of the time he was robbed at gunpoint in Utica

Folks, this is a story for the ages.

Vancouver Canucks goaltender Thatcher Demko joined the Spittin’ Chiclets podcast and recalled the time he was robbed at gunpoint while playing in Utica as a member of the Comets.

Here’s the full transcript of Demko’s story:

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Parts of this story have been edited for clarity.

“Dude, I got robbed at gunpoint in my own crib. It was actually after the gold medal game of World Juniors — I think it was the year that US beat Canada in a shootout… I was living with Jordan Subban at the time and Subby had gone to bed around like 10:30 11 o’clock or whatever, so I was a couple hours behind him.”

“I was just dozing off and the back door of our house didn’t lock, so I heard the back door open and I was like — you know — Subby and I had banter back and forth as roommates so in my head I’m like ‘what the f*** is Subby doing?’ like I’m trying to fall asleep. And I hear like wet shoes on the hardwood floor and I’m like, ‘that’s kind of weird’, maybe Subby’s getting something. So I called him, and I could hear him in his room across the hall, and I can also hear like noises out in the living room.”

“I don’t know, you always hear s*** in your house and you go out and check and there’s nothing there. So I just got out of bed in my boxers and I’m like walking down the hall and this dude turns the corner, he’s got like, all this s*** in his arms and I was like, ‘what the f*** are you doing?’ And he’s like, ‘I’m taking your s***’. I was like, ‘woah, okay goddamn do you need a hand or something?'” Demko said with a laugh. “It definitely wasn’t his first time doing it.”

“I was rattled, he only ended up taking the Xbox’s but I followed him out into the snow and I was still in my boxers and I like put my hand on him and was like ‘hey man, if you just give us the stuff back I won’t call anyone, like no harm, no foul, whatever. He kind of switched the stuff over into his other arm and pulled a gun on me, and I was like ‘hey man, go ahead’.”

“So he got in the car and they started driving away. I ran inside and grabbed my phone and chased after him and I took a couple pictures of the license plate — actually I’ve still got them on my phone. When the cops showed up, I just showed them the plate numbers and they found the guy in like 10 minutes.”

“So we ended up going to the police station and had a game the next day. I remember I called Greener [Travis Green] cause he was my coach at the time, and I called Greener at like four in the morning, I’m like, ‘hey, I just got f****** robbed, like I’m in a police station, like this is crazy and I just wanted to let you know.’ And he’s like ‘alright I’ll see you for morning skate.’ F***,” Demko said with a laugh when retelling that part of the story.

“It was a wild experience, man. I got lucky. I mean, it’s kind of stupid chasing after him in hindsight, but you know, you always watch these movies and you’re like, ‘f***, if I ever got robbed I’d just beat the $&!# out of the guy’ but when it actually happened, it’s kind of like, I froze, man. I was like, I don’t know what the f*** to do here.”

But the story gets even crazier, as Demko explains why he and Subban’s back door wasn’t locked in the first place.

“We were bitchin’ at our landlord like the whole the whole year really. We were like, ‘hey, like this f****** door doesn’t lock’. She was the sweetest woman, she was like 95, she went to church like three times a week, and she was like ‘yeah, yeah I’ll check it out’. And you can’t really lay into her, you know? She was too nice.”

“The funny thing actually was it ended up being her son who set us up to get robbed — it was so set up. Like, the guy had a van waiting, so they were gonna swipe the whole house because we played the next night and then we were supposed to go out on the road.”

“This is what the DA ended up telling us, he was like, the guy [the landlord’s son] kind of got caught up in this drug predicament where he couldn’t pay this guy and he was like, ‘hey, these guys [Subban and Demko] are going on the road, they’re not gonna be there,’ but he mixed up the date by one day. He’s like, ‘the door doesn’t lock, you can go swipe the whole house and we’ll call it even.’ The guy just messed up the date by one day and ended up getting I think 10 years.”

“We had to go on trial and everything, like I had to testify and go in front of the jury and stuff… It was actually worse than the robbery, honestly. You’re going in and like, I don’t know, you don’t want to be a rat or anything, you know? I don’t know, it’s tough calling the guy out right in front of him. They made me like stand up and point him out, like physically point out and be like, ‘this is the guy that did it'”

You can listen to the full episode of Demko’s podcast appearance here.

 

 

 

Edited March 1, 2022 by Jaimito

[Dlee]

Wow. This is a tough crowd. Bottom line…Demko is your starting goalie. He should have played in Jersey to give the team the best chance of winning regardless if it’s a slow start. The loss to Jersey is solely on Boudreau. At the end of the regular season if we miss the playoffs by a game or two, these back to back 2nd game losses are going to haunt us. 
 

I just desperately want to see a Canucks playoff game like everyone else. 

[Gurn]

15 minutes ago, Dlee said:

The loss to Jersey is solely on Boudreau.

The loss is on the team, they sucked from the opening whistle, until the game was completely out of reach.

[Dlee]

5 minutes ago, gurn said:

The loss is on the team, they sucked from the opening whistle, until the game was completely out of reach.

Could it be that the players are trying to tell Boudreau to start Demko? Boudreau better be careful. It wasn’t that long ago that the players got rid of Green. 

[Gurn]

5 minutes ago, Dlee said:

Could it be that the players are trying to tell Boudreau to start Demko? Boudreau better be careful. It wasn’t that long ago that the players got rid of Green. 

If that was the case they have to immediately trade a bunch of players.

Dogging it, to prove some kind of point is unacceptable.

Any player with that mindset needs to be traded ASAP.

[DarthMelvin]

 

[DarthMelvin]

27 minutes ago, Dlee said:

Wow. This is a tough crowd. Bottom line…Demko is your starting goalie. He should have played in Jersey to give the team the best chance of winning regardless if it’s a slow start. The loss to Jersey is solely on Boudreau. At the end of the regular season if we miss the playoffs by a game or two, these back to back 2nd game losses are going to haunt us. 
 

I just desperately want to see a Canucks playoff game like everyone else. 

I agree with you on this statement alone... This is what your opening post should have been. 

[Slegr]

Holy smokes, that robbery story above is crazy! Green’s reaction sounds like kind of a douche reaction … “see you in practice in the morning!” … while Demko is literally at the police station. That’s all such a nutty, funny, yet intense story.

Edited March 1, 2022 by Slegr

[Jaimito]

16 minutes ago, Slegr said:

Holy smokes, that robbery story above is crazy! Green’s reaction sounds like kind of a douche reaction … “see you in practice in the morning!” … while Demko is literally at the police station. That’s all such a nutty, funny, yet intense story.

Check out the podcast interview link too.

Demko is a lot more interesting than his sedated post/pre game interviews.  Sounds like Garland is a joker in the room.  

 

Add "Dancing Demko" to the bubble Demko lore. 

 

Demko had double hip surgery in college too. More reason not to overwork him. 

Edited March 1, 2022 by Jaimito

[sassbs]

22 hours ago, Dlee said:

Why can’t Demko play back to back games? It looks like Boudreau can’t decide on a #1 goalie. Someone has to be the back up goalie. Choose your #1 goalie and let them play. New Jersey is the second time that halak has let a blowout happen after demko won the game the day before. Give demko the opportunity to play. There’s no reason to rest demko. I’m sure he would be eager to play. That’s just the type of professional he is. 

Demko and halak is literally like Loungo and Schneider all over again!!!  
 

[Bure2Win]

I remember the first time i was shot out of a cannon, should have worn a helmet?

[Alflives]

This OP title is craperolla.  We don’t need a number #1 goalie.  We have a friggin’ franchise #1, who is so brilliant almost every other team would love to have him.  Considering his contract is there a more desirable goalie in the league?  Demko has t9 be top three.  

Change your friggn’ thread title!  @Dlee  (it’s trollish). 

[Dlee]

11 minutes ago, Alflives said:

This OP title is craperolla.  We don’t need a number #1 goalie.  We have a friggin’ franchise #1, who is so brilliant almost every other team would love to have him.  Considering his contract is there a more desirable goalie in the league?  Demko has t9 be top three.  

Change your friggn’ thread title!  @Dlee  (it’s trollish). 

Just rockin’ the boat a little…I know demko is probably the best goalie in the NHL but Boudreau isn’t playing him like it. Let him play. A back to back isn’t going to hurt him. He would relish it and just get better. The only time he struggled was returning from those long layoffs during COVID. 

[sassbs]

Just wanted to add another comment before the lockdown!  
 

[Viper007]

3 hours ago, Dlee said:

Wow. This is a tough crowd. Bottom line…Demko is your starting goalie. He should have played in Jersey to give the team the best chance of winning regardless if it’s a slow start. The loss to Jersey is solely on Boudreau. At the end of the regular season if we miss the playoffs by a game or two, these back to back 2nd game losses are going to haunt us. 
 

I just desperately want to see a Canucks playoff game like everyone else. 

All games count equally.  You'll have to look at all the other games that they could've/should've won too.  This game solely isn't going to be the reason the canucks miss the playoffs.  

 

I can't believe you're blaming Boudreau at all.  If it weren't for him we wouldn't even be this close in the race.

[TNucks1]

1 hour ago, Alflives said:

This OP title is craperolla.  We don’t need a number #1 goalie.  We have a friggin’ franchise #1, who is so brilliant almost every other team would love to have him.  Considering his contract is there a more desirable goalie in the league?  Demko has t9 be top three.  

Change your friggn’ thread title!  @Dlee  (it’s trollish). 

thought you didnt like demko though

[Alflives]

1 minute ago, TNucks1 said:

thought you didnt like demko though

Bubble Demko is the best there is ... the best there was ... and the best there ever will be.