Popular Post Drive-By Body Pierce Posted March 23, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 23, 2022 Multiple Canucks players happy to see Hamonic go: report The trade deadline is often a stressful time for players. It’s hard not knowing if you’ll have to relocate your family to another city, and have to say goodbye to teammates that get traded. About that last part… New Canucks GM Patrik Allvin sent Travis Hamonic to Ottawa on Sunday in a trade that was simultaneously applauded in Vancouver and panned by Senators fans. It seems that more than one Canucks player also applauded the move, happy to see Hamonic leave town, according to NHL insider Frank Seravalli of Daily Faceoff. “The change in the room. Multiple players have reached out just to say ‘what a breath of fresh air’ it was after getting rid of Travis Hamonic,” Servalli said in an interview on Sportsnet 650 with Satiar Shah and Dan Riccio. Former Senators defenceman Marc Methot questioned the move on Twitter, calling it a “weird acquisition” by Ottawa. “I know lots of players. All of them have told me that the new acquisition is a bit of a different bird,” said Method. “Not sure that’s what I’d want around a young core.” Hamonic was under the microscope this season for reportedly being hesitant to get vaccinated, which delayed the start of his season until October. He didn’t appear in a road game until February, unable to travel until he was fully vaccinated. When in the lineup, Hamonic averaged 18:22 of ice time, scoring seven points (3-4-7) in 24 games. He had the lowest Corsi-for percentage (47.84%) of any Canucks regular on defence this season, splitting time between playing with Quinn Hughes and on the third pairing. Sens GM Pierre Dorion defended the acquisition, pointing out that Hamonic has a “great relationship” with associate coach Jack Capuano, who coached the defenceman during their time together with the New York Islanders. “Travis Hamonic is someone… I probably shouldn’t tell you this, but I didn’t look at Twitter once yesterday, and I got home, and the girlfriend said, ‘Don’t look at Twitter.’ I said, ‘What do you mean?’ I didn’t look at it, by the way,” Dorion said during his post-trade deadline media conference on Monday. “He was really happy. Obviously, he’s had things in his life that we can’t control… That’s a private thing. He’s happy coming here. He’s gonna play. I think he’s someone that is maybe not as people describe him,” said Hamonic. Dorion added that while Hamonic isn’t the player he used to be, he’s still a good skater, can make a good first outlet pass, and will “stabilize” the defence. “Let’s just calm down a bit, you know?” https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canucks-players-happy-hamonic-go 2 1 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzle Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 Yikes. That must feel awful knowing that you are THAT disliked by other people, but it also begs the question as to how many people disliked Hamonic, or why this story came out, as if to justify the trade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DSVII Posted March 23, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 23, 2022 Quote “The change in the room. Multiple players have reached out just to say ‘what a breath of fresh air’ it was after getting rid of Travis Hamonic,” Servalli said in an interview on Sportsnet 650 with Satiar Shah and Dan Riccio. This just seems odd to me, first thing you do after someone leaves is reach out to a media spokesman to say how $&!#ty your ex-teammate was? 1 2 1 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Fanuck Posted March 23, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 23, 2022 Funny, multiple people have reached out to me to tell me how toxic the local media are and what a breath of fresh air it has been since they tuned them out. 7 1 8 9 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beni Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 (edited) I doubt that is true I mean, maybe happy the whole saga is over with his late start and unsure of what he was doing but i think that would be the extent of it. Edited March 23, 2022 by beni 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JM_ Posted March 23, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 23, 2022 Can we not do this? 2 8 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKSR Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 Just now, JM_ said: Can we not do this? This is CDC. This is what we do. You're next! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandmaster Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 This guy must have been a locker room cancer. Good riddance. Hamonic saying hello to his new team be like this…. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dazzle Posted March 23, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 23, 2022 (edited) 4 minutes ago, grandmaster said: This guy must have been a locker room cancer. Good riddance. Hamonic saying hello to his new team be like this…. I think there's multiple parts to this. This Canucks team was one of the most devastated by COVID. Having someone come in and be hesitant about COVID, despite the abundance of experience that the other players had with the virus might not have sit well for those people. It's one thing to 'educate' yourself. It's another to ignore the experiences of others who had actively dealt with the virus. At some point in time, you'll have to defer to the people with the most experience. I should clarify that I'm not sure where Hamonic actually stood with the virus/vaccine, aside from being supposedly hesitant to the vaccine. Edited March 23, 2022 by Dazzle 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 Clearly Hamonic has a "different" way of thinking about certain matters that got magnified these last couple years. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Curmudgeon Posted March 23, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 23, 2022 7 minutes ago, HKSR said: This is CDC. This is what we do. You're next! Yes this is classic CDC; be critical of a player and want him traded, whine about the return for him in trade, then tell everybody he wasn't all that good to begin with. For reference, see: Juolevi, Schmidt, Roussel, Beagle, Loui, Gaudette, Gudbranson, Dahlen and the list goes on. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goal:thecup Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 You should have added the quote about them not having a fourth, the Nux unwilling to accept a 5th, so he gives us a third, it's priceless. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goal:thecup Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 1 minute ago, Curmudgeon said: Yes this is classic CDC; be critical of a player and want him traded, whine about the return for him in trade, then tell everybody he wasn't all that good to begin with. For reference, see: Juolevi, Schmidt, Roussel, Beagle, Loui, Gaudette, Gudbranson, Dahlen and the list goes on. Once you are no longer a Canuck, you are Crapola! (Thanks, Alf.) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzle Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 2 minutes ago, Curmudgeon said: Yes this is classic CDC; be critical of a player and want him traded, whine about the return for him in trade, then tell everybody he wasn't all that good to begin with. For reference, see: Juolevi, Schmidt, Roussel, Beagle, Loui, Gaudette, Gudbranson, Dahlen and the list goes on. Makes you wonder if this board is the one that's toxic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FijianCanuck Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 Had they come out playing hard against the sabres I would believe it but nope. Seravelli channeling sekeres. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Curmudgeon Posted March 23, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 23, 2022 3 minutes ago, Dazzle said: Makes you wonder if this board is the one that's toxic. You mean a forum that allows anyone to anonymously state outlandish opinions, to second guess every move the team makes, to spread debunked rumours, to give voice to devastating criticism, and to constantly believe they know better than the hockey people who run the team? Yes, toxic would be an apt description. 2 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhukini Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 Him, Jake, Leipsic, Prust. Nice character guys Jim 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drakrami Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 37 minutes ago, Dazzle said: Yikes. That must feel awful knowing that you are THAT disliked by other people, but it also begs the question as to how many people disliked Hamonic, or why this story came out, as if to justify the trade. You new here? Canucks always justifies a trade. Remember Kassian with tennis balls on his back. Or Hodgson's dad request. Been theorizing Aquilini employs a small group of internet trolls. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dixon Ward Posted March 23, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 23, 2022 28 minutes ago, JM_ said: Can we not do this? I agree that there is nothing gained by this exercise, but Hamonic's "me-first" attitude had worn thin with everybody. This goes back to NYI and the Flames. He has every right to choose other things over loyalty and commitment to his team, but he gets paid more per year than all of us in a lifetime and he only has to work part time. This is an incredible privilege and he seems to think that it's too much of a burden for him. If that's true, fine, don't sign a contract and stay home, you have enough money. But I think it is reasonable for fans to criticize his lack of commitment to the team as he was eating up a good deal of cap space. 1 2 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JM_ Posted March 23, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 23, 2022 Just now, Dixon Ward said: I agree that there is nothing gained by this exercise, but Hamonic's "me-first" attitude had worn thin with everybody. This goes back to NYI and the Flames. He has every right to choose other things over loyalty and commitment to his team, but he gets paid more per year than all of us in a lifetime and he only has to work part time. This is an incredible privilege and he seems to think that it's too much of a burden for him. If that's true, fine, don't sign a contract and stay home, you have enough money. But I think it is reasonable for fans to criticize his lack of commitment to the team as he was eating up a good deal of cap space. thing is we really don't know any actual details. Dumping on a guy on the way out without knowing the facts is lame, imo. 5 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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