putridgasbag
Grand Poohba
I agree with you on one point, Messier played poorly as a Canuck and he did not earn his contract. If Canuck fans want to hate him for that, its totally fair. However as far as the rest of Canuck urban legends, Messier did not take Linden's captaincy, Linden gave it away, so if that upsets you, hate Linden. If the size of Messier's contract upsets you, if the fact he was given number 11 upsets you, if the fact he was involved in player personnel changes and coaching changes upsets you blame John McCaw and the Vancouver Canucks organization. Thats who made those decisions and thats who is responsible.
MEssier was a complete hybrid donkey while he was in Vancouver. He is the biggest mistake the Canucks have ever made and trust me as a long, long time fan of the team there have been more than a few. MEssier was almost single handedly to blame for the mess they turned into. His greasy paw prints were everywhere and it was a complete and total disaster.
What I saw on the ice was a player who was well past his best before date. He was slow and disinterested and definitely only playing top minutes because of his contract. His skills were gone. He was useless for everything except open and closing the gate. Oh and pat guys on the back and sayin' "atta boy, way to go, we'll get them next time"
If there was a way to erase the MEssier era from the data banks and my memory I'd be all for it.