With you I totally agree. As fans we are fanatical about our team and players. However, to openly cheer against our team and it’s players, in my mind, questions one is really a fan of our team.
Demanding such a response, while giving ultimatums, is bullying. “You will do this, or this is going to happen” is bullying.
Good post. The guy is 6ft 5 soaking wet so he has that going for him. As an asside what point will we see a guy who is close to 7 feet tall in the NHL? Chara has been a beast at 6ft 9, can you imagine if he was 6ft 11 or even 7 feet tall ?
See, here's the problem we're having. You either haven't any idea what Gudbranson played like in Florida especially in the playoffs or you have no idea what defensive "studs" actually play like. He was carried around by one of the two dmen we have who can actually carry a weak partner for a big whopping five games, and he literally just had shoulder surgery. If you want to ignore these things and conclude he will now be "awesome" for us despite his large sample size of him being very not awesome, then go ahead. You're welcome to your opinion, but nobody is obligated to validate it or not point out its glaring logical flaws.
I’m not asking for validation or agreement with my opinion. I’m a Canuck’s fan, who wants our team to do well. For us to do well Guddy needs to be a stud. Edler and Guddy need to be a very good number one pair. Tanev and Juiolevi need to be a good second pair. I really don’t understand why Canuck’s fans would not want the same? I know it’s okay to cheer for your team in a variety of ways, but I don’t get cheering against them.
The last Florida playoff appearance saw Guddy play 25 minutes per game, even more than Ekblad. Those minutes Guddy played (and in the regular season too) were hard minutes, and allowed Ekblad to play a more offensive role. Trading Guddy forced Ekblad to assume some of Guddy’s hard minutes, and (as a result) Ekblad had a real downturn in his play. Guddy will make not only Edler better, but his taking the hard minutes will allow Tanev to be more offensive minded, with more Ozone starts. Guddy will be an anchor for our D.
Yeah, I don't think you understand the difference between wanting something and understanding the likelihood of that thing actually happening in real life. Sure, I want Gudbranson and Edler to be a good first d pair. It's just that there's no basis in reality to think they would be based on their play over their entire NHL careers.
The only anchoring Guddy will be doing is dragging the statistics of his on ice partner down to the depths of the NHL defensive bottom feeders. Guddy last year was used as a #5 defensman, minutes wise. Not sure how he's going to be counted on to anchor anything in a positive way. As well he has been injured 50% of the time he has been here and is coming off surgery. Are you actually expecting him to play more than 2/3 of the season?
Guberson needs to be part of a very good number one pair? There is obviously 0% chance of that happening. Is this satire or just wishful thinking?
Fanatics likely make a lot of emotional decisions that are void of logic and intellect.
As a fanatic I hope for results. For us to make the playoffs Guddy and Edler need to be our top pair, and play 70 plus games each. I’m hopeful that will happen.
But why not say we need Gaudette to turn into Gretzky? Like why stop there, we need Demko to turn into Hasek, Juolevi to turn into Duncan keith. And imagine if benning turns into a gm that makes shrewd trades and signs good contracts. As well we also need tickets to be free and unlimited. In fact, I need them to pay me to attend games as well.
It means even though I've been a fan of this team since '82 and want it to win with all my sports fan heart, I can't just shut my brain off when my eyes tell me something my heart doesn't want to hear. I can't just ignore history, statistics, wins and losses and logic because I want to believe the Canucks will defy everything that's been shown to happen more often than not.
Pettersson is our Gretzky
