Tommy Santala 63 2 7 9
Andrew Ebbett 191 25 39 64
How spoiled we have become.
Nonis missing the playoffs two out of three years got him canned. If Gillis misses it once (this season), there's a good chance he'll get canned (one year out of six).
****in' Lee Goren.
It's all about Jason King. My friends Dad actually has a King jersey
Anyone remember when we waived Nathan McIver and the Ducks grabbed him, and then that same night he scored on an OT breakaway in the preseason
Volpatti
Lee Goren played ZERO NHL games after the Canucks. Zip. Zilch.
Volpatti is still in the NHL.
Tommy Santala discussion thread... OK...
Who's next? Mikka Noronen? Marc Chouinard?
Whats Enrico Ciccone up to?
Steve Pinizzato is.... where
McLean didn't have much left in the tank but probably would have been better than Burke, and Gelinas played for ten more seasons. Sanderson was quickly flipped for Brad May (and Burke for Snow [ugh])
The trade that brought Ciccone was not a very good one.
Carolina gets:
Kirk McLean
MArtin Gelinas
Vancouver gets:
Sean Burke
Enrico Ciccone
Geoff Sanderson
McLean didn't have much left in the tank but probably would have been better than Burke, and Gelinas played for ten more seasons. Sanderson was quickly flipped for Brad May (and Burke for Snow [ugh.])
Those were not the greatest times to be a Canucks fan.
The trade that brought Ciccone was not a very good one.
Carolina gets:
Kirk McLean
MArtin Gelinas
Vancouver gets:
Sean Burke
Enrico Ciccone
Geoff Sanderson
McLean didn't have much left in the tank but probably would have been better than Burke, and Gelinas played for ten more seasons. Sanderson was quickly flipped for Brad May (and Burke for Snow [ugh.])
Those were not the greatest times to be a Canucks fan.
These first round exits feel awfully close to as bad as missing.
Florida signed him (unlike most of Nonis' plugs), and then he got hurt in September. Got healthy about a week+ ago and went to the AHL.
Also, Ciccone played for the Canucks in the 90s. Not sure where you're going with this one. Must have been another rebuild. They signed Messier because they wanted a centre prospect, right?
I distinctly remember Nonis hyping Santala as "the best fourth-line center money could buy." Even more embarrassing, during one interview during the summer (could have been the state of the union address), whenever asked about how the team was going to improve the next season, Nonis kept referring to Tommi Santala. How would the team improve on the penalty kill? How would the team improve at center? Tommi Santala.
It was like he was going to be the godsend for the team. Nonis' hyperbole resulted in all of the Santala-style Chuck Norris jokes created by the fans.
I believe he scored 1 goal as a Canuck.
Nonis never made one high risk roster player trade that resulted in a buyout. Grabner, 1st for buyout.
And the Roy rental cost us a dman that's in the NHL
And Dave Gagner was the centrepiece of the Bure trade. Nonis learned from the Master.
Isbister was an okay bottom six forward for us, on a team needing some size and with no cap space.