Mr. Canucklehead
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Would be nice - if he’s able - to bring him along so he can see the old teammates and fans and such.
Player Discussion Antoine Roussel
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Would be nice - if he’s able - to bring him along so he can see the old teammates and fans and such.
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I have your gold medal Zippy!
Yeah he’s the type a vet mentor you want on the team. Still playing like he gives a **** even when a game or season is already over essentially. Canucks will miss him in the lineup.
So far it's been good. The three more years might still bite us.
No no no, there's no low bar anymore. Benning basically took the bar and threw the thing into the ocean.
Raistlin
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DangeRouss
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Thx sorry for you & Canucks too
I was looking forward to his return @Dallas
It's a big loss for our NT for the next world championships
Blue and Green
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Had his first full practice with the team today. Would think that he'll be back in the lineup at some point during the road trip.
Yep, and he essentially makes Ferland completely redundant if he plays similarly to last year (extremely good ES production per 60)
I see posters talking about redundancy a lot (ever since Gillis traded Grabner?). It's not like we have two Baertschi's here. If Roussel plays similarly to last year, I wouldn't mind having another player just like him in the lineup. The same goes for Ferland if he's more than just completely damaged goods.
as much as hes a feisty player he's toned it down a bit this year coming back from knee surgery. where was he when petterson got slashed and hacked and whacked.? should'nt he be doing the same thing to the oppositions top players? he got fined today for slashing weber at the end of last nights game. should van trade him? to a team that needs a feisty winger? just to get rid of his contract? just wondering. his first year was good. he will always get a reputation call even if he decides to help out his teammate or take a penalty of his own.
Always tough for any player to basically miss training camp and the first couple of months of the season....but Roussel's play this year is basically the 'elephant in the room' that nobody wants to talk about. Fact is, he's been less than stellar and doesn't appear to be able to get there anymore. All you can hope for is that he gets his mojo back by playoff time....otherwise, it's another in the long line of abominable contracts signed by Benning and the Canucks.
Diamonddog01
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I wouldn't put him in the same boat as Eriksson and Beagle. He had a very good first year but suffered an unfortunate and lengthy injury. It was just bad luck imo. Hoping a full offseason to train and a full training camp will get him back to speed next year.
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I have your gold medal Zippy!
Yeah I think Rousell's deserves to be cut a little slack given just how well he played for us last season. He's earned at least that much (from my perspective). Especially given how soft much of our lineup is (we need players like him on the team *if* he's healthy).
He turned 30 this year and coming off major reconstructive knee surgery. He may be able to get back to where he was at times last year, but also a chance that he never will.
I agree that his contract is nowhere near as bad as those of Beagle and Eriksson, but if he can't pick it up, it becomes a 'strong third' in terms of poor contracts for the money.
I agree that his contract is nowhere near as bad as those of Beagle and Eriksson, but if he can't pick it up, it becomes a 'strong third' in terms of poor contracts for the money.
Thought he had a pretty good game VS the Hawks yesterday. Maybe like others said it takes time to fully recover from that injury. Heres to hoping he can REGANE what he did last season for us down the stretch and into the playoffs
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Tuch was on spittin chiclets today. Said Roussel really got under lehner’s skin. Said that if they saw each other in the hotel it could’ve gotten dangerous.
Sad to say it, but at this point in Roussel's career any one of MacEwen, Hawryluk or even Bailey could bring as much or more to the table at a fraction of his cap hit.
It's another contract Benning would probably love to trade if he could....but the chances of moving it without a significant and costly 'sweetener' are virtually 'nil'.
It's another contract Benning would probably love to trade if he could....but the chances of moving it without a significant and costly 'sweetener' are virtually 'nil'.
deckercky
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Roussel is easily the bad contract with the best chance of bouncing back. By the start of the season he will have had a year to recover from knee surgery.
CanucksMJL
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Ligaments and other connective tissue strengthen much more slowly than muscle. With a stronger framework of tendons for muscles to push off of his skating could improve greatly with all this extra time to recover. Being cleared to play and being 100% are different things, so I'm curious to see what he looks like going forward.
He was good in year one but tore his acl late in the year vs Rangers. Never seemed to be fully recovered.
This is a key year for him.
If he can bounce back to what he was in year one it gives the Canucks a much better chance to move him in the off season or have Seattle take him and flip him at the tdl.
deckercky
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Agreed. He obviously was not there last year after his return. Hopefully he's engaging in a McDavid style recovery plan.
I'm not saying "he will be back to peak form", but rather that unlike Beagle, Sutter and Eriksson, there's a chance that Roussel plays up to his contract this season.
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People have been whining about Miller, Holtby, and Jake a lot, but I gotta say that Rous is my pick for worst player of the season so far. And I'll tell you why. Unlike those other players, the Canucks are a much worse every time he's on the ice, because he isn't tough, is a defensive liability, can't score, and puts the other team on the powerplay at least once a game, if not more -- and usually totally needlessly. He's been a total failure on every level this season.
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