OT: Bigger franchise changing move

Phrazer

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Even if Luongo is not acquired...
There are still pieces...
And trade pieces...
Here...
And Luongo's cap space would have been used for something else.
Plus...
Noronen would probably still be in the NHL...
And who knows how he would have done...
Though I only see a slight improvement on Cloutier.

There are just too many variables to foresee the fate of the Canucks sans Luongo...
But the team would not be a bottom of the league team.
My best guess is that...
The team would be a middling team...
That could fall into the end of the lottery.
Well the 2007-2008 team finished 11th in the west with Luongo...
Without him that team finishes significantly lower than that...
The year before would have been a bore...
We would never been a destination for free agents galore..
And when given the opportunity the Sedins would scat...
 

nameless1

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Well the 2007-2008 team finished 11th in the west with Luongo...
Without him that team finishes significantly lower than that...
The year before would have been a bore...
We would never been a destination for free agents galore..
And when given the opportunity the Sedins would scat...

You have to remember...
Once Luongo is acquired...
The team philosophy changed from one that focused on offense...
To one that wanted to build from the net out.
If Luongo was not acquired...
They would probably play like the 05/06 team...
And more of the same.

There are too many variables though.
2007-08 would be the second season after the Luongo trade...
And too many things could have happened in 2 seasons.
Noronen could be good...
Trades could be made...
And people could be signed.
Plus...
People could be fired...
And coaches could be changed...
Which would bring about another team philosophy.
Nobody can predict what could have happened...

Still...
Based on all the information available...
A team like 05/06 is more likely...
And thus...
It would be more of the same...
A middling team who will challenge for an eighth spot...
But could fall short...
And into the end of the lottery.
 
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LolClarkson*

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The Sedins slowly marched their way onto the top line. It certainly didn't feel franchise moving at the time. The whole city kinda made fun of them at the time because they looked so damn young and Scandinavian.

It has to be the combination of the acquisition of Lou and Willie Mitchell with the hiring of AV.

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LolClarkson*

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:facepalm:

Sedins... Lu was great, especially in his early years here, but those were wasted on such a crap roster we had..

If we didn't have Lu, we could've tanked and gotten some better draft picks, still brought up Schneids eventually, moved Bertuzzi for a 1st, 2nd, depth player or something, and probably be in better shape today and for the future

OMG did I just read that....:shakehead

We had the thrill of being an underdog while we were rebuilding from the Crawford WCE era to the new core. Playing the rope a dope style and acquiring some good stay at home D men with an elite goalie worked perfectly. We even won a playoff round and only lost to the cup champions.

Dan Cloutuir was an ok regular season goalie. If he stayed while AV was coaching the rope a dope style, we would not have tanked anyway.

You play to win the game.
 

LolClarkson*

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sedins by a country mile. luongo's an all-star goaltender but there are other all-star goalies and there's a huge chance we'd have seen epic netminding seasons from unexpected places, had the team's course run differently.

the sedins - a unique force in ice hockey - have defined the nucks for a generation of fans. without them, who knows where we'd be right now? probably suffering at the hands of some club who had the sedins.

Quality goalies were going for a ransom at the time. Loungo had a higher cap hit in 2007 then he does now when the cap was 20+ million lower. We would have had an endless hole just like Tampa Bay.
 

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