Canucks Managerial Thread | 9

[iceburg]

Here's a fun stat, inspired by our dearly departed Yannick Weber.

In 1976-77, YOUR Vancouver Canucks received just 18 goals from Defensemen:

Dennis Kearns 5
Harold Snepsts 4
Bob Dailey 4
Larry Goodenough 2
Larry Carriere 1
Jack McIlhargey 1
Dave Fortier 1

This number, 18 goals from the back-end, is the club record-low. It's a mark that hasn't been challenged in nearly 40 years.

Until now. This season we have just 12 goals: 6 from Edler, 6 from the rest. Can we do it? It's by far the closest we've come in recent memory. Even the strike-shortened year we got 28 goals.

Offense from the D has been a glaring problem since Gillis was here and Benning has done nothing but make it worse.

WOW...that's pretty impressive. I had no idea they were challenging (actually blowing away) the old record. 30 games left and D tightening up, fewer powerplays, during the run for the playoffs - I'd say it's almost a lock they get the record.

 

[Rotting Corpse*]

WOW...that's pretty impressive. I had no idea they were challenging (actually blowing away) the old record. 30 games left and D tightening up, fewer powerplays, during the run for the playoffs - I'd say it's almost a lock they get the record.

Bottom ten years in franchise history:

Season	Games	Goals	Players
1976-1977	80	18	 D. Kearns(5), H. Snepsts(4), B. Dailey(4), L. Goodenough(2), J. McIlhargey(1), L. Carriere(1), D. Fortier(1)
1994-1995	48	22	 J. Brown(8), J. Lumme(5), D. Babych(3), B. Hedican(2), J. Cullimore(1), G. Diduck(1), A. Aucoin(1), J. Slegr(1)
1978-1979	80	24	 H. Snepsts(7), B. Manno(5), L. Goodenough(4), D. Kearns(3), L. Lindgren(2), J. McIlhargey(2), R. Holt(1)
1977-1978	80	26	 C. Alexander(8), B. Manno(5), H. Snepsts(4), D. Kearns(4), J. McIlhargey(3), S. Kannegiesser(1), L. Goodenough(1)
1981-1982	80	26	 K. McCarthy(6), L. Lindgren(5), D. Halward(4), N. Belland(3), R. Lanz(3), H. Snepsts(3), J. Bubla(1), A. Eldebrink(1)
2012-2013	48	28	 A. Edler(8), J. Garrison(8), K. Bieksa(6), D. Hamhuis(4), C. Tanev(2)
1984-1985	80	29	 D. Halward(7), D. Lidster(6), M. Petit(5), J. Daigneault(4), G. Butcher(3), J. Bubla(2), R. Lanz(2)
1988-1989	80	29	 P. Reinhart(7), R. Nordmark(6), D. Lidster(5), D. Stanley(3), J. Benning(3), L. Melnyk(3), K. Guy(2)
1979-1980	80	30	 K. McCarthy(15), L. Lindgren(5), B. Manno(3), H. Snepsts(3), J. Hughes(2), D. Kearns(1), D. Logan(1)
1990-1991	80	31	 D. Lidster(6), G. Butcher(6), J. Lumme(5), T. Kurvers(4), G. Diduck(3), A. Plavsic(2), R. Nordmark(2), D. Murzyn(1), K. Guy(1), R. Dirk(1)
1997-1998	82	31	 J. Lumme(9), M. Ohlund(7), D. Murzyn(5), B. Hedican(3), A. Aucoin(3), G. Ledyard(2), B. McCabe(1), C. McAllister(1)

We are a lock to break the 82-game record, at least. Probably by a lot.