Former Canucks: Players & Management (Kevin Bieksa retirement watch)

[krutovsdonut]

Chiarelli might be doing even worse than Tambellini as Oilers GM, which is saying something.

the oilers history makes the most sense if you assume they are being messed with by the fates. first they got unbelievably lucky in the personnel moves they made, now they get unbelievably lucky in the draft picks they are given only to have everything turn to ashes in their mouths.

 

[absolute garbage]

Actually the swastika pre-dates the Nazi regime by about 12,000 years. Just another example how recent history can change the perception of something that was a very common thing in a rather big part of the world before. Now it's just the symbol of pure evil

You could say the same about the Hitler stache. Was cool when Chaplin did it. Man they really ruined a lot things (Berlin included).

 

[Charles Bushman]

why is it worth remembering other than as a totally classless way to try and denigrate the guy?

he did that job for a couple of years then got promoted into operations which he did for a decade before he got the oilers gig.

It’s asinine. Steve Tambelini was hired as a PR and Media Relations guy after he retired from playing. He wasn’t flipping hamburgers or cooking fries like these two muppets probably did or do. He is a hell of a nice guy tbqh and although he wasn’t a good GM, he isn’t a mouth breather.

Back on topic I hope it works out for Jeff.

 

[MS]

Tambellini was a nice guy who wore sharp suits and had the right friends and didn't have the foggiest idea of how to evaluate talent or be a quality NHL executive.

That said, all the best to Jeff. He deserved a better fate than he got as a Canuck.

 

[krutovsdonut]

It’s asinine. Steve Tambelini was hired as a PR and Media Relations guy after he retired from playing. He wasn’t flipping hamburgers or cooking fries like these two muppets probably did or do. He is a hell of a nice guy tbqh and although he wasn’t a good GM, he isn’t a mouth breather.

Back on topic I hope it works out for Jeff.

i have no problem with someone selling or making fast food as a job. great life experience. selling food and souvenirs at games was one of my better kid jobs. if you want to get over a fear of public speaking, there are few better ways than going into the 4th level end zone seating during a lions game in the 80s and climbing the bleacher stairs with a tray of drinks shouting out "soda pop" at 500 disappointed drunks waiting for the beer guy.

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

You could say the same about the Hitler stache. Was cool when Chaplin did it. Man they really ruined a lot things (Berlin included).

five things i remember repeatedly thinking during those two jets playoff series in the early 90s:

5. man this tkachuk kid is a force of nature. i sure hope he doesn’t destroy us in the playoffs for the next decade like cam neely against montreal

4. selanne sure is an ineffective weenie when he has to face diduck and babych every night

3. if we forecheck housley hard enough, you think he’ll just fire it into his own net?

2. seriously, rick tabaracci? (before bure had enough and personally and single-handedly relegated him to being a career backup)

1. why the fffff is john paddock trying to bring back hitler’s moustache and haircut combo?

 

[krutovsdonut]

five things i remember repeatedly thinking during those two jets playoff series in the early 90s:

5. man this tkachuk kid is a force of nature. i sure hope he doesn’t destroy us in the playoffs for the next decade like cam neely against montreal

4. selanne sure is an ineffective weenie when he has to face diduck and babych every night

3. if we forecheck housley hard enough, you think he’ll just fire it into his own net?

2. seriously, rick tabaracci? (before bure had enough and personally and single-handedly relegated him to being a career backup)

1. why the fffff is john paddock trying to bring back hitler’s moustache and haircut combo?

pretty much.

don't forget "hello... numminen"

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

pretty much.

don't forget "hello... numminen"

ugh, that was don taylor right?

 

[krutovsdonut]

ugh, that was don taylor right?

that guess was top shelf where dad keeps the playboys.

 

[Hit the post]

that guess was top shelf where dad keeps the playboys.

Back when there was this dail on the TV you used to change channels (the few of them there were then) :

 

[David Bruce Banner]

Am I remembering wrong, or do the Tambellinis now have a 3 generation association with the Smoke Eaters?

 

[cabinessence]

five things i remember repeatedly thinking during those two jets playoff series in the early 90s:

5. man this tkachuk kid is a force of nature. i sure hope he doesn’t destroy us in the playoffs for the next decade like cam neely against montreal

4. selanne sure is an ineffective weenie when he has to face diduck and babych every night

3. if we forecheck housley hard enough, you think he’ll just fire it into his own net?

2. seriously, rick tabaracci? (before bure had enough and personally and single-handedly relegated him to being a career backup)

1. why the fffff is john paddock trying to bring back hitler’s moustache and haircut combo?

What about Sandlak hitting Davydov into the cameraman..oh er cameraperson!

 

[timbermen]

You could say the same about the Hitler stache. Was cool when Chaplin did it. Man they really ruined a lot things (Berlin included).

It didn't stop MJ

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

according to ferraro, andrew alberts is also currently in the brain facility that bisonette and boynton attended.

hope he's doing okay, or at least getting better.

from 2013:



from 2015: Andrew Alberts' long road back from a concussion - Sportsnet.ca

from 2016:



always hated mcgratton

 

[FroshaugFan2]

You can see some of Alberts going through testing/ treatment in Carcillo's latest Players Tribune video.

I Can't Live Like That Anymore | By Daniel Carcillo

 

[DL44]

the oilers history makes the most sense if you assume they are being messed with by the fates. first they got unbelievably lucky in the personnel moves they made, now they get unbelievably lucky in the draft picks they are given only to have everything turn to ashes in their mouths.

They entered the league with ownership of the greatest player in history. People thought the Knights got a 'favorable draft'... well how about a team scooping the best player ever before he's available for a NHL draft...

I call the Oilers situation now : The Gretzky Tax.

Its a debt that can never be paid off. Sorry Connor. You being there and teasing the market for the next decade without any tangible team success will be the largest deposit towards the debt the Oil owe for Gretzky and the 4-5 cup dynasty.

 

[Megaterio Llamas]

It didn't stop MJ

Robert Mugabe did okay with it too...