I was browsing alltime Canuck stats today and am just so ashamed of this team in its 50 years of existence, but so happy at the current core which is going to absolutely smash these brutal records.
I'll get the hate flowing early by mentioning Mark Messier is the 54th highest scoring Canuck.
Ever.
Completely washed up, and the dude is top 60 alltime.
Brock Boeser is the 55th highest scoring Canuck, one point behind Messier.
That's good, for us now, but in grand scheme of things, so sad.
Sven Baertschi, whom we cant even give away, is the 84th highest scoring Canuck of alltime.
Looking at just goals, he's #55 with a paltry 58.
We've always knew the defense has lacked a true #1 for 50 years, but Hughes might pass everyone but Edler within his first 3-4 years in the league.
Lumme, Kearns, Ohlund, Lidster, Jovanovski, Bieksa, Lanz, McCarthy, Snepsts all within 270 points of him, in his rookie year.
He could gain 6-7 years of an advantage on all those guys, before he even turns 30.
Back to the former players, its pretty sad that due to longevity alone, Matt Cooke is top 40 alltime in Canucks scoring.
Andrew Cassels played less than 200 games, and is top 50 in scoring.
On the flipside of points, Sami Salo has played the 18th most games of any player in a Canucks jersey.
We rag on the dude for never being healthy and hes a top 20 games played in 50 years of hockey.
Chris Tanev, 25th alltime games played and 78th alltime in points.
Chris Tanev, 25th in games played, 78th in points. In 50 years.
I could go on, but I threw up and needed to lay down when I seen Brandon Sutter is a top 100 alltime Canuck scorer.
Radim Vrbata, he of 1 good season, is #99.
