FORMER Canucks thread Part TWO
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Pip
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I have your gold medal Zippy!
EpochLink
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When did I bring up Gillis? Mike Gillis is workin for the NHLPA kissing some much needed ass to get back some favours from the notorious powers that be...let him work.
I already said numerous times about Mike Gillis tenure here and his future, he needs to pucker up his lips and kiss major ass to get some people on his side.
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I have your gold medal Zippy!
mathonwy
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Which is a direct reflection of the fractured state of the Canucks locker room culture.
There was no handover from the Sedins because FO ducked it up so badly by drafting Jake.
Imagine if it had been Ehlers or Nylander learning from the Sedins.
Chairman Maouth
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Dude I think that when guys are talking about bottom pairing then are talking about a different bottom....just saying.
rypper
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That's a cool video. Just have a bone to pick with the kind of distasteful shot at Mike Gillis in it though.
"...You don't only support them when they're at the top of their game, you support them when they're not feeling good. " Mr. Gillis then sent Rick to the minors and soon after traded him to the Winnipeg Jets.
Rick was given an indefinite leave of absence by the team for personal reasons (not sent to the minors.) Rick signed with the Jets in the 2011 off season. (He wasn't traded.)
Just the way the video creator framed it like Gillis and the canucks were saying one thing and dumping Rick in the next breath.
RandV
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I don't know what Twitter says but they were bottom pairing guys who could fill in for second pairing duty when injuries hit. #5 dmen with a closer tilt to being a #4 than a #6, where as the guys Benning usually brought in were #6's who were closer to being #7's than #5's.
"Any dman can be a top pairing guy if you pay him as such". Jim Benning
Or draft them really high like Juolevi
Probably why we gave up on Forsling so soon. Guy was a 5th rounder. No way he could become a top pairing D right?
rypper
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Is that an exact quote from Benning? If not, you are falsely attributing quotes here.
mathonwy
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DL44
Status quo
Toffoli - McCann - Gagner
Leivo- Bonino - Kassian
Roussel - Beagle - Eriksson
Gaunce - Boyd - Gaudette
Lind - Dowd - Virtanen
Vesey - Richardson
Edler - Tanev
Schmidt - Stetcher
Del Zotto - Hutton
Forsling - Rafferty
Beiga - Gudbranson
Benn - Sbisa
Markstrom - Holtby
Leivo- Bonino - Kassian
Roussel - Beagle - Eriksson
Gaunce - Boyd - Gaudette
Lind - Dowd - Virtanen
Vesey - Richardson
Edler - Tanev
Schmidt - Stetcher
Del Zotto - Hutton
Forsling - Rafferty
Beiga - Gudbranson
Benn - Sbisa
Markstrom - Holtby
BBC article: "Painful verdict on Swedish ice hockey player's 1995 killing."
Former Canuck Leif Rohlin has a prominent role in the article. He came over to North America shortly after this all happened. If I ever knew about this, I'd certainly forgotten.
Former Canuck Leif Rohlin has a prominent role in the article. He came over to North America shortly after this all happened. If I ever knew about this, I'd certainly forgotten.
CalderSchmalder
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I found this old fight video that I thought was pretty interesting, I was born in the 90s and haven't watched much of the old-school Canucks. Smyl looks angry as hell!
CalderSchmalder
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Is that where the nickname Steamer comes from? Would commentators say stuff like "the Steamer is steamed!"You mean he was Steamed?
I honestly don't know just because I've never really watched many old videos of him or even heard people talk much about him.
I just started watching this video, seems pretty good as far as explaining what type of player he was.
