Confirmed with Link: Kevin Bieksa signs one day contract to retire as a Canuck

[rypper]

The exact moment Bieksa became one of my favorite canucks of all time:

 

[Shareefruck]

I still remember how multiple coaches (including one who won the Coach of the Year award) kept putting those two together despite looking like dog****.

Weird thing chemistry. Two otherwise LEGIT top 4 D's on their own. But combined? Yikes!

Putting two mistake prone defensemen together usually doesn't work, so it's not surprising. It's like putting Hughes and Myers together now. I think the trap that coaches fell into was that both Edler and Bieksa would fool you into thinking they were capable stay and home guys (which they randomly were, some years). I bet that pairing would have worked if they were tried again after Edler's game matured defensively.

The one that actually strikes me as weird is Ohlund and Jovanovski somehow not being a good pairing together, despite playing at their peaks and seeming like a match made in heaven in terms of play styles, and working well with players who have the same deficiencies but are just inferior in every other way (Sopel and Malik).

 

[Ernie]

Bieksa would lose his underwear in the corner at least once a game. Cost us a few pretty key playoff goals if I remember correctly.

 

[Bubbles]

It would be epic if Bieksa and Fedora Fedorov met at centre ice as part of the ceremony. Cue Brian Burke coming out of the tunnel to stand between them to prevent the carnage.

 

[Chairman Maouth]

don't forget sopel, that's my big three

but then sbisa took it to a whole other level

Brent Sopel is responsible for one of the greatest HF names ever: Drop the Sopel.

 

[Chairman Maouth]

That was fantastic.

 

[kcunac]

So will there be a ceremony? And if so when?

 

[Chairman Maouth]

"I think Luongo's got a kind of natural grease to his hair."

 

[tradervik]

The only way to be truly happy with the Canucks is to watch carefully selected moments from long ago.

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

Let's not compare mostly net positive Jekyll and Hyde players with an always rock bottom, "even when he's at his very best, he's still kinda terrible" player like Sbisa.

Tyler Myers is a better comparable, IMO.

Bieksa was particularly weird because he wouldn't really have that many inconsistent one-off moments-- he'd just alternate between being bad for nearly a full season and being insanely good for nearly a full season.

yeah that's fair, but my point kind of was that sbisa was a whole other thing

jovo, a very good player who was prone to being inexplicably bad

bieksa, a guy who alternated regularly between being a legitimately good player and a legitimately bad one

sopel, a fairly bad player who was prone to occasionally being inexplicably good

sbisa, a bad player, full stop. but insofar as bad in all of these descriptions basically means giant brain farts and coughing up the puck like you've never played hockey before, i don't think i even knew a guy could make it to the NHL and play regular minutes over whole seasons constantly coughing up the puck like that or being a constant brain fart out there

 

[alternate]

If there is a ceremony, Sami Salo's Achilles tendon better be the guest of honor.

 

[EpochLink]

I still remember when he scored his first NHL goal, in the 2006-2007 season against the Sharks.

 

[The Stig]

Juice. Boom Boom. Casual Kev.

 

[ghostingtaro]

shots shots shots

 

[quat]

yeah that's fair, but my point kind of was that sbisa was a whole other thing

jovo, a very good player who was prone to being inexplicably bad

bieksa, a guy who alternated regularly between being a legitimately good player and a legitimately bad one

sopel, a fairly bad player who was prone to occasionally being inexplicably good

sbisa, a bad player, full stop. but insofar as bad in all of these descriptions basically means giant brain farts and coughing up the puck like you've never played hockey before, i don't think i even knew a guy could make it to the NHL and play regular minutes over whole seasons constantly coughing up the puck like that or being a constant brain fart out there

Gudbranson

 

[gringo]

His fightcard could be unrivaled for a top 4 Dman in that era.

 

[GranvilleIsland]

Was invisible today. Is it too late to trade him before his contract expires?

 

[Bubbles]

Bieksa just did the highlight package for the Nucks/Flyers game. Blamed the loss on Dan Murphy!

 

[Petey But Really Jim]

So will there be a ceremony? And if so when?

Think OP said November 3.

 

[kcunac]

Think OP said November 3.

Thanks. Missed that. 11-03-22 makes me think March 11…

 

[rypper]

It's the game versus the Ducks.

 

[Petey But Really Jim]

Thanks. Missed that. 11-03-22 makes me think March 11…

even though I know our shit go yyyy-mm-dd I check it pretty much every time for myself just to make sure

 

[kcunac]

even though I know our shit go yyyy-mm-dd I check it pretty much every time for myself just to make sure

As A Canadian ex-pat living abroad it is a pet peeve. As is daylight savings time.

 

[PavelBure10]

Big fan of Bieksa. He was a major leader for that team on and off of the ice. Sometimes he have some mental blunders, but Bieksa would always give it his all and always back his teammates. Will never forget when Bob Hartley threw all of his goons on the ice to start the game, it was rookie Kellan Lains first ever NHL game and he was getting paired up against a Calgary goon off of the faceoff, Bieksa threw him out of the way and said "I got this" so the rookie didn't have to fight to start his career. Bieksa is pure class all the way, and I don't mind one bit that the Canucks are doing this.

They also should do this for Sami Salo too.

 

[Grub]

Would have superman punched Pettersson if Juice saw him sulking. Miss these old heart players.