Ryan Stanton Appreciation Thread

[Musashi]

Atta boy Stants

Making the boys back home proud

 

[Barney Gumble]

Loved the fact that Stanton immediately beat the piss out of Desjardins for giving Lou that cheap-ass snow shower.

Wasn't he the same player that gave the knee on knee hit to Archibald?

 

[Hansen]

Wasn't he the same player that gave the knee on knee hit to Archibald?

That was Demers iirc

 

[ziploc]

This guy has been GREAT. Perfect bottom pairing Dman. No nonsense, steady, physical, some fairly deft passing, and you barely notice him because he's not making countless boneheaded errors. He's like Bizarro Alberts.

 

[TacitEndorsement]

I imagine we'll resign him for 2 years and then we'll be unable to resign him again because of cap problems.

 

[TmX]

great pick up ! I have been nothing but happy with his contribution. I was also very impressed with him stepping up and defending Lou.

 

[luongo321]

great pick up ! I have been nothing but happy with his contribution. I was also very impressed with him stepping up and defending Lou.

Yeah, it's sweet to have a d partner for BIEKSA that is also ready and willing to fight. You know sooner or later a brawl is going to break out and stanton/bieksa are gonna lay the smackdown!

 

[me2]

Getting Stanton for free kind of makes up for some of our 2nd round picks.

 

[Verviticus]

i was mildly skeptical on his first half dozen games because he might have just been riding a sort of 'first/last kick at the can' kind of high but regardless of his own play (which has consistently been good) i'm actually pretty happy he's found a mesh with bieksa

 

[Win One Before I Die]

I imagine we'll resign him for 2 years and then we'll be unable to resign him again because of cap problems.

We have never had a problem retaining the players we wanted to keep. Unless he is die hard on playing in Alberta, why would he want to leave? Cap will go up.

 

[Jyrki]

a little consolation prize from our bitter rivals

let's make them regret it

 

[Derp Kassian]

Love this pickup. Gillis finally filled out the bottom depth roles for playoff/reg season injuries on D. Now just gotta add a piece or two in the forward corps and this team will fill out nicely.

 

[Jack Tripper]

probably the guy that the canucks hoped yann sauve could one day become

the only way i ever noticed this guy before the waiver claim was during the rockford bench clearing brawls that kyle beach would always instigate

 

[thepuckmonster]

probably the guy that the canucks hoped yann sauve could one day become

the only way i ever noticed this guy before the waiver claim was during the rockford bench clearing brawls that kyle beach would always instigate

Yann Sauve is nothing but a warm body in Utica right now.

Ugh.

 

[vanuck]

Yann Sauve is nothing but a warm body in Utica right now.

Ugh.

Not even that now. He's a healthy scratch.

 

[monster_bertuzzi]

Unreal find by MG and the boys.

 

[Mofletz]

Not even that now. He's a healthy scratch.

I can't believe we picked morgan clark, Prahba Rai, that year iirc

 

[Outside99*]

Its amazing to me how Stanton has so seamlessly made the transition. Seems unfazed by the higher speed of play. Does not look at all like a defender who had a grand total of 1 NHL game under his belt prior to joining the Canucks.

 

[MS]

Its amazing to me how Stanton has so seamlessly made the transition. Seems unfazed by the higher speed of play. Does not look at all like a defender who had a grand total of 1 NHL game under his belt prior to joining the Canucks.

He's actually being under-utilized right now, if anything. If (and when) we have defenders injured, I have no worries at all about his icetime going up to 20 minutes/game.

His outlet passing and composure with the puck is what has been most surprising. Will be a top-4 defender down the road.

 

[wonton15]

Stanton and Sauve kind of look alike LOL

 

[Outside99*]

He's actually being under-utilized right now, if anything. If (and when) we have defenders injured, I have no worries at all about his icetime going up to 20 minutes/game.

His outlet passing and composure with the puck is what has been most surprising. Will be a top-4 defender down the road.

If that's the case, then the Canucks' blue line is set for a very long time with 3 current and future top 4ers with an avg. Age of 22-23 (4 with avg age of 23.5 if you include Edler), on top of an existing top 4. Very good problem to have.

Blackhawks must be kicking themselves (Brookbank was anything but poised in the SCF).

 

[TacitEndorsement]

We have never had a problem retaining the players we wanted to keep. Unless he is die hard on playing in Alberta, why would he want to leave? Cap will go up.

It's just standard Canuck pessimism.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

If that's the case, then the Canucks' blue line is set for a very long time with 3 current and future top 4ers with an avg. Age of 22-23 (4 with avg age of 23.5 if you include Edler), on top of an existing top 4. Very good problem to have.

Blackhawks must be kicking themselves (Brookbank was anything but poised in the SCF).

Brookbank didn't play in finals last year ,, He was #7 dman (like he is now)

As for Stanton.. It sucks but with Dahlbeck in AHL (3rd rounder in 2011) and Johns (2nd rounder in 2010) set to join Hawks organization in summer the Hawks aren't hurting for potential bottom pairing SAH guys

I liked Stanton but the Hawks are doing just fine without him. Good to see him getting his chance and playing well

 

[Bitz and Bites]

I'm happy we grabbed Stanton,he really solidifies our defence and he has enough potential to move up to the second pair if we get hit by injuries.
We should have been able draft and develop a bottom pairing D (at a minimum) with all the picks we've spent on guys like Rahimi,Ellington,Sauve,Price,Polasek,Andersson,and Hannay but collectively they've all amounted to a whole lot of nothing.Only Andersson is even a passable AHLer.The rest are already gone or won't be re-signed.

 

[Outside99*]

Brookbank didn't play in finals last year ,, He was #7 dman (like he is now)

As for Stanton.. It sucks but with Dahlbeck in AHL (3rd rounder in 2011) and Johns (2nd rounder in 2010) set to join Hawks organization in summer the Hawks aren't hurting for potential bottom pairing SAH guys

I liked Stanton but the Hawks are doing just fine without him. Good to see him getting his chance and playing well

Whatever playoff game where he got ventilated.

Until those prospects are in the show, they'll remain unknown quantities. Stanton has already shown that he belongs.