Johnny Canucker
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There are people who just have a permanent chip on their shoulder. I have been a Canucks lover since 1970. My BIL always cheers for the other team, because he is jerk and likes to bait everyone. There was a guy in our section (top of the Red Fs at the old Coliseum) who always wore the competition jersey to every game and voiced his hate of the Canucks. There is always going to be a vocal minority.
We have had some great players and some great periods on the Canucks. (getting Bure, the brilliance of the Sedins thanks to Burke, drafting EP). We have come within an inch of two Lord Stanleys.
Armchair quarterbacks (to very slightly mix metaphors) can always find fault with management, especially in hindsight.
Believe me. I became apoplectic over the signings of Schaller, Louie, Beagle, Rousell, Sutter (price, not player) and other short term fixes to achieve little while creating long term pain.
For the first time since the heyday of the Sedins (hallowed be their names) we have a complete team with a great young core. We have swung for the fences (again, wrong sport metaphor) at high risk with our signing of OEL and Garland.
But, I would argue that is a real chance this a team that could go deep if only a few things go well....EP becomes a 100 pt player when other teams have 3 scring lines to defend against and we have a strong breakout defence feeding him....Hughes grows defensivly with a stronger team and more experience....Podz steps in and takes a significant role...and (the make or break) OEL returns to close to the form that made him a Norris contender. I would further argue that each one of these is a real possibility.
Jimbo has emptied our cupboard to give us a chance. There really are only two possibilities. Either we have a magic team for a few years with real prospect for our one bugbear, obtaining the elusive Lord Stanley. Or it all turns into a complete clusterf*ck.
I desperately hope Jim has found a formula.
(Now, let's hear the flamers....but, but, but.... Green, mismanagement, etc. etc. ad nauseum)
Go Canucks!
Good post. One issue is that people are just die hard fans and look at everything with rose coloured glasses. Because their blind optimism irritates me, I come back with truth.
people get excited about a jack rathbone fkr example. You know how many teams have prospects like him? 31 teams. You may not know who they are , but they are everywhere.
people get excited about VasPod when realistically they drafted a grinder top 10 overall.
People hate hearing the truth if it hurts their hopes. This franchise has been shit since inception. We are allowed to not be happy about that. I prefer more people pissed off that we have the 2nd worst win % ever in the NHL.