Vancouver Canucks fans.

[littlejon]

Vancouver Canucks fired Dave Nonis today. It was a deserved firing and much of the trouble was obvious before the season. Here's what I wrote October 3 while picking them to finish 4th in the Northwest:

They have some extreme strengths (the piss cutter Sedins, Bernie Parent) and some major weaknesses (who IS going to play on their secondary lines/pairings? I think Dunc Wilson is the backup goalie). They also have a big problem in that (unlike Colorado and Minnesota) the guys who emerged for Vancouver last year out of the blue aren't young or about to step into the stratosphere (Pyatt, Bieska examples). They might miss the playoffs, but it won't be because they're a bad team. Need to improve depth before they make a SC run.


Bieksa played half a season, Pyatt ran in place and they were a bad team due to a large number of injuries and what ended up being two 4th lines. A key element in roster structure in the new world order of the NHL under this CBA is to find inexpensive options for the non-skill lines and 5-6D pairing. The Canucks invited the Beatles to headline the show, ran Menudo out there as an opening act and everyone left the building before Ringo could hit the stage.

Not all of those Canuck forwards are bad, Brad Isbister looks to have had a decent season. The problem is that they had the Sedins, Naslund, Kesler and a couple of others in front of a lot of blah. It's like having a dynamite leadoff man, a good punch-and-Judy man in the 2slot, a fine major league hitter batting third and a quality cleanup hitter.

Followed by 5 pitchers. And for that Dave Nonis lost his job today.



just repeatin' what i read

uh, does this mean another couple of 'rebuilding' seasons??? har har.....

[Senior]

Originally Posted by Scarface

Everybody in Edmonton is a U-haul and a plane ticket away from living in Vancouver. VAN is a nice place ...but the arrogance isn't warranted. You had nothing to do with the ocean or the mountains being there. Without the scenery , Vancouver would be Hamilton (zing!)

So spare me the placism.

zing????? where was the zing? are you on crack? where did all this talk of U-Hauls come from? anyway to recap what I said earlier. Vancouver is a nice place to live but the Canucks missed the playoffs. Edmonton is a dirty shit hole and the Oilers missed the playoffs. simple enough for you?

[Senior]

Originally Posted by littlejon

Vancouver Canucks fired Dave Nonis today. It was a deserved firing and much of the trouble was obvious before the season. Here's what I wrote October 3 while picking them to finish 4th in the Northwest:

They have some extreme strengths (the piss cutter Sedins, Bernie Parent) and some major weaknesses (who IS going to play on their secondary lines/pairings? I think Dunc Wilson is the backup goalie). They also have a big problem in that (unlike Colorado and Minnesota) the guys who emerged for Vancouver last year out of the blue aren't young or about to step into the stratosphere (Pyatt, Bieska examples). They might miss the playoffs, but it won't be because they're a bad team. Need to improve depth before they make a SC run.


Bieksa played half a season, Pyatt ran in place and they were a bad team due to a large number of injuries and what ended up being two 4th lines. A key element in roster structure in the new world order of the NHL under this CBA is to find inexpensive options for the non-skill lines and 5-6D pairing. The Canucks invited the Beatles to headline the show, ran Menudo out there as an opening act and everyone left the building before Ringo could hit the stage.

Not all of those Canuck forwards are bad, Brad Isbister looks to have had a decent season. The problem is that they had the Sedins, Naslund, Kesler and a couple of others in front of a lot of blah. It's like having a dynamite leadoff man, a good punch-and-Judy man in the 2slot, a fine major league hitter batting third and a quality cleanup hitter.

Followed by 5 pitchers. And for that Dave Nonis lost his job today.



just repeatin' what i read

uh, does this mean another couple of 'rebuilding' seasons??? har har.....

it really depends on who gets the job as GM.

[ash1ee]

baaaaaaaaaseball.

[Scarface]

Originally Posted by Senior

zing????? where was the zing? are you on crack? where did all this talk of U-Hauls come from? anyway to recap what I said earlier. Vancouver is a nice place to live but the Canucks missed the playoffs. Edmonton is a dirty shit hole and the Oilers missed the playoffs. simple enough for you?

Settle down , sweetheart. Ignorance is bliss.

[mapleleaf4ever]

Originally Posted by Scarface

Everybody in Edmonton is a U-haul and a plane ticket away from living in Vancouver. VAN is a nice place ...but the arrogance isn't warranted. You had nothing to do with the ocean or the mountains being there. Without the scenery , Vancouver would be Hamilton (zing!)

So spare me the placism.

I dunno about Hamilton... that place really sucks.

[rawb]

so how many people in this thread have signed up to the edmonton mediocre rave board and let them know how much disdain you have for their city and/or sports teams? is this a common practice?

[Senior]

Originally Posted by rawb

so how many people in this thread have signed up to the edmonton mediocre rave board and let them know how much disdain you have for their city and/or sports teams? is this a common practice?

I know it's funny how many people from Edmonton come on here. then they tell us all how great Edmonton is...

[rawb]

THIS IS OUR YEAR

[Scarface]

I like Kevin bacon , but I hate Footloose..............