Abbotsford Canucks | Season Starting

[Blue and Green]

They played an okay game for the most part, especially the defencemen.

Next game is in Bakersfield on Tuesday at 10:30 AM; it's the Condors' annual School Day game.

 

[Lindgren]

Big save by Young on Cale Flueery keeps it tied late.


Older college signings do hit once in a while. Doug Lidster didn't leave Colorado College until he was 24 and I think did a stint with team Canada before finally arriving here.

Yes! So give Felton a chance to hit.

 

[Megaterio Llamas]

Yes! So give Felton a chance to hit.

They're not wildly dissimilar players actually. Lidster was attracting more attention but stylistically they do have some things in common.

 

[Blue and Green]

Lidster was 22 in his final season at Colorado College. He scored 56 points; his next highest teammate had 32. Then he moved to the Olympic team and played well. He arrived in Vancouver at age 23 with the expectation that he would be a legitimate NHLer. Lidster was way above Felton on ability.

 

[Megaterio Llamas]

Lidster was 22 in his final season at Colorado College. He scored 56 points; his next highest teammate had 32. Then he moved to the Olympic team and played well. He arrived in Vancouver at age 23 with the expectation that he would be a legitimate NHLer. Lidster was way above Felton on ability.

Incorrect. Lidster was drated after his first year at CC when he was turning 19 and then played three more year of college and 59 games with Canada. If he wasn't 24, he was just turning 24 that same year. The age difference Felton is in months, not years. Doug was born in 1960, and he turned pro in 1984.

Doug Lidster Hockey Stats and Profile at hockeydb.com

Statistics and Records of Doug Lidster, a hockey player and coach from Kamloops, BC born Oct 18 1960 who was active from 1977 to 1999.

www.hockeydb.com

 

[VanJack]

From what I can gather, Aman takes a careless tripping penalty with under three minutes remaining, and Coachella Valley scores late in the PP to win it in regulation.

Looking at this Abbotsford Canucks roster in September, I really thought they'd be better. But they're getting next to nothing out of their veteran players.

I'm assuming that both Blais and Di Giuseppe are hurt. And Wolanin wasn't in the lineup either. They desperately need some of their veteran players to start stepping up, but you'd expect guys like Aman, Bains and Sasson to be scoring more.

 

[Blue and Green]

Incorrect. Lidster was drated after his first year at CC when he was turning 19 and then played three more year of college and 59 games with Canada. If he wasn't 24, he was just turning 24 that same year. The age difference Felton is in months, not years. Doug was born in 1960, and he turned pro in 1984.

Doug Lidster Hockey Stats and Profile at hockeydb.com

Statistics and Records of Doug Lidster, a hockey player and coach from Kamloops, BC born Oct 18 1960 who was active from 1977 to 1999.

www.hockeydb.com

I don't see anything incorrect. Lidster turned 22 right at the start of his final college season and he was 23 years, 5 months when he played his first game in Vancouver.

 

[Megaterio Llamas]

From what I can gather, Aman takes a careless tripping penalty with under three minutes remaining, and Coachella Valley scores late in the PP to win it in regulation.

Looking at this Abbotsford Canucks roster in September, I really thought they'd be better. But they're getting next to nothing out of their veteran players.

I'm assuming that both Blais and Di Giuseppe are hurt. And Wolanin wasn't in the lineup either. They desperately need some of their veteran players to start stepping up, but you'd expect guys like Aman, Bains and Sasson to be scoring more.

That's not far off. Blais was kind of blase, but he is hurt. PDG is also i njured. Wolanin was playing the worst hockeyu of his Abby career but he is also banged up.

I don't see anything incorrect. Lidster turned 22 right at the start of his final college season and he was 23 years, 5 months when he played his first game in Vancouver.

Your skipping the post collegiate season with Team Canada. He was born in 1960 and signed in '84 as I said. I remember all this quite vividly. The signing age difference is maybe six months.

 

[VanJack]

I don't know what happened to Karlsson....guessing he's hurt as well. He's a guy they really miss, particularly down low on the forecheck.

 

[HockeyWooot]

Yeah give EP2 a couple of years and let him develop. Let him cook. As it stands, a rookie isn't going to make a difference on our D - we need a top 4 experienced minute-eater who can play in all three zones.

Hopefully he doesn't get traded for that fix but I'm sure every team would ask for him.

For sure.

 

[VanJack]

Stamkos really benefitted from having high end players around him in Tampa with Kucherov, Point and Hedman. He's got nothing like that around him in Nashville. Same with Marchassault.

I just can't see it working out in the long term, and Trotz will have to break the bank on buy-outs.