David Vyborny is currently the most loyal player in the CBJ history
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Viqsi
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Jenner's already signed a contract that could last through the end of his career. (Though I hope not!)
Werenski strikes me as the sort who would spend the overwhelming majority of his career here and be forever regarded as a Blue Jacket but possibly end up on other teams when he's old and declining but still pursuing one-year payday contracts.
Werenski strikes me as the sort who would spend the overwhelming majority of his career here and be forever regarded as a Blue Jacket but possibly end up on other teams when he's old and declining but still pursuing one-year payday contracts.
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This thread had me at hello.
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Cowumbus
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Such a great player, one of my all time favorites.
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Same here. Dude was just a good guy on the ice and you never had to worry about what he was going to do.
Plus he rocked the tactical turtleneck before if became tacticool.
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One team careers are increasingly rare in sports. It would be cool but I think it's more unlikely than likely.
Loyal is a strange way to frame it. Players get traded or pushed out sometimes against their will or the fans wishes like Bjorkstrand or Calvert. Takes a perfect combo of being great and willing to take paycuts often towards the end of their careers in a flat cap era especially. Goes both ways. Jenner is cheap enough he could do it and Werenski is good enough he could do it but honestly its kind of overrated. If a guy wants to chase a Cup toward the end of their career and the team they are on cant make a realistic run towards that goal I dont blame the player. I dont think anyone thinks any less of Ray Bourque doing it, thats actually one of my favorite moments in the sport seeing Sakic take the Cup to him.
Loved Vborny though, definetly dont have a negative thing to say about that guy. Also one of my early favorites
Loved Vborny though, definetly dont have a negative thing to say about that guy. Also one of my early favorites
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Dont think so, literally said put on another jersey. Dont think it was a shot at anyone by the OP or anything silly like that, just pointing out a cool stat but Im just pointing out how hard that is to do even if a player wants it. The buisness has become even more cut throat in the flat cap era
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Atkinson is a good example of loyal, but put on another jersey. Boll too.
It’s going to be rare nowadays. Probably only HHOF types, or guys who get their jersey in the rafters.
Werenski might be a guy who has a chance to be a Jacket forever though.
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Yeah maybe. Kane already has, and Toews might play games outside of Chicago. If they can, anyone could - though those types are much less likely than a middle sizer IMO.
Do Crosby and Malkin ever leave?
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KallioWeHardlyKnewYe
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Coming here for the good Vybes relative to other current threads. A top 5 Blue Jacket for me. Makes me happy.
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I loved watching David Vyborny. That guy never took a shift off, you could tell he loved playing hockey & to listen to him speak.. just love the guy.
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I don’t think we’ve had many true examples of loyalty in this business. I guess I’d say Jenner? Aside from the obvious, he’s always taken contracts far below what he would command on the open market. Buts he’s never even let himself get close to that point. And now that he may have thrown himself on a grenade to try and spare his new coach that he hardly knows?
Games played isn’t a metric I don’t think should necessarily be used to try and measure loyalty in this business. I think it’s about financial decisions. Taking less, committing more.
I would also say Cam Atkinson. Still pretty shocked how they just traded him away the way they did. I don’t believe it’s something he wanted at all.
Games played isn’t a metric I don’t think should necessarily be used to try and measure loyalty in this business. I think it’s about financial decisions. Taking less, committing more.
I would also say Cam Atkinson. Still pretty shocked how they just traded him away the way they did. I don’t believe it’s something he wanted at all.
A bit of trivia: In his native Czech, the surname "Vyborny" actually means "Excellent". What a name to carry on your jersey!
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Vyborny was before my time as a fan, but from the film i've watched, he was a great player. Definitely deserved a proper captaincy had Nasher not been there.
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how there isn’t a specially noted vyborny appreciation thread is beyond me. We should all be ashamed.
Congrats to David on getting into the IIHF hall of fame.
Vyborny said he was surprised to get the phone call. “I did not expect this at all,” he told The Athletic during an email exchange. “I will be turning 50 soon (Jan. 22), so this is the time the prizes are given. It is the prize of my hockey career.” Vyborny currently lives in Prague, where he and another former Jacket, Jakub Voracek, meet up to play tennis and have beers. He also has stayed in touch with longtime Blue Jackets trainer Jamie Healy. Asked for his favorite memory during his time with the Blue Jackets, Vyborny said: “That first game (in franchise history). My 100th goal (Dec. 28, 2006, vs. Detroit) and 500th game (Nov. 24, 2007, vs. Detroit).”
Congrats to David on getting into the IIHF hall of fame.
Vyborny said he was surprised to get the phone call. “I did not expect this at all,” he told The Athletic during an email exchange. “I will be turning 50 soon (Jan. 22), so this is the time the prizes are given. It is the prize of my hockey career.” Vyborny currently lives in Prague, where he and another former Jacket, Jakub Voracek, meet up to play tennis and have beers. He also has stayed in touch with longtime Blue Jackets trainer Jamie Healy. Asked for his favorite memory during his time with the Blue Jackets, Vyborny said: “That first game (in franchise history). My 100th goal (Dec. 28, 2006, vs. Detroit) and 500th game (Nov. 24, 2007, vs. Detroit).”
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We could use a "ring of honor" type of thing for the club to hold pre-game celebrations for long-retired players like Vyborny.
I can't think of much that we do other than jersey retirement, which many folks hold impossibly high standards for (that results in them speaking negatively of 99% of the athletes as well as the team). So something like a ring of honor would be more positive and just good vibes.
I can't think of much that we do other than jersey retirement, which many folks hold impossibly high standards for (that results in them speaking negatively of 99% of the athletes as well as the team). So something like a ring of honor would be more positive and just good vibes.
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At the very least they could honor the history. Have a David Vyborny night. Everyone wear his jersey in warm ups. He does an honorary puck drop. Show some highlights during stoppages. Do the same thing with Ray Whitney. Maybe pick 5 guys from early in the franchise and do one per month (Nov - Mar). It would be a nice event and set up how we can honor guys like Umberger or Savard or Dubinsky in the future. Keep it classy. Don’t give out a bobble head or something tacky.
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More for his work as inspiration than on-ice?
Also, can they get all the players to wear a turtleneck for Vybo night?
