The Vancouver Media Thread | Part VIII

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[Peen]

Drance’s lunch hour today was really good

 

[tradervik]

Drance’s lunch hour today was really good

What did he order?

 

[Coffee]

Best media in the NHL

 

[F A N]

We could use some former Canuck podcasters (who are Canucks focused) like the short-lived Kes and Juice.

 

[tradervik]

I still want to know what Drance had for lunch.

 

[Coffee]

iMac has so much charisma all of sudden, did you guys hear him on the 650 post game show ?

 

[lawrence]

If anyone is interested.

Every goal the canucks scored in the 82 playoffs.

 

[kanucks25]

If anyone is interested.

Every goal the canucks scored in the 82 playoffs.

What always gets me about old time hockey is the nonchalant attitude towards defending.

I know a lot of D-men back then were not great in terms or skill or skating but still lol

 

[Lindgren]

If anyone is interested.

Every goal the canucks scored in the 82 playoffs.

That was my favourite Canucks team and my favourite playoff run.

The story of Neil Belland, Andy Schliebner, and Anders Eldebrink has never really been given its due. (And I thought those guys were going to anchor a cup contender for another decade!)

 

[iceburg]

If anyone is interested.

Every goal the canucks scored in the 82 playoffs.

It's amazing how 90%+ of the shots are less than 6 inches off the ice. Of course, using old wooden logs for sticks didn't help. Completely not surprising that goaltending has been the most transformed position over the decades.

 

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[THRILLHOIAF]

Kate literally working around the clock for Canucks' socials and media team. post-game interviews, on-ice interviews, porting video to socials, content with the dads on the trip, pre-game previews at home and away rinks...she's legit the backbone of the Canucks' online presence right now.

You need to reassess your priorities in life if you say any of that shit to someone doing their job for your favouritest sports team.

 

[Reverend Mayhem]

Yeah, I’m gonna have to put my foot down - that is very not OK. What is wrong with you in your life that you feel the need to do that? I’ve liked the work she’s done.

 

[Lindgren]

It's amazing how 90%+ of the shots are less than 6 inches off the ice. Of course, using old wooden logs for sticks didn't help. Completely not surprising that goaltending has been the most transformed position over the decades.

Those highlights are also a reminder that the Canucks of that era had some serious skill down the middle, with Gradin (my all-time favourite Canuck), Boldirev, and the legendary Hlinka. (Even if they couldn't lift the puck!)

 

[iceburg]

Those highlights are also a reminder that the Canucks of that era had some serious skill down the middle, with Gradin (my all-time favourite Canuck), Boldirev, and the legendary Hlinka. (Even if they couldn't lift the puck!)

Gradin was certainly my favorite of that era. So smooth.

 

[Lindgren]

Gradin was certainly my favorite of that era. So smooth.

The way his game contrasted yet meshed with Smyl and Fraser ... what a line.

 

[iceburg]

The way his game contrasted yet meshed with Smyl and Fraser ... what a line.

Smyl's energy and grit are legendary and his legacy has been established by his long term association with the team. I don't think many remember how good a player Fraser was and how tough he was. They were a great combination with Gradin.

 

[lawrence]

Of course I was gonna post all goals from the 94 run.

And no, im not doing the 2011. I still have ptsd from that run.

 

[theguardianII]

Of course I was gonna post all goals from the 94 run.

And no, im not doing the 2011. I still have ptsd from that run.

THAT was Vancouver's Stanley Cup team.

Did you see their STAPLES? Folks might think the goal tending was sub par, guess what, even with the smaller equipment the top ten goalies would be in the top 12 now - .911 to .930 sv% that year.

Great hockey, did you see how many players "fought" through checks? How many would have had penalties for hooking, interference, late hits.

That year's team was built by Quinn in 3.5 years.
It was the largest team in the league, Rangers the 3rd largest.

Much of a difference in PP's? They used defencemen but for the most part the same.

So much overall skill, not like this team that has Grunts with limited requirements and skill levels suppressed by the system.

Easily the best Canuck team even though the 2010/2011 team lead the league in ALL categories with one exception of being 2nd in PK. Again that team should have won the cup, but they were not as talented as the 94 team. That 94 team was robbed by the league. That NYR win gave enough PR for the league to expand numerous teams, it was not just good for the league, it ended up being vital at the time.

I would rank the two teams as #1 and #2 best ever Canuck teams with Quinn and Gillis the two best GM's to date.

got all that year on vhs

Smyl's energy and grit are legendary and his legacy has been established by his long term association with the team. I don't think many remember how good a player Fraser was and how tough he was. They were a great combination with Gradin.

I remember Fraser, his fist went from the top of my forehead to my chin. Huge hands.

 

[Brookbank]

iMac has so much charisma all of sudden, did you guys hear him on the 650 post game show ?

You should have heard him tonight. I think he's alright for an in house media guy

Canucks Central1 hour and 6 minutes in

 

[I Hart Conor Garland]

I stand with Canucks Kate.

 

[Coffee]

You should have heard him tonight. I think he's alright for an in house media guy

Canucks Central1 hour and 6 minutes in

Dude definitely has a new girlfriend

 

[MS]

That was my favourite Canucks team and my favourite playoff run.

The story of Neil Belland, Andy Schliebner, and Anders Eldebrink has never really been given its due. (And I thought those guys were going to anchor a cup contender for another decade!)

Eldebrink should have been. Probably the most poorly-handled player in franchise history. Swedes consider him to be one of their greatest defenders ever.

 

[Reverend Mayhem]

iMac has so much charisma all of sudden, did you guys hear him on the 650 post game show ?

He’s finally been lifted of the curse of being the outsourced PR department* for a losing hockey team.

* Thanks in part by choosing poorly in a philosophical difference between the GM and the once-revered Canuck of all Canucks who you said was the President of Hockey Ops but was really just a huge PR gambit turned spokesman. Oh and who do we here made this wise decision? Some old-ass Jabroni who probably looks like this: