Captain Bowie
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A little bit of Jannick Hansen.
or if we were the Boston Bruins.Raffi Torres would have had a much longer and more fruitful career were he a little smarter and had more awareness and wasn't so damn wreckless.
or if we were the Boston Bruins.
Does Sundin get the 2010 unsung hero award?
I’d have him as a nominee for sure. A 38 year old coming into the fire after missing half a season, only to start returning to form in a big way down the stretch. Sundin was a PPG player in the playoffs that year, and Kesler cites Sundin as being a major influence on him, in terms of transitioning from a defensive center into a two-way beast. I was very thankful for Sundin’s brief time as a Canuck.
Some other guys that come to mind:
-Tyler Motte
-Murray Baron
-Ryan Miller
To be fair, during Messier’s three years in Vancouver, Satan put up seasons of 22, 40 and 33 goals for the Sabres while costing way less.Mats gets lionized for his numbers here (28 points in 41 games) yet Messier is worse than Satan at the same age (54 points in 66 games; he missed 16 games due to injury).
Hmmm such a fine line between goat and hero. Mats gets lionized for his numbers here (28 points in 41 games) yet Messier is worse than Satan at the same age (54 points in 66 games; he missed 16 games due to injury). Kesler cites Sundin as being a major influence on him (hmmm) while Naslund cites Messier as being a major influence on HIM. Interesting...
Right, if he had had exactly the same career but with the Bruins everybody on this board would compare him to Satan...
He's essentially the OG Tom Wilson.Right, if he had had exactly the same career but with the Bruins everybody on this board would compare him to Satan...
I LOVED watching Artem Chubarov's game when he played for us-- like a bull-ish power-defensive-forward. I seem to recall Klatt, Linden, Cooke, and Letowski getting all of the attention instead when he was just as important and doing it at a very young age.
Him and Bure never seemed to be healthy at the same time.I know his Canuck career went by in the 'blink of an eye'.....but pound for pound, Alex Mogilny might have been one of the most multi-talented player ever to put on a Canucks uni.....but just never worked out for him here.
A lot of these guys (like Higgins, Cooke, Torres, and Salo) are pretty well appreciated.
I LOVED watching Artem Chubarov's game when he played for us-- like a bull-ish power-defensive-forward. I seem to recall Klatt, Linden, Cooke, and Letowski getting all of the attention instead when he was just as important and doing it at a very young age.
I remember Brent Sopel being somewhat unfairly maligned when he was here simply because he occasionally made really visibly goofy glaring mistakes (that usually didn't even cost them) and had a dumb look on his face when doing it. Ate top four minutes often against top forwards because he played with Ohlund (was in way over his head in that regard, but still did okay in that role), fantastic at holding the line and getting shots through, produced offensively, and I may be misremembering, but didn't he basically make peanuts the whole time he was here? Yet he was basically treated like Lucas Sbisa or something, and if I'm not mistaken, often blamed for Cloutier's inconsistent play at times. He was better overall than Malik, Allen, or Baron by a wide margin, from what I remember, but was always more vilified and scapegoated.
That one year of Magnus Arvedson that we got was pretty special as well. Formed one of the strongest shut-down lines in the league for a period of time with Cooke and Linden, and then ended up having great offensive chemistry with the Sedins as well before having a career ending injury.
Arvedson is a good one. I actually really liked Mats Lindgren during his season with the Canucks. Very good defensive player with a strong hockey IQ, just couldn’t stay healthy.
∂idn't Darren Langdon play on that line for a bit as well?Ruutu-Linden-Lindgren was just an awesome fourth line for us.
Ruutu-Linden-Lindgren was just an awesome fourth line for us.
People forget but in 03-04, the Canucks lost 2 forwards to career ending injuries (Arvedson and Lindgren), on top of the Bertuzzi thing. What could have been.
Lindgren, by the way, still lives in Vancouver.
∂idn't Darren Langdon play on that line for a bit as well?
Anyway - another under appreciated Canuck for me was Brad May. Two tours of duty with the team, frequently fought outside of his weight class to protect his teammates, and was a good leader in the room, too.