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by orts
Thu Jun 07, 2007 12:53 pm
Forum: Canucks Corner Chat
Topic: Hockey Knowledge in Anaheim
Replies: 12
Views: 5560

"The Vancouver Canucks still exist?!" From a mid-20s athletic guy (i.e. easy hockey demographic) just a few weeks ago when I mentioned the Canucks-Stars series while it was going on. "Trevor Linden played for the Canucks?! Is Russ Courtnall still captain [sic] there?" (Stated in 2000-ish). Well, yo...
by orts
Wed Jun 06, 2007 12:34 pm
Forum: Canucks Corner Chat
Topic: 2007 Potential Free Agents - Pick your Player
Replies: 22
Views: 11570

Looks like Alexei Yashin's available too :)

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/story/2 ... tract.html
by orts
Fri Jun 01, 2007 1:55 pm
Forum: Canucks Corner Chat
Topic: Top 15 GREATEST NHL LEADERS since 1990 (in my opinion)
Replies: 15
Views: 7567

I'd like to see Mats Sundin on that list (in spite of my anti-Leaf bias). He has led by example and been the face of his team in spite of the fact that general management has given him fuckall to work with :)

Put him in Darien Hatcher's spot.

Glad you put Brin d'Amour so high up.
by orts
Thu May 31, 2007 8:47 am
Forum: Canucks Corner Chat
Topic: Hockey Knowledge in Anaheim
Replies: 12
Views: 5560

''It's the Ducks and those guys with the Flames,'' he said. ''Flames, Flames Flames,all I can see in my head is the Flames. They are there every year.'' That's 'cause the Canadian teams are the ones that have a huge fan base that goes to games in California. I went to a Canucks/Ducks game a few yea...
by orts
Thu May 24, 2007 10:24 am
Forum: Canucks Corner Chat
Topic: Kirill Koltsov signs with Russian team
Replies: 35
Views: 17326

Woulda, coulda, shoulda. Fact is GMs weren't seeking these guys out to play in the best league in the world. And there's a reason. Caveat: I have no real idea of the kind of talent that actually exists in the Russian leagues these days. But I recall someone saying recently (on cbc, maybe? or here) ...
by orts
Thu May 24, 2007 8:20 am
Forum: Canucks Corner Chat
Topic: Kirill Koltsov signs with Russian team
Replies: 35
Views: 17326

And to Bykov's mind, as was reported in the Russian press and cited in my earlier post, Koltsov was a clear defensive liability and ranks behind such household names on defence as Vitaly Atyushov, Alexei Emelin, Denis Grebeshkov, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, Maxim Kondratiev, Lada Togliatti, Ilya Nikulin a...
by orts
Tue May 22, 2007 7:06 pm
Forum: Canucks Corner Chat
Topic: An Encounter
Replies: 11
Views: 5956

I think I told this story once already. Oh, well. Trevor Linden used to come into the coffee shop I worked at in Kitsilano ("Expressohead," now defunct). The summer of 1994, he came in with a woman and ordered a couple of skim-milk mochas. I asked him how his summer was, and he said, "Short," and we...
by orts
Sun May 20, 2007 7:50 am
Forum: Canucks Corner Chat
Topic: Ottawa onto Finals
Replies: 8
Views: 4167

jchockey wrote:Ottawa proves that you don't need an All-Star goalie to reach the finals.
Yeah; but damn, I hope it holds true that you can also win the Cup without one....
by orts
Sat May 19, 2007 4:53 pm
Forum: Canucks Corner Chat
Topic: Ottawa onto Finals
Replies: 8
Views: 4167

They are a powerhouse They have been really fun to watch, and I'm so happy for them to finally be there after those years of disappointment. I even got to see a couple of games in rowdy Ottawa bars when I visited last weekend! I have a feeling, though, that their attitude has been a little too happ...
by orts
Fri May 18, 2007 11:24 am
Forum: Canucks Corner Chat
Topic: 2006-2007 Canucks Roster, Salaries & Info
Replies: 46
Views: 42404

steeda3 said: "1. Nobody on the Canucks team will put up Carter type numbers with the sedins..." I respect that he was steadfast in his convictions, but did he ever get it wrong! Well, really, nobody on the team did put up Carter-type numbers with the Sedins. Carter scored thirty goals; Pyatt didn'...
by orts
Fri May 04, 2007 1:56 pm
Forum: Canucks Corner Chat
Topic: Sedins sick as dogs
Replies: 20
Views: 11691

Re: Sedins sick as dogs

Injuries and bugs - much as you hate to admit it, they're often the deciding factor in the playoffs. I was really optimistic at the beginning of the Dallas series for precisely that reason: miraculously, everybody seemed healthy, and we were only missing Kesler at that point... But immediately seve...
by orts
Wed Apr 25, 2007 6:09 am
Forum: Canucks Corner Chat
Topic: Also moving on to the second round . . .
Replies: 7
Views: 3769

Mantle wrote:This year I've been spending more time actually PLAYING hockey rather than watching it and I've been a lot happier.
Great post.
by orts
Wed Apr 25, 2007 5:52 am
Forum: Canucks Corner Chat
Topic: To whom it may concern
Replies: 30
Views: 15860

I was quite excited when Crawford came here. I was even happier when he left.
by orts
Tue Apr 17, 2007 3:56 pm
Forum: Canucks Corner Chat
Topic: Wacky schedule and no HD
Replies: 11
Views: 5086

orts wrote: I don't see it listed on the cbc website as a possibility.
It's on the list now! I am pleased.
by orts
Tue Apr 17, 2007 1:53 pm
Forum: Canucks Corner Chat
Topic: Wacky schedule and no HD
Replies: 11
Views: 5086

You're lucky you get the game at all, CBC Alberta isn't showing the Canucks. My only hope is to catch it on the CBC streaming thing. http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/stanleycup2007/streams/# I don't see it listed on the cbc website as a possibility. They seem only to have the Ottawa Pittsburgh one, ...