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by Media_Man
Tue Nov 08, 2005 11:30 pm
Forum: Canucks History
Topic: Early Canuck memories....
Replies: 36
Views: 89140

WCE......This is what I heard from very credible sources. Walter Gretzky, Wayne and Mike Barnett met with Pat Quinn and George McPhee and John McCaw here in Vancouver. They were negotiating, and had agreed on a three year, 18-21 million dollar package. After a day of negotiating, they shook hands, a...
by Media_Man
Tue Nov 08, 2005 9:37 am
Forum: Canucks History
Topic: Early Canuck memories....
Replies: 36
Views: 89140

Possibly, and possibly not.....But I still would have rather of had Gretzky here than Messier. Gretzky has always had a soft spot for Vancouver, and you have to admit the greatone would have looked great with Bure and Mogilny.
by Media_Man
Tue Nov 08, 2005 12:36 am
Forum: Canucks History
Topic: Early Canuck memories....
Replies: 36
Views: 89140

Not that I want to start a Mike Keenan debate, but before he came along, Aucoin and Naslund went from doghouse, and possible busts, to all-star players. He's the one who had the confidence in Bertuzzi and McCabe when they came over in the Linden trade, which I know Trevor thinks was a great trade fo...
by Media_Man
Sat Nov 05, 2005 11:24 pm
Forum: Canucks History
Topic: Early Canuck memories....
Replies: 36
Views: 89140

My first Canucks memory was watching Jere Gillis score two goals in a game. I was about six years old and I think it was the first or second year of the "V" uniforms. I thought Jere Gillis was the bomb after that, and I had to wear #21 playing street hockey. Little did I know, looking back, how aver...