Tell that to Trevor Linden. Was barely even a star and has been immortalized.
- Boinker

Meh.

I've heard that Trevor was on the receiving end of some less than respectful treatment from the current Canucks regime.

It's the fans that have "immortalized" him. And it's for more than his performance as a player.

yeah. died at 36. had a lot left in him.

he died like 5 months after that concert I think. I remember they opened his casket and buried him with a big branch of marijuana placed in a superman pillow case. still makes me laugh.
- bloatedmosquito

That dude had the fire. Didn't know that about the gunja bag. Fitting to say the least.

Tell that to Trevor Linden. Was barely even a star and has been immortalized.
- Boinker

didn't stop the team from tossing him out so they can welcome a declining star that tore out the hearts of a fan base. it was just wrong. god I hate messier.

I think trevor embodied what every fan wants out of their team's players. someone who does their best with the talents they have and does it with class.

That dude had the fire. Didn't know that about the gunja bag. Fitting to say the least.
- AlexF

Rastaman vibrations positive.

Yeah Vedder's voice was awesome too. I also loved Scott Weiland's voice for pure grunge.

It's funny, I knew guys that caught that dark side of Nirvana's tunes, like you seemed to, but I also heard the pop melodies underneath that made the tunes seem more uplifting. It wasn't a surprise in the slightest when I found out Cobain was a huge Beatles fan.
- AlexF

Yah, None of my immediate friends were taken by Nirvana and Cobains story in particular, But I met several people through people that unfortunately fell into the same hole I did.

As for the music, The simple melodies they played combined with his haunting voice is what really bothered me. But like I said, that shyt is all behind me.

Its nice to be able to listen to brilliant music and not overthink as if it was taking over my life.

Anyways Back to hockey!

The anti-obstruction era was just a set-up for what we have now. Back then they were calling millions of penalties each game and often nobody knew what they were for. We were told it was for the good of the game, to make it more entertaining. Conditioned us for what we have today which is fewer penalties but neither the fans or the players have any idea what the standards are for any infraction or what they'll be calling at any given time.

Gave the league and the refs a wonderful toolbox to work with.
- YeOldTimer

Yeah, the inconsistency of the officiating definitely seasoned the fans to expect consistently horrible officiating...

I still say that most who've watched the game for long enough can see that no matter how poor it was before, the level of inconsistency is off the charts now in comparison.

Really makes you wish that the appeal system they've discussed goes through at one of these GM/Owners meetings.

But I'm sure there's a reason it hasn't...

Anyways Back to hockey!
- vancity787

but it's so far away!

The one big mystery for me is the coaching. All I'm asking for is getting our young players some NHL experience. No mind games. No punishment. just good professional development.

I've always read that Torts is great with young players.

but it's so far away!

The one big mystery for me is the coaching. All I'm asking for is getting our young players some NHL experience. No mind games. No punishment. just good professional development.

I've always read that Torts is great with young players.
- bloatedmosquito

Seems like it but some would argue he did not handle Hagelin very well last year.

Its all in perspective.

well if you ask me, players should be retired based more on fan base than head of staff. We pay the bills and we should decide who is and who isn't worthy.

If someone means so much to a city then they should be considered eligible.

Remember, retirement has a ton to do with out of rink work. Bure is the exception, because he was so insanely ridiculously talented.

And he deserves it regardless of the hardship left from his absence.

Rastaman vibrations positive.
- bloatedmosquito

Late to the party but here are some (very very small sampling - fyi: I have around 2,500 cd's ranging from hard rock to pop to funk to jazz to flamenco to progressive to bag-pipe-sea-chanty-hip-hop etc etc etc) of the (timeless) classics which I was introduced to while growing up (sorry for taking up a bit of space) :

I do all my grocery shopping across the line. Save a bundle.
- vancity787

my sister does alot of shopping in the states
i just dont feel like driving like a hour there, hour back just to save 40 bucks in groceries

i do go once in a while tho for dinner, shopping and make a day of it
usually only when the woman is demanding olive garden

At the summer summit gillis said "At the end of the day, we had to make a choice and we made the choice to go to Roberto."

Wow, what a bunch of poop. The reason they kept Lu was they had no choice.
- bloatedmosquito

That isn't true. They had choices. They could have bought him out or they could have traded him and retained a portion of his salary and cap hit. Owners were too cheap to buy him out and trading Schneider made more sense than retaining a chunk of Luongo's salary.

That isn't true. They had choices. They could have bought him out or they could have traded him and retained a portion of his salary and cap hit. Owners were too cheap to buy him out and trading Schneider made more sense than retaining a chunk of Luongo's salary.
- KB3Point0

For sure. It wasn't a choice between 2 attractive options, but it was a decision they made. Lu is still a great goalie and Horvat looks like a great prospect to have.