I must've missed out on that. I think he can help the team however on a one year deal

A veteran player with experience, leadership, and skill can help out any team.

^ especailly with shanahan's level of experience and leadership.

With Vancouver's travel he wouldn't last at his age.

cause ur an expert on travelling eh

If he's willing to sign for 1-2 mil, I don't think we would need him to play every single game. The leadership and heart he brings is also priceless as well.

last time i checked detroit had just as bad traveling schedule as vancouver.

That's why his first priority is with the NYR? arguably the easiest traveling schedule in the league. :rolleyes:

Professional hockey players don't choose teams based on their travelling schedules.

Just like how they don't choose teams on their wives decision right. *Cough* Pronger *Cough*
I think they look at all disadvantages and advantages. Canucks schedule is definitely a disadvantage.

I never said it was. I'm just trying to state that if it was based soley on travel schedules, NYR would definately have the upper hand.

But there's really no point in debating whether Shanahan would come here or not, cause the Canucks don't want him.

Known fact that the Canucks have one of the worst schedules in the league and that can take a heavy toll on players.

lol that's a horrible comparison. travelling schedules don't take care of the kids, clean the house, whine, etc etc. i think we're making the travelling schedule out to be a lot worse than it is. shanahan may be a little old according to nhl standards, but that's when he's on the ice against guys half his age. out of the rink, i don't think a man his age minds being put on a nice plane, sleeping in a nice hotel room, and eating out at nice restaurants. if we're gunna try to weigh the pros and cons, i would rate the city i'll be in most of the time as a priority and vancouver is probably one of the better cities to live in.

Compare the Canucks schedule to the Rangers.... There is a certain wear to a player with the Canucks schedule... Try traveling 4000 miles in 6 days sometime. It's what some of the nucks road trips are like.

detroits is still worse than ours. a western conference team based in the east. yet they won the cup. so seriously, the travelling excuse isn't gonna fly anymore.

^ especailly when they have luxury airplanes........... lol

Chartered Airbus from Air Canada

picture of their "luxurious" plane.
http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviatio.../9/1135927.jpg

here is a article from the THN on the Canucks grueling schedule...
http://www.thehockeynews.com/article...s-hardest.html

Just because they are in the east does not make them worst.. They play Chicago, St Louis, Columbus 8 times a year. All cities in the central. Look at the article i posted up above ;).

its much more than travel. most of the times its the elevation the city is at and not the travel schedule. you'd think the amont of travel the canucks do, they should be used to playing on the road. wasn't too long ago, they had one of the best road record. so like i said, travel should't be an excuse anymore. and that picture of their chartered plane looks pretty damn comfortable. its not like they are sitting in coach for crying out loud.

yeah, that article is just something for them to write about while there's nothing going on in the hockey world. they keep emphasizing the miles like an extra hour or two on the plane is really that bad of a thing. it's not like these guys are doing some intense manual labour while flying. they're sitting back listening to their i-pods and reading their books.

http://a5.vox.com/6a00cd96ff536e4cd5...2945be2b-320pi

the 3 games in 4 nights i can see as a problem, but flying? that's the easy part.

I think being on the team for a while, you'll obviously get use to it. But players in the Eastern Conference will take a little bit of time getting use to the travel. I don't know about you guys but if I was a player and had to choose a team based on schedule ALONE between the rangers or the canucks i'd go with the rangers. It's not the biggest factor but it isn't the smallest one either.

So you've never got jet lag before?
Also pulled from a airlines website...
Travel fatigue is different from jetlag. It's a combination of the stress of travelling and the sleep debt you accrue whilst travelling. If you're suffering from travel fatigue, your ability to function properly can be impaired:

* judgement and decision making can be reduced by 50%
* communication can be reduced by 30%
* memory can be reduced by 20%
* attention can be reduced by 75%

Mmmmm Boston just bought out Murray's contract and now he's a UFA. Now, a guy that still has some scoring left in him, if sundin doesn't come here, he wouldn't be a bad person to be playing with the sedins.

^ we already have bernier for that...

the way i see it, murray is not first line material right now.. and he's definately not a replacement for sundin in terms of leadership, heart and points production..

for god sakes, murray had only 30pts last season, sundin had like 80?
it's a non-comparison!

I'm not trying to compare murray and sundin but I though he could still make a top 6 forward on this canucks team. And if you were to compare the two, think about how much cheap murray will be