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Inb4 Wild the new STL of past few years

Kassian with another big goal. wtf.

Get your shit together, 31st overall pick! Tie it up!

Was reading through some old articles trying to remember what Linden said about Kassian and found this gem.

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After the feel-good regular season of 2014-15, the competence of Linden and his hockey department has become a matter of public debate. The faithful look around and see the Canucks losing ground in the Western Conference. They see their team trying to stay competitive while it gets younger. Then they see the trading of popular players and the firing of popular executives and conclude the Canucks are on the verge of disaster.

Linden, predictably, doesn’t see things that way.

“I think we can be better,” Linden says. “I think our goaltending can be better. I think our D can be better. We lost some goals up front and we need a Baertschi, a Horvat and maybe Vey to fill in those gaps. But we like our young players.

“We’re going to have four or five young forwards with Corrado and Clendening and Markstrom. And this is going to continue.”

He says the Lack and Kassian deals were dictated by the market, and while you can question those moves, you can’t question the return. He says the front-office purge and the dismissal of Burnstein was made for the sole purpose of improving the organization.

Fans were right and management was wrong on literally every move that season. What a fucking disaster.

Linden firing Burnstein.. that was cold

Kassian tho... he is sober now.. look at him go

Playoff hockey is Kassian hockey.

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Originally Posted by spoon.ek9 (Post 8835968)

Kassian with another big goal. wtf.

If you can be a pro hockey player and be a raging alcoholic, you can be an amazing hockey player if you manage to not be an alcoholic. I never thought I'd be so happy to have Kassian on my team.

Well we can kiss that 1st round pick good bye :fuckthatshit:

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Originally Posted by XplicitLuder (Post 8835990)

Well we can kiss that 1st round pick good bye :fuckthatshit:

The series isnt over yet, but holy fuck does Martin Jones ever need to work on his 5 hole.

Maybe if they scored the 5hole wouldn't matter as much :troll:

Kassian is another grabner. Wasn't able to get his head to work hard and play. Both took couple teams to wake them up. Grabner waived by Florida. Kassian accident in Montreal.

I just worry virtanen isn't the one on the list

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Originally Posted by Tim Budong (Post 8835981)

Linden firing Burnstein.. that was cold

Kassian tho... he is sober now.. look at him go

The Burnstein firing was one of the biggest WTF moves around. He's one of the most respected guys in the league and they dump him like nothing.

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Originally Posted by Ch28 (Post 8836002)

The Burnstein firing was one of the biggest WTF moves around. He's one of the most respected guys in the league and they dump him like nothing.

possibly due to his questionable diagnosis of injuries regarding back injuries in Cody Hodgson..and... Zack Kassian

but still..very big WTF...

Virtanen will get traded and eventually become a power forward

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Originally Posted by Tim Budong (Post 8836006)

possibly due to his questionable diagnosis of injuries regarding back injuries in Cody Hodgson..and... Zack Kassian

but still..very big WTF...

I think you're confusing what a trainer is responsible for and what a doctor/medical team is responsible for. A trainer is more like a paramedic; first aid, treatment of minor injuries, emergency response, preliminary diagnosis, etc.

Also, regarding Kassian, I doubt it was a misdiagnosed injury that was keeping him out of the lineup late in 2014-2015 given what we learned after the truck accident.

He played well this year, probably earned himself another contract. Would be interesting to see if he signs with Vegas as that would be closer to his family and no customs to clear.

I wouldn't be opposed to bringing him back at the right price and term, but they're paying Markstrom starter money next season, so that makes it complicated.

Condo for sale doesn't necessarily mean he's leaving, either. He could have a condition in the terms of sale to back out if he signs a new contract with the Canucks. Unlikely but still.

Oh how I loathe Leafs fans today. They get the split in D.C and all of sudden their planning the parade lol Can't wait to leave the mistake-on-the-lake!

Can't hate the leafs though. They're playing their kids. Taking chances and scoring. It's pretty damn entertaining. Lol

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Originally Posted by highfive (Post 8836154)

Can't hate the leafs though. They're playing their kids. Taking chances and scoring. It's pretty damn entertaining. Lol

I said "Leafs fans"

Washington chokeitals

Ryan with the pp and the gwg