On This Day In Canucks History: July 28
by Yankee Canuck on Jul 28, 2009 4:33 AM PDT
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July 28, 1997 - The Canucks sign unrestricted free agent Mark Messier, thereby ushering in three years of misery, including:
- Wearing #11 and angering Wayne Maki's family and fans
- Yanking the captaincy away from Trevor Linden who himself was traded a few months later
- The emergence of the failed Messier/Keenan partnership
- Notching his worst point totals in his career up until that point (60 in the first year, 48 in the second and 4 in the third)
- Never "led" the team to the playoffs
- Ran away at the end of his contract back to NY to bury the hatchet (and failed to "lead" them to the playoffs too)
So to wash the bad taste of that signing out of your mouth, fast forward to July 28, 1999 when Burke signed the Sedin twins to their first NHL contract with Vancouver.
There. All better now.
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…and just in case you want to piss away money and any semblance of good taste, ebay has you covered.
'Nucks Misconduct - Housing Swedish Millionaires Since 2000.
I would buy that jersey, burn it, bury it, then pour salt on the ground so that nothing would ever grow there.
I've seen enough to know that I've seen too much.
I smell a dare….
'Nucks Misconduct - Housing Swedish Millionaires Since 2000.
by Yankee Canuck on Jul 28, 2009 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh yeah. Bertuzzi aside, to my eyes, it just doesn’t get any worse than that picture as a fan of this team.
'Nucks Misconduct - Housing Swedish Millionaires Since 2000.
by Yankee Canuck on Jul 28, 2009 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I was always a Messier fan.
To me, the most disappointing thing was:
Nathan Lafayette off the goal post.
by Sean Zandberg on Jul 28, 2009 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Admit it, you just have a thing for old bald guys who are future hall of famers.
All aboard the Jahvid Best rickshaw!
by rollonubears on Jul 28, 2009 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions
No. And I’m not starting a pro-Messier argument either
by Sean Zandberg on Jul 28, 2009 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Messier sucked ass, he was over-rated and a chicken-shit. The few times he fought, he got pounded on, and thus developed his cheapshot elbows and high stick.
On the Oilers he was okay, but he was surrounded by stars, and alone he would have been exposed for the pussy he really was. I have no respect for him, and I can’t think of a more over-hyped player in the NHL’s past.
He sucked…
Messier vs Kasparaitis: Decision: Messier
Messier vs McSorley: Winner: McSorley
Messier vs Haller: Winner: Messier
That’s 2 out of 3 won right there.
Think: 1990 Stanley Cup Champs
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