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Shane O'Brien Is Coming Back (And He's Bringing The SOB With Him)


Shane O`Brien

#55 / Defenseman / Vancouver Canucks

6-3

224

Aug 09, 1983



GP G A P +/- PIM PPG SHG GWG GTG SOG PCT
2008 - Shane O`Brien 77 0 10 10 5 196 0 0 0 0 39 0.0

Shane O'Brien has resigned with Vancouver on a one-year, $1.6 million deal. With Vancouver's backend still questionable, bring SOB back is a logical move. He'll likely play alongside Bieksa again on the second or third pairing.

However, he'll find himself right back in the Vigneault doghouse (where his seat is still warming) if he can't play with more discipline. Nine fights (third highest on the team), a team and career high 196 PIMs (which lead all defensemen in the regular season) and second highest PIMs (24) on the team in the playoffs is not what this team needs another season of. It's great that SOB is aggressive and a pain to play against, but all of those numbers have to decrease (even more so with a questionable backup around).

Thanks to Capgeek, it would appear today's Raycroft and SOB signings put Vancouver's payroll at 52,158,333. That leaves about $4,641,667 left to spend on RFAs and any additional UFAs. Even if Wellwood doesn't go to arbitration and Hansen resigns for dirt cheap, that leaves precious little money left and they haven't even addressed the injury cushion or who the hell is replacing Ohlund.

Anyone else sense a trade coming?

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I hope to God Gillis does.

I've seen enough to know that I've seen too much.

by Smoboy41 on Jul 6, 2009 2:29 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

For sure he will. He has too many assets right now that are NHL-ready.

by Sean Zandberg on Jul 6, 2009 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hope you don’t mean Baumgartner and Keane.

I've seen enough to know that I've seen too much.

by Smoboy41 on Jul 6, 2009 3:01 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

No…
Hansen, Grabner,
Also depends on Hodgson and if he makes the team.

by Sean Zandberg on Jul 6, 2009 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Of course,Z, you’re right. This Raycroft thing has caused my inner smartass to come out.

I've seen enough to know that I've seen too much.

by Smoboy41 on Jul 6, 2009 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I didn’t catch on to your smartassedness :)

by Sean Zandberg on Jul 6, 2009 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

BTW: To the Leafs signing Beauchemin I say…..FUCK! My wishlist list is now dead.

by Sean Zandberg on Jul 6, 2009 3:16 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

The signing today of Raycroft and SOB plus Beauchemin to the Leafs is like that day
when I was a kid when my Pony fell into that wheat thresher.

by Sneps-ish on Jul 6, 2009 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

Haha! The one-liner king returns! Fucking funny guy. True story

by Sean Zandberg on Jul 6, 2009 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

What’s true?…that Sneps-ish is funny, or that his Pony fell into a wheat thresher.

I've seen enough to know that I've seen too much.

by Smoboy41 on Jul 6, 2009 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

WHY ARE YOU LAUGHING! STOP LAUGHING! ITS NOT FUNNY!
/goes back into therapy. Chats with Theo Fleury and Ray Emery in the waiting room.
Reads an old Cosmo from ’04.

by Sneps-ish on Jul 6, 2009 4:54 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

So, the Pony is a metaphor for what?…loss of innocence… betrayal…crushed hopes and dreams….c’mon, talk, I don’t go back to work ’til Thursday.

I've seen enough to know that I've seen too much.

by Smoboy41 on Jul 6, 2009 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

1994.

(drinks corn whisky straight from the jar)

by Sneps-ish on Jul 6, 2009 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Crushed hopes and dreams it is, then.

I've seen enough to know that I've seen too much.

by Smoboy41 on Jul 6, 2009 5:03 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Luongo and Hodgson are names that would look good on a Cup.
And Oberg. (shrugs)
Give it time, the sun shines on a dog’s ass now and then.

by Sneps-ish on Jul 6, 2009 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

See? There he goes again! haha. God damn, give the guy a mic!

by Sean Zandberg on Jul 6, 2009 5:58 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I was serious that time.

Wait until I release the ‘09-10 Canucks Nickname Guide’ in September,
that shit will win me a Pulitzer. Or Gillis will have us all killed.
Kyle"PANCAKES!"Wellwood, you say?

by Sneps-ish on Jul 6, 2009 6:22 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I’m thinking “Yoghurt”: y’know, pasty-white and squishy? Actually, he’s getting a bye from me until we see what shape he’s in to start the season: that playoff run as a 3rd line centre earned him much respect to my eyes.

by Thursday on Jul 6, 2009 7:26 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh yeah, he was good in the playoffs, getting banged around and still getting up, winning all them faceoffs, and bagging a few points as well. It’s time to give the chubby weasel his props.
“Napoleon”

by Sean Zandberg on Jul 6, 2009 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

btw, has that rink-outlook image thingy of our players been updated? that visual helps put things in perspective for me.

GO CANUCKS GO!

by missy on Jul 6, 2009 4:41 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Yeah I like that thing. We’ve gone from having lots of holes with lots of hopes of who to fill them, with excessive amounts of uninspiring players.

by Beantown Canuck on Jul 6, 2009 4:52 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

(resists the urge to buy a Grabner/Hodgson/Oberg Nucks jersey)
Uninspiring player you say, Beans?
I believe Demitra is Czech for ‘hope’.
Or ‘despair’.
Or both!

by Sneps-ish on Jul 6, 2009 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I thought “weak groin”.
“Failure”
“Crutches”

Actually, in french “demi” means “half”. Imagine the possibilities.

by Sean Zandberg on Jul 6, 2009 6:01 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Quit trying to confuse the issue with your technical hockey jargon, Missy. :)

I've seen enough to know that I've seen too much.

by Smoboy41 on Jul 6, 2009 4:53 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The tough part....

…is that our biggest asset (arguably) isn’t costing us any money. I’m talking about Schneider, of course; but I would be pleased if somehow Demitra’s contract got moved for someone with a bit of mobility in the back. Alas, I feel it would be someone doing us a favour, and who knows what the cost would be?

by Thursday on Jul 6, 2009 5:14 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

That’s a pretty tough $4 million salary to move, but you never know.

by Sean Zandberg on Jul 6, 2009 6:02 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yup.

We’d have to take back something, or give away a bit of a bonus. I understand next year’s draft is a weak one…

by Thursday on Jul 6, 2009 7:24 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I can’t see Gillis admitting failure on Demo and flogging the glass bastard. I wish he would but I don’t see it happening.

by Sean Zandberg on Jul 6, 2009 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The goals might be tough to replace for what we could spend, too. Pretty much anyone at the $2 million range would be a bit of a dice-roll for the second line.

by Thursday on Jul 7, 2009 5:41 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

O’Brien’s stats for the year:
Goals:0
Own-goals:1

All aboard the Jahvid Best rickshaw!

by rollonubears on Jul 6, 2009 7:30 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

he had that one in the playoffs.

though that own goal was beautiful.

'Nucks Misconduct - Housing Swedish Millionaires Since 2000.

by Yankee Canuck on Jul 6, 2009 7:35 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It really was so comically bad that it was a masterpiece.

All aboard the Jahvid Best rickshaw!

by rollonubears on Jul 6, 2009 9:25 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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