Get Your Funk Quips Queued Up
by Yankee Canuck on Jul 7, 2009 3:34 PM PDT
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Gillis keeps fishing in the shallow end and today he pulled up Michael Funk, a blueline prospect recently with the Buffalo Sabres. A second round pick (43rd overall) from 2004, the Abbotsford product has 9 NHL games experience and two points - both assists - coming back in the 2006-07 campaign. He's projected to be a top six defenseman but this is another prospect for the cabinet and likely an easy slot in for Manitoba.
According to Hockey's Future:
Funk is considered a finesse defender, and his game is based on his solid skating ability. He has a long, fluid stride that gives him above average speed, along with a knack for ducking opposing checkers. He exhibits an accurate shot from the point, and passes the puck extremely well. A sound positional defender, he often uses his reach to poke check and pressure opponents. Funk has been criticized for shrinking from the spotlight and failing to better utilize his excellent size.
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Not sure, looking around for what the injury was.
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The game became secondary at 10:29 of the third period when Mike Funk was taken off the ice on a stretcher after getting checked from behind by the Devils’ Anssi Salmela. He’ll be hospitalized overnight with his injury status yet to be determined.
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by Yankee Canuck on Jul 7, 2009 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Still not sure what that means though. Break something? Concussed? Whatever the case, looks like Moose filler for a year to me.
by Beantown Canuck on Jul 7, 2009 4:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Sounds concussed. They’re so tricky even a slight one can keep you out for months.
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by Yankee Canuck on Jul 7, 2009 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, good to see MG stocking the D. We were too thin in that category.
I don’t know if a trade is going to happen for that top 4 d man, except for a roster player and a pick. But he could be waiting for the RFA pool contestants to hit the UFA wire when deals can’t be reached. I have faith still. No worries at all.
Bring on Da Noize!
Bring on da FUNK!
That being said, I agree that the team needs skilled D, both in the N and the A, and this guy doesn’t sound bad.
Thing is, this team may well start the season something like what’s on the roster now, RFA signings pending, and some young talent could get a shot up front, rotating guys in and out for the first twenty games or so.
There will be at least one senior veteran out there who won’t have a job until December (Shanahan, anyone?) that can be picked up in a pinch, even if things go terribly wrong. Beyond that, this is a team that can make up lost ground once they gel. So patience may be the catchword.
Shanahan would retire before he came here. True story. He wants to stay in the East.
by Sean Zandberg on Jul 7, 2009 6:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Why would any NHL senior citizen want to come out west. Playing 90% of your schedule in the same time zone, as opposed to flying across the continent every other week, if you play in the west. I still can’t beleive Sundin fell for it.
I've seen enough to know that I've seen too much.
Because they like that whole “playing” thing. Hell, look at Sakic, or Blake, or Chelios, or Tkachuk, or Modano, or Roenick, or Lemieux (Claude, that is), or Lapierre, or hell, Mike Keane for that matter. Bottom line: it’s really tough to leave the game once you’re in.
Zan -
Not really surprising, and fair enough to him. He was an example of someone who wasn’t signed until late-late, for cheap, and helped his team. We’ll see who’s on the outside looking in this year.
Perhaps I should have been more specific. Any geezer who’s played his whole career back east, would probably think twice, or thrice, about coming west. Not Dallas/Chicago west, but Van/Cali west.
I've seen enough to know that I've seen too much.
Don’t forget that the worst of Vancouver’s road tripping was over when Sundin finally played
by Sean Zandberg on Jul 7, 2009 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Badda bing badda boom. Bob’s your uncle!
by Sean Zandberg on Jul 8, 2009 8:01 AM PDT up reply actions
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