More on Dave Scatchard
by Yankee Canuck on Aug 25, 2009 6:55 AM PDT
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Via Kelowna.com this morning:
After a year away from the game, Dave Scatchard is preparing for his National Hockey League comeback.
"I feel like my body has healed and my mind is enjoying it again," the 33- year-old said after skating with a group of Vancouver Canucks veterans at the University of British Columbia.
"When you get a bit older, you appreciate it more. The tough workouts, the dressing room banter. I miss that camaraderie. I’ve kept in touch with some of the guys I’ve played with, but I really miss having a true team and competing for something as a group."
That injury was a concussion sustained over two seasons ago. The piece goes on to suggest that, if he makes the team (which has got to be a long shot with the logjam of third liners the Canucks have), Scratch-Hard could help fill the void in size left by both Taylor Pyatt and Mats Sundin. He had a pair of 45 point seasons with the Islanders (his career bests) prior to the lockout, but since then he's only played 120 games between four teams (the Bruins and Coyotes as well as the Wolf Pack and Admirals of the AHL) and notched 45 points in that span.
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I didn’t pay much attention to Scatchard after he was traded, so I don’t really know how he has improved his game…but in the old days, he was one of my least favourite players on the team. Stupid penalties and dumb decisions with the puck. Decent speed and energy, but no apparent brain. That said, he was just a young punk then, and my memories of the Messier era are clouded with bitterness. (as an aside, looking at the rosters from 1997-99, the team looks pretty amazing on paper)
In more practical terms, the 3rd/4th-line logjam you mentioned would seem to be the real issue.
I could see him on the Moose as a Baumgartner-esque backup…like we’d need three of four regulars to drop like flies before you get called up.
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by Yankee Canuck on Aug 25, 2009 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions
My favorite memory of Scatchard is him goin into Boston and givin Thornton a beating. He can fight, skate and kill penalties. He’s also always been a mean bugger who can put the puck in the net. All said though, I think that he isn’t in the mix unless he blows everyone away in camp.
Good guy for the moose though.
Holy hell you’re right! That was Thornton’s first fight too. Wow, I completely forget.
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by Yankee Canuck on Aug 25, 2009 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow! I forgot that as well! You know, I’d take Scatchard on line 4 over Hordichuk..just a thought.
Check out this hit by Sopel on Scatchard a couple of years ago.
by Sean Zandberg on Aug 25, 2009 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Please!
So Dave Scatchard’s body is healed. Did we want him at any point in the past ten years when his body was presumably healthy? What gives with these choices? Pre training camp desperation? Where are Gelinas and Sopel, for goodness sake? I’m almost embarrassed.
Sorry about that. I picked him out of a hat which contained many names of formerly good and great players who we can now possibly use.
by Bobby Canuck on Aug 26, 2009 9:43 AM PDT up reply actions
I believe Gelinas works for the Predators organization now. He’s retired. A shame. He was still a good player.
by Sean Zandberg on Aug 26, 2009 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions
MOVE ALONG...NOTHING TO SEE HERE...
Please don’t mention sopel. I’m positive the hawks would love to ship him away and, as a team needing a defenseman, it would absolutely crush me to see him back. he’s a car wreck.
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by Yankee Canuck on Aug 26, 2009 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions
His hair was…special. But Sopel choking on a cracker will be my lasting memory of the guy.
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by Yankee Canuck on Aug 26, 2009 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions
My lasting impression
of Sopel was “Wow, this guy looks like a Redneck Shit-kicker!” I liked him for that.
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