Mega Post: Canucks Trying To Trade Hordichuk / More Canucks News / A Shane O'Brien Send Off

Distracted by the short skirt (shorts? WTF) AND a canucks jersey but….yeah I guess I should say thanks for the memories SOB. We’ve loved your “can do” attitude, and “potential” and “improvement.” Stay safe down south and for gods sake shut the hell up.

Mentioned the wrong Tambellini near the top. Where’s Hordichuk’s sendoff?

O’Brien was a frustrating player to watch as a fan because when he was focused he was a good Dman. The problem was (and these videos and his his comments show this well) is that he lost focus all the time. Nashville is not a great place for him because they are very deep on D so he is going to have to work very hard to crack that lineup.

I don’t want to comment before the actual opening night roster is in place but I’m not a fan of how things are taking shape. Raffi Torres on the 2nd line seems optomistic, and I thought Tambo outplayed Shaefer. Probably some of this has to do with the cap situation but lets just say I can’t wait till Burrows gets back.

be trying to trade Hordi, the man is a shit hockey player for us.

That Amie Nguyen is pretty. Too bad Im a taken man… too bad for her that is! /high fives bro wearing baseball cap backwards

I remember being so fucking pissed when SOB scored on our own net.

Well, even if we gloss over (read: forget) his improvements and playoff steadiness, that’s still a pretty hot photo to have in your farewell post.

You get a pass.

And -no disrespect to the players we had in those games -but the three games I played we were nowhere near an NHL-calibre roster. It was the icing on the cake for my career here in Vancouver.

I was trying to be on SOB’s side here because I strongly dislike AV. But seriously? Is he actually blaming other players in preseason games for his failure to be on the team and/or beat out Andrew Alberts? That’s immensely stupid. Someone should clue him that winning in the preseason isn’t the real objective.

Going back to check…I see the Sharks game where AV had three starters on defense (Ehrhoff, Ballard and Hammer) and up front wasn’t pretty but I count five forwards (Torres, Hansen, Desbiens, Schaefer and Bolduc) who earned their jobs through their play (gasp!). Against Edmonton I count nine regulars on that squad (including Morrison) and far fewer regulars (4) in their first game against Calgary but there were games going on in both cities remember? The other squad had 7 regulars, not that big a difference. Also odd that Alberts was on that same squad SOB was on in Calgary and didn’t bitch and moan.

Your icing on the cake in Vancouver was YOU dude. Perhaps away from the limelight and with a different coaching staff may help show you that. Chucking other players under the bus on the way out is classless.

AT the very least, SOB provided us with Amie Nguyen. That was win, Zandberg.

He had his moments, but the bad often outweighed the good, and the atrocious frequently outweighed the bad. Management probably preferred a low upside/low risk combination for the 5th/6th D spot, compared to a high-ish upside/ High risk combo. That, and the cap played too big a role.

And I agree, no matter how bitchy your coach is, it just doesn’t make sense to blast them immediately after you’ve left. Having an opinion on your coach that you discuss in private in one thing, complaining about the coach and throwing your teammates under the bus to the public media is unacceptable, especially in a professional team sport.

His time was up, and getting a prospect was better than having 800k count towards our cap while we watch him play for someone else.

As for trying to trade Hordichuk… what the hell took MG so long? Hopefully, this is an indication to AV that we can stop playing him now.

PS: I wonder what it’d take to make other teams to take Hordichuk off our hands. Hordichuk and a pick for a bag of peanuts?