Thank You Kyle Wellwood

I second your thoughts.

Seeing all of those back to back reminds me… of how much of a dinky little stick he uses! That thing’s gotta be at least a foot shorter than Mitchell’s timber.

indeed. When he deked the whole oilers team, that was about as good as it gets.

I see Woody uses a wooden stick and likes the dangles, like I do. I suddenly sense a kinship with our portly compatriot. Good luck to Wellfed, I hope he becomes a 50 goal scorer in the Swedish Elite League.

He did provide plenty of “holy sh*t” moments, but it drove me crazy watching him try to stick handle most nights, only to loose the puck in the offensive zone. I’m glad he’s gone, but I do give him credit, he did put in the effort and he changed his game to accommodate the Canucks need for a checking 3rd liner centerman. Hope he lands a job in the NHL and we get to see some more highlights once in a while. (Maybe PIT now that J. Staal is injured? Or maybe ATL, NYI, CAR)

The AV soundbite was hilarious, and the goal off the take away from St Louis in game 1 was awesome.

Another awesome video montage post Sean!

Not afraid to agree Sean.

I was always a fan. Everytime he employed those magic mittens and have one of those holy shit moments was one where you could shutdown those Welly haters. “See…did you see that?”

They were right about his defense when he got here. But by the last year, and after watching closely, you saw a Kyle wellwood that actually hit. he wasn’t wobbling the boards or anything, but he developed a very effective physical game ( translation…stick his butt in and use that small stick to beat others to the puck ) …often breaking pressure and clearing the puck with the team running around.

That calmness and style will be missed too.

He handled the fat jokes with good humour as well…

Good luck Welly ( yes, maybe in the SEL, but I would not count him out in the NHL just yet. He may get paid a little less, but someone will remember that talent.

I eagerly await your ‘thank you’ Demo post.

with all the jokes and criticism over the 2 years, we sure gave it to him hard. however, it was awesome to watch all those sickening chances he had, especially when it felt like he was the only player to show up to play at times during the playoffs.
we’re gonna miss you, Welly.

:(

And that is why I hope he stays in the league.

To rub their noses in it. The fact that a guy like Welly can make a million and more playing in a game that none of these broadcasters ( ex players excluded , of course ) ever could must be the final laugh.

Not that Welly would laugh at them like that. Well…maybe…but probably more like this.

Ever notice how many times Wellwood’s face was lacking in emotion when he scored for us? It’s like he was skating around with a gun pointed at his head.

Don’t think I’ll miss him too much now that Malhotra is here and Hodgson is poised to make the team. Only downside is we’ve lost our shootout specialists in Wellwood and Demitra. Hopefully we don’t have to rely on a skills competition to give us our points.

Great highlight package, did not have any problem with Wellwood the last couple years. Bernier, Demitra, and Johnson were much bigger zeros in my opinion. Now how about a few more highlight packs for the existing team, I can’t get enough of this stuff right now. One a day until the end of preseason should be about right. You could probably even get a few extra in there, i.e. some Oreskovich or prospects not named Hodgson highlights.

as evidenced by the fact no other team wants him, probable end up in Europe.

save space and just do this under a Gillisganfail thread…

Souptin… Burnier… Johnson… Hordichuk… Alberts… ( I guess he’s not gone, yet…)

Honestly, Wellwood was such a cool little guy. He developed a solid two-way game as a third-line center and I’m honestly surprised he hasn’t been picked up in free agency.

sniff

Gonna miss Chubby.

We all hated Wellwood when he played for us. Long stretches without scoring, little to no physical play, etc etc etc.

Now all of sudden he is gone and we are missing him? And his “solid two way play”? WTF is going on?

Likable guy with nice offensive skill but just not consistent enough overall.