AO: Right before the 1st of July the Canucks qualified you. Were you offered a new contract?
SS: Yes. They made me a qualifying offer – a two-way contract. But I didn’t want to sign it. So they traded my negotiation rights to the Panthers.
Great interview with Sergei Shirokov found at Canucks Army. Some great insight from Shirokov on his Finals experience, playing for the Moose, and now probably staying with the CSKA and not playing in Florida
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like a remarkably mature and thoughtful guy.
I don’t know him at all, as hockey player, so I wonder what was wrong with his play, that he didn’t make the team? Was he too one-sided (lack of defensive capabilities), or just couldn’t score enough?
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Not defensive or physical enough I believe. He did score the most points for the Moose last year if my memory serves me right, but maybe he just didn’t have the offensive output to warrant giving him a roster spot.
The Canucks are trying to put together a win-now stanley cup contender so I think his play, while worthy of getting him in the door of the NHL, wouldn’t help the Canucks achieve their goal.
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Injured Players vs Proven Guys
Interesting read, especially the part where he discusses Coach V’s reluctance to make roster changes. Especially his decision to stick with injured roster players rather than call in the cavalry. I understand chemistry and consistency, but at a time when you needed every player to give 110% we dressed players who were incapable of giving it.
It reminded me of a few things stuck out to me:
1) Cody Hodgson would not have got his name on the cup. Despite playing 12 playoff games he played 0 games in the final when Malholtra returned while still not 100%. He did not make the regular season game quota and did not play in the final.
2) Tambellini was more of a good luck charm than a productive player since Burrows came back in November and kicked him off of the line with the Sedins. When Raymond went down I was certain CoHo would be forced into the lineup to play wing with Kesler. At a time when we needed goals could Shirokov or Schroeder be an option?
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by camcharron on Jul 20, 2011 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Tambellini was more of a good luck charm than a productive player
If you remember Tambo’s insane clean backcheck, he knows how to work hard and backcheck (even when he lost his sniping touch).
The amount of offensive abilities Shark has were probably weighed against his defensive liabilities. Not that Shark is terrible defensively, but jumping into a lineup from the AHL when your team is trying to limit its mistakes seems risky (more rinky than icing Tambo anyway).
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To Clarify - I wish Tamby could stick.
I wish Tamby scored his first goal in 6 months.
Reminder: We had scored 8 goals in 6 games prior to game 7. The games that we won were because of Luongo and just enough offense from the 3rd line. We did not give the Bruins any reason to change their game.
The current need for the Canucks is a 2nd line scoring winger to play with Kesler and Sammuelsson. In Game 7 we did not have either.
"Don't fear failure. Compete. 100%. Enjoy the process. Play for others."
- Self-motivating message Inside of Cory Schneider's blocker.
Unfortunately there weren't enough
opportunities given to Hodgson and Shirokov to see if they were capable of being inserted into the lineup during the playoffs. Good luck to Shiro in Russia.
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by Big Blue Whale on Jul 26, 2011 12:15 AM PDT reply actions
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