french connection in the locker room
:troll:

I wanna see this as our lineup

Sedin - Sedin - Burrows
Samuellsson - Kesler - Higgins/Tambi
Hansen/Torres - Maholtra - Raymond
Glass - Lapierre - Torres/Hansen

I wanna see this as our lineup

Sedin - Sedin - Burrows
Samuellsson - Kesler - raymond (rank 7 for top scoring line in nhl just a yr ago)
Torres - Maholtra - Hansen
Glass - Higgins - Lappierre

I wouldn't be putting Raymond on my second line the way he has been playing.

Really like the pickups. Added some depth forwards. Lapierre fr the 4th line and Higgens when healthy can be moved around between 2nd and 3rd depending on the need.

Wow, thats tight. That's $950 not $950k, thats with Hodgson and Oreo sent down.

Gillis likes it tight
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some shrewd moves by MG, I like them, both signings put pressure on tambellin who would basically be expendable a month down the road if these players work out

good depth and added grit, now just need all the D to come back and we should be rolling

Raymond? Really? :rolleyes:

2 goals in 2 months playing a scoring role on the second line of the most offensive team in the NHL. You don't think they'd mix it up and move him to the 3rd if he doesn't pick it up by the time Higgins is healthy?

I acually think we need Ostervich..(sp) on our 4th line
we need big body presence to slow down the opposing team

Higgins maybe 2nd or 3rd line
but hes pretty soft

Someone posted this on the Canucks.com forum. I wouldn't read much into it but makes you wonder if things like this are taken into account at all when trading.

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/2011/...ucks_lapierre/

fuckin awesome deal!

just googled this lapierre guy up..quiet the ladies man..good pickup gillis..more grit more better

http://25stanley.com/wp-content/uplo...cy-580x415.jpg

why hello lady

The Roxy loves him already.

Lapierre has played center before and will center the 4th line. He's 53% this year taking limited faceoffs for Anaheim, and is a bit under 50% for his seasons in Montreal(where he took a lot more draws). I'm worried about him taking dumb penalties, but AV has coached him before so hopefully he will be kept in check. I do like the agitating characteristic he brings, essentially what Burrows/Kesler used to be before becoming offensive players.

Higgins getting 23 points without any PP time is impressive. Raymond has 25 ES points in comparison, and is an option to be replaced if he is slumping. The knock on him is his laziness, so he could quickly become the new whipping boy if he doesn't work harder with us.

Edit:...

Lapierre was a pretty decent PK guy last year for philly. He missed the last month of the season due to a broken wrist or arm from blocking a shot, but came back for their run. He reminds me of a Ryan Johnson type who will block anything that comes his way, except grittier.

We got Lapierre not Laperriere.

Fuck lol stupid names are so similar haha

The stuck up Vancouver females will be all over that.

Looks....check
Hockey player...check
Money....CHECK MATE.

wouldnt he look like Luongo's twin if he had longer hair?!?!

^LOL I was justing thinking the same thing.

Kinda like when we got Keith Carney who looked like Bertuzzi
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Lu and Lapierre are both from Saint Leonard in Montreal. Lapierre was awesome during last years playoff run with the Habs.