Anaheim really adding D today

Compare his numbers before he started playing with Brian Campbell and it's significant. Nearly doubled his production playing with Campbell on the PP.

Pre-Brian Campbell numbers:

2009/10 - 2 G 6 A = 8 pts
2010/11 - 5 G 13 A = 18 pts

With Brian Campbell

2011/12 - 16 G 17 A = 33 pts

Same goes for whoever gets to play RW with the Sedins. Easy to pad your stats when you play with good players. (Ex. Carter, Pyatt, Steve Bernier)

Power play goals

Garrison has a nice bomb of a shot. Alot more accurate than salos. Garrison is also at the peak of his Career.

the kid is 27 and has tons of years left. Not even close to his peak

Shea Weber lead the league in PPG for D last year. Garrison was #2.

2011-2012 - Regular Season - Defenseman - Summary - Points - NHL.com - Stats

The guy had 0 PPG in playing 100+ games then all of a sudden he has 9 after playing a season with Brian Campbell.

Bob McKenzie ‏@TSNBobMcKenzie

Garrison left $ on table - was offered "Wideman money" elsewhere - but wanted to play for hometown VAN, which held firm on internal $ scale.

thats why I hope we go after Campbell right now. It's a real risky move for sure but Gillis had to do something and this is what everyone wanted.

I never watched garrison play but if I recall, he had had not been a fixture on the the powerplay in the years prior so that 100+ games 0 ppg is a bit misleading.

one good year, then big term and contract. not a proven commodity so its a risk.

i was thinking prime age ..
The Optimal Age To Be An Athlete - AskMen

Ya, I was thinking 26-34 is the common prime age for a hockey player

Great shot tho:

oooo... i can hear it now...henrik cross-ice to garrison...in the back of the net....

Garrison probably isn't going to score 16 goals again but he's far from a one-hit wonder defensively. In 10/11, him and Mike Weaver were probably the most underrated pairing in the league. They faced the toughest competition, started in their own zone 60% of the time and were on the ice for approximately 2 goals/60. The lowest on the team. This was slightly more than Hamhuis and less than Edler and Erhroff who played on a far superior Canucks team.

I'd rather hold onto ballad than take on Campbells additional

Garrison = Ballard 2.0?? i highly doubt it

Canucks and Panthers should Merge already..lol...Vanrida Canthers

I enjoy reading fans comments at times especially at CDC

MG doesn't sign someone = worst gm. Fire him
MG signs someone= worst signing. Too much etc etc

I'm glad we got him. Our PP struggled last year so this should help out a lot.. Edler feeding him pucks on pp and vice versa ... Pretty sure he got offered a ton more $$ too

If he clicks with Canucks the 4.6 hit wud be a steal If not then he will still be serviceable

He did play on the PP. 1 PPA in 09/10 and 3 in 10/11.

13:20 PP TOI in 09/10 (we won't put much weight on this year anyway), Led the Panthers in PP TOI in 10/11 with 113:21 and played 194:21 in 11/12 with leader Brian Campbell (339:41)

Comparing PP TOI with PP production

09-11 = 126:41 TOI with 0 PPG
11/12 = 194:21 TOI with 9 PPG

I'm pretty sure Brian Campbell is a factor.

Glad to see some action by the Canucks today. Important signing, too, with Rome and Salo gone.

I was hoping to see Lu moved today, but apparently that wasn't Gillis' priority:

@VanCanucks

Gillis on goalies - "That was not our priority today. We are making the best decisions for this organization."

The NHL's top defensive defencemen - The Globe and Mail

Hammer and garrison 1 and 2.

For #Canucks fans who like to rip Mason Raymond, he is real close with Jason Garrison, who just told me Raymond played role in coming here

Looks like Raymond isn't useless after all :ahwow:

cant call it overpayment when a pylon like wideman get 5.25 a year and when salo almost gets 4mil a year

@D_Booth7: Can't wait to see @kbieksa3 feed @JasonGarrison52 one timers. Great to have Garry back on my team and back in his hometown!