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Kesler getting as much as he did from Anaheim could also mean he actually took a discount to play with the Canucks that he truly did enjoy being in Vancouver.

I can't ever hate the guy he gave his all for this club when he was here.

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Originally Posted by Obsideon (Post 8660535)

ducks fans are 50/50 with the signing
but really..the guy showed up in the playoffs where as getzlaf and perry showed up sometimes

I'm ok with it and I'm happy for Kes. Hell, the guy goes super saiyan in the playoffs. As long as his body can withstand his kind of play, in my mind, he deserves every penny of his contract. I'll still wear his jersey (favorite canuck because I became a full time fan in his peak years) and support him AND Juice. Just not their team.

Only thing that sucks for me is that he won't be retiring here....maybe still a chance for Juicy but def not Kes.

Reddit ducks are going apeshit because of the overpayment though lol.

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Originally Posted by Ch28 (Post 8660436)

Hop onto the McJesus train before we leave the station

Already on board with this guy
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CIeUWRwWEAAniS5.jpg

My Eichel jersey should be ready next week :fuckyea:

Can't get on board with McDavid, because Oilers, 2 teams I will never cheer for or wish good things for their teams or cities, Edmonton and Toronto. The gf is however grew up in Edmonton and is a huge Oilers fan, so you can imagine the amount of hockey trash talk we give each other.

Fuck Edmonton but go Mcdavid :cry:

Edmonton can't possibly fuck up any more right? Right????
It'd be funny if McDavid ends up becoming the next Daigle.

His speed and hands are too good... if anything he will be the AHL wayne gretzky lol

^that would legit be fucking hilarious! But saddly dont think that will be the case hes too much of a stud.

I'm just hoping one day the canucks will draft a no brainer pick and he will end up a stud for us. But the way JB likes to trade our guys for garbage picks I'm not holding my breath...

probably won't happen haha

but just for the hell of it.
Daigle's last two years of junior:
1.67 pts/game and 2.58 pts/game
total 119 games - 247 pts

McJesus's last two years of junior:
1.76 pts/game and 2.55 pts/game
total 103 games - 219 pts

totally out of context and era but just for the lulz, i'd literally spend the whole season laughing if the Oilers end up with Daigle 2.0

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Originally Posted by 6o4__boi (Post 8660623)

Just for shits and giggles.

Sidney Crosby's last 2 years of juniors
121 games - 303 points

Edit.

Pat Falloon's last 2 years of juniors
132 games - 262 points

Daigle was such a waste of talent, had all the skill and talent to be one of the greats, he just didn't like or want to play hockey, he even admitted to it. Still managed to put up 20 goal and 50 point seasons even while not caring or wanting to really play, such a waste.

i remember being in elementary and opened a pack of hockey cards. got a Daigle rookie card and all the other kids were like

OOOOOHHHHHHH.....

yea i knew a couple guys growing up who were all about Daigle, always were boisterous about how great he was etc. lol

Thanks for that. Had no idea who you guys were talking about.

and... now i feel old

:lol, wasn't he just trolling??

oh, wait...
:pokerface:

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Originally Posted by 7seven (Post 8660648)

He wanted to be a celebrity, not a hockey player... I bet if he lived in our time NOW, he'd be much more successful due to social media pressure + attention.

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Originally Posted by multicartual (Post 8660970)

He wanted to be a celebrity, not a hockey player... I bet if he lived in our time NOW, he'd be much more successful due to social media pressure + attention.

no he wont.

just because he played hockey and was a celebrity in hockey does not translate well to him wanting to be an actor

simply look at jose conseco.

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Originally Posted by Tim Budong (Post 8660974)

Duncan Keith toughs out personal strife as he does professional challenges - Chicago Tribune

decent read I guess?

It keeps going back to the CT's main page.

Care to copy and paste for us?

Spoiler!

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Back in Canada after winning the Conn Smythe trophy and a third Stanley Cup, the indefatigable Duncan Keith finally felt his resistance wear down when he succumbed to a force that exposed a hidden weakness.

Blame a culprit whose name you won't find on an NHL roster but is well-known in hockey country.

"For a while I think all I had was Tim Hortons and ice cappuccinos and chocolate glazed doughnuts so I'm not going to sit here and pretend I eat healthy every day,'' Keith told the Tribune in a phone interview from his home in British Columbia, where the restaurant chain thrives. "You need to be able to relax and have that break physically and mentally. It recharges you to get into the gym and go hard and carry that into the year.''

Nobody on the Hawks deserved to give himself a break more than Keith, the defenseman who logged more than 700 minutes in a postseason that cemented his legacy. While the hockey world marveled at the future Hall of Famer's endurance, Keith mostly shrugged. He figured this was why he became a slave to nutrition and meticulously monitored his diet and exercise. He never looked as tired as everyone felt watching him.

Besides, since last summer, skating always has been the easy part for Keith no matter how many minutes he played as he found refuge in the rink. Any physical challenges paled in comparison with the emotional struggles Keith has endured since the separation from his wife, Kelly-Rae, a year ago. Intensely private, Keith decided to broach the personal issue publicly only now to help explain his absence from this weekend's Blackhawks Convention. In short, dad duty called and Keith answered, opting to spend the weekend in Canada with 2-year-old son, Colton, who takes after his father in the energy department based on Keith's proud description.

"Obviously, I'd really like to be there at the convention because I always enjoy meeting new fans and seeing old ones, so that's a little frustrating not being able to celebrate with all of them,'' Keith said. "But in my own situation, I am going through a divorce. I've been separated for over a year now. I think right now my time needs to be spent with my son and I'm doing everything I can to spend as much time with him and dealing with a lot going on right now. I hope everybody can respect that and our privacy. Kelly and I are doing our best to co-parent Colton and raise him in a loving environment whether he's with her or with me. This is part of that.''

Part of being a Chicago sports celebrity of Keith's ilk these days means the more the public loves him, the more fans want to know. The more they want to know, the less privacy Keith enjoys. That reality of the social-media age hit Keith hard at times last season, such as when salacious, unfounded rumors about his personal life and that of former teammate Patrick Sharp found their way onto gossip websites and talk-radio shows.

"I'm not going to lie: It has been a long year and extremely difficult,'' Keith said. "I know there was a lot of talk throughout the year regarding Sharpie and that was all a complete fabrication as well. My divorce had nothing to do with anything except what was between me and Kelly-Rae, and that's where I'd like to keep it.

"Hopefully people can respect that and give us our privacy to move forward and co-parent our son. … It's obviously not the way I wanted things to be or drew them up. At the same time, you have to find a way to focus. For me, it usually was getting to the rink and turning the switch to hockey.''

Turning to hockey, Keith sighed when asked about all the changes since he and his Hawks teammates hoisted the silver chalice. Keith occupied the locker next to Brandon Saad's in the dressing room the last three years. Fellow defenseman Johnny Oduya always sat across from Keith on team flights. Sharp, in Keith's words, "is along with Seabs (Brent Seabrook) one of my two best friends in hockey.'' All three players became former Hawks thanks to the salary cap, an NHL reality Keith understands more than he accepts.

"Anytime you play with someone for a long time you're going to develop chemistry, a bond and a friendship and I was really close with those three guys,'' Keith said. "Sharpie, I played with for 10 years. It's tough to say goodbye. They're all difficult. As hockey players, we've been through this before when we know it's part of the business. But at the same time, it sucks. There's no other way to put it.''

Lamenting the loss of old teammates in no way reflects Keith's excitement over his new ones. Like a sportscaster reporting the trade, Keith pointed out defenseman Trevor Daley scored 16 goals for the Stars last season. He called forward Ryan Garbutt, who came with Daley in the Sharp deal, "the hardest guy to play against when we played Dallas.''

"He really is a pain so we're happy to have him on our side now,'' Keith said. "Our goal is to win a Stanley Cup every year, and we're looking forward to bringing the new guys into the fold. Some of the new players we acquired are really going to help.''

The eagerness Keith spoke with belied a 10-year veteran who celebrated his 32nd birthday Thursday. If Keith has drawn closer to the end of his career than the beginning, nobody can tell by the tone of his voice or approach to his work. When reporters asked Keith during the playoffs about making the Hall of Fame or being compared to Bobby Orr, he deflected the praise like so many poke-checks. Keith calls such talk humbling, a byproduct of being "fortunate to be on good teams with great players.'' Greatness seldom stops to savor the ride.

"I have worked hard for my success but don't really look back and rest on my laurels because as soon as you do that, you get passed by,'' Keith said. "Time goes by fast. I don't know if I have a lot of hockey left in me, a lot of good years. You see young guys coming in and it seems like a blink of the eye (ago), I was the young guy. More than anything, it makes you not want to take anything for granted.''

That sentiment applied to the people of Fort Frances, Ontario, who were there when Keith started his journey to hockey immortality. Keith first wore a sweater in 1990 for the Times Tigers in the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association and lived in the town of 7,952 until he was 14 before his family moved to Penticton, British Columbia. Triumphantly, Keith will bring the Cup to his original hometown for the first time Aug. 1 and renew bonds that still exist from his days playing youth hockey.

"Now when I see those guys it's just like yesterday we were out in the street playing street hockey or the outdoor rink scoring goals,'' Keith said. "That's what is cool about hockey and the friendships you develop. They last forever.''

The NHL's leader in stamina knows something about that.

stupid ass websites that force you to register.
luckily, there's always ways around lol

After Keith's dirty elbow on Daniel, he was always the villain to me. But after reading that article, I think my view has changed a bit...

Side note - interesting how he addressed the Patrick Sharp rumours...

Duncan Keith is one hell of a defenseman

dirty elbow yes...but u can't deny how great he is.

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Vey Hopes Off Season Work Leads to Bounce Back Year

Days after the Canucks’ season ended earlier than anyone in Vancouver had hoped it would, rookie Linden Vey sat down with team president Trevor Linden for his exit interview.
Vey told Linden that, in a strange way, he was glad the Canucks’ playoff run was over - and it wasn’t because he sat as a healthy scratch for five of the six first-round games against the Calgary Flames.
“I didn’t wish for us to be out, it wasn’t anything like that,” Vey said. “I just knew that meant I would get the summer that I needed. Sitting out, I already had a lot of time to look at where things went wrong. I was really honest. My preparation last summer wasn’t what it needed to be.”
Last summer, Vey was deep in the Kings' long run to the Stanley Cup as a black ace. He practised every day until Los Angeles won the Cup on June 13. By the time he finally made it back to Saskatoon, his home base, it was June 25. Three days later he was blindsided by a trade to the Canucks, dealt for a second-round pick.
“You take 10 days or 15 days off to relax after a long season, then you turn around and it’s mid-July. The summer was almost over,” Vey said. “I’m not making excuses.
“The season [with the Canucks] didn't go the way I wanted. I came in with big expectations to put up numbers. It was a big learning curve.”
Now, Vey is in the middle of what he calls “the biggest summer of my life.”
That isn’t hyperbole. Vey turned 24 on Friday. The Canucks parted ways with forward Shawn Matthias, who chipped in 18 goals last season, putting more minutes up for grabs on Willie Desjardins’ top three lines.
Vey will battle with wunderkind Bo Horvat in training camp for Vancouver’s third-line centre role.
Horvat, now 20, made more with less rope than Vey last season despite playing approximately 150 fewer minutes. In 68 games, Horvat tallied 13 goals and 25 points, compared to Vey’s 10 goals and 24 points in 75 games.
Nearly 123 of those additional minutes of ice time for Vey came with the man advantage. Horvat saw just 17 minutes all season on Vancouver’s talented power play, which finished ninth in the NHL.
Vey said his biggest issue last season had nothing to do with adjusting to the NHL’s pace of play, a hurdle many young players struggle with. Instead, it was that his game lacked consistency. Vey was nearly a point-per-game player in his last two AHL seasons with the Manchester Monarchs.
“I’ve always been a fairly skilled guy wherever I’ve played. I could afford to take nights off in other leagues and maybe still put up numbers,” Vey admitted.
“In this league, you need to be willing to bring your ‘A’ game every night, or at least nine out of 10 nights. You look at our team in Vancouver; we bring it every day, in practice and in games. That’s why they’ve been able to be successful for so long.”
If the Canucks are going to return to the Stanley Cup playoffs next season in a much deeper Pacific Division, they’ll need more from both Vey and Horvat - two players who can help fill out a top-heavy, veteran lineup.
Anaheim and Calgary are now the class of the division. The Kings view last April’s near–miss of the postseason as more anomaly than anything else, and the Oilers appear to finally be headed in the right direction. That doesn’t even include the new-look Sharks, who will be playing a different style under Peter DeBoer and have added Martin Jones in net.
Vey was back in Vancouver this week, a departure from his normal summer routine. He wanted to be front and centre with the Canucks training staff, eager to put in the extra work required. He was in the gym with teammates Chris Higgins and Sven Baertschi on Thursday.
Vey will soon be heading back to Saskatoon, but he plans to return to Vancouver for a three-week training session with Canucks strength and conditioning coach Roger Takahashi in August.
“I’ve already worked the hardest I ever have in a summer,” Vey said. “In every league I’ve played in, I made a big jump in my second season. I’m not so much worried about the points, but I want to get my game to the point where I’m a factor. Last season, I wasn't the same player that got me to the NHL.”

Vey hopes off-season work leads to bounce-back year with Canucks - Article - TSN