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O'BRIEN 2.0: Former Canuck defenceman Shane O'Brien is playing lots of minutes and playing well in Denver. Signed as a free-agent by the Avalanche, O'Brien had seven points in 21 games and was plus-one while averaging 19: 21 of ice time.He said he had a hard time watching the Canucks get bullied by the Boston Bruins in the Stanley Cup Final.
"I guess I'm a little bit old school," O'Brien said. "There was a part of me that was thinking if I was still there - if certain guys were still there - that probably wouldn't have gone down. Boston has a big, tough team and that was the advantage they had over Vancouver.
"Just going by guys I talk to around the league, a majority of them said they were surprised there wasn't a bigger pushback [by the Canucks]. But they preach discipline and they think if they can out-discipline you and get power-play chances, they're going to beat you."
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shawn thorton as 4th line enforcer made a difference in the scf
weise as a 4th liner is only good to play here until raymond returns, hes an AHLer at best. Never seen somebody who looks away or lost as much fights as weise in Vancouver.