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Old 03-21-2014, 06:10 PM   #13403
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Originally Posted by Hondaracer View Post
Do people not remember the last 2-3 years of Naslunds tenure here?

I remember vividly because up until that point Naslund way favorite player so I always had the spot light on him. But in the last 2/3 years of him being captain it was a disgrace the way he led this team, if you could call it "leading" the guy was emotionless and his play had fallen off a cliff. If you want to talk about a decline with the Sedins that's the mole hill to Naslunds mountain.
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I know what you mean... but I also think we don't really know what happened in the background? Maybe he didn't even want to be captain and was forced into it? I completely agree he looked depressed and downtrodden and I felt like it rubbed off on the team... but I think it's management's mistake for keeping him with the C when it's obvious he wasn't the right kind of guy for that (at least outside the locker room)...... I don't really feel like it discredits what a great player he was though. Just another poorly handled situation by the Canucks on the management side of things.
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