The bell tolls for you first rounders

Oct 1st, 2007 | By Mike | Category: Uncategorized

The Vancouver Canucks made some cuts today and it would appear the opening night roster is set now (or are there more cuts coming?). At any rate, here’s who you won’t be rooting for come Friday evening:

  • Luc Bourdon
  • Mike Brown
  • Patrick Coulombe
  • Jannik Hansen
  • Michael Grabner
  • Jason Jaffray
  • Rick Rypien

Oh yeah, remember Dan McGillis? No you don’t, he never existed. Not on this team. Not ever. Purge your mind.

I feel bad for Hansen, but I have a feeling Vigneault will give him a chance to pop up every now and then. He proved his worth last year and had his camp ended by a broken thumb. Same with Rypien, we know Vigneault will pull the trigger on him the second this team starts playing like candy asses.

For the second straight year, Bourdon doesn’t crack the big squad and that has to be a bit of a concern. Same with Grabner although we all saw that coming. Even with a deep defensive core that the Canucks have, Bourdon is supposed to be a great insurance policy and he had a very poor camp.

So, who will you be rooting for on Friday? Mason Raymond, Ryan Shannon, Nathan McIver and Alex Edler. I’m real happy for Edler who had a solid camp and what more can you say about Raymond? If he can pull some magic out of no where this season, he’ll be the luckiest 22 year old on the ice on a nightly basis.

99 hours and counting (not that I am counting)…

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  1. Jenny
    October 1st, 2007 4:09 pm

    Super happy for Mason Raymond and Alex Edler, who for all intents and purposes, appear to have made the canucks lineup We can only hope they continue to play with the flash and dash, they have shown at times throughout camp and the preseason.

    a little disappointed to see bourden go back down, but, he obviously didn’t earn a place up here !!! and he’s still young – isn’t he? haha

    go canucks :D

  2. Bethany
    October 1st, 2007 7:30 pm

    So first of all love the new site…and I can’t believe that Bourdon didn’t make the cut…I thought for sure this was his year. Oh well…anyway yay!

  3. admin
    October 3rd, 2007 7:16 pm

    Thanks Bethany! Bourdon may never make the cut, I’m not sure. Let’s see if one more year in the minors can get him to focus a bit more.

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