For me it was Sergei Shirokov, put up good numbers on the Moose, only for the Canucks brass to never give him a full shot, then he went home to the KHL and has had a *decent* career.
avmp629
If we sign him, Kessel
bossygal32
Mikyev atm
AccurateAd5298
Not sure if this quite fits but people, including me, were very pumped about Kassian. Like there seemed to be a buzz around him like he was the next power forward.
He wasn’t bad and the role they wanted him to play wasn’t a good fit, but lots of hype at the time.
heinze88
Hunter shinkaruk
Chromes_9
Eddie Lack – I remember after one of his first starts (a win) a guy called the post game show saying “mark my words he’s the next Richard Brodeur”.
Great realtor though!
Mjfp87
Sergei Shirokov
Good numbers in the World Juniors and decent production with CSKA Moscow. Pretty hyped but only scored a single goal.
No-Luck-At-All
Jack Rathbone. He was a over a ppg player in the AHL which is very impressive at the young age of 22. However, he is too small and bad defensively for the NHL.
d2181
Wait, nobody mentioned Olli Juolevi yet?
phantomgiratina
Goldobin and Jonathan Dahlen
Lose_Loose
Krutov. We tried to recreate 2/3 of the KLM line but the guy showed up overweight and talked of his love of cheeseburgers.
The hype: “He is considered one of the best hockey wingers of the 1980s”
Apprehensive-Tea4881
OEL 😣
_spruce_
Goldobin
TimsAFK
Like 50% of the Benning era signings
Charlie2343
The big deadline acquisition of Derek Roy
Mister-Nobody-123
Vladimir Krutov…
lol
Short_Freedom380
…Ryan Kesler. Big contract and decent body of work with much larger hype.
Pavel413
Steve Kariya. The Wayne Gretzky of pre-season NHL play.
Caunuckles
Messier
Dizzy-Poetry9015
Arshdeep Bains
Snookeredinbc
Olli juolevi – was a horrible pick and they could have had Thachuk …. Just to add to the disappointment of sliding down to 5th pick in that draft
SercerferTheUntamed
Fucking Messier
XiionOG
1st round draft bust Virtanen
EmptyyLiving
Shot gun jake
robikki
Kuzmenko….. wait……
DareBrennigan
Okay okay so the hype wasn’t so high but who remembers that classic “we stole the draft” with Patrick White
NCPokey
Hunter Shinkaruk is a good one, I’d add Jordan Schroeder too.
LopsidedIce4224
Olli juolevi
your_moms_house_
Patrick White
JTMilleriswortha1st
Virtanen
mcdead
the sisters
Coachtoddf
Jordan Schroeder. Someone was selling a Sesame Street three patch hockey card on eBay last week. Pavel Daniel and Jordan… past present and future! Lol. Rough.
One of these things is not like the other…
Rendole66
Jordan Schroeder, had an incredible world juniors and looked like a playmaking wizard, seemed the perfect fit for Kesler on the second line in my mind but it never worked out in the nhl
Spartanicus2003
If we are talking current roster players it has to be bains right? He’s only so notable because he isn’t whitr
Analytical-BrainiaC
This is really not a fan post but a troll post. But I guess, there are sooo many bandwagoneers so I will say this. Hockey is hard. Bounces from a puck just sometimes are weird. It’s not to say that practice doesn’t help. The elite have a way of scoring fairly consistently due to elite puck handling , hockey IQ, skating prowess, stamina, quick and unexpected release, etc. If you are not in the upper echelon, that is ok, because ofcourse you can improve in these areas and outwork them with teamwork and synergy with teammates. But the real hard part is the love of the game, the desire to win , not because of the money, fame or whatever, but because you love the game and winning. This is what will drive you to do drills, experiment with ideas, work on weaknesses during off season, obsess with details and help you help others on your team to overcome. People who work hard every shift. Yep, lots of farm boys were in this group because they had to work early and had long days. Hockey was easy compared to farm work. They also had pure food on the farm, freshest eggs, etc. Now there are nutritionists. Two people I remember having this quality in spades was Joe Sakic and Cliff Ronning. I witnessed their love of the game and the never give up no matter the score. Even if it was a blowout, they just went hard. I really think it is a lot in the mindset. If you believe that it is a gift to be able to play, and realize people would give up their left nut to play, also that many people work harder day in day out and struggle at their job to make a living and yet love to watch hockey to see their team try their best as a outlet for a little joy in their life, they would realize that all we want to see is hard work for the full game win or lose. Each player is only out there for a few minutes each shift. So I know get on with it …. Who. ….
Barry Pederson. Why I hate Boston. Why I love it when we beat them. Not only for being robbed because of bad reffing in Boston but the Cam Neely trade. Boston gave us a guy who had injuries and we gave them Cam Neely and a 1st round draft pick. Fuck Boston.
MTLItalian
Adam Gaudette
vancityrp
Podkolzin…..I remember us complaining ablut his deployment in Russia on the 4th line and saying that he was not being played with any skilled players. Our excuse was that it was because he was leaving for the nhl. I remember the hype at the world juniors when he was compared to messier by larionov. Despite a decent rookie campaign, I remember expectations for him to play with petey.
Hes 22 now, so still young but may be reaching the age of “what you see is what you get”. I think he’ll be a bottom 6 player for us, and that’s okay but won’t live up to the hype.
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Jensen
Loui Eriksson
Virtanen
Cody Hodgson
Tryamkin
Canucks first round picks 1989-1993
Messier
If goalie..Holtby
Fedorov
For me it was Sergei Shirokov, put up good numbers on the Moose, only for the Canucks brass to never give him a full shot, then he went home to the KHL and has had a *decent* career.
If we sign him, Kessel
Mikyev atm
Not sure if this quite fits but people, including me, were very pumped about Kassian. Like there seemed to be a buzz around him like he was the next power forward.
He wasn’t bad and the role they wanted him to play wasn’t a good fit, but lots of hype at the time.
Hunter shinkaruk
Eddie Lack – I remember after one of his first starts (a win) a guy called the post game show saying “mark my words he’s the next Richard Brodeur”.
Great realtor though!
Sergei Shirokov
Good numbers in the World Juniors and decent production with CSKA Moscow. Pretty hyped but only scored a single goal.
Jack Rathbone. He was a over a ppg player in the AHL which is very impressive at the young age of 22. However, he is too small and bad defensively for the NHL.
Wait, nobody mentioned Olli Juolevi yet?
Goldobin and Jonathan Dahlen
Krutov. We tried to recreate 2/3 of the KLM line but the guy showed up overweight and talked of his love of cheeseburgers.
Josh Holden
Mats Sundin
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Krutov
The hype: “He is considered one of the best hockey wingers of the 1980s”
OEL 😣
Goldobin
Like 50% of the Benning era signings
The big deadline acquisition of Derek Roy
Vladimir Krutov…
lol
…Ryan Kesler. Big contract and decent body of work with much larger hype.
Steve Kariya. The Wayne Gretzky of pre-season NHL play.
Messier
Arshdeep Bains
Olli juolevi – was a horrible pick and they could have had Thachuk …. Just to add to the disappointment of sliding down to 5th pick in that draft
Fucking Messier
1st round draft bust Virtanen
Shot gun jake
Kuzmenko….. wait……
Okay okay so the hype wasn’t so high but who remembers that classic “we stole the draft” with Patrick White
Hunter Shinkaruk is a good one, I’d add Jordan Schroeder too.
Olli juolevi
Patrick White
Virtanen
the sisters
Jordan Schroeder. Someone was selling a Sesame Street three patch hockey card on eBay last week. Pavel Daniel and Jordan… past present and future! Lol. Rough.
One of these things is not like the other…
Jordan Schroeder, had an incredible world juniors and looked like a playmaking wizard, seemed the perfect fit for Kesler on the second line in my mind but it never worked out in the nhl
If we are talking current roster players it has to be bains right? He’s only so notable because he isn’t whitr
This is really not a fan post but a troll post. But I guess, there are sooo many bandwagoneers so I will say this. Hockey is hard. Bounces from a puck just sometimes are weird. It’s not to say that practice doesn’t help. The elite have a way of scoring fairly consistently due to elite puck handling , hockey IQ, skating prowess, stamina, quick and unexpected release, etc. If you are not in the upper echelon, that is ok, because ofcourse you can improve in these areas and outwork them with teamwork and synergy with teammates. But the real hard part is the love of the game, the desire to win , not because of the money, fame or whatever, but because you love the game and winning. This is what will drive you to do drills, experiment with ideas, work on weaknesses during off season, obsess with details and help you help others on your team to overcome. People who work hard every shift. Yep, lots of farm boys were in this group because they had to work early and had long days. Hockey was easy compared to farm work. They also had pure food on the farm, freshest eggs, etc. Now there are nutritionists. Two people I remember having this quality in spades was Joe Sakic and Cliff Ronning. I witnessed their love of the game and the never give up no matter the score. Even if it was a blowout, they just went hard. I really think it is a lot in the mindset. If you believe that it is a gift to be able to play, and realize people would give up their left nut to play, also that many people work harder day in day out and struggle at their job to make a living and yet love to watch hockey to see their team try their best as a outlet for a little joy in their life, they would realize that all we want to see is hard work for the full game win or lose. Each player is only out there for a few minutes each shift. So I know get on with it …. Who. ….
Barry Pederson. Why I hate Boston. Why I love it when we beat them. Not only for being robbed because of bad reffing in Boston but the Cam Neely trade. Boston gave us a guy who had injuries and we gave them Cam Neely and a 1st round draft pick. Fuck Boston.
Adam Gaudette
Podkolzin…..I remember us complaining ablut his deployment in Russia on the 4th line and saying that he was not being played with any skilled players. Our excuse was that it was because he was leaving for the nhl. I remember the hype at the world juniors when he was compared to messier by larionov. Despite a decent rookie campaign, I remember expectations for him to play with petey.
Hes 22 now, so still young but may be reaching the age of “what you see is what you get”. I think he’ll be a bottom 6 player for us, and that’s okay but won’t live up to the hype.