Pat Quinn In-Arena Celebration (Mar. 17, 2015)

Time For Another Statue at the Rog

Pat Quinn

Born: January 29, 1943, Hamilton

     Died: November 23, 2014, Vancouver
RIP

Gee, Big Props to the Sedin Twins For Sure

The hockey world is singing the praises of the brothers from Örnsköldsvik after they led Sweden to a World Championship Sunday in Stockholm.
Golly, its really something to see what these two can do when they're motivated, when they really give a poop.
Unlike, say, oh, for example, how they play for the Vancouver Canucks in the Stanley Cup playoffs.
Good thing management has the team married to them for another two years year* at stupid money.
Congrats on that too, guys.

*Thanks to TEAM 1040's Matt Baker for pointing out its only (well ... ) one more year.

Roger's Arena

"The Rog". You know, all of a sudden, I've really taken to that name.

"Who Cares?"

"You can say we're in a slump, but I say 'who cares?'"

Hmmm. Well, Mike, how about the people who pay hard-earned money to watch you guys take it easy?

Playoff Hockey Returns!

Its the most wonderful time of the year

There'll be lots of good hockey
and everyone talking
"Lord Stanley this year!"
Its a most opportune time for a beer
Its the most wonderful time of the year

Canucks Tribute to Luc Bourdon

Community Court a Joke That Isn't Funny

Without detox and treatment available right away; without meaningful sentences for those who choose the other way, the new "Community Court" in Vancouver is just another empty pr exercise from the misguided nincompoops who brought us "harm reduction".
Read all about it (and weep) in an essential piece by Justice Wallace Craig in the North Shore News.:

"Here we go again, skipping down the harm-reduction lane with a Downtown Community Court, opened for business on Sept. 10. ...
Chief Judge Stansfield, Judge Thomas Gove and Attorney General Wallace Oppal have been rhapsodizing over this so-called community court, promoting it as a silver bullet that will purge the Downtown Eastside of drug addiction and criminality. ...
when you sift through the preaching of Oppal and Gove, you are left with nothing more than an adventure in harm reduction, and once again the unspeakable: let victims be damned.

Wily addicts will manipulate the DCC: too many of them idling along on methadone mixed with other drugs; most of them accustomed to endless access to syringes; some of them enjoying the comfort of enablement at Insite; and all of them absolutely certain that they will not receive a significant stint in jail for their parasitical thievery and thuggery. ...

On Sept. 9, Oppal and Gove were interviewed on CKNW by Bill Good. When Good said, "We don't have the services to make this court work," Oppal countered with a lame response that there will be a lot more housing, but said nothing about insufficient detox and residential treatment facilities. Gove waxed on about his belief in individual "problem solving," yet he admitted that "it'll take us a few years" to do what New York did. ...

With one judge working five days a week, the Downtown Community Court will not reduce the menace of addict-driven criminality raging unchecked around the Downtown Eastside.

It is first and last a pot-bound court in an old jail building, fiddling along while the Downtown Eastside burns. ..."
http://www.canada.com/northshorenews/news/viewpoint/story.html?id=57efeb00-8950-4a30-8bae-4fd8b70fbae1&p=1

Fumbling Towards Mediocrity

It all starts at the top.
When Dave Nonis got gassed, Aquilini told anyone who'd listen they were going to replace him with someone experienced, someone who was "a proven winner".
Didn't happen.
Gillis, neither a proven winner nor, heaven knows, experienced, then came right out of the chute and told all 29 other GMs the Canucks had no prospects anyone would trade anyone of value for.
Great move, Rook.
Nowadays, of course, Gillis is all excited to see how the great young guys the Canucks have are gonna look this year.
Sure, Mike.
Over the summer, the self-styled "bold moves" man found himself unable to make trades, a situation his being on a number of GMs' shitlists from the previous movie in which he played Sharkie the Agent certainly hasn't helped. No sweat, he'd sign free agents.
When lo and behold, he finds himself unable to attract any prime free agents (Wellwood and Demitra represent 7 more points last year combined than Naslund and Morrison. Big whoop.), we start hearing all this about trading with teams that are over the cap.
Watch for that not to pan out either.
Now we're told he had to have a sitdown with the Sedins because he 'needs to look at guys and see how fit they are, and try to gauge their level of commitment.' Excuse me, did we not all just hear Mats Sundin tell the whole world he hasn't skated since March and 'hasn't really worked out much', which could mean he's done bugger all?
Yet Gillis is quite happy to leave $20 million over two years on the table for Fat Mats the Swedish Hamlet. Some policy, some plan.
No, there won't be much to cheer about in Canuckland this season, but we will hear a lot more excuses. We've already heard plenty, of course, although when Nonis was turfed, Aquilini was very clear there would be no more excuses.
Then, of course, like I said, it all starts at the top.

Captain Canuck - Always