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by Alanah McGinley on 06/23/08 at 12:41 PM ET
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Ed Willes at the Province points out why Mike Gillis is having trouble fitting into the Old Boys Club of the NHL.
Despite the problems Willes points out above, Tony Gallagher at the Province remains unfazed, and is still the acting PR voice for Gillis in the Vancouver press.
Sportsnet television is broadcasting their much-hyped Trevor Linden feature tonight. Air time is 9pm PT.
Ron Delorme, part of the Canucks organization for some 26 years, has tattoos of all the Canucks logos on his butt. (Seriously.) Anyway, Iain MacIntyre at the Vancouver Sun talks with the Canucks scouting director of the last nine years. All indications are that he’s on his way out.

Update 10:40am PT: Given the Delorme story, below is a bit of support for his drafting record, and from an unlikely source: a Detroit Red Wings fan.

About a week ago, shep commented on this post, pointin to some stats that don’t get as much attention as the duds in Vancouver’s recent history.

So I’ve reprinted his calculations here. (And thanks again, Shep!)

Far be it from me to suggest that the Canucks are better at anything than the Wings, but… Using the data at hockeydb.com, I totaled up a few NHL stats for skaters drafted over the ten years from ‘96 to ‘05. The results may surprise you.

First number is for Detroit, the second for Vancouver:

Players
25 - 28

Games Played
2442 - 4195

Goals
457 - 577

Assists
740 - 1057

Points
1197 - 1634

Obviously there are many factors that are not reflected here (number of low first round picks, mix of forwards/defense, ability to “season” players in the minors, what the prospects are like right now, etc), but taken at face value, I don’t think you can simply say that Detroit rules and Vancouver drools.

The time span I used was for players drafted those years. I didn’t bother with ‘06 and ‘07 because those prospects haven’t played much yet (the lone exception is Matthias--you can add another player, 4GP, 2G, 0A, 2PTS to the Wings’ ledger if you want).

The stats I used are NHL career totals (not just with DET/VAN), and appear to be current thru the 07-08 season. I say “appear” because I did not confirm all fifty-plus players. I spot checked the stats for Hank, Pavel, and the Sedins, and those are all up to date.

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Ron Delorme, part of the Canucks organization for some 26 years, has tattoos of all the Canucks logos on his butt. (Seriously.) Anyway, Iain MacIntyre at the Vancouver Sun talks with the Canucks scouting director of the last nine years. All indications are that he’s on his way out.

And Canucks fans all over the world rejoice upon hearing this news.

Posted by PuckHound61 from Speckville USA on 06/23/08 at 11:57 AM ET

tattoos of all the Canucks logos on his butt. (Seriously.)

Thanks. I’ll file that under “too much information.” Wonder where he put the multi-colored V?

Posted by YzermanZetterberg on 06/23/08 at 12:03 PM ET

Keep in mind that Detroit never had the luxury of a 2nd, 3rd, and 4th overall pick over those years (Daniel and Henrik Sedin and Bryan Allen). Accounting for those three the Canucks numbers look MUCH worse.

Posted by Michael from None on 06/24/08 at 03:01 PM ET

What kind of tattoo that Ron has? I would like to see it. If you want some tattoo, you can also go to my shop. I’ll give you discount
Temporary Tattoos
Fake tattoos

Posted by Milka Giordano on 11/21/09 at 12:44 AM ET

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