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Naslund Recovering from Elbow Surgery
by Alanah McGinley on 04/25/08 at 01:59 PM ET
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From The Province:
Markus Naslund is recovering after elbow surgery to remove loose bone chips Thursday. It’s unclear how long the problem had been bothering the pending unrestricted free agent.
One report has suggested Naslund won’t return to Vancouver if coach Alain Vigneault comes back.
The first bit of a news is a surprise; I hope the surgery went well. But the “report” of Naslund refusing to re-sign if Vigneault stays with the Canucks is probably just a matter of stating-the-obvious. Those two go together like oil-and-water, and if I had to pick one man to be associated with this team I’d pick a price-reduced Naslund in a heart beat. Scoring woes or not.
But I expect my opinion isn’t the popular one—here’s a poll to find out.
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With all due respect to the Nucks’ efforts over the past few years, the Florida Panthers were much less successful attempting to play the same game—getting scoring from one line, playing the trap, trap, trap under Jacques Martin and all those who came before him, and relying upon Luongo.
As the Nucks found out this season, if you keep assuming that your goalie will be superhuman, especially if you refuse to give the guy a break, you overwork the guy, and you don’t win as often as you’d like, because even Roberto Luongo can be made to look average. Ask Martin Brodeur, who I’d argue is still just as good as he’s always been techically, but simply never gets any rest from both Lamoriello and the fact that the Devils that try to play “let’s play Brodeur will bail us out hockey” in front of him keep getting worse and worse.
Keep Naslund. Ditch the trap.
Posted by George Malik from South Lyon, MI on 04/25/08 at 06:36 PM ET
Well…you know where I stand. Exciting vs Boring…hmmmmm.
Posted by GZ Expat on 04/26/08 at 12:11 PM ET
George said it best,
Keep Naslund, Ditch the trap.
Time for some goddam hockey to be played again
Posted by Dev from Victoria on 04/27/08 at 10:20 AM ET
I’m stunned that anyone would vote to keep Naslund. He’s has been a money vacuum for ages. He’s been pretty useless in playoffs. Doesn’t seem to bring much chemistry. Where’s the fire? I just don’t seem any reason to like him. I just don’t get it! He sucks!
Posted by superreggie on 06/10/08 at 02:27 PM ET
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Alanah McGinley has been blogging hockey since 2003 (with a notable gap in time through 2010, kicking it with new baby Lucy while living knee-deep in chaos while reading “parenting for complete idiots” during every spare minute) sharing opinions, rants and not-so-deep thoughts with anyone who will listen.
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The Canucks need a new captain. You can’t demote Nazzy from captain and bring him back.
Now, if they could sign him on the cheap and trade him….... Naw probably not.
Posted by Laker from dapuddle on 04/25/08 at 03:32 PM ET