Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site alberta.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcsri!ubc-vision!alberta!dyck From: dyck@alberta.UUCP (Terry Dyck) Newsgroups: net.sport.hockey Subject: Re: Re: Let's give some respect to the Vancouver Canucks Message-ID: <669@alberta.UUCP> Date: Mon, 30-Sep-85 17:45:03 EDT Article-I.D.: alberta.669 Posted: Mon Sep 30 17:45:03 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 1-Oct-85 02:25:34 EDT References: <7564@watrose.UUCP> <664@alberta.UUCP> <7569@watrose.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: U. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB Lines: 47 > > > Why does everybody keep putting down the Vancouver Canucks? Recently, > > > on TSN sport news, one of the reporters made the following comment: > > > > > > The only reason the L.A. Kings are safe in the Smythe division is > > > the Vancouver Canucks. > > > > > > Statements like this are not only offensive,............ > > ................... > > > > I think you gave justification to this kind of statement in the > > remainder of your article. Based on past performance, (last year) and the > > displayed coaching and playing talent, the Canucks ARE gawdawful! > > I may have not made myself clear. What I was trying to express was that > a 59 point season was quite unexpected after years of being close to > 80 (which is not great with Edmonton standards, but many teams in the last > few years would have been happy with that kind of production, including a > sure playoff spots). The point I was trying to get through was that they > had just about the same players last years as previous years ........... > ........................ If the team is playing to the best of their abilities, the Canucks are in big trouble again this year. If they have more talent than last years performance indicates, they are either lazy, poorly coached or both. In either case the Canucks will end up on the bottom if they don't make major changes. > When you say > > "Based on the previous performance, (last year) ..." > > it seems to me that you again base your opinion on their performance last year Even though I am a bit fanatical about the Oilers, I do realize that teams do go down hill in time. In time the Oilers will start to slide and that will show in how they played in the LAST YEAR, not 2 or 5 years before. Last years performance is the only one that is valid. If the talent and or drive starts to go, looking back to the 'Good Old Days' does not make the team any better. Last year the Canucks were rotten, and until proven otherwise they will be expected to be rotten again this year. Bemoaning the fact that most hockey fans and sportswriters expect a team to prove its abilities EVERY year is like burying your head in the sand. Terry Dyck