It's the little things...
Posted 1:36 PM ET | Comments 0
Shane O'brien had a ton of potential, although his price tag and bar-tabs had ushered him out of Vancouver, likely even before his great playoff perfomance, plus rating on the year, and obvious on-ice improvements, taking less stupid penalties and showing a great heads-up poise in the back end, along with a decent first pass out of the zone, ability to get pucks deep when need be, and not bad foot speed for his size. I don't see how he will have more opportunity in Nashville than Vancouver, atleast on the ice. On music and food rows he will have every opportunity to gain a pound per day and stay out too late, but maybe that's the self-discipline challenge he needs. Even though Alberts unseeded SOB he still would've been my sixth defenceman, especially with the looming bieksa trade and return of Salo.
But I digress.
The point is that Canucks GM Mike Gillis took spare parts and turned them in to gold. Life gave him lemons, and he made lemonade. The ever growing trend of burrying players to save cap space was avoided, which only again strengthens the Canucks as a destination team. Shane O'brien is a better defenceman right now than Ryan Parent, but the Moose and the Canucks love a project and Ryan Parent has so much potential its unbelievable. Jonas Anderson shores up our forward corps in the system, and Darcy Hordichuck turns in to the true Heavyweight we needed in Andrew Peters.
Brian Who?
Well done Mike Gillis. Keep it up.
But I digress.
The point is that Canucks GM Mike Gillis took spare parts and turned them in to gold. Life gave him lemons, and he made lemonade. The ever growing trend of burrying players to save cap space was avoided, which only again strengthens the Canucks as a destination team. Shane O'brien is a better defenceman right now than Ryan Parent, but the Moose and the Canucks love a project and Ryan Parent has so much potential its unbelievable. Jonas Anderson shores up our forward corps in the system, and Darcy Hordichuck turns in to the true Heavyweight we needed in Andrew Peters.
Brian Who?
Well done Mike Gillis. Keep it up.