Who's the worst Canuck Captain: Linden or Naslund?

[bartendr]

I agree...

had they just cultivated his natural talents as a right-winger in the early 80's, he would have been a 70-80 goal scorer ...

just like Hull and Selanne...

as it turns out...

his legacy will be nothing but a two bit...

except in Vancouve ...

BTW, can anybody tell me if he has visited Children's hospital since he has retired...

haven't read anything in the news...

Next you'll tell me Stan Smyl was unworthy also.

 

[hunsperger]

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Next you'll tell me Stan Smyl was unworthy also.

to the contrary...

would take Smyl over Linden in a heartbeat...

 

[trackstar]

In his defense, he was quickly converted into a 2-way forward, that probably lowered his numbers a bit. Plus, he was made into a "big centerman" that the Canucks organization had some hard-on for some unknown reason, while he did alright in that role, he was better as a RW.

He was just tailored to what the Canucks needed at the time, thus limiting his impact a bit. Imagine if the team wanted Bure to win the Selke instead of the Richard..... I doubt he'll have as dynamic NHL career as he did.

IMO that's exactly what led to the downfall of Trevor Linden. In the juniors he was a high scoring winger with great hands. I also believe that he was made captain too early and definitely before he figured out his role on the team.

Good call fester

 

[festealth]

IMO that's exactly what led to the downfall of Trevor Linden. In the juniors he was a high scoring winger with great hands. I also believe that he was made captain too early and definitely before he figured out his role on the team.

Good call fester

It was unfortunate that he was good at faceoffs, defensively capable and could also be a playmaker.... that was his downfall, lol.

If he was losing ever draw, can't pass from blueline to blueline and can't play the 2-way game as well, he'll be a Brett Hull kind of player. Linden's one-timers was under-rated. In the last few years, when he was used to PP with the Sedins, people were like "yeah, he has a pretty good slapper"..... yet nobody ever thought about using it during his prime

I always found that he was never utilized properly. The turning point of his hands turning to stone would be when around 02-03, he was driving towards the SJS blueline during the last few seconds of OT, he then took a big slapshot and it hit off the crossbar. But even when his hands were gone, he was still a big body on the ice, he could have easily emulated players like Ryan Smyth Thomas Holmstrom, etc.... stand in front of the net and go for deflections and rebounds. Even if he can't do that anymore, he can still take faceoffs, check and block shots (Ryan Johnson's role).... but the Canucks organization had to give him a "Texas Funeral"

 

[lucky85]

the op is a fool