You're the Flames fan.
I thought Phucker was a Flyers fan.
- Marwood

I think he started with the Flames until they sucked as bad as us then he moved onto the Flyers?

Avy is just short term until I find a good fish one

I think I may have fat-fingered a flag there, sorry.

Lots of great Swedish players out there, doesn't matter where you're from, just be good. Peter Forsberg good!!
- LeftCoaster

Just don't need an entire team of them. 1 D 1 F would be fine.
Then maybe 3 americans
2 fins
2 or 3 other europeans
then 13 canadians.

That kind of thinking got us Virtanen instead of Nylander.
- golfingsince

No that was on ownership.

Just don't need an entire team of them. 1 D 1 F would be fine.
Then maybe 3 americans
2 fins
2 or 3 other europeans
then 13 canadians.
- manvanfan

whatever it takes man....whatever it takes. I don't think there's a perfect formula.

Calgary playing tonight?
- Marwood

Van is playing tonight on CBC late game so I will get to watch not on streaming!

I think he started with the Flames until they sucked as bad as us then he moved onto the Flyers?

Avy is just short term until I find a good fish one
- LeftCoaster

Those kids and their loyalties!

On a positive note it's steak & Rioja night.

Van is playing tonight on CBC late game so I will get to watch not on streaming!
- manvanfan

I had to buy the Rogers pack so I can watch Canuck games on my iPad while at work. $29.99 a month but it's worth it....I guess

Van is playing tonight on CBC late game so I will get to watch not on streaming!
- manvanfan

I was asking because Lefty is thinking of moving to Calgary to be closer to his favourite team.

whatever it takes man....whatever it takes. I don't think there's a perfect formula.
- LeftCoaster

Ya, I tried once to see a pattern over a 15 year period and it didn't produce distinctive results. It was something close to that though. 40-50 percent had to be canadians. A mix of europeans and americans to round it out.

Those kids and their loyalties!

On a positive note it's steak & Rioja night.
- Marwood

A nice red with that, talk to vintage

I had to buy the Rogers pack so I can watch Canuck games on my iPad while at work. $29.99 a month but it's worth it....I guess :org:
- LeftCoaster

I'm always on the road for work and I work all sorts of hours so I miss a lot of games. A lot of recording games and watching them later. Once I am home nightly, I will buy nhl game center. Hopefully by then the canucks will be much more fun to watch nightly.

That kind of thinking got us Virtanen instead of Nylander.
- golfingsince

Larkin and Tkachuk may have been the proper choices

Ya, I tried once to see a pattern over a 15 year period and it didn't produce distinctive results. It was something close to that though. 40-50 percent had to be canadians. A mix of europeans and americans to round it out.
- manvanfan

As the NHL and the game evolves I think the demographics are changing with it. Although, Detroit won several times with a good mix Swedes and Russians on their team, Zetterberg, Holmstrom, Lidstrom, Olausson, Datsyuk, Fedorov & Larionov.

Larkin and Tkachuk may have been the proper choices
- VANTEL

Naaaa

I think I may have fat-fingered a flag there, sorry.

Lots of great Swedish players out there, doesn't matter where you're from, just be good. Peter Forsberg good!!
- LeftCoaster

Swedes were dominant 10 years ago. Now it is trending that the best are Finns Americans and Canadians

Swedes were dominant 10 years ago. Now it is trending that the best are Finns Americans and Canadians
- VANTEL

Canadians were always the best

As the NHL and the game evolves I think the demographics are changing with it. Although, Detroit won several times with a good mix Swedes and Russians on their team, Zetterberg, Holmstrom, Lidstrom, Olausson, Datsyuk, Fedorov & Larionov.
- LeftCoaster

Yeah the detroit model always ruins every pattern.

Canadians were always the best
- LeftCoaster

Canadians were always the best
- LeftCoaster

I wasn't putting them in order. I was just telling you the three best hockey nations now.
Russia a close 4 th.

Canada is always the best bet

As the NHL and the game evolves I think the demographics are changing with it. Although, Detroit won several times with a good mix Swedes and Russians on their team, Zetterberg, Holmstrom, Lidstrom, Olausson, Datsyuk, Fedorov & Larionov.
- LeftCoaster

10 years ago .

Montreal Canadians 40 years ago

Blackhawks this decade

I wasn't putting them in order. I was just telling you the three best hockey nations now.
Russia a close 4 th.

Canada is always the best bet
- VANTEL

I know grampa....I was just sayin, you know what I'm sayin?

Hard to explain, or maybe it isn't, but the Canucks have never had the best of the best ever, other than Bure. Other franchises like Colorado, for instance, seem to have multiple players of that ilk who've run through their system.

10 years ago .

Montreal Canadians 40 years ago

Blackhawks this decade
- VANTEL

Russians and Swedes didn't really enter the league until the 80's, except Salming, which isn't that long ago when you consider how old the league is.

Swedes were dominant 10 years ago. Now it is trending that the best are Finns Americans and Canadians
- VANTEL

http://www.eliteprospects...017&layout=&ranking=Rank6
http://www.eliteprospects...017&layout=&ranking=Rank5
http://www.eliteprospects...017&layout=&ranking=Rank3

I know grampa....I was just sayin, you know what I'm sayin?

Hard to explain, or maybe it isn't, but the Canucks have never had the best of the best ever, other than Bure. Other franchises like Colorado, for instance, seem to have multiple players of that ilk who've run through their system.
- LeftCoaster

Aren't the twins amongst the best of the best?
They will likely land somewhere between 60-75 all time points by the time they retire.

Larkin and Tkachuk may have been the proper choices
- VANTEL

with a crystal ball , canuck fans are an impatient bunch, I guess its because of no cups although we got robbed at least twice but that's a different story, Virtanen and juolevi will be good just need patience.