I am going to repeat this pt many times because it is VERY important. Bell took 122 million in pandemic relief that wasn’t designed for them (meant more for small businesses). They then paid dividends to shareholders and then got rid of a massive amnt of jobs. Cruel company.
Also, I think people should be putting political pressure for the government to scrutinize what happened. I doubt they could get the $122 million back but the feds have every right to know WTF happened.
Let’s friggin go. Arshdeep living out the dream of every Indo Canadian Canucks fan in the lower mainland. Big moment. Punjabi kid from Surrey gets his first moment in the show.
General Manager Patrik Allvin announced today that D Jett Woo has been assigned to Abbotsford (AHL) and F Arshdeep Bains has been recalled from Abbotsford.
Oilers are down 1-0 and Kelly Sutherland gets the call. I don’t think it’s a coincidence. He is the NHL’s Scott Foster (the league’s ref). League wants McDavid to win and I would bet anything oilers get a lot of calls tonight.
Trevor linden just said on 650 Benning didn’t want Petey at the draft and how he instilled Judd to run the draft after 2016. The NDA is off and Linden is going to friggin town.
Weirdest thing on Canucks Twitter is the criticism for
@ThomasDrance
because he is “negative”. This sports market employed the likes of Neil McRae, Dan Russell and Tony Gallagher at the same time. Those guys were 1000X more critical than Drance. Y’all wouldn’t have survived that
Teams should be salivating at possibility of getting Tyler Myers. Top 4 right side d-man on a championship team. A team like the Leafs sure could use the championship experience Myers brings.
@VancouverSun
Not his first time at this rodeo either. He has a history of controversial views. He once sang at an anti-abortion rally. I have wanted the Canucks to cut ties with him for a long time. Hopefully this is the final straw.
To be very clear, Bell was eligible for the wage subsidy on paper. Nothing prevented it. However. just based on pure common sense and knowing what covid wage subsidies are about, they are designed help small business. Bell was elegible but should they be applying? Id say no.
All the hockey fans encouraging Matt Rempe to continue fighting at his rate should seriously consider and think what happened to Chris Simon because of CTE. At what point do we grow up as fans?
Chris Simon’s family issued a statement through his agent Paul Theofanous via ESPN’s
@KevinWeekes
“The family strongly believes and witnessed firsthand that Chris struggled immensely from CTE which unfortunately resulted in his death.”
I find
#TakeCanadaBack
amusing because it depends on the false premise that Canada belongs to white people which it doesn’t. Canada belongs to Aboriginal people. If you want to turn the disgusting hashtag into a positive spend some time learning about Aboriginal issues.
Kuzmenko deserves smoke. He is required to be more than a player. Part of being a Canuck is taking forth important BC values. I take pride in being from BC because it’s an area that champions equality more than most of world (look at race of our pop). It’s 1 of most imp values.
RE-Lucic wanting to play for the home team.
I cheer for BC athletes thick and thin. Milan Lucic is one of the exceptions. Said a lot of different things about Vancouver. Trolled the fan base and market as late as 2021. You don’t get to come back from any of that, sorry.
Good to hear Jim Hughson and Dan Russell on Sekeres and Price today. Ive said this many times but Hughson deserves more flowers than he got when he retired. Nationally, he was as good as the GOATS Bob Cole and Danny Gallivan ever were.
@DonTaylor5
@MLS
@InterMiamiCF
You don't think any of the blame lies on the Whitecaps for promoting /inflating prices on an appearance that was risky at best to occur? It isn't like there is a history of elite level soccer players refusing to play on the bc place turf.......
If anybody wants to channel energy into another topic that deserves attention: why are the Vancouver Whitecaps still employing almost all the people who were employees when sexual abuse was rampant? Also, why haven’t people in oversight roles during that time faced any backlash?
I’ve seen this sentiment a lot and don’t get it. I live in Abbotsford and usually drive to Surrey/New West for work at least 2-3 times a week. Sometimes more. During my articles, I drove Abbotsford to Richmond/Vancouver every day. Y’all act like Abbotsford in Siberia.
@lindsay_rhodes
@wesseling_nick
Can’t wait until Hanzus and Sessler are on a new platform and crushing it. Sucks that Rosenthall isn’t joining them on a non-NFL network journey but that is what it is.
IMO-very concerning that Ciara also believes sexual abuse story hasn’t gotten play because of 1040 (
#1
sports radio station) owning rights to Whitecaps & other sports media not wanting to rock the boat. Inform yourself of the story and let’s put pressure for change in whitecaps.
Defensemen I want to see the Canucks target:
Scotty Mayfield, Derek Forbort, Brett Pesche, maybe Carson Soucy.
Defensemen I don’t want to see the Canucks target:
Brian Dumolin, Colton Parayko, Noah Hanifin.
The apologists at 650 in full force. They could have traded Demko instead of playing him like they were in a playoff race. Could have also traded Miller who played insane hockey down the stretch. This isn’t hard.
I just don’t get how the Canucks were going to be bad enough to be bottom-5. Trade Pettersson or Hughes? They could’ve/should’ve done things to be worse than 11th, sure, but pretending the Canucks could have been bottom-5 with this roster is unrealistic.
@WillBrinson
***sees afc team play well***
(Insert afc team) could beat the chiefs.
Not trying to mock you specifically but seen this a lot from nfl media.
@FriedgeHNIC
I remember watching at the time in shock and excitement (as a Canucks fan) as the Red Wings passed over Quinn Hughes given his obvious connections to Michigan. 1 of the worst decisions Holland ever made.
Jim Benning never took accountability when he was fired. No press-conference like most used to do after fired. Instead, he took cowards way out by not taking accountability for mess he created. Would really love his thoughts on the OEL mess and why he made the deal after buyout.
@jonathan_wall_
With all due respect, this team has won 1 playoff round since 2011 in an artificial tournament. The team lacks any vision off the ice and is nowhere near a cup contender because of assenine moves and direction. In the end, you want your team to win a cup. What joy are we finding?
@Canucks
@RogersArena
@TicketmasterCA
You will see me at a Canucks game when Francesco Aquilini is replaced as the head of the team. Until then, no more attending games.
Sekeres interview with
@ciaramccormack
about the sexual abuse scandal from last December. Ciara has mentioned in numerous tweets Sekeres treated her very disrespectfully. It is pretty gross. Everyone on my TL should listen.
If you want to listen to homers without critical analysis, go seek out work of Brendan Bachelor and Ian MacIntyre. They are glorified cheerleaders and will cater to ur house radio needs. The rest of us want honest hard hitting critical analysis and this market needs more of that.
@FriedgeHNIC
Bro took only 100k more than Nylander even though he is much better. This is what happens when your stars care about winning more than money.
@Canucks
Ian Cole should change his number. 28 is an uncommon number but had not been worn since Luc Bourdon. Unofficially retiring a number of a player who passed away while in the nhl with your team is a respectful thing to do.
The Lebronification of Hockey is complete. McDavid has his agent as president of the team. Junior coach as his head coach. Superstars absolutely deserve this. However, if Oilers don’t win a cup with McDavid then that’s something McDavid has to wear because he has control.
I’m old enough to remember when Bo was going to score 50 goals. May not even hit 40. Harder to score for a team when mailing it in on the defensive side isn’t an option.
@travisyost
Bo Horvat was also one of the first and strongest voices to criticize Don Cherry when he made his comments. The Lower Mainland is extremely multicultural. Fans of the team come across a lot of ethnicities. The Canucks get racial inequality.
Somewhere there is a poor group of fans out there who believe the Rick Tocchet era Canucks is the “real version of the team” that can make the playoffs.
@racheldoerrie
Leafs downfall started the moment Marner held out for the bag. That particular moment made it clear the best players were in it for themselves instead of sacrificing for the greater goal.
Lots of talk about Boeser being the next one to move. “ What happened to first year Brock” will go down as one of British Columbia’s greatest mysteries.
@CraigSMorgan
@PHNX_Sports
Gary Bettman masterclass. Moved the coyotes without a lawsuit. ✅ Can bring a new team to Arizona without Meruelo being the owner ✅
The funny thing about McDavid crying about the Canucks pulling Demko is we are ignoring how many cheap points he’s gotten in garbage time vs Van. Guy pads his stats in games where we are about to lose but can’t handle a player with the flu getting pulled. Very hypocritical.
Don’t agree with Canucks twitter ripping Podz yesterday. I have said time & time again this market is unnecessarily hard on young guys. People need to chill until 22-23 minimum unless it’s REALLY bad. They are young guys and don’t need to deal with ur shit. Leave em alone.
Tony Gallagher was once banned from arena because Pat Quinn’s feeling were hurt because of Gallagher’s reporting. Dan Russell got exiled from CKNW for a period because Brian Burke didn’t like Russell’s commentary and reporting. Too many fans who don’t understand history of team.
I really wish there was local sports media member who filled Gallagher/Botchford role as "protector". Market and team is getting crapped on by national nitwit analysts such as Ryan Whitney and Dom L. You know Gallagher/Botch would have had a few things to say on their platforms.
@domluszczyszyn
Toronto based people making a ranking to troll Canucks fans and get engagement is a story as old as time. We are the most engaged fan base in hockey and people from Toronto try to take advantage of that. I hope you get the views you sought.
@JustinMoris
1) that really sucks 2) I believe that part of what makes life meaningful is spending time acting for the greater good. You did that in a massive way.
Call me a grumpy BC sports fan but absolutely stupid that the Memphis Grizzlies are wearing Vancouver Grizzlies jerseys next year. We got our team wrongfully stolen by a crooked owner (Michael Heisley). Extremely disrespectful to now steal the heritage of that team.
@reporterchris
Everyone that’s screaming foul about the NHL inviting Meruelo back in. This clause was clearly negotiated so Meruelo would not litigate. NHL is betting that Meruelo can’t bring an arena to life within 5 years or perhaps ever.
@patersonjeff
Their best pickups last off season came well into the off season and into the season as well with Zaddy and Lindholm. The goal is to have the best team possible for the 2025 playoffs. Not the best team possible after July 1. Management has to ignore ill informed pressure.
@greggrosenthal
Drops happen in football. They are common enough. What isn’t common is going for it in clear field goal spots. Drops are also the risk you run a non field goal play.
Rick Dhaliwal just said on 650 he doesn’t like the Canucks chances of signing Hronek if he demands 8 million. Dhaliwal says he has asked a lot of agents who are bewildered by Hronek asking for 8 plus million.
#tradehronek
#allanwalshisabozo
Getting questions over DM on who is Ciara McCormack.
Ciara faced abuse on Whitecaps teams. She was the first whistleblower on what was going on. She has also been the most vocal person to put the Whitecaps feet under fire. Every single person in my TL should be following her.
@JustinMoris
Canucks twitter should be channeling this into passionately pushing for decriminalization of small amounts of hard drugs. The police chiefs want that. John Horgan wants this. Dr. Henry called for this a year and a half ago. The liberals need to step up.