Has anyone noticed in the Mike Gillis era how much tougher of a team the Canucks are? And this is even when it seems like he keeps signing european after european after undersized forward.
It's almost like bringing in guys like Shane O'Brien, Darcy Hordichuck and Ryan Johnson brought an attitude to the team that most likely makes the rest of the league absolutely hate this team.
First, to prove how cool the Canucks really are, here's a short video claiming that the term "cougar" originated in the Canucks dressing room.
Then, there's the fact that you know the Canucks are doing their research when they start to beak at other players. You know when a new guy comes on board with the Canucks that they're going to ask that new guy things about his teammates, which they can then use to epically piss off other teams. Check out this video of Ryan Kesler and Alex Burrows asking a member of the Blues about his wife, apparently named Kelly. You know they got the wife's name from the ex-Blue Johnson. And check out Scottie Upshall talking about his dislike for Kesler on live TV.
Then again, Willie Mitchell admitted before the season that they didn't exactly handle the situation against Chicago last season in the playoffs, saying that they cared more about proving their toughness then winning hockey games.
But hell, that's good Canadian hockey. And what Canadian hockey fan doesn't like seeing stuff like that? Not like it hasn't been proven (see past history of Boston and Philly).
I've been noticing this trend with the Canucks for awhile now, but it really all started with Jannik Hansen. This guy is probably the most soft spoken hockey player I've ever seen. But after playing last year's pre-season on a line with Kesler and Burrows, he was in the middle of every scrum he could get to. He even started fighting. Imagine that. A Dane. Fighting. In hockey.
Badass.
Gotta end with a Puckerman quote from Glee.
"Are you questioning my badassness? Have you seen my guns??"
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