Re-Claiming Canada: A Vancouver Canucks Franchise

[weaver21]

Vancouver Canucks
NHL 11
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Author's Note:

{My Own Perspective of the Vancouver Canucks}

Now... there was no way for me to continue or even start my other Ottawa franchise. I'm a big fan of playing with good teams and playing in the playoffs. Don't get me wrong... I like playing with lower-tier teams and working them back up to the top. It's a challenge, but the frustration was too much for me continue. So I decided to pick the best team in the game and try my luck with them.

People may not like it, but I don't care. I wanna have fun when I'm playing NHL 11 and when I played with Ottawa, I wasn't having fun. Playing with Vancouver is fun. Very fun. But the main reason I picked them was because of the big ole' ZERO next to Stanley Cups.

I mean, there's a lot of talent on this team and I want to take advantage of it and get to the Stanley Cup Finals. Hopefully Chicago isn't in my way, haha. I'm a big fan of the Sedin brothers and of course everybody's favorite American, Ryan Kesler. Their young, and mainly... I want to win a Stanley Cup in this game (yeah, sadly I haven't yet).

So, yeah... hopefully this works out and maybe I can actually post a game maybe, haha.

[thedudedominick]

Good luck. I'm in the same boat as you looking for a team to use. I want to use a good team for once. As a kings fan It would feel wrong to wish you luck in winning a cup for Vancouver. So I will say good luck in every series not against the Kings.

[Dynasty]

Well good luck here. Any idea what your plans for hodgson are?

Nice starting with players you know will get the job done.

[HeroWorship]

Starting with a good team is different, but awesome too.

[weaver21]

*Using Legend's tables or whoever created them. Hope you guys don't mind *


Forwards

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
Daniel Sedin, #22 (A) 6'1, 187 Ornskoldsvik, SWE $5.855M	Henrik Sedin, #33 (C) 6'2, 188 Ornskoldsvik, SWE $5.855M	Alexandre Burrows, #14 6'1, 188 Pincourt, QC $1.755M

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
Chris Higgins, #20 6'0, 205 Smithtown, NY $1.355M	Ryan Kesler, #17 (A) 6'2, 202 Livonia, MI $4.755M	Mikael Samuelsson, #26 6'2, 218 Mariefred, SWE $2.255M

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
Mason Raymond, #21 6'0, 185 Cochrane, AB $2.305M	Manny Malhotra, #27 6'2, 220 Mississauga, ON $2.255M	Jannik Hansen, #36 6'1, 195 Herlev, DEN $0.580M

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
Jeff Tambellini #10 5'11, 186 Calgary, AB $0.500M	Maxim Lapierre, #40 6'2, 207 Saint-Leonard, QC $0.655M	Raffi Torres, #13 6'0, 216 Toronto, ON $0.755M

Defensemen

Left Defense	Right Defense
Keith Ballard, #4 5'11, 208 Baudette, MN $3.955M	Christian Ehrhoff, #5 6'2, 203 Moers, GER $2.855M

Left Defense	Right Defense
Alexander Edler, #23 6'3, 215 Ostersund, SWE $3.005M	Dan Hamhuis, #2 6'1, 209 Smithers, BC $4.255M

Left Defense	Right Defense
Sami Salo, #6 6'3, 212 Turku, FIN $3.255M	Kevin Bieska, #3 6'1, 198 Grimsby, ON $3.505M

Goaltenders

Starter	Backup
Roberto Luongo, #1 6'3, 217 Montreal, QC $5.085M	Cory Schneider, #35 6'2, 195 Marblehead, MA $0.655M

COACHING STAFF & PLAYER DEVELOPMENT

President, General Manager & Alternate Governor, NHL: Mike Gillis
VP Player Personnel & Assistant General Manager: Lorne Henning
VP Hockey Operations & Assistant General Manager: Laurence Gilman
Senior Advisor to the General Manager: Stan Smyl

Head Coach: Alain Vigneault
Associate Coach: Rick Bowness
Assistant Coach: Newell Brown
Assistant Coach, Video: Darryl Williams
Strength & Conditioning Coach: Roger Takahashi
Goaltending Coach: Roland Melanson
Skill Coach: Glenn Carnegie

Director, Player Development: Dave Gagner
Director of Hockey Administration: Jonathan Wall
Assistant Coach, Manitoba Moose: Keith McCambridge

[bthomp05]

I thought the same thing and took the Caps, and it was a fun ride to Lord Stanley's Cup (Interest how both teams are such powerhouses but neither have a cup to thier name). Good luck here and don't repeat a 93/94. ha-ha

[weaver21]

UPDATE: Hey guys, I just wanted to update this and keep here at the top because right now I'm transfering the music pack which someone created in the Sounds forum, so I can use them in my franchise. Heard it really adds to the realism, so I wanna do it, haha. Anyway, I'm not going to post any game updates right now, but I do plan on posting the first game tomorrow. So stay tuned.

[weaver21]

Utter Domination
Kesler notches 4 assists, Lou gets a shut-out as the Canucks dominate the Kings on opening night


Ryan Kesler tore LA's defense apart, tallying 4 assists including helping Daniel Sedin on the first goal of the night

Los Angeles Kings vs Vancouver Canucks
Oct 9, 2010 1 2 3 F LA (0-1-0) 0 0 0 0 VAN (1-0-0) 1 2 4 7 Three Stars Ryan Kesler 4 Assists Mikael Samuelsson Goal, 2 Assists Christopher Higgins 2 Goals	Team Stats Comparison LA VAN Shots on Goal 21 35 Hits 24 7 Faceoffs Won-Lost 23 24 Penalty Minutes 14:00 4:00 Power Plays Converted 0 3 Power Play Opportunities 2 7 Time on Attack 3:48 7:39
Scoring Summary FIRST PERIOD VAN Daniel Sedin (1) (Alexander Edler, Ryan Kesler) 4:15 (PP) SECOND PERIOD VAN Henrik Sedin (1) (Daniel Sedin, Christian Ehrhoff) 10:50 (PP) VAN Jannik Hansen (1) (Sami Salo) 17:34 THIRD PERIOD VAN Mikael Samuelsson (1) (Ryan Kesler, Dan Hamhuis) 5:38 VAN Christopher Higgins (1) (Ryan Kesler) 7:04 VAN Mason Ramond (1) (Alexander Edler, Mikael Samuelsson) 10:05 (PP) VAN Christopher Higgins (2) (Mikael Samuelsson, Ryan Kesler) 17:00
Los Angeles Kings - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Erik Ersberg 9 7 78% 9.27 Jonathan Quick 26 21 81% 6.46
Vancouver Canucks - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Roberto Luongo 21 21 100% 0.00

Record: 1-0-0
Next Game: vs. Florida Panthers (0-1-0)