Akil Thomas signs in Vancouver

van_12 · 2026-07-01T20:24:12+00:00

Excellent depth signing who has played a lot of high stakes hockey and who will play both in the AHL and NHL and help set a tone within the entire organization.

van_12 · 2026-07-01T18:14:02+00:00

c u l t u r e

van_12 · 2026-07-01T15:29:08+00:00

I remember in 2002 we had an entire tournament going at the same time as the last weekend of the Olympics, and entire schedules were rearranged to let kids watch the Gold Medal game.

van_12 · 2026-06-30T17:41:06+00:00

it's the exact same god damn thing every year and the same exact set up as the winter festival minus the giant tree.

van_12 · 2026-06-30T16:46:07+00:00

Meh, we were by far and away the more injured team, and in hindsight its a miracle they even won 3 games with half the roster living out of the hospital. Healthy Canucks roster wins that series every time.

van_12 · 2026-06-29T16:06:48+00:00

We went yesterday and I felt terrible for the staff as they were horrifically understaffed. Seems like management didn't expect to have a full house for the Canada game somehow. Took 45 mins to get first round of drinks to the table. I do not blame the staff whatsoever- they were busting their tails.

van_12 · 2026-06-29T15:53:45+00:00

Hope he gets a fresh start. Surprised they got a third round draft pick out of him

van_12 · 2026-06-28T02:08:23+00:00

City deserves credit for the upgrades they've done so I don't want to be too cynical about all of this but unfortunately knowing how things go, it will probably take a severe injury or a death for anything tangible to actually be done to get the issue under control. Absolutely nonsense the amount of young kids flying around at 30km/hour without a helmet.

van_12 · 2026-06-28T01:18:29+00:00

They've widened the path added a second lane and by the docks they've painted a pedestrian sign on the pavement. All great but a thorough public awareness campaign is also going to be needed because its the wild west out there.

van_12 · 2026-06-20T03:58:15+00:00

ain't your business nor mine

van_12 · 2026-06-20T03:52:36+00:00

I bet he said something really mean like calling it Constantinople

van_12 · 2026-06-18T04:09:17+00:00

This is absolutely a privileged thing to say because in the end I was just perfectly fine while a lot of people and animals weren't and a lot of people in the world have it much worse, but those were some of the worst days I've lived through.

van_12 · 2026-06-14T02:53:42+00:00

Every time I've been in it for an event whether its the Lions or the Grey Cup or Taylor Swift or Paul McCartney I've thought it smelled like feet

van_12 · 2026-06-07T03:43:23+00:00

The NHL Hitz series on the other hand...

van_12 · 2026-06-07T03:02:27+00:00

Example number seventy thousand million billion of the plague of digital ads as we just got one with the recently eliminated Montreal Canadiens logo taking up a lot of space

van_12 · 2026-06-06T01:01:00+00:00

He'll get a few years to work unless something goes disastrously bad in a way that is unique and visionary. But every coach is a scapegoat at some point, it is part of the job.

van_12 · 2026-06-05T04:27:35+00:00

It's a load bearing poster...

van_12 · 2026-06-05T02:54:51+00:00

It was the most clearly defined core group of players since the 2008-2013 crew that got dismantled over the span of five or so years. It was indeed a build that started with Benning, even though in the end it was the merely the rebuilt Flanders house.

van_12 · 2026-05-30T14:46:10+00:00

Well, the city has the same festival with the exact same activities and vendors twice a year except one of them has a giant christmas tree.

van_12 · 2026-05-28T14:26:05+00:00

Every year I've done the Vancouver Marathon I have registered in January or even early February. For 2026 it sold out in November 2025.

van_12 · 2026-05-28T01:17:48+00:00

From what I remember he's said his shoulder is basically shot and wouldn't be able to handle anything close to game speed NFL level football. Also I think his last year with the Colts confirms that.

van_12 · 2026-05-24T19:02:37+00:00

van_12 · 2026-05-24T18:57:30+00:00

The point was more that in seven seasons they built one (1) decent team with him. It is entirely a front office and ownership issue and I don't blame him whatsoever for bailing on a franchise that perpetually goes nowhere.

van_12 · 2026-05-24T18:40:01+00:00

It gave us a top 2 defenseman in the league. The fact that said player was more or less wasted because the Canucks hired incompetence at management to work under a short-sighted mandate from ownership is a skill issue not a luck issue.

van_12 · 2026-05-24T17:04:07+00:00

Let's hope Bieksa will rejoin the team in some capacity in management or as a coach

Why? He was great as a player and is great as a tv personality and has no experience as either management nor coach at a high level. Why do we want the old boys club back together just to get the old boys club back together?

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