Alain Vigneault

IF ONLY THE CANUCKS WERE AS ENTERTAINING AS THEIR HEAD COACH ALAIN VIGNEAULT…
YESTERDAY VIGNEAULT HELD COURT WITH THE MEDIA TO EXPLAIN WHY THE SEDINS ARE NOT PRODUCING…
HE COMPARED THEM TO THE STOCK MARKET…
QUOTE…”HISTORY SAYS THE STOCK MARKET SOONER OR LATER COMES BACK UP…I HAVE TO BELIEVE THE TWINS ARE THE SAME WAY…BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SHEET ON THE STOCK MARKET…I’M LOSING MONEY AND THEY’RE NOT GETTING POINTS”…
IN THE LAST 7 GAMES THE SEDINS HAVE PRODUCED A MERE 4 POINTS BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM…
THOSE STATS MORE THAN ANY OTHER HELP TO EXPLAIN WHY THE CANUCKS HAVE LOST 5 OF THEIR LAST 7 AND FIND THEMSELVES IN 12TH PLACE IN THE WESTERN CONFERENCE...
WHAT MAKES THIS SLUMP SOME WHAT SUPRISING IS THE TIMING…
THE SEDINS ARE IN THE LAST YEAR OF THE THEIR CONTRACTS…NEXT SUMMER BOTH ARE SCHEDULED TO BECOME UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS…
ACCORDING TO A REPORT ON TSN…NEXT MONTH GENERAL MANAGER MIKE GILLIS PLANS TO SIT DOWN WITH THEIR AGENT J.P. BARRY TO TALK CONTRACT…
THEIR NUMBERS OVER THE LAST 3 SEASONS WOULD INDICATE THAT BOTH PLAYERS ARE WORTH AT LEAST $6 MILLION DOLLARS PER SEASON…NEARLY TWICE WHAT THEY ARE MAKING NOW…
THEY WOULD ALSO WANT A MINIMUM OF 5 YEARS WITH A NO TRADE CLAUSE…
THAT’S A BIG COMMITMENT…ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THEIR PLAYOFF NUMBERS…
IN 86 COMBINED GAMES THE TWINS HAVE PRODUCED A MERE 38 POINTS…
TO HELP SHAKE THINGS UP…VIGNEAULT HAS GIVEN THE SEDINS A NEW LINEMATE FOR TONIGHT’S GAME…DESPITE THE FACT HE INSISTS STEVE BERNIER HAS NOT BEEN THE PROBLEM…
THE JOB NOW BELONGS TO MASON RAYMOND…
IT MAY ALL COME BACK TO WHAT GILLIS SAID ABOUT THE SEDINS AT HIS VERY FIRST PRESS CONFERENCE…
“I DON’T KNOW IF THEY ARE THE PLAYERS THE TEAM WILL BE BUILT AROUND MOVING FORWARD”…
LAST MONTH GILLIS TRIED TO RE-TRACK THAT STATEMENT BY SUGGESTING…”IT JUST CAME OUT WRONG”…
SO WHERE DO THE CANUCKS NOW STAND ON THE SEDINS???
TO GET THE ANSWER THINK OF HOCKEY AS THE STOCK MARKET…
“TO FIND THE TRUTH…SIMPLY FOLLOW THE MONEY”…