Archive for July 3rd, 2008

Jul 03 2008

For Sale: Canucks Tickets

Posted by: buzz in charity, sports

Get ready to read that a lot this year. For sure the Vancouver Canucks will be a consistent sell out again this year, but more and more season ticket holders will be dumping their duckets faced with watching a losing team 41 times this year.

When Francesco Aquilini fired Dave Nonis and brought in Mike Gillis it was under the impression that the previous regime wasn’t getting anything done. They weren’t moving forward fast enough. Well, Mike Gillis has sped up the momentum of the franchise, unfortunately the rookie GM has his gearshift backwards and the Canucks are sliding downhill faster than the skate on their old jerseys.

In the past 2 weeks with a trading frenzy at the NHL Draft, and the start of NHL Free Agent season, Gillis has managed to add a grand total of 9 goals to the lineup while missing out on all the big ticket items and losing his grip on former client Markus Naslund.

The owner said he wanted a more uptempo, aggressive, offensive, exciting hockey team. Well, here’s how the lineup looks today, you tell me where the goals are coming from.

D Sedin - H Sedin - Pyatt
Raymond - Wellwood - Pettinger
Burrows - Kesler - Johnson
Hordichuk - Rypien - Cowan

Wooo! Plan the parade.

Sure, we have a solid defence and goaltending, but we had that already. It is going to a pain full season, gang.

In the next couple of weeks, I’ll be heading down to GM Place to pick up my half season tickets for 2008-2009. I was thinking about upgrading to a full season package this year and auctioning off the extra tickets to raise money for Team Diabetes.

Now I’m not so sure there will be the demand above face value to make it worthwhile.

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						Bonne Fete Quebec!
				
Posted by: buzz in france,  parties,  travel				

			

			
Today the celebrations have started to commemorate the 400th birthday of Quebec City.  But it’s more than just a party in the Capital of La Belle Province, it’s a time to pause and reflect on the birth of our nation.
Samuel de Champlain started his journey in Honfleur, France.  Jennifer and I visited there this past spring.
On July 3, 1608, Champlain landed at the “point of Québec” and set about fortifying the area by building three main buildings (each two stories tall), to which he referred collectively as “l’Habitation”, and also a moat 12 feet (4 m) wide. This was to become the city of Quebec. Fortifying Quebec City became one of his passions, which he embarked on periodically for the rest of his life. [wiki]
We didnt make it to Quebec City this year, but it was special to visit Honfleur, the port where Champlain started his voyages to found what would become Canada.

Vive Le Quebec.  Vive Le Canada.  Bonne Fete!
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