#26 — Vanek! with a Jurco

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Re: Hopes, wishes and dreams for 16/17

[(Anonymous)]

Right? I'm hoping the ASG was step 1 to getting the trophies. I feel like he needs to shoot more for people to take notice of how good he is because playmaking and racking up assists are just not doing the job.

I do appreciate that Ovie and Trotz are leading the Nicky Is Also GR8!! campaign, though. :D

Re: Hopes, wishes and dreams for 16/17

[(Anonymous)]

He was 5th in Selke voting, you guys.

Re: Hopes, wishes and dreams for 16/17

[(Anonymous)]

Shhh. Jesus Backstrom Christ is the eternally underrated martyr.

And I'm not sure why they're complaining about that; the less people notice him, the less they notice how he disappears in the playoffs.

Re: Hopes, wishes and dreams for 16/17

[(Anonymous)]

I don't think he's terrible or even just average or anything, but despite the circlejerk he's really getting the level of props he deserves.

Re: Hopes, wishes and dreams for 16/17

[(Anonymous)]

First of all, why is it so terrible that a couple of Caps fans would like to see one of their guys get an award (that this meme regularly decries as bullshit anyway)? Nobody jumped on the fans who want Crosby or Malkin to win yet another Hart or Art Ross or for Kopitar to win a thing or the ones who want nice things for fucking Taylor Hall or Dustin Brown (who I personally loathe, but hey, he's got fans, I guess)

Then suddenly it's like, ugh, don't even mention Backstrom, you circlejerky whiners. What the fuck? Hate him, the Caps, and all their fans all you want but these kinds of OTT comments are why this meme has such a rep for being full of assholes and wankers.

Re: Hopes, wishes and dreams for 16/17

[(Anonymous)]

LOL

Re: Hopes, wishes and dreams for 16/17

[(Anonymous)]

What's your issue with Brown?

Re: Hopes, wishes and dreams for 16/17

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT Yes, and...? Is that supposed to mean we can't hope for him to win anything ever now that he made it to 5th? Sorry I said something about people taking notice, I guess. I didn't know that was such a hot button issue.

Re: Hopes, wishes and dreams for 16/17

[(Anonymous)]

You said you wanted people to take notice of how good he is. He came in 5th in voting, which is how good he is.

Re: Hopes, wishes and dreams for 16/17

[(Anonymous)]

You making it sound like the only reason Backstrom hasn't been racking up those awards is because people just haven't noticed how wonderful he is!! is not precisely a "hot button issue," but obviously going to draw some eyerolls from people who don't agree. You following up your comments with whining about how people are being so mean to you for liking Backstrom just feeds into the impression of there being a ridiculous victim complex about Backstrom in fandom. If you're hoping for Backstrom to win the Hart, hope that he has a Hart-worthy season. (And ffs if you want Tom Wilson to ~redeem himself in fandom's eyes, hope that he stops being a dirty player instead of making it sound like the problem is with people's perception. More of the same.)

Re: Hopes, wishes and dreams for 16/17

[(Anonymous)]

What, where are you getting this from? He was 12th this year.

Re: Hopes, wishes and dreams for 16/17

[(Anonymous)]

ayrt

Yes, I was very pleased about the ASG thing, too! Even though it was mostly because Crosby for once wasn't invited and I don't think that'll happen again, lol.

I'm not a fan of Trotz in general, but I do appreciate his ongoing Nicky campaign!