The Fan In Van Podcast & Blog - Matt Lee

Pierre McGuire was on the TEAM 1040 this morning (Wednesday) in Vancouver and he was talking about the Recchi situation. Him and Recchi were texting each other last night before the Canucks/Ducks game and McGuire says that Recchi will likely be traded by Friday. Pittsburgh apparently wants to hand over the reigns of the team to the younger players and they feel that with the presence of such veterans as Recchi, Roberts and Sydor, its hard for those younger players to be that voice in the dressing room. I don’t know what that means for Roberts or Sydor, but so far only Recchi has been told to call up other clubs and work out a trade for himself.

While I like Recchi, I struggle to see where he would fit on this team. The rumours are swirling that Recchi could somehow find his way to Vancouver, but in addition to his “steep” 2M dollar price tag and with the Canucks having 2.68M in space, I still can’t see Recchi coming this way because:

1. Has had issues with Alain Vigneault back in their Montreal Canadien days
2. He’s old
3. Would be nothing more than a PP specialist or a checker, which the Canucks have a lot of
4. He’s old
5. More than likely would find himself on a line with Kesler and Pyatt, replacing Isbister, but that line has been so good defensively
6. He’s old
7. The Canucks could most likely pursue a younger, more skilled forward down the line

Did I mention he’s old?