Report: Bruins’ Lucic to keep Cup celebration low-key back home

ok, i know i’m way behind in responding when it comes to this story so no need to point it out.

but i am i diehard nucks fan. period. i knew lucic was coming with the cup, and honestly i just didn’t care. a lot of the city didn’t. good for him. i commend boston on their championship. but to say we’re poor sports b/c we don’t cheer the other teams player is just dumb.

yes, there were people that would probably cause trouble like in any city. but honestly, if a bostonian say for example played for the yankees (i know it’s not possible b/c they play in the same league, just work with me here) and won the world series then brought the trophy back to beantown, he would honestly get a warm recectpion? gimme a break!!

boston would give the cold shoulder to their native son just like vancouver is pretty indifferent about lucic.

khanomcat ,
he is a former norris trophy winner, so your argument is still fine.

Hey Jean Philippe Tremblay,

Here is my take on Habs fans.. Actually I have no take on them, I simply look at them and if one opens his mouth I drop them with a straight right fist to the face.. There really is no other way to accept a Hab fan.. Consider it a greeting like a smile or a handshake.. So the next time you are walking down the street babbling about conspiracy theories and prison terms regarding the Bruins consider the gentleman walking toward you is a Bruin fan like me, perhaps he will greet you the way Bruin fans should.. A fist to the face, that would be fun don’t you think?

check that – Chara was a finalist, not the winner

@John Phillip Tremblay (since we are taking liberties with the spelling of names…) Thank you my friend. Your posts never cease to make me laugh. And I agree RD is a good poster.

JPT,
then what do you call game 6 against MTL?

@Luke…nevermind…I Googled it. It now makes sense and you are using correctly. My apologies.

It’s a shame that player who wins the stanley cup can’t go home to show it off to his friends and family. However, as much as you guys like Lucic, and as much as everyone else wishes they had him on their squad, he’s a pretty polarizing guy. As a player, he’s a focal point of animosity from most cities, and I’m sure particularly Vancouver. I’d equate to imagining the habs winning the cup and PK bringing it home to his home town of Revere. Of course non of that is true but maybe that wouldn’t go so well.

You guys talked about the riots a bit. I don’t think this reflects on all Vancouverites. That crowd was simply too large. It might have looked like they were all rioting but it was a smaller group hidden in the massive throng. The same thing happened in Montreal a few years back and it comes down to the same group and type of person. The same types always act up when the G8 or G20 hits a major city.

@BackToBostonMilan… For individuals like you, only in time you will grow up (well, hopefully).

Boston’s team may not be full of individual super-stars — as some would put it, “the most talented” of players — but everyone played a key part and they won as a TEAM. Throughout the playoffs, Boston had their share of bad- or non-calls, but in the end a team has to overcome adversity and inconsistencies in order to win. To classify Boston’s championship a result of poor officiating is pathetic; simply put, Vancouver lost. It seems as though with the childish behaviour (notice the spelling? Yes, I’m Canadian) of some Canucks fans, their city lost as well.

Go B’s.

I find it hard to accept the “unfortunate minority” opinion when rioters are wearing Canucks jerseys and attending a downtown viewing party of the game. They were hockey fans. People didn’t haphazardly walk out of their apartments coincidentally when the game ended and decided, “Hey, now seems like a good time to break some windows and steal crap.”

That being said, what Vancouver residents fail to understand is that these problems actually happened. Brushing it under the rug and saying it didn’t reflect any deeper issue is naive. People are just making more excuses, instead of showing remorse and a determination to change the predominant culture. As long as Canucks fans think that Boston was lucky in winning, the healing will never start. You praise the other team, show respect, recharge the batteries and go at it again the next season. That’s what Philly did. That’s what Detroit and Pittsburgh did. No bitter whining, no excuses, no finger-pointing from those citizens.

For Lucic, these things aren’t decided in a vacuum. I guarantee that he has been advised on the issue, and city officials likely reinforced his instincts that any celebration should be toned down. Perhaps a better way to do it would be in a controlled environment…take it to the rink he used to play at and let folks file in and enjoy it. Anything but a large mass gathering.

Alison- one problem. Loochs official day with the Cup hasn’t happened yet, therefore your argument is irrelevant and flat out wrong.

Can’t blame him for keeping it private, clearly his family has been victimized by a few “individuals”, let’s not generalize here. Also Lucic’s grandmother /family had drinks thrown on them during the SCF, so I think hes more looking out for his family than being “chicken” like this moron two comments above me said. BTW backtobostonmilan – talk about didn’t deserve it? The whole league was rooting against your “talented” Canucks because they are worthless dirty divers, if anyone didn’t deserve to win it was the Canucks. Good luck winning anything in the future with a weak goalie, dumb coach, and ginger twin sissy captains who dive constantly. Your team was penalized twice in one game for embellishment in the Stanley Cup Finals!!!!!! For crying out loud!!!!!!!

We only hear about the outspoken, vocal, and occasionally violent minority. The actions of one or a few person(s) does not represent the city as a whole, there’s not even enough negative evidence to call this ecological fallacy, the violent folks are outliers (Anon pointed this out above). The city of Vancouver has many things to be proud of, Lucic is one of them. From a Bruin fan and a Boston native.

The riots were unfortunate, but are not exclusively Vancouver like. Digger pointed out an example and UMass has a penchant for rioting, people riot about their passion or livelihood(see London) nothing to be proud of, but also something we cannot be on a high horse about. We as individuals (non-rioters) can say “oh WE would never do that!” but that is ecological fallacy. Analyzing group mentality is astoundingly complex, and widespread generalizations do nothing but breed hatred.

Also remember that comment boards, due to their anonymous nature, bring out the worst in the most extreme people.

Digger,
That girl was shot after she refused to listen to the cops and leave. Those people were breaking the rules. It was a shame someone got hurt but if that girl had listened to the cops and left she would still be alive. That was an accident PLUS it was College kids. They start a lot of the trouble that goes on after baseball.

Anything to make you look bad? You guys do a good enough job of that without us having to kick anything in.

And all of that big name talent did you guys a hell of a job, eh? The Sedins, Kesler, Luongo – thank god name recognition wins cups.

I don’t see why Lucic is chicken now with Celebrating in Vancouver since he plays so dirty on the ice why does he have to hide in Public?
Canucks fans are unhappy loosing to a team that just does not deserve it! The Bruins have no talent Like Pittsburgh or Detroit they are just a bunch of Punks and Thugs who got away with lots of Penalties and had a good Goalie. That’s it! Go back to your hometown of Boston Milan! Your a Punk on a Punks Team!

As a Vancouverite (but not a Canucks fan), I can truthfully say that the Canucks fan base is nothing short of shameful when it comes to taking losses and admitting defeat. The riot didn’t surprise me or a lot of people AT ALL. You can say it was completely expected.

I really want to congratulate Milan in person but thanks to the hooliganism and the classlessness of many of the Canucks fans, I can’t do that anymore. There’s a reason why even people who normally dislike Boston teams (such as myself) were driven to cheer for the Bruins.

Mac,
I believe the phrasing was “dislike” not “envy.” So sure, no one is more envious of the Bruins than the Canucks right now, but envy is not dislike. The Canadiens have decades of reasons to HATE the Bruins, yet they are celebrating as Bergeron takes the Cup around Quebec. Boston certainly has a history of celebrations/venting getting ugly, but we don’t go out and get into fights with the people who win (except maybe Damon, but that’s a poor story.)

I am sure there are some grownups, but you guys need to get a handle on your hooligan problem!

The city of Vancouver is an embarassment to the NHL and Canada. Their reaction to being beat was classless. Other Canadian cities (Edmonton, Calgary, and Montreal) have lost out late in the playoffs, and there never was the reaction that we saw in Vancouver. There were no riots in Philadelphia last spring when they lost to the Hawks. Johnny Boychuk’s parents flew in from Edmonton, during the playoffs, and they were roughed up. Part of the problem is that Vancouver has a number of players that embelish hits in order to draw penalties. Fans see this and they draw the wrong conclusions. As well, their GM whines about calls continously.
A number of fans of other teams came up to me during the playoffs, and told me that for the first time in their lives they were rooting for the Bruins. They were sick and tired of Vancouver trying to draw ref calls.
Their treatment of Lucic is despictable. He is probably one of the top three power forwards in hockey today. To not embrace his success, shows a lack of respect for him and what he meant to the Bruins. ( I think his best moment was when he grabbed Alex Burroughs, who was trying to draw a call against Lucic, and then slammed him against the boards, behind the net.) The mayor should step up and give him a luncheon to honor his efforts. She probably would enjoy that more than sweeping broken glass, the day after game seven.

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What’s even more painful is the devestation that followed. That is the reason the city is not over it, and we thank Milan for not bringing it up.

As a Vancouverite and a Canucks fan, I mean it when I say I’m truly happy for Milan Lucic. Having a private gathering is the best thing he could do in this situation. There are some real idiots in this city.

That being said, you’re being unfair when you claim that Vancouver needs to be over the loss this soon and that there are other cities which should be more envious. It’s bad enough that the Canucks fell flat on home ice in game 7 of the finals, and remain championshipless after 40 years of existence.

Ridiculous freaks need to grow up!