Dude, I've stopped smoking crack

[Dial 9-1-1]

In the Spring of 2006, while Dude affectionately referred to Dave Nonis "Dunkin Dave Nonis" I referred to the doughnut boy as "Dave "NOBis and Dave Novice." Yes, catchy I agree, but I called in May 2006, that this year's version of the Canucks would be the saddest Canucks team of all time.

Dude, meanwhile, was driving the Canucks bandwagon and had Larscheid doing his play by play: "Bingo Bango Bongo, Dial's been smoking crack from his bongo."

I was smoking crack is what Dude said, and I am big enough, and sober enough, to admit that maybe I was.

Early in the season when Luongo was good for a Cloutier-type goal against per game and the Canucks scored as often as I did in my night club days, it looked like Dude was the one smoking crack.

Although I still am not a fan of Nonis, I blame the crack for making me believe...

The Bertuzzi trade was stupid
They let Cloutier go for nothing
They shouldn't have given up on Ruutu (actually, I still like Ruutu)
Pyatt was a minor league at best
Letting Carter go was a huge mistake
Bieksa didn't know where the front of his net was
They paid too much for Mitchell
They shouldn't have canned Crawford
They shouldn't have hired Vigneault
The Sedins were overpaid for their break-out season
Marcus Naslund was the heart and soul of this team
Chouinard and Bulis were good signings.


Yours humbly,

Dial