Thursday, January 25, 2007
'Nucks Get Genoway
The Vancouver Canucks needed another scoring forward so they went ahead and got one. For the Moose.The Vancouver Canucks acquired minor-league winger Colby Genoway from the Anaheim Ducks Wednesday in exchange for AHL defenceman Joe Rullier.I'm not even going to pretend I know anything about Genoway, though based on his AHL numbers (41 GP, 8G-21A- 29P, +15) and Hockey Futures write-up, he seems to have some scoring pop:
Genoway, 23, had eight goals and 29 points in 41 games with AHL Portland this season. He signed with Anaheim as a free agent over the summer.
Genoway is in his second full season in the AHL and has continued the scoring ways that saw him finish eighth in rookie scoring a year ago. Playing mostly on the top line, he's been in the top three in scoring this year and is tops amongst all Portland players in plus/minus.He was also named the Pirates' player of the week, the second time this season he's earned that honor.
I asked Finny (girl with a puck), who follows the Ducks and Portland Pirates, for some additional insight on Genoway:
I've seen some posts on MySpace from fans in Portland, and I understand that Genoway is a solid player... Pirate fans are bemoaning Burke's moves, angry that he's giving away/giving up the "better" players. I remember him from training camp, and I did like his performance there.She also points out, however:
He was among the second to last group of players to be cut from the Ducks team during camp, but looking at his co-players that were cut? A bunch of them were called-up to play for us this season, including: Michael Wall, Curtis Glencross, Kent Huskins, David McKee (though he hasn't yet played a game for the Ducks), Bjorn Melin, Aaron Rome (even if he only played in one game).The immediate impact of this trade will most likely be in Manitoba. Joe Rullier was a veteran defenseman, who, because of the AHL's veteran limit, was often a healthy scratch anyway. At least the Canucks were able to turn him into a player with offensive upside, something we know the organization doesn't have a lot of.
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