Steve Bernier on waivers

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[rondo]

Surprising but also not so surprising...a couple years back I thought he was going to win the lottery and be the RW on the Sedin line & score 30-40 goals a year but he failed to deliver.

[Ciccarelli]

Here we go...I just wrote it some days ago in the thread after his fight with Hamonic..."I wonder how long he'll still be in the NHL"...he is useless and a waste of size.

[Grittzkey]

2m for a player who has never had more than 15 goals?

[JKidd]

Originally Posted by Grittzkey

2m for a player who has never had more than 15 goals?

He had 16 one year.

A guy that never really lived up to what you would want from a guy of his size. Never really took the next step to being a good power forward, from being a decent one.

[Juha82]

Bernier is decent player but he was a nice promise i remember.
Peoples awaited more from him what he has done to these days.

[Jensen]

Guy has a ton of talent, but is one of the laziest players I've ever seen.

[bengino]

i'm also positive that some team will take a chance on him...

[yeah]

Why would anyone take a chance, he's making 2 mil and he's barely worth half that.

If teams wanted lazy players with talent, they would claim Zherdev,

[JKidd]

Originally Posted by Jensen

Guy has a ton of talent, but is one of the laziest players I've ever seen.

Imagine the pair in San Jose if Bernier had the work ethic of Ryane Clowe and didn't leave the club... that'd be one hell of a power forward duo.

[The Dougler]

Sooo this trade is now Ballard and Oreskovich for Quinton Howden? Tallon looks like a tard here

[papas1175]

i always thought he was gonna be a great power forward, didn't he use to lay out some really good hits?

[peacemaker]

Originally Posted by The Dougler

Sooo this trade is now Ballard and Oreskovich for Quinton Howden? Tallon looks like a tard here

Actually the trade itself might make Tallon look pretty smart. Ballard for Grabner alone is a good trade for the Panthers.
But, Tallon 5hit the bed by waiving the best player in the trade. That might be one of the stupidest things any GM has done in recent NHL history.

As for Bernier, I never questioned his commitment or work ethic. I think he gave it his best shot, but he just isn't as good, or talented as we thought.
Pylons put up numbers beside the Sedins, and Bernier could not. I think his San Jose rookie season was an aberration and made us think there was something there.

Still, as a 4th liner making less than a million, I'd take him back. But, at 2 mill per, he's an untouchable.

[Chiefs for Life]

Hmmm, He is french an over 6,0, plus he weight is over 220 (probably from to many off season Poutines) Nahhh, way to big to be playing on the Habs.... Well I guess all useless french garbage ends in one of two places... Tampa Bay or Montreal, guess Gauthier an Stevie Y are playing rock paper siscors for this douche......

[canuckfan]

Originally Posted by peacemaker

As for Bernier, I never questioned his commitment or work ethic. I think he gave it his best shot, but he just isn't as good, or talented as we thought.
Pylons put up numbers beside the Sedins, and Bernier could not. I think his San Jose rookie season was an aberration and made us think there was something there.

I agree peace. Damn, the Canucks even put him on a diet/nutrition plan and when he dropped weight last summer and supposedly worked hard to get faster, he still couldn't put up any numbers. If anything he got worse - each successive season has seen his overall play and numbers drop steadily since he first came on the NHL scene.

Waivers seemed like a forgone conclusion based on yet another disappointing season, but at that pricetag, no one will be touching him.