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Ryan Nicholas is the Director of Game Entertainment & Content and all around very nice guy (and apparently is an absolute sniper in rec league hockey), and every once in a while he gives us a glimpse into the murky waters of goal song politics.

This came up several days ago, but I just wanted to bring it to the Provies audience. Apparently Bang Bang Bartkowski had Callin’ Baton Rouge last year, and it was the song Brandon Sutter wanted all along. Now that Bartkowski is gone, Sutter snapped it up…as we painfully have heard a couple of times this season already.

I don’t want to suggest Sutter flexed his muscle and told the Canucks it was either him or Bart but… (I am not suggesting this at all, I just want to believe in a world where players make heavy handed political moves to lock down a goal song.)

We know players can sometimes pay money to get their jersey number, but will we see players paying out of pocket for a goal song one day?

More importantly, why are two players wanting this song? (I know country fans exist and music is subjective, but it’s scientifically proven country music makes for a garbage goal song. Look into your heart, you know it to be true).

Hopefully we can find more of the inner workings of the goal song politics as the season plays out.

BEST TIME TRAVELLING ADVENTURE

One of the lads over at Canucks Reddit unearthed this gem of a find down at Waterfront station. It shows what is thought to be Kirk McLean, and indeed google images shows what looks to be a match:

This was back before there were motivational slogans driving the posters (“We are all Canucks!”). Instead, it’s more of an informational piece (“Great Save!”). I would hope one had Stan Smyl on it where it simply said “Nice shot!” or Jim Benning on it that said “Meat and potatoes!”

The best part about this ad is the Harry Potter like adventure you have to take to find it:

I believe you then enter it at Platform 9 3/4 and there you have it!

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