Now Ed Willes wants us to find perspective

In this market, perspective is harder to find than a contact lens on a sandy beach. But, for a lark, let's try to apply it to the Vancouver Canucks' season, anyway.

When reviewing their campaign, it's hard to find more than a couple of players who are enjoying better years in 2011-12 than they did in their magical 2010-11 season.

The production of the Sedin twins is way down. Ryan Kesler, who scored 41 goals last season, had 22 before last night's game with the Colorado Avalanche. Roberto Luongo isn't having the year he had last year. Mason Raymond's numbers are down. So are Manny Malhotra's. They're also missing Christian Ehrhoff's 50 points from the blueline.  More…

Shacks’ Take:  This is awesome stuff from Ed considering he is one of the biggest reasons Canucks’ fans have been lacking perspective as I pointed out here, here and here.

Suddenly from Ed's view the Canucks
are on the right track.

Now that the Canucks have won four in a row, Willes writes that Canuck fans have no perspective and that the Canucks are still a stellar team.  This, despite months of implying the Canucks were doomed, might be some of the most hypocritical stuff I’ve read.

Ed you’ve fed the masses panic for months, now you want to be the voice of reason?  Is this a set up?  Could you be trying to incite the panic, then ride in when the Canucks win and claim you were the voice of reason in sea of dread? Are there hidden cameras on me right now to see if my head will explode from all the contradictions?  

He mentions putting things in perspective three times in this article, which is weird since that’s what I’ve had to mention every time I’ve done a take on his articles since January.

Funny thing is, this article is likely his smartest since he started his articles of impending doom a few months ago for exactly the reason he mentions. Ed finally steps back and looks at things with the larger picture in mind instead of seeing the negatives from a team that’s trying to find motivation from meaningless games.

The Canucks are still one of the top teams in the league, they have a better idea what it takes to go all the way and they are focused on the big trophy not the individual awards. 

I think Ed could go a long way to giving the local fans the right attitude about how to view their team if he stayed the course on this whole perspective thing.  Unfortunately, I think once the Canucks lose a game or two, this Brother of Doom will return to his sky is falling routine.  At least that’s how it appears from this perspective.