Reports from Vancouver

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Ah, that's nice to hear. To be fair to her, it seems as though you guys are being rude to her so it is a two way thing.

theres really only 1 guy in town who is an outright jerk to her.

The rest of us, maybe we dont like her, but we at least act cordial to her.
Even when she doesnt sign, its not like we're going "why? whats your problem?"
Its more of an "ok, well, maybe next time?"

There is legitimately 1 pap in town who she does despise though & he despises her back. No one will deny he sours her mood, but she is on average, a less than happy person most of the time as it is.

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Jeremy Renner X2

First time in a long time where someone really decent has quite literally walked right by me.
Him & Simon Pegg went out for dinner together.
I couldnt graph them heading to dinner because my friends literally had just left for their food break & they had left their stuff (including about 5 grand worth of camera equip...despite me telling them to take it with them) with me while they ran across the street. So by the time I called them to come back, it was too late to get them going to dinner...but certainly got him coming back.

When I saw him in Toronto this past summer, he seemed very unreceptive.
When he came into Vancouver I heard he was "tolerant" of doing it at the airport.
But tonight, I got the impression he would have kept signing whatever we wanted if his handler hadnt outright told him to stop.

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Roger Waters X2
If you are planning to go for Roger.....
HE DOES NOT SIGN PHOTOS OF ANY TYPE anymore.
he will only sign albums, CDs, or official tour merchandize.
Those words straight from his own mouth.

Anna Torv X2
Should have also got Josh Jackson & John Noble today but missed JJ because he took me by surprise coming out, and missed JN going for Torv.

Steven Stamkos X1
probably should have had 2, but I was too patient waiting for my 1st & he was almost done signing by then. Most people averaged 2.

I SHOULD have had the complete Canucks team today, but I quite literally forgot info I was only told a day earlier. My own fault on that one.

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Got 1 more Roger Waters the day after.

NHL- Tampa Bay Lightning game day
Steve Stamkos X1
Martin St Louis X1

The whole team came out in essentially 1 lump, so it wasnt easy to get too many people, as well it was raining too hard, so we just picked our spots & went for the stars.

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NHL- Vancouver Canucks

First time I have gone for them in awhile, and it was a disaster.
Very slight/fine drizzle before practice prevented us from going for every player & only picking our spots on who to go for. After practice was a literal rain out, as it was so hard & windy it wasnt worth the risk.

Daniel & Henrik Sedin X1
Cory Schneider X2

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Roger Waters X2
If you are planning to go for Roger.....
HE DOES NOT SIGN PHOTOS OF ANY TYPE anymore.

Argh...

Guess I can put my prepared photos in a trashbin.

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He probably does that because of no offense to you dealers like yourself.

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He probably does that because of no offense to you dealers like yourself.

he said right on his website its because of dealers.... that being said... he only seemed to have a problem really with items that he didnt get some sort of royalties on... which really, I am fine with. Its the guys aiming for the guitars & drumheads that are probably most mad.

I got 3 CDs done. Didnt affect me at all, its what I was going to have anyways.

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NHL Toronto Maple Leafs

Was hard getting motivated to go for one of the worst teams in the league.... but, Leafs are popular regardless whether they are 1st or last. Still, even once there, I had a hard time getting motivated to chase some of these guys 50 ft...so I didnt. It was cold, damp & a bit windy, so really, unless they were willing to stop at the designated area the hotel sets up for us to stand, I wasnt putting in too much effort to get them. Really only left my spot for Kessel & Kaberle.

Mikhail Grabovski, Nazem Kadri X4
JS Giguere, Jonas Gustafsson, Tomas Kaberle X2
Phil Kessel, Kris Versteeg X1

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NHL Vancouver Canucks

usually, theres 1-3 chances to get these guys in a month....this month, theres been 5-6 chances. But this was the 1st chance that was indoors & dry, so Iw as eager to do well there.
At best, I would say I did so-so.... but better than I had done in qite a while for 1 of the worst signing teams in the league.

Daniel & Henrik Sedin X1
Ryan Kesler X1
Raffi Torres, Dan Hamhuis, Manny Malhotra, Keith Ballard, Cory Schneider X1

I missed 4-6 players early on, because they were coming in the set of doors 1 place over from where I was sitting. But with the exception of 2 players, it was all guys I had nothing for thankfully. Our team, who on, less than 3 players stop on any given game day, are now starting to say "not here, not there" as well... which begs the question, ummm, where then?
In the whole entire season, they MIGHT have THREE public signings of ONE player each time, and you with certainty know that with the exception of Kesler, NONE of our top 5 players do them, ever. So where do they expect people to get them?