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Bottom line is, in my opinion, this team has to focus on a better start to the season next year, from day 1 of training camp. A good start and things will fall into place, because the talent is there. With a good start, the confidence will grow instead of the fear of failure that we see now. I think this year will serve as a lesson for next year.
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31 minutes ago, stawns said:
How is it you win a Cup? Right, by making the playoffs
Is that enough? it's necessary of course, but is it enough? We all know the answer to that. I would say you could ask anyone from Toronto about that!
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15 hours ago, crazycry said:
It's time for us to lower our expectations. The reality of missing the playoffs is real.
Feel bad for Markstrom man....guy brought us so close..
2 points:
1- Don't feel bad for Markstrom, this will make him a very rich man, he will be the highest paid Canuck next year
2- What do you think were management's expectations given they protected their first round pick this year in the Miller trade? Why do fans have higher expectations than management who put the team together?
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21 hours ago, captainhorvat said:
Does Leivo have some dirt on Greener??? Why is he the extra attacker...ffs!
Do you mean the Leivo who scored one of the two goals and was named the game's second star?
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31 minutes ago, Pete M said:
Imagine where Tampa would be in the standings if they had JT Miller on their team...just say'n...he seems to be a glue guy with "hockey know how", skill, speed, strength and grit.
That explains the Columbus sweep?
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1 hour ago, BlueDragon23 said:
4 game losing streak. We have hit a massive wall. This team needs to start proving to us they are for real, because they are reverting back to how they played the last few years.
I’m sick of losing.
What do you mean by "for real"? Are we better than LA or Detroit? Absolutely. Are we a play-off team? Not many picked the Canucks, besides their fans, to make the top 8 this year. I mean even JB wanted protection for missing the play-offs in the Miller trade, tells you what his confidence level was for this year. It takes time. So if you mean a contender by "real" then you are asking the team to prove something they can't prove.
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Just now, debluvscanucks said:
I believe they got to the hotel around 3 (according to the report I heard).
I mean, it matters. No excuses...but they are going to lose at times. Even back to backs...all teams do.
If they put 10 losses up, sure. But we always jump at the first sign of trouble. Glad they don't.
Exactly, its tough to go to bed around 4AM and play the next evening. This game was close until late (and tied if Horvat scores from in close) and that is quite the accomplishment given the circumstances. You try to win some of those games but you can't be too upset if you lose them.
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31 minutes ago, Grape said:
I was hoping we wouldn't lose 3 games in a row all season, oh well. Didn't think it would happen this early though.
Still a good team we've got here. We've been better than our record indicates.
Way better than the record shows. We are victimized by the injuries and the crappy schedule. Winnipeg was sitting at home waiting for us to fly in late last night after a tough game in Chicago. That is brutal.
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4 hours ago, King Heffy said:
Burrows jersey gets brought out for playoffs. I don't switch brands of beer until we lose.
Do you even remember where you stored it 4 years ago?
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25 minutes ago, canuck73_3 said:
Seabrook, Alzner, Lucic, Neal, Okposo there is a fee players that are a worse investment than Loui
Almost every team has an anchor signing
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4 hours ago, Warhippy said:
I hate streaming now...I can't watch any hockey and it's so frustrating
But....were average in the pre-season? Middle of the pack?
how terrible...
I remember when the Oilers and Toronto dominated their preseasons a few years back. Oilers won the draft lottery, then Toronto did.
It's like panicking over a game of shinny. You don't
Everyone knows that the games do not matter until April. That is what teams are judged by, and only that. Anyone cares that St Louis was in last place overall in early January? Anyone cares that Tampa Bay finished first? Did Calgary have a good season last year, or how about Colorado?
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On 9/4/2019 at 3:08 PM, brownky said:
One of my favourite threads of the year is "Training Camp Thread"
The others are usually the ones still holding my clothes together. But this is a good thread too.
Is "the draft is coming" right up there too?
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16 hours ago, messier's_elbow said:
Fair enough. Hopefully Petterson is a stud but it's going to be a 3-4 year wait.
Exactly. My guess is that he will be in Sweden for the next two years for starters.
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5 hours ago, messier's_elbow said:
Over Vilardi and Glass? Fire Benning please.
Give it 5 years at least, probably 7. It's like Virtanen, it's still way to early to know if it was a good or a bad pick as he still needs 3-4 more years of development.
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4 hours ago, 70seven said:
Like Boeser last season, the plan was for Gaudette to play another year in the NCAA. I expect that he'll make a roster push for the 18/19 season.
Boeser will sign, but his focus is with his current season as it should be. What Im hoping for is he agrees to play in the AHL for Uticas playoff drive. Its the next logical step for him. No need to rush onto a cellar dwelling NHL clubs final few games.
Yes, I would say for Gaudette, one more year of NCAA and then 2-3 years of AHL and then we can see what we have.
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2 minutes ago, Alflives said:
Alf agrees that 20 is young, and everyone develops at their own rate. We can't deny though, that players Jake's age and younger are big contributors on NHL teams. When is it make or break for Jake time for Jake? What if he comes to camp next season, once again, overweight and out of shape? Do we say, well he is only 21?
Exactly. 20 is very young in life. 20 is NOT very young for a top NHL prospect. When you are very far from NHL ready at 20, three seasons after being drafted, there has to be some concern. Not many top prospects make it at 18, quite a few make it at 19 (top prospoects I said), a lot make it by 20. Are you a top prospect when you are now dominant, a difference maker, at the AHL level at 20?
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On 2017-02-01 at 7:37 PM, Gooseberries said:
Doubt it.
Also then what's the point of posting a comets line combo with Boeser in it if he's just starting the year in the ahl and will play majority in the NHL according to you?
And what's the point is keeping him in the NHL when he is not ready? He has been pointless in his last 6 games now, in NCAA play! And now for confirmation that he is not ready we have Craig Button calling him one of the best players outside the NHL. Look at Kyle Connor's numbers last year and see how that translated at the AHL level. Boeser has great potential but he is years away from being NHL-ready, pretty much on par with Virtanen right now.
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6 minutes ago, Green Building said:
No he doesn't, and I tried carefully to not suggest as much. The article itself wasn't entirely tragic, in fact I'd say much of it was alright, but Botch doesn't get any credit for then "reporting" on how mad the entire country was at Jake. No pressure kid.
Just to play devil's advocate, I wonder how well Jake was liked in the dressing room. Maybe he didn't fit in for reasons other than an NHL paycheck. I don't know. He really didn't look too comfy on that team though, but of course that was in the midst of a bit of a rough time for him anyways.
I was never happier for him than when I heard Green talking about him right around Christmas. If he puts in the work we'll see him back here in a year or 2. I'm just hoping that he's found, and he keeps, his motivation.
I agree, i would say you give him 2 seasons in the AHL and then you see if he can find a spot on the team. And then from there he can make his way to top six within a few years. He is obvioulsy a long term project.
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35 minutes ago, DeNiro said:
Seeing an 18 year old play for 3 preseason games is hardly enough to determine whether he'll be able to handle 82 regular season games.
Regardless of how well he played, he was not physically ready. That's why he's going back to junior.
Fair enough, he is not ready, then he is not ready, irrespective of who else we have. Is Virtanen ready?
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6 minutes ago, DeNiro said:
Yea, but even if we didn't have the depth Juoevi should have been sent back to junior.
You are not of the school of thought that the best players should be in the line up?
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47 minutes ago, DeNiro said:
Sergachev has the size and strength to allow him to handle the NHL. That's what sets him apart from Juolevi.
He'll likely struggle with the speed of the game though.
It also talks to the depth of the canucks defence.
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what a joke the Canadiens are. Everyone knows we picked the top defenceman in the draft. And then we send him back to the OHL because he is not ready yet. The Canadiens pick a lower rated defenceman from the same league and he will start the season with the team. What does that say about the quality of the defence in Montreal!
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3 minutes ago, McCannon said:
If its so easy why didn't you make the world junior team twice, get drafted 6th overall and have played 15 games in the NHL by the time you were 19?
He still might, dont underestimate the monkey.
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7 minutes ago, The 5th Line said:
You give a monkey a pair of skates and a stick and eventually the monkey will make a good play but at least the monkey probably wouldn't of failed that miserably in the third period. I don't give a damn about a couple good forechecks. His tournament was awful, he probably shouldn't even of been on the team, let alone playing top 6 minutes.
You should not compare Virtanen to yourself.
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[PGT] St. Louis Blues at Vancouver Canucks | Dec. 19, 2022
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Exactly, expected performance by key players and some tweaks to the line up and we have a totally different situation.