canucksgyal Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 This is kind of depressing. I should take a break from the canucks and cdc lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Maybe this is raymond's last chance. AV has tried everything to make him play like an NHLer but he still falls over more than a drunk trying to get over a trip wire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winthecup Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 That's why AV has 5 games left to experiment with it! Thanks Tips! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inderg47 Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 For those of you saying it is just practice...remember the last time when the word came out that raymond was "practicing" on the top line? The next 2 games, raymond was on the top line. Raymond does not deserve to be on the top line, and Higgens is not made out to be a 4th liner. I think Alain days are limited here in Vancouver...and I dont think his line shuffling decisions are the smartest at this point of the season. Alain, being Quebec born will be behind the montreal bench come next season...pending what happens in the playoffs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogbyte Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Per Jim Jamieson: Sedin-Sedin-Burrows Raymond-Kesler-Booth Pahlsson-Lapierre-Hansen Higgins to 4th with Malhotra & Weise/Kassian. What is AV doing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIBdaQUIB Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 I don't get this, when Raymond didn't play last game everyone complained that why did AV scratch him after his best game in awhile. Now when AV brings him back everyone complains that he is back in the line up. Make up your mind people! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winthecup Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Let's just hope when the roulette wheel stops we have at least 4 top 6 playing in our top 6. Could we see: Ebbet Lapierre Bitz on the second line going into the playoffs? :puke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamspuzzum Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 It’s simple as that. It goes further than that … If I can’t practice, I can’t practice. It is as simple as that. It ain’t about that at all. It’s easy to sum it up if you’re just talking about practice. We’re sitting here, and I’m supposed to be the franchise player, and we’re talking about practice. I mean listen, we’re sitting here talking about practice, not a game, not a game, not a game, but we’re talking about practice. Not the game that I go out there and die for and play every game like it’s my last but we’re talking about practice man. How silly is that? … Now I know that I’m supposed to lead by example and all that but I’m not shoving that aside like it don’t mean anything. I know it’s important, I honestly do but we’re talking about practice. We’re talking about practice man. We’re talking about practice. We’re talking about practice. We’re not talking about the game. We’re talking about practice. When you come to the arena, and you see me play, you’ve seen me play right, you’ve seen me give everything I’ve got, but we’re talking about practice right now. … Hey I hear you, it’s funny to me too, hey it’s strange to me too but we’re talking about practice man, we’re not even talking about the game, when it actually matters, we’re talking about practice … How the hell can I make my teammates better by practicing?” - Allen Iverson, May 7th, 2002 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogbyte Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 None he has put with the Sedins has made much of a difference. The problem with the 1st line IS the Sedins. Split them up and give them a chance to re-think how they play and what they need to do. They have become clock-killers with their cycling that never generates scoring chances. Like Hank says, "you cant' score in this league without screening and net crashing". So who on that 1st line is going to do that...Dan? Hank? or that monster Burrows? FFS - split them so they have linemates that can do that or put Bitz or Kassian up there for a tryout. Except against weak defensive teams, the Sedins have been inneffective for the last half of this season. Continuing to stubbornly stick with what hasn't worked all year, is not going to get them out of their funk. Teams are onto how they play and virtually any half-a$$ed team with decent D can neutralize them. AV is running out of time to find the solution. Watching the post-game videos, this is not a "cruising" team but a confused, dissillusioned and unmotivated group that has no answers to what ails them. Messing with teh AMEX line, which is the only line that has been consistently effectgive is just stupid! The third line was playing very strong hockey with Burrows on it so he changes that. WTF!! at least we had 2 good lines going, now we will have none. Don't know what to say about Raymond...even the pundits/analysts that like him, agree he hasn't earned the right to be on the ice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grape Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 All his line changes are for the sake of MayRay, he has nowhere to fit and seems to work with kes the best. Poor Higg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunningWild Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Murph better check again, cause this is ...... not possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIBdaQUIB Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 abit strange but AV now decides to scratch Kassian against a tough Hawks team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUU4LIFE Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 “@JamiesonCanucks: #Canucks Clarification: Higgins expects to play on 3rd line with Pahlsson and Hansen. Makes more sense, obviously.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManUtd Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 From what I heard the Lineup for tomorrow will be: Sedin Sedin Burrows Raymond Kesler Booth Higgins Pahlsson Hansen Malhotra Lapierre Weise scratch:kassian Hamhuis Bieksa Edler Salo Rome questionable (illness)....and/or Tanev/Gurbani Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermanbieksa Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Raymond must be one hell of a great "blower", atleast he satisfices AV.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winthecup Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Well if that's what Gragnani's name sounds like to you I'm not so sure we can trust your hearing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dildo Faggins Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 That is ridiculous. What's next, Weise with the Sedins? Why cant they try a line up with Booth with the Sedins, and call up Bitz and play Bitz, Kassian, and Lapierre on the 4th? Sedin Sedin Booth Kesler Higgins Burrows Malhotra Pahlsson Hansen Bitz Lapierre Kassian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking13 Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 yea lot of fans dont seem to understand that AV is in an experimental mode right now. I would think that with about 5 games left the coach would end this "experimental phase" and start building chemistry and getting the team firing on all cylinders just in time for the playoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang Bang Boogie Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Damn, I wanted to see Kassian go up against the Hawks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Everyone calm down. For one thing, these are just practice lines. And number two, maybe this is just AV's way of resting players without taking them out of the lineup. You don't know what he's thinking. And hate on Raymond all you want, but AV realizes that we gotta get this guy going before the playoffs, or we're going to continue to struggle offensively. Yes he's been playing brutal, but if we can somehow snap him out of his funk, he's a 20 goal scorer when he's on. We can't afford to just sit a 20 goal scorer in the pressbox, not when we're struggling to get offense from our first and third lines. If Raymond can get going on that third line, I see the lineup looking like this: Sedin Sedin Burrows Raymond/Higgins Kesler Booth Higgins/Raymond Pahlsson Hansen Lapierre Malhotra Kassian/Weise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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