hockey21383 Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 So I was just thinking to myself, Why did we get Sami Pahlsson??? We supposedly got him to be a third line checker to check the other teams top line, but that first round against LA we ended up matching our top 2 lines against there's and we clearly lost that battle. I thought the whole point of getting Pahlsson was to do what he did when the Ducks won the cup, which was to check the other teams top line and get them off their game, and the 3rd line didnt play at all against LA's 1st and 2nd lines. Wouldnt it have been better if we just kept 3 scoring lines???? just a little clueless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xbox Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 The point of getting him was to win the cup lol @ winning the cup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-AJ- Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 To replace Malhotra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goalie13 Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 The point was for depth in the playoffs, just like when MG acquired Higgins and Lapierre. It just turned out that these playoffs didn't last long enough to require depth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kack Zassian Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 He gave us depth at a low cost. Can't say he played poorly, but he didn't seem to fit in right away. We've seen many players come in and struggle with our system initially and have success later on (Ballard, Booth, Alberts) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ButterBean Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 Ask AV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tangelos Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 Gillis wanted a shut down third line which is kind of odd considering our problem during the kings and boston series was that we couldn't score goals. It doesn't make sense to go from 3 scoring lines to 2 scoring lines when scoring is lacking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry Goose Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 Team Sweden? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Mind Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 Depth. And MG doesn't like rental players, so you can expect him back next year. As for not playing against LA's top lines, you can blame AV for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kazmanian Devil Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 Because he's Pahls' son, duh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pears Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 Depth. And MG doesn't like rental players, so you can expect him back next year. As for not playing against LA's top lines, you can blame AV for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoneypuckOverlord Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoneypuckOverlord Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 Depth. And MG doesn't like rental players, so you can expect him back next year. As for not playing against LA's top lines, you can blame AV for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Mind Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 And thats why I don't understand why AV is probably coming back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXnucks975 Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 No one, other than us, has been able to beat LA this playoffs and it doesn't look like anyone will. I don't think Cody on the Third Line would have put the Canucks in the Western Conference Finals, The Kings are just playing the best hockey of anyone. I hope we can figure a way to keep Pahlsson I really like him, he played really well for us...Alas If only the Kings could have won one more game in the regular season and be the 3 seed, then we could have played the sharks and gotten our playoff legs under us before we played the Kings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Mind Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 We kept on playing from behind because Luongo cannot keep pucks out, he has to throw our our offensive guys more. He had no choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Korea Bob.Loblaw Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 He gave us depth at a low cost. Can't say he played poorly, but he didn't seem to fit in right away. We've seen many players come in and struggle with our system initially and have success later on (Ballard, Booth, Alberts) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kack Zassian Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 He didn't give us depth. We traded away Hodgson. The trades are almost directly related to each other. Pahlsson replaced Hodgson, and Kassian was supposed to provide that physical depth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canada Hockey Place Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 They also weren't convinced Hodgson could handle the defensive demands of being a third-line centre and decided to trade for Sammy Pahlsson. Pahlsson, who will become an unrestricted free agent this summer, was acquired from the Columbus Blue Jackets at the trade deadline for a pair of fourth-round draft picks. The Canucks have said they don't view Pahlsson as a rental player and hope to re-sign the 34-year-old Swede, who had six points in 19 regular-sea-son games with Vancouver and scored one goal in five playoff games. http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/trades+cost+team+chance/6508173/story.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil_314 Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 So I was just thinking to myself, Why did we get Sami Pahlsson??? We supposedly got him to be a third line checker to check the other teams top line, but that first round against LA we ended up matching our top 2 lines against there's and we clearly lost that battle. I thought the whole point of getting Pahlsson was to do what he did when the Ducks won the cup, which was to check the other teams top line and get them off their game, and the 3rd line didnt play at all against LA's 1st and 2nd lines. Wouldnt it have been better if we just kept 3 scoring lines???? just a little clueless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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