nuck nit Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 AV rewards, challenges and reacts with ice-time and roles like any other coach would to his player's performance. The difference between him and other coaches, is that he can replace an inconsistent player at any position much easily from within his lineup than almost any other coach.....and that's how Canuck players are told and understand from day 1, about 'earning icetime' here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cIutch Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 The Ballard hate on cdc is blind and comes from his play during the start of his season here how hes still hated on i dont know the guy is an amazing skater , safe in his own end , great at getting the puck up ice , and those hipchecks gotta love them people can pretend he makes turn over after turn over but he doesnt , in fact he was our best dman before he got his concussion last season yet still , most cdc members blindly hate because there sheep who just type what the guy above them thinks they dont actually watch the games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drybone Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 The Ballard hate on cdc is blind and comes from his play during the start of his season here how hes still hated on i dont know the guy is an amazing skater , safe in his own end , great at getting the puck up ice , and those hipchecks gotta love them people can pretend he makes turn over after turn over but he doesnt , in fact he was our best dman before he got his concussion last season yet still , most cdc members blindly hate because there sheep who just type what the guy above them thinks they dont actually watch the games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HockeyHobo73 Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 We should let him wear Fin's costume so he can be our mascot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Line Juggler Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 Play him with Tanev in the 5 & 6 position on defence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaBestPlaceOnEarth Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 It seemed like Ballard was putting it together last season and then he got hurt. Hopefully he can turn it around because if he's not contributing it's a big stain on the cap with that contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyP. Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 Ballard and Tanev were great together last year. If he can get his game back, his cap hit is quite reasonable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyP. Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 Probably our best defencemen during our first round exit against the kings too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ButterBean Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 The Ballard hate on cdc is blind and comes from his play during the start of his season here how hes still hated on i dont know the guy is an amazing skater , safe in his own end , great at getting the puck up ice , and those hipchecks gotta love them people can pretend he makes turn over after turn over but he doesnt , in fact he was our best dman before he got his concussion last season yet still , most cdc members blindly hate because there sheep who just type what the guy above them thinks they dont actually watch the games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cIutch Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 Not over Hamhuis or Edler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DollarAndADream Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 I still have faith in Ballard here. He's good at jumping up in the play and going in alone. He doesn't bury those chances though. Remember Game 1 last season against the Pens? Ballard scored that awesome goal and everyone loved him then. Didn't do much after that though. I'd like to see a Ballard-Garrison pairing. If the Canucks sign Doan, I'm pretty sure Ballard can still fit with Kesler on LTIR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaku Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 Keith is a smooth skating defenseman that is quick on his feet, he was the Canucks best d-man the playoffs for sure! But that being said the team really didn't show up against LA. I think Keith deserves one more shot, but that also being said he really needs to show up to the floor and be ready to play. He has only amassed 14 points in the last 2 years. That's pretty brutal.. In his last year with the panthers he had 28 pts, that's double of what he has put up in 2 years with Vancouver. I agree that he hasn't been used in the right places, and AV's love for Rome was just retarded. Tanev and Ballard would be a good bottom pairing for the Canucks, but i will argue that a 4.2M cap hit is steep for his position on the team. If a deal comes along and Ballard can be shipped i'd like to see it happen, but if nothing like that goes on, give him one more chance to prove that he was worth dealing one of the Canucks best prospects. If he doesn't show up the next season i'd try to get him out of Vancouver. There are a lot of other players in the NHL that can play a 5-6 d-man spot effectively and do it for significantly cheaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsasaki Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 Ballard is also one of the only guy that will figh too. Bieksa doesn't fight anymore, and I don't think we'll have both Weise and Volpatti in the lineup together much. Weise is horrible at fighting anywas. So that's just Lapierre that can fight. I'll take another guy that fights and plays hockey any day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kesler's Nose Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 Umm... We try trade him, Jensen and a draft pick to Minnesota for Setoguchi. Then we replace him by trading Lu to Toronto for a package that will include Franson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesB Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 Keith Ballard is a good defenceman and seems like a very decent guy. But at 4.2 million his cap hit is too high for a third pairing D. And there is no way Ballard moves ahead of Hamhuis, Bieksa, Edler or Garrison on the depth chart. Frankly, I also him as behind Tanev on the depth chart. (Remember that Hamhuis and Tanev were rock solid as a shutdown pairing when they played together late in the season -- on the numbers the best shutdown combo the Canucks had and Tanev is a very young guy who is still improving. Ballard isn't). If your #6 D is getting 4.2 million there has been a mistake somewhere along the line. And some of D prospects could have a chance of making the team (Connauton and Sauve). Ballard could play top 4 on a lot of teams, however. Trading him makes sense if the right offer comes along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dayman Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 I say we keep him, give him another chance, maybe more minutes, AV? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cr8zyCanuck Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 This. That is exactly my thinking, he's stuck on the 3rd because of his chemistry with Tanev, and cause he had some tough stretches of play. But that is just an added bonus now to have a 2nd pairing guy on the 3rd pair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1970 and beyond Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 I think he probably got the big contract he came with for a reason. Play him, let him get comfortable. He just may surprise a few. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smashian Kassian Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 Umm... We try trade him, Jensen and a draft pick to Minnesota for Setoguchi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoobydooby Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 Which brings us back to Raymond-again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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