D-Money Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Real NHL players do not develop chemistry based on some vague PLY/SNP/GRN/TWY distiction. Although, back when I was playing Be A GM in NHL12, I did trade for Doan, and he worked GREAT with the Sedins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mcfly Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 should sign this guy... I know he's not the size Gillis is looking for but he has a great skill set, is able to dish the puck well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mcfly Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Dan has a concussion and Hank was beaten to a pulp two NHL playoff's ago. Kesler has also been driven right into multi surgeries and may have cost him some of his speed and dynamics. Booth and Burrows are not helping protect their centre man and opening ice for their line mates with physical play. Yes,they are skilled players. Burrows is getting hosed and Booth is one potential concussion away from retirement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mcfly Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 I've been saying this for a long time now. MG needs to look at his top-6 and top-9 forward group and build some chemistry with the right mix of players. Right now we have 2 skilled forwards in our top-6, 3 in our top-9, and the rest are bulky, physical powerforwards. I know it's easy to say "But look, L.A and Boston won Cups with lots of big, physical forwards", but its much more complex than that. These teams won Cups (as did teams like Detroit, Pittsburgh and especially Anaheim and Carolina) because they had the PERFECT MIX of skilled guys to tough big forwards. Recently, look at L.A and Boston's top-6 groups. Los Angeles had powerforwards such as Brown, Richards and Penner complemented by purely skilled guys like Kopitar, Williams and Carter. If you go down to their 3rd line they kept the trend going, with Stoll and King as powerforwards and Nolan/Gagne bringing an element of skill. Look back to Boston and they had gritty powerforwards like Lucic, Horton and Marchand mixed in with skilled guys like Krejci, Bergeron and Peverley. None of these Cup winning teams were as one dimensional as the Canucks are now becoming, which is a dangerous area to tend towards. By signing Doan, we take one step closer to that. Worst of all is that our only 2 skilled forwards play on the same line, and there's not much that can be done there. A quick fix here would be to find a very skilled (but not a slow, big hitter) forward to play alongside Kesler, then have any powerforward play with the Sedins. If we don't sign anyone else this offseason, we can still achieve this by simply dropping Burrows to Kesler's line (more of a playmaker after playing with the Sedins) and having a new audition for the Sedin line with guys like Hansen (ready to breakout, our best crease player, right handed shot), Kassian (huge), Booth (takes the puck hardest to the net on the team), Higgins (great forechecker), Lapierre (very gritty, right hander) etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avicii Posted August 13, 2012 Author Share Posted August 13, 2012 This isn't a thread about Sedin - Sedin - Doan.. It's a thread about how Booth - Kesler - Burrows Would be terrible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanucksSayEh Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 This isn't a thread about Sedin - Sedin - Doan.. It's a thread about how Booth - Kesler - Burrows Would be terrible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RonMexico Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Regardless of the skill set Doan brings...He is older and wants too much money. He's not a good bang for the buck. Perhaps a season with this team might prove otherwise...but who wants to spend 6-7 mil to find out? The hard-on for Doan is only because he is the last exciting FA on the market and the CDC is desperate for one player to put this team over the top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avicii Posted August 13, 2012 Author Share Posted August 13, 2012 That top 6 looks, at least on paper, considerably more balanced with size and skill than our current line-up. Booth Kes and Burr are all legit 2nd liners, capable of 25+ goals no problem. That line has playoff size and balance. Kes needs to get back to form though or it wont matter who we put there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 I notice a lot of people loving it up on Booth... Did you watch him play last year? Did you watch him and MayRay in the ice dance syncro event or were you too busy playing EA sports and texting your little friends? He sucked, he's MayRay 2.0 out there. It's the same guys ( or girls ) loving on Booth that are saying trade MayRay and things like Doan isn't the best fit.. Shut up.. When you watch hockey, watch the game and pay attention. I swear to god, you feeble minded adolescence need to stop making threads or even commenting on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanucksSayEh Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Who sets up who? Booth can't pass Kesler only shoots Burrows stands in front of the net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckylager Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 How is this MayRay2.0? Booth can lay out a good check and doesn't fall down faster than an alcoholic on St. Patrick's day. Higgins is conspicuous by his absence in your analysis however. How's he working out for us? And Nonis got Luongo, not Burke. Get your own facts right before you call people out for not paying attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cIutch Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 should sign this guy... I know he's not the size Gillis is looking for but he has a great skill set, is able to dish the puck well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peaches Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 That kid in the video= future art ross, rocket richard, conn smythe, hart, calder, vezina winner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peaches Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Yep,Booth or Burr will be traded if Doan is brought in.Better get a winger that can play and punish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodee Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 I do not hate Doana .. he is vastly over-rated here, and elsewhere, and he is a cheap-shot coward .. I am not a big fan of Lupul, but when you look at what he did playing with Kessel, how do you think he would do with the Twins? Last year: Doana played 79 games, had 22 goals and 28 assists' for 50 points Lupul played 66 games and had 25 goals and 42 assists for 67 points There are other options available to us via trade, rather than commit too much money for too little return .. we need a "Lupul" type winger who can pass and score, and we need a bottom six type who can stand up to the Lucic's of the world .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodee Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Cause its SO awful to have booth, burrows and doan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodee Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 do you guys thinks Mathias Emilio Pettersen will make the line up next season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownUndaCanuck Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 If MG doesn't change the complexion of his top-6, AV should really split up the Sedins to achieve the best chemistry across our top-9. Booth (shooter) - Henrik (playmaker) - Burrows (powerforward in front of the net/forechecker) Daniel (playmaker) - Kesler (shooter) - Higgins (powerforward) Raymond (playmaker) - Lapierre (powerforward) - Hansen (shooter) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuck nit Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 There is not one player on the the top two lines that will protect Henrik,Daniel and Kes. Aren't we tired of our star players being rag -dolled into Gillis redundancy yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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