SEAN HARNETT Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Gillis has always streesed that he is always trying to improve the team. In losing players this off season, means that younger guys with upside are going to get a shot at making the canucks aswell. Shroeder,K-Conn,Sauve, and Lack have all putin two seasons in the AHL and need to have a long look see. The canucks also have the impending trade of Luongo coming up. The Canucks have a solid core of players, its just adding the right pieces to the mix now, so I dont see any reason not to be excited about the Canucks chances again. Just like two seasons ago, a couple pieces and they are a strong contender again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortorella's Rant Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Not really, no. Regular season success is irrelevant at this point as we've shown we can dominate during that span and it's completely meaningless for us - 82 games of filler. Goal scoring in the last two years during the playoffs has been our Achilles Heel and we've yet to address that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanuckCup1316 Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 I dissagree. We have improved and we won the Presidents trophy last year. We still have a goalie to trade and possible mid season or trade deadline deals to solve any problems we may have. I think that Booth, Raymond, Kesler, Ballard, and Kassian are going to have a better season that last. And in some of those cases thats not saying much lol. So I think as is we are a cup contender with the chance to improve our teams chances still to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehamburglar Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 It's all good. We improved a bit, and we're essentially the same team that almost won cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodee Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Seriously??? We scored the 5th most goals in the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodee Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 we need power forward another BIG good Defensman an enforcer 3rd line centre that can play second 3-4 pieces away from having a team playoff built Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avicii Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Seriously??? We scored the 5th most goals in the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King of the ES Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Salo is too old and battered now to be a top 4 defenceman. Sorry. I think the world of Sami but that last season (especially the dirty hit from that scumbag Marchand) really showed Salo's expiration date. Adding a player ten years his junior is a brilliant move. Garrison is big at 6'2' 220 lbs and has just as fearsome a slapshot. How is that a downgrade? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ButterBean Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 The D is not at all better. I don't know how any reasonable person can suggest that Jason Garrison + whatever scrub (Tanev, maybe, or Alberts) gets 6th D duties will give us more value than Sami Salo and Aaron Rome will. This debate has been beaten to death, so I won't go into it, but I'll just say that I expect people to miss Salo A LOT as the season progresses. Rome, too, was an underrated, reliable guy. Both will be missed. The goaltending hasn't been resolved yet, and if Luongo is summoned to camp by Gillis, it's going to be a big, big mess. IMO, the team needs a pretty significant shakeup. These guys are too cozy; the core has been together and in tact for too long. It is not a good sign when a team gets to G7 of the SCF, then follows it up with a 5-game, 1st-round no-show the following year. A worse sign is when that happens at a time when nearly the entire core is > 30 years old. Shane Doan might provide that shakeup, but he wants to stay in Phoenix, so I don't really understand the heavy desire of the Canucks to bring him in. I can't see the Luongo deal providing the shakeup, unless a piece of our core, like Kesler, is included in the trade, because I don't see how Luongo individually brings us back much of significance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonMexico Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Easy to score goals against the Oilers, not so much against the Kings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortorella's Rant Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Salo out. Garrison in. We get it. It's a gamble. You don't win the Stanley Cup by being a feline. Sometimes you need to take a gamble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riviera82 Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Seriously??? We scored the 5th most goals in the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sensemaker Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Garrison is unproven? He played a shutdown role in his first full year with Florida and broke out offensively last year while still being reliable defensively. Garrison makes our defense harder to play against as well as being a legitmate power play threat. Obviously Luongo will be dealt, but MG is taking his time and looking for the right deal, we have TONS of time to trade him, it's not like he's stuck with us forever if we can't trade him before the season starts. Plus our prospects will have a chance to show what they're made of this year. Who knows, if anyone surprises, Kassian could be a 40-50 point power forward, Schroeder could be a 2nd line playmaker, and Jensen could be a top 6 sniper. It could be too optimistic but who knows, only time will tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuck nit Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Yes,that Samuelsson guy in Detroit scored 30 times and Ehrhoff had 44 points. That was the year Samuelsson had 15 points in 12 playoff games and led the team in scoring. Two PP specialists left with Salo gone now.Barring a trade this year won't replicate 2009/ 2010,either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sensemaker Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 I know, if we don't hurry up and trade luongo for a top-six forward, we'll be dwelling the cellars with edmonton for years!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xbox Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Lets see we upgraded our D, lost a horrible D man that AV no longer can use, have May Ray on a cheap contract and Ryan Kesler who is heeling properly. Not to mention the expendable goalie. Yes, we are fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underachieving Hero of CDC Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 We already have all the pieces in place. Luck, momentum and injuries play their role every year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnews Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 A nice piece of blueberry pie would go down pretty well right about now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beer&meat Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 We do seem to be trending downward though. We peaked in 09/10 and have been dropping since then. We seem to need a shot of something or someone to make us a scoring juggernaut again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riviera82 Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Scoring is down league wide, this is not a Canucks issue. Even having 10 less goals sored for the Canucks (10/11) they were 1st in the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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