VANFAN101 Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 A president's trophy winning season would be a pretty good season by any other teams standards, but not for the Canucks. Going from 15 wins in the playoffs down to 1 the following year, would be described as a failure. But how did it go this wrong? Somewhere down the stretch the Canucks lost there mojo, and I believed those points were: Win in Boston (I think Kesler was injured around this time too?) and the Trade Deadline. So clearly the Canucks weren't the hottest team going into the playoffs. The Canucks skill is good enough to win 1st in the league (we can all agree surely) but i think the difference between the 10-11 season and 11-12 season was the lack of chemistry. No all you guys are probably thinking "Chemistry!? That was surely not the reason!" But the more I think about it could have been. Lets look at the key moves for the Canucks at the beginning of the 2010-11 season IN: Ballard Hamhuis Malhotra Torres OUT: O'Brien Steve Bernier (can't think of anyone else) Now players have the oppurtunity to get know each other before the beginning of the year and have the pre-season to work on chemistry. Mid-season not so easy Moves during trade deadline 2010-11 season IN: Lapierre Higgins OUT: (no one key) So chemistry wasn't the issue as players were only added. Sure there were injuries (only major ones i can think of were Salo and Malhotra) but we had the right players to step into that role during the year. Different story for 2011-12 Moves at the beginning of the year for 2011-12 IN: Sturm (does he even count?) Hodgson (i know he wasnt an aquisition but he was new on the team) OUT: Ehrhoff Torres Glass So Kesler was injured and Hodgeson was in spot which worked fine but then a major trade happened Booth was in and Samuelson and Sturm was out. Booth I was on a very different team in FLA so it took some getting used to in VAN. Kesler would comeback and the centres would be pushed down one line. This was different style the Canucks were playing compared to last season. 3rd line went from being checkin/physical to more offensive. But the Canucks would adapt to this style and would go on a tear until around late January. Kesler wasn't playing 100% but the Canucks would manage. But then came the Trade Deadline. This really disrupted the Canucks chemistry. Mike Gillis managed to get key players at this time last year without giving up to much but this time he gave one player that changed the Canucks style IN: Kassian Gragnani Pahlson (sp?) OUT: Hodgson This disrupted the Canucks style as they went from and offensive 3rd line which worked to a more defensive 3rd line with the addition of Pahlson, and Kassian was for a physical presence. And then later in the year Daniel was injured which really sunk the Canucks, and kinda put them behind the offensive 8 ball heading into the playoffs. So this off season for Garrison, Booth and Kassian, they will have the chance to get to know each other and get to know each other better. They will also have pre-season (hopefully) to gel. And if know major moves including taking out a piece which worked well, and a change in style, the Canucks can get back to being as dominant as they were in 2011. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logic Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 Hodgson* But I don't think it was really that, LA peaked at the right time. They were a stacked team playing poor all year. Something had to give. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortorella's Rant Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 Hodgson* But I don't think it was really that, LA peaked at the right time. They were a stacked team playing poor all year. Something had to give. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susraiders Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 We also lost Grabner at the first interval. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninja321 Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 I think it was our lack of drive. I felt like we didn't play with the same passion we did the previous year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VANFAN101 Posted September 4, 2012 Author Share Posted September 4, 2012 We also lost Grabner at the first interval. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
believe in blue forever Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 I think it was our lack of drive. I felt like we didn't play with the same passion we did the previous year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jägermeister Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 Daniel was injured, and we ran into one of (if not the) hottest team in recent memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VANFAN101 Posted September 4, 2012 Author Share Posted September 4, 2012 Hodgson* But I don't think it was really that, LA peaked at the right time. They were a stacked team playing poor all year. Something had to give. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deized_kanuck604 Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 Alain Vigneault. That is alL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Shirokov Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 I bet it would have been closer if Daniel Sedin, and Ehrhoff were still in the lineup against LA. Maybe stretched to game 7? Although the lack of drive definitely was part of the reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanucksSayEh Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 If you pick names out of a hat each playoff game to decide the lines, you're gonna have a bad time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silfverberg Snipes Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 Oh man. Our 2011 roster would have steamrolled the competition this year. How unfortunate it was that Ehrhoff was a money ***** and Torres was a locker room cancer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanucksSayEh Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 Oh man. Our 2011 roster would have steamrolled the competition this year. How unfortunate it was that Ehrhoff was a money ***** and Torres was a locker room cancer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHL rocks Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 MG could have pbbly landed Carter for Schneider. If possible he should have done it. Sometimes you just have to go for it and make a bold move. Carter on the Canucks instead of on the Kings would have significantly increased the chances of turning the series in our favour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueberries Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 Oh man. Our 2011 roster would have steamrolled the competition this year. How unfortunate it was that Ehrhoff was a money ***** and Torres was a locker room cancer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pears Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 Oh man. Our 2011 roster would have steamrolled the competition this year. How unfortunate it was that Ehrhoff was a money ***** and Torres was a locker room cancer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VANFAN101 Posted September 4, 2012 Author Share Posted September 4, 2012 MG could have pbbly landed Carter for Schneider. If possible he should have done it. Sometimes you just have to go for it and make a bold move. Carter on the Canucks instead of on the Kings would have significantly increased the chances of turning the series in our favour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kesler'sselke Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 We ran into a hot team with a hot goalie. We played great but Kings played better. Ya the Kassian trade did work out that well but that shouldn't be the reason why we didn't get pass the first round. Daniel's injury is one of the main reason but there are other factors as well. Either way it was a disappointing season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuck cole Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 MG could have pbbly landed Carter for Schneider. If possible he should have done it. Sometimes you just have to go for it and make a bold move. Carter on the Canucks instead of on the Kings would have significantly increased the chances of turning the series in our favour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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