jono2009 Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 bring back raffi lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanucksSayEh Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 Would love Raffi back! He single handily makes a team physical. Scares the **** outta the opposition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.joh91 Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 I never understood why AV put Malhotra and Lapierre (two centres) on the same line, meanwhile he put Burrows and Hansen two right wings) on the same line... With Malhotra on IR, Lapierre can return to his original position. This is how I think the lines could look: Daniel - Henrik - Kassian Higgins - Kesler - Burrows Raymond - Schroeder - Hansen Volpatti - Lapierre - Weise Bieksa - Hamhuis Garrison - Edler Tanev - Ballard Luongo Schneider Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.DirtyDangles Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 Lappy will relish this opportunity and will continue to impress us all. Manny will be missed but the over all line-up improves with him out and we get a look at a few guys in different situations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zejono Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 Torres - Lapierre - Hansen was one hell of a shutdown/checking line for us. It's good that his role will expand but we still need a solid shutdown left-handed centreman who is good on the dot -- we can't have Hank out there taking all the left side defensive draws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thema Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 Don't get the Raffi love here. Like we need another guy who's idea of playing tough is checking people into the boards from behind. At the rate he's going he'll be banned from the NHL in no time. Pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiun Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 The last thing in the world we need is Torres back, he's just a goon. I'd rather have someone who plays hockey instead of playing to hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownUndaCanuck Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 We're lucky Schroeder is going to step in perfectly to fill that #3 center spot, but this team needs an extra center in case of injury. I don't want to see Ebbett play another game at center. Losing Malhotra, we lose a PKer, good faceoff man but importantly a LOT of size. He was probably our biggest center, now we have Kesler and Henrik (both average-sized), Lapierre (average height but good hitter) and Schroeder (tiny size). The Canucks need a big guy down the middle and preferably a defensive specialist - we have 3 offensive centers now. Someone who's versatile and can play with Lappy on the 4th line as winger too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icycold Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 I'm still wondering how a 2nd line of Kassian,Kesler,and Booth would perform like... and i can't remember but LTIR doesn't count against the cap right/wrong? concerning Manny of course Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 What people forget about Torres is his inability to pass and keep the puck movement flowing. Solid checker but his hands of stone limited the other guys on the line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xur Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 I'm still wondering how a 2nd line of Kassian,Kesler,and Booth would perform like... and i can't remember but LTIR doesn't count against the cap right/wrong? concerning Manny of course Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icycold Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 We will see a Kassian, Kesler, Boothe line when they are all back and healthy, I guarantee it, even if it is only too see what it can do. As for LTI, a player only counts towards LTIR if we are over the cap when we get that players replacement. As we have no replacement for Manny yet, he is not on the LTIR and just on the IR. But that said, its almost the same thing in Manny's case, its just he is not 'Officially" on the LTIR yet. Also I believe it is LTI and IR but we just call it the LTIR because it makes sense in our miniscule little human brains. Or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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