Kryten Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 Pleasant: Tanev is our #1 dman right now. Dissapointment: Tanev is our #1 dman right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedMachine Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 I think you are quite right. Similar to what happened to Linden and the core after the Rangers won in '94. :-/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanford Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 Biggest Disaster: The Florida Panthers Garrison, Booth, Ballard Biggest Pleasant Surprise: That Alain Vigneault is still coaching this team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roflcawptur Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 The Good: MayRay and Janniks game has been awesome! The Bad: The fact that we havn't traded a goalie yet The Ugly: Edlers play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roflcawptur Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 Biggest Disaster: The Florida Panthers Garrison, Booth, Ballard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedMachine Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 Biggest pleasant surprise: Raymond finding his game again. Biggest disappointment: the fact that Raymond finding his game again is the biggest positive so far this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Tortorella Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 +: tanev hanson higgens -: kesler, edler, garrison, lapierre, volpattis gone, PP ect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ugli Fruit Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 Pleasant: Schroeder and Raymond finding their games (2 positives in that Raymond is playing well and Schroeder has found his shooter - great for development) Disappoint: Many of the problems seen in previous years were not addressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clinch16 Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 Biggest surprise: Lack of goal scoring and power play Biggest Fail: Fanbase Come down from the ledge people. If you remove the divisional leader seedings, we are....guess what....3rd in the conference. As of this morning we are 8th overall out of 30 teams. I'm just surprised that such knowledgeable hockey fans would blow up a contender at the mid-point of a lockout shortened season that also had no pre-season. Sure they can drive this off a cliff in the next few weeks but they can also go on a run. Hell 3 months ago most of you professed to be done with the game now you are up in arms because those who are running the team won't read these forums and take your advise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 Disappointment: Garrison. It looks like he's starting to play better though Surprise: How well Raymond has bounced back this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodee Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 Pleasant Surprise: I've stopped getting up in the early hours of the morning for the same old crap. I now sleep through and watch the replay. Disappointment: MG continues to look at this team through rose tinted spectacles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ossi Vaananen Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 Garbage: Edler, Booth, Kesler, our PP, AV, Lapierre, Pleasant surprise: Tanev, Luongo as a backup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socrates Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 Surprise: Tanev and Hansen They took it to yet another level this year, had no idea they had an extra gear. Disappointment: Owners. Forum member "Legend Killer" had an awesome post on how much cap space certain (good) team have in hand - he mentioned ANA (14M) and STL/PHO (each with almost $20M). I added LAK (almost 10M) to that list. If you compare those to our <1M cap and bad contracts, it becomes obvious that management has done a lousy job. And these are not teams that are re-building, they are at least very good teams if not legitimate contenders, including the freakin' defending champs. Imagine how tough it will be for us to compete with any of those teams to add talent. And imagine how much tougher those teams can get still. The Canucks owners have been too complacent, and I am afraid they will continue to be - after all, Roger's Arena sells out every single time, doesn't it? Someone prove me wrong, please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanuckleHorse Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 Biggest surprise: Lack of goal scoring and power play Biggest Fail: Fanbase Come down from the ledge people. If you remove the divisional leader seedings, we are....guess what....3rd in the conference. As of this morning we are 8th overall out of 30 teams. I'm just surprised that such knowledgeable hockey fans would blow up a contender at the mid-point of a lockout shortened season that also had no pre-season. Sure they can drive this off a cliff in the next few weeks but they can also go on a run. Hell 3 months ago most of you professed to be done with the game now you are up in arms because those who are running the team won't read these forums and take your advise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Romo Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 Dissapointing- edler and most of the defense Pleaser surprise- Mason raymond Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gumballthechewy Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 Pleasant Surprise: Having hockey at all this year. Disappointed: That it took as long as it did to get hockey back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wshdrvvn Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 pleasantly surprised by tanev, barker, schroeder, raymond. disappointed by the lack of urgency they play with. Years ago you could almost feel when they were gonna score late in a game at times. I have yet to feel that this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobopan Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 I have a hard time picking out many guys whom id say have been a pleasant surprise. I would go with Tanev, altho i can't say im terribly surprised. He is pretty much the same calm, cool, collected guy we saw last season. I think Higgins and Hansen also deserve praise, both have been very good after a bit of a slow start for Higgins in particular. I also agree with the assesment of the NW divison.. I though it would be much more competitive like many but man, it hasn't changed much...its still pretty god awful. As for a dissapointment i think you can pretty much go down most of our lineup, special teams, coaching...more negatives than positives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Aerosex Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 If I'm going by players... Pleasant surprised by Raymond, I expected Hansen and Tanev to improve as they go along and they are favourites of mine (they have been exceeding expectations though). But MayRay looks like he's come back in a big way from the past 2 seasons. Disappointed by Edler. So much. I don't know what's up from him, but ever since LA last year he's looked off. His production isn't slipping, but he seems less of a threat in the offensive zone somehow. I remember when he came into the league, we were all saying how ice-cool he looked (like Tanev now), but his gaffes get worse and worse in his own zone. He isn't being as physical as he used to be either. Hopefully he gets it back, because he's a big part of our d-core. If I'm going by bigger picture, I'm pleasantly surprised there's NHL hockey this year! I had lost faith there would be a season, and we've had an entertaining one around the league thus far. I'm disappointed by the Canucks' play as a whole. Mostly been riding the goalies the whole season, and we never seem to have both the big guns and the secondary scoring firing at once, always just been one carrying the other (mostly the twins now). Our D is suspect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peaches Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 Disappointment: Edler and AV. Surprise: Tanev. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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