pavel berezin Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 DownUndaCanuck makes some good points. Los Angeles last year squeaked into the playoffs, and if anyone remember the '94 Canuck team, they barely made the playoffs also, but both of those teams were big, physical teams. That being said, this team is pretty gutted down the middle. It's very hard to assess this team without our Selke-winning second liner, and with our defense/faceoff/pk specialist Malhotra anchoring the third line. Without real centres on the 2nd and 3rd lines, we have a lot of good parts (Hansen, Higgins, Raymond, Booth) but no pivot to give these guys the puck and create offense. Not to mention the way those two centres can shut down opposing lines. I'm not saying I thought the Canucks were "back" after that lopsided Nashville win, but with Andrew Ebbet having the night he was, we had a second line- at least that night, and that made a difference to how the team looked. But Ebbet doesn't look like a long-term solution to our centre woes, and even having a healthy Kesler back still leaves us in need of one for our third line. So I think that a trade has to be the way to go, I can't see another solution right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfall Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 DownUndaCanuck makes some good points. Los Angeles last year squeaked into the playoffs, and if anyone remember the '94 Canuck team, they barely made the playoffs also, but both of those teams were big, physical teams. That being said, this team is pretty gutted down the middle. It's very hard to assess this team without our Selke-winning second liner, and with our defense/faceoff/pk specialist Malhotra anchoring the third line. Without real centres on the 2nd and 3rd lines, we have a lot of good parts (Hansen, Higgins, Raymond, Booth) but no pivot to give these guys the puck and create offense. Not to mention the way those two centres can shut down opposing lines. I'm not saying I thought the Canucks were "back" after that lopsided Nashville win, but with Andrew Ebbet having the night he was, we had a second line- at least that night, and that made a difference to how the team looked. But Ebbet doesn't look like a long-term solution to our centre woes, and even having a healthy Kesler back still leaves us in need of one for our third line. So I think that a trade has to be the way to go, I can't see another solution right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pears Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 CDC during a bad stretch of games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsCanuck Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 team is inconsistent and not good enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray_Cathode Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 you can say "its ok guys, lets be positive" all you want The cold hard truth is that this group is simply not good enough to win the cup. Something needs to change and I think the only way this will happen is via trade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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