RGC Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 And many goalie situations of years past, they can take solace in the fact that the Flyers will always handle goalie situations worse, and that Philadelphia will always be the league's worst goalie graveyard. Letting Bobrovsky go when he should've been learning from Bryzgalov was bad (or, one might even say that they didn't need to get Bryz in the first place), but the irony in then having to take Mason from the Blue Jackets was just hilariously brutal. I'm glad to know the Canucks aren't the worst in this regard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jai604 Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 The New Goalie Graveyard is in Philly. The Bobrovsky fiasco is rather humorous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BedBeats™2.0 Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 No Matter How Badly the Canucks Handled Their Goalie Situation... No Matter How Badly the Media Handled The Canucks Goalie Situation... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGC Posted April 23, 2013 Author Share Posted April 23, 2013 No Matter How Badly the Canucks Handled Their Goalie Situation... No Matter How Badly the Media Handled The Canucks Goalie Situation... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lidstrom Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 I know we're all Canucks fans, but it's okay to criticize the team when they deserve it. Having as much money as we do wrapped up in goaltenders going into the playoffs is unacceptable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StopesisCanucks Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 As opposed to having cap space and picks going into the playoffs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MANGO Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Plus we still may need him in the play-offs. I'm glad at this point, that MG made no deal rather than a bad one. Having said that, there's still time to screw this up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedMachine Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 No Matter How Badly the Canucks Handled Their Goalie Situation... No Matter How Badly the Media Handled The Canucks Goalie Situation... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisbanks Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 As opposed to having cap space and picks going into the playoffs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogbyte Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 The only things stopping the Flyers from having about 4-5 cups in the last 20 years is that: 1. Bobby Clarke is an absolute moron. 2. No goalie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jester13 Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 I haven't put much thought into our goalie graveyard situation in quite some time. Having thought about it now for a couple minutes, I'm starting to wonder if our lack of goalies for many years was due to the lack of talented goalies, and nothing really to do with the fans, media, etc ? What comes first: the chicken or the egg? Chicken=fans and media criticism, Egg=poor goalie performances FTR this long sought question has been solved by evolutionary scientists for a long time. The egg came first, and it came from an animal that had similar traits as a chicken. This animal wasn't quite yet considered a chicken as we know it, but rather an evolutionary ancestor of the eventual chicken that would hatch from said egg. This should explain where I stand on the apparent "Vancouver goalie graveyard" myth. If you aren't able to decipher what I mean: poor goalie performance comes first ie. the onus is on the goalies and not the fans and media. Another example is Schneider, will he get run out of town at some point? Well, that depends on how he plays. If he begins to play and collapse like Lou did then I think the answer is yes. Are the fans and media to blame for Lou's collapses, IMO that's a big NO. Controversial on these boards, I know, but this is where I stand. Philly isn't a goalie graveyard either, they just need to pick better goalies; something the Canucks have done in keeping Schneids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanKeslord17 Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Lol, how does this matter at this point? And Flyers have multiple cups.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 we couldve easily traded him for picks and turned those picks into a solid roster player at the deadline who is going to do more than open the door for the defence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck fan in Calgary Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Jester 13, Thanks for sneaking away from the MIT think tank to provide us with that analogy. It's hard to believe you came up with that after only a couple minutes of thinking! If I attempt to decipher your meaning with my feeble brain...poor goalie performances came before fan/media criticism. However; the poor goalie performances were created by a type of fan/media criticism that had similar traits as current fans and media criticism, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 we couldve easily traded him for picks and turned those picks into a solid roster player at the deadline who is going to do more than open the door for the defence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithers joe Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 you seem to know more about our goalie situation than i do. i heard gillis had a deal done with toronto but lu nixed it because his agent told him that florida was going to make a major push for him...perhaps gillis misjudged what he thought he could get for lu.... perhaps the fault falls on lu... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoneypuckOverlord Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Canucks have all star goalie. Roberto Luongo. He is starter Playoff comes. He lets in one too many goals. Coach makes a tough decision and Starts Cory in game 4. Cory Shines. Luongo indirectly asks for trade. Management agrees. Luongo loses starting position to Cory. Cory is now number 1, and doing his job well. I don't see what the problem here is. Cory performed better and is rewarded the number 1 title. Nothing wrong here. Management is doing the best for both players, but I agree. There are teams with much worst goalie situations then us. Luongo lost the starting role on his own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apollo Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Canucks have all star goalie. Roberto Luongo. He is starter Playoff comes. He lets in one too many goals. Coach makes a tough decision and Starts Cory in game 4. Cory Shines. Luongo indirectly asks for trade. Management agrees. Luongo loses starting position to Cory. Cory is now number 1, and doing his job well. I don't see what the problem here is. Cory performed better and is rewarded the number 1 title. Nothing wrong here. Management is doing the best for both players, but I agree. There are teams with much worst goalie situations then us. Luongo lost the starting role on his own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BedBeats™2.0 Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 I like strong goalie tandems in the playoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Skylit Drive Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Agreed. Lou is on of my favourite, Im glad he didn't go for picks in 2nd round. I do hope the Nucks work a good deal I know Luu has a NTC but I do hope he expands his list of teams ( Lou what about NJ for Clarkson). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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