Pyrene Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 More precisely, the highlights. In case anyone has forgotten, they were: VAN vs LA 6 GAMES VAN vs CHI 6 GAMES VAN vs CHI 7 GAMES VAN vs NSH 6 GAMES VAN vs SJ 5 GAMES VAN vs BOS 7 GAMES What stood out, and is impossible not to notice? #1 Ehrhoff -Say what you want about his end zone play, but when he was in the opposition zone, his dead-accurate shot was absolute terror for the opposition goalie to handle. In addition, so many goals and opportunity were created as result of him bringing the puck up the ice. Needless to say, we just don't have that same pressure from our D-corps right now. I'd like to see Garrison hit thte net, PERIOD. This is possibly due to personnel and coaching system (D joining in on the offence). Clearly, I'd much rather take him at 5M than Ballard at 4, or even Garrison at 4.5. Hindsight is 20/20 I guess. #2 Net presence -How many goals were scored in 2011 from redirect tip ins? Players literally sacrificed themselves for that net presence (ex. Burrows getting chopped by Tiny Tim in finals). We've seen too much parameter plays from Tort's Canucks this year. I'm getting lazy to point them, but -Kesler OT Goal vs Preds -Kesler 2-2 Goal Game 5 vs SJS -HIggins 1-0 Goal Game 1 vs CHI Again, this might be due to the fact that we lack that D ACCURATE point shot that allows for this to happen, but part of this is due to how the players are positioned due to Tort's coaching system. #3 Ice Time -I'm sure this is well publicized, but in Game 3 vs CHI, Kesler had 18:31 minutes of icetime in a very close 3-2 victory over the Hawks. -H.Sedin and D.Sedin had 18:34 and 17:39 icetime respectively. our top players weren't ragged into ruins with icetime. You could argue that our team was the deepest it had ever been in history, and that allowed for the icetime to be that way, but even in our 4 game sweep against SJS, The Sedins averaged about 20 minutes worth of icetime (despite a 25minute game from them in game 4). <- I know I got sidetracked here, but I'm personally infuriated with how the Sedins were handled by Torts. What I've also noticed: Our forward crops aren't that far off. As lame and pathetic as it sounds, Torts and MG do have a legitimate reason to blame injuries. Injuries, though they say it takes a certain allotted amount of time to heal, take longer for the athlete to return to 100% (ex. Kesler). What we are really missing are PP QBs and offensive Dmen. With the emergence of Tanev, the rumor of Garrison being a buyout candidate may not be that far-fetched, either. Anyways, that's my 2cents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronalds.Kenins41 Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Also the fact that the other teams have gotten much better makes a big difference, like we beat LA and SJ before, and now we lost to them cause they figured out how to shut down the sedins. The sedins easily won us those series' on their own, especially the SJ one. Henrik broke a record for number of points in a single series during the SJ series I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiginJapan Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Boy, nice to see the Nucks play with swagger in those vids. Been a long time since we've seen that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyrene Posted April 1, 2014 Author Share Posted April 1, 2014 Also the fact that the other teams have gotten much better makes a big difference, like we beat LA and SJ before, and now we lost to them cause they figured out how to shut down the sedins. The sedins easily won us those series' on their own, especially the SJ one. Henrik broke a record for number of points in the SJ series I believe. I know I didn't make it clear in my post, but I was hoping people would make the connection. Ehrhoff made up a LOT of the Sedin's offence. WIthout that threat of a point shot, team's can purely focus on shutting down the Sedins. Before, one of the opposition forward would have to position a lot closer to the blueline to control that dman. So at a point, it became either shutting down the Sedins or shutting down Ehrhoff, When they devote their fowards towards the Sedins, Ehrhoff was left open, and vice versa. They never really "figured out" how to shut down the Sedins, because the Sedins didn't invent the cycle. They figured out that after 2011 and 2012, the Canucks don't have an imposing point shot that they need to take care of. They're more worried that Garrison's shot is fly wide and hit someone in the face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush17 Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 I appreciate you taking the time out to review the previous playoff games. Shows some really strong dedication and passion as a fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonMexico Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Waaah we don't have Ehrhoff anymore! Waaah I spilled my milk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VMR Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Yeah, to bad he wanted a stupid amount of money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronalds.Kenins41 Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Ehrhoff and Salo had amazing chemistry with the sedins they alone aren't much but with the sedins they are deadly. This video proves how the chemistry they had created goals. And it also shows Ehrhoff's amazing puck moving abilities. No one can anticipate the play about to happen except Henrik and Ehrhoff. Any normal player would just make a pass across to kesler and it would be a harmless shot but henrik made a different decision that lead to the pass to erhoff which gave him the space to come down. Ehrhoff and the sedins were a match made in heaven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillipBlunt Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 This team now is clearly missing a few pieces and operating with some that need to be replaced. Looking forward to see what adjustments will be made to return to some kind of form next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goal:thecup Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Ehrhoff would not back up the rest of the team in the scrums. The most he would do is look around for a little guy to stand beside. I loved his skill but you have to have each others' backs. You don't have to win the fight; you just have to show up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyrene Posted April 2, 2014 Author Share Posted April 2, 2014 Yeah, to bad he wanted a stupid amount of money. At the time, I agreed. However, it seems even more stupid to have 4.2M sitting in the pressbox. Hindsight I guess. Ehrhoff and Salo had amazing chemistry with the sedins they alone aren't much but with the sedins they are deadly. This video proves how the chemistry they had created goals. And it also shows Ehrhoff's amazing puck moving abilities. No one can anticipate the play about to happen except Henrik and Ehrhoff. Any normal player would just make a pass across to kesler and it would be a harmless shot but henrik made a different decision that lead to the pass to erhoff which gave him the space to come down. Ehrhoff and the sedins were a match made in heaven. Exactly. If you've been watching the games this year, the D just throws the puck back at the Sedins to lose this year, or just throw some weak shot at the net and lose posession. It's like the D is playing hot-potato with the puck. No chemistry with the Sedins, and no idea, really, what to do with the puck. It's sort of sad to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merci Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Personally I think the heavy focus on defensive hard checking style that has developed in the West is directly contributed to Sedinery and Kaneism for 7 years. And now the Sedins will have to work incredibly harder to ever be what they were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyrene Posted April 2, 2014 Author Share Posted April 2, 2014 Ehrhoff would not back up the rest of the team in the scrums. The most he would do is look around for a little guy to stand beside. I loved his skill but you have to have each others' backs. You don't have to win the fight; you just have to show up. Well I'm glad we're winning the moral battles this year. As Torts says, Moral Vicories! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronalds.Kenins41 Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 At the time, I agreed. However, it seems even more stupid to have 4.2M sitting in the pressbox. Hindsight I guess. Exactly. If you've been watching the games this year, the D just throws the puck back at the Sedins to lose this year, or just throw some weak shot at the net and lose posession. It's like the D is playing hot-potato with the puck. No chemistry with the Sedins, and no idea, really, what to do with the puck. It's sort of sad to watch. I would rather trade the sedins to buffolo and watch them there cause that kind of chemistry makes hockey so entertaining. But when it's split up it's just sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillipBlunt Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Why Buffalo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goal:thecup Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 It is certainly preferable to watching Danny get rag-dolled by El Ratta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrible.dee Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Ehrhoff and Salo had amazing chemistry with the sedins they alone aren't much but with the sedins they are deadly. This video proves how the chemistry they had created goals. And it also shows Ehrhoff's amazing puck moving abilities. No one can anticipate the play about to happen except Henrik and Ehrhoff. Any normal player would just make a pass across to kesler and it would be a harmless shot but henrik made a different decision that lead to the pass to erhoff which gave him the space to come down. Ehrhoff and the sedins were a match made in heaven. Good god... That goal is F'ing sick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zuongo Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Meh Its the past. Awesome to see those vids, But its was years ago.. We are old now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronalds.Kenins41 Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Good god... That goal is F'ing sick! I wish someone had all the videos to the 2011 games on youtube. What I would do to watch them again.... this one was my favorite to watch live on tv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monteeun Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Meh Its the past. Awesome to see those vids, But its was years ago.. We are old now. Whoa, easy guy...some of us are ageless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.