Plum Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Kelcey Brade @ctv_kelcey #Canucks believe they're the front-runners in pursuit of Ryan Miller. I've been told it is "very likely" he signs w/ VAN tmrw. @ctvvancouver Dammit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shinkaruk98 Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Kelcey Brade @ctv_kelcey #Canucks believe they're the front-runners in pursuit of Ryan Miller. I've been told it is "very likely" he signs w/ VAN tmrw. @ctvvancouver Dammit.Not as bad as you think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canucksfan555 Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 I prefer Miller much more than Hiller.. Funny cause buddies bugged me about how Miller would never play in Canada lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkyard Dog Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 This team will have to rely on good goaltending next year if we want to make the playoffs. Miller/Lack is better than Markstrom/Lack... but what would become of Jacob Markstrom? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoosh Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Hope we see a 40 win season from him and all the haters turncoat as fast as they can saying how they've been supporting the signing all along Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSnipeshow91 Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 I say markstrom makes a couple appearances in the roster, but mostly playing in the AHL with Ericsonn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyShackleford Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 How is Miller in shootouts? Miller is the one of the best shootout goalies of all-time. He is 2nd to only Lunqvist in shootout wins if im not mistaken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabreFan1 Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Miller is the one of the best shootout goalies of all-time. He is 2nd to only Lunqvist in shootout wins if im not mistaken. Miller is a pure positional goalie. That's why he is so good at stopping breakaways and playing in a shootout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfstonker Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 I'm not sure about this so I will reserve judgement. He may be inspired by playing for an elite team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Not as bad as you think. If it's more than 2 years and about 5.5 million plus, we're screwed. And most likely it might be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugar baby watermelon Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 So much hate for Miller, he is an upgrade in net for the time being, give Lack some time to adjust to a starting role. Miller is good in shootouts and with our lack of scoring so far, it looks as though we might be in a lot more shootouts this coming season as well, which if Miller delivers our team shootout wins then the fanbase will be that much more happier for it. The only knock on him I had was his locker room interviews w/ the Sabres where he hung his team out to dry, but that was the Sabres, our team although last year was an aberration are not the Sabres, not by a long shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messier's_elbow Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Seems like we aren't rebuilding at all.... If we sign miller and iggy Wonder if the owners are still pulling a lot if the strings aroubd here . Even with those 2 guys we aren't doing anything more then a 1st rd knockout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
He-Lord Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 You know, it is very possible to rebuild and be competitive at the same time. I don't know why it's hard for people to understand that. Rebuilding doesn't necessarily mean we have to suck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 The only reasons why I'm not crazy about Miller are: - Doesn't strike me a a team first guy. Hopefully I'm wrong on that. - People are talking about him mentoring Lack. Have you seen any evidence he mentored anyone in Buffalo or St. Louis? - Has a reputation for being a head case. Now to be fair, a lot of goalies are head cases, didn't stop Ed Balfour from winning a cup. - Lack is 26. He played 41 games, had a .912 save percentage, and 2.41 GAA. Now that GAA is slightly worse than Luongo. And the same as Varlamov, and Lehtonen. By way of comparison, Lundqvist had a GAA of 2.36, and Brobovsky had 2.38. He doesn't seem to be too far off from deserving the starting job. Bringing in someone else, just as he's adapting to a starting role, might be the worst thing to destroy his confidence. I think the reason people want Hiller is to split the duties to keep him in the 40-50 game range, and we're assuming Hiller would have no issue sharing the net. Miller might have a problem with that. The other issue is then it seems management has no faith in Markstrom with the backup job, so we'd have to move him elsewhere. As I've stated before. It's hard to improve your skills if you're sitting on the bench. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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