canadiangunner Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 He needs to change the lines up to create better role clarity and speed in the top 6 and more grit and a energy line. Right now its a mix on every line and simply is not working. I propose the following: Sedin Sedin Vrbata - load it up and get Vrbata going Burrows Horvat Baertschi - Horvat best forward so far, up his minutes and get a goal scorer in there! Higgins Bonino Mathias - Great third line, defensively responsible, big bodies Hansen Richardson Dorsett - All grit, energy line, bang and bang some more! Edler Tanev Bieksa Hamhuis Weber Stanton Ride the first 4 d-men and get Weber on for PP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leomessi Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 The only thing I believe he needs to change is the second line -Virby has been completely useless playing with very slow bonino - they're is no possession with those 3... I'd put virby back with the sedins and burrows on the second so he can retreat the puck like he does for the sedins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMapleLaughs Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Matthias appears on the Bonino line and scores almost instantly. Rewarded by being put back on the Richardson line. If this is the year, and it is, then we'll need Matthias to be a playoff hero for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apollo Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 How about up the sedins ice time? Willie has no clue. Wake up Willie. Don't get out Willied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Schneider Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Matthias appears on the Bonino line and scores almost instantly. Rewarded by being put back on the Richardson line. If this is the year, and it is, then we'll need Matthias to be a playoff hero for us. So happens to be one of the two players willing to drive the net. The other one being Horvat. I don't think it is matter of line chemistry. Those two players are clearly indicating there is a common factor for success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheJoker Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Vrbatta has been pretty in effective on the PP as well so I don't know if moving him to the first line will do much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Bagues Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 I also find the 'second' line to be very stale; and cringe every time Weber or Sbisa touches the puck. I'd also like to see a top four D or Edler, Hamhuis, Tanev, and Bieksa. Sadly after that the defence is pretty thin. It looks like bonino and matthias are in sync together. I'd like to see Sedin-sedin-vrbata matthias-bonino-burrows higgins-bo-kassian (where is kassian?) hansen-richardson-(kennins/dorset). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMapleLaughs Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 So happens to be one of the two players willing to drive the net. The other one being Horvat. I don't think it is matter of line chemistry. Those two players are clearly indicating there is a common factor for success.It might be a matter of line chemistry if a line doesn't have anyone driving the net. Maybe that will change in game 4 though. Players cannot go full-out all playoffs long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UFCanuck Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 If Kassian was healthy Ferland wouldn't be running around as much. Too bad he's injured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentwitness Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 He needs to change the lines up to create better role clarity and speed in the top 6 and more grit and a energy line. Right now its a mix on every line and simply is not working. I propose the following: Sedin Sedin Vrbata - load it up and get Vrbata going Burrows Horvat Baertschi - Horvat best forward so far, up his minutes and get a goal scorer in there! Higgins Bonino Mathias - Great third line, defensively responsible, big bodies Hansen Richardson Dorsett - All grit, energy line, bang and bang some more! Edler Tanev Bieksa Hamhuis Weber Stanton Ride the first 4 d-men and get Weber on for PP. I think WD's loyalty and stubbornness may be the downfall this playoffs. There were no adjustments made during the game yesterday despite being badly outplayed, out competed and outsmarted. I really think the team's offensive stars need to play more when you are down and searching for goals. What is the point of rolling out the higgins line when they were not generating anything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leomessi Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 If Kassian was healthy Ferland wouldn't be running around as much. Too bad he's injured. or if we decided to throw a few hits ourselves.. we got out hit 30+ to 18 last game... Ottawa their last game had 25 in the first period and ended the night with 60+ ... its the playoffs you cannot have 18 hits in a whole game... thats embarassing. Ferland has no problem running our guys because we've barely been able to hit their top 3 or even their top 3 defenders.. I love dorsett but he had 0 hits last game... we need them to amp up the intensity and play every game like its game 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilikecanucks Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Matthias appears on the Bonino line and scores almost instantly. Rewarded by being put back on the Richardson line. If this is the year, and it is, then we'll need Matthias to be a playoff hero for us. Matthias is a passenger. He flashes that drive once every two weeks. Why can't he use that frame consistently? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugor Hill Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 or if we decided to throw a few hits ourselves.. we got out hit 30+ to 18 last game... Ottawa their last game had 25 in the first period and ended the night with 60+ ... its the playoffs you cannot have 18 hits in a whole game... thats embarassing. Ferland has no problem running our guys because we've barely been able to hit their top 3 or even their top 3 defenders.. I love dorsett but he had 0 hits last game... we need them to amp up the intensity and play every game like its game 7 That's sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonMexico Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Ferland has no problem running our guys because we've barely been able to hit their top 3 or even their top 3 defenders.. They don't need to hit Calgary's top 3, they are too busy making them irrelevant. If you've noticed, Calgary's top line isn't winning them the games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregfi Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Think about the difference from Game 2 and 3. Canucks came out flying in game 2, with limited giveaways and solid passing all around. They wernt overly physical, they damn right outplayed them. Flames showed up in game 3 (with the help from their crowd). Willies first nhl playoff road game, not only the team looked rattled, he did. The big question is what do they do next game... If they play their game and get solid "first" passes, Watch out and cheer!! GO CANUCKS GO!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highconan Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Put Vrbata up the Sedins thats what we need Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kazin! Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Really like your lines, especially Hamhuis and Bieksa back together. Unfortunately, we know this change won't happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMapleLaughs Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 I think we'll just respond like how we did in game 2, regardless of lineup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snucks Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Willie seems like AV all over again. He doesn't seem to be able to coach in a game. Maybe he is too busy hanging on to his clip board, and trying to figure a way to get his Vey in a game. If they lose the next game then Bening and Linden have failed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil_314 Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Sedin Sedin Vrbata - load it up and get Vrbata going I don't want to imagine those three in a scrum together without more sandpaper... don't think it'd go well for them. I think Zack could honestly become a difference-maker in this series. Without him, I'd like to see Dank - Hank - Burr Matthias - Horvat - Vrbata (three skaters who can score) Higgins - Bones - Hansen (I'd trust that for a 3rd line, they can create off the rush, be physical and defend) Kenins - Richie - Dorsett (energy 4th line) If he can return anytime soon, I'd love to see some balance of physical skill and talent on each line: Dank - Hank - Burr Matthias - Bones - Kassian (Matthias seems to have chemistry with both these guys) Hansen - Horvat - Vrbata (all three can fly, and both wingers can snipe) Higgins - Richie - Dorsett (all three can hit and play well defensively) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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