1-d Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 52 minutes ago, Crabcakes said: I don't think he does think the pp is fine. He keeps trotting out the best offensive players the team has on the first unit. He knows they're having their troubles but he knows that they will sort it out. Everybody has their ups and downs. What people don't get is Willie's management style. He empowers the players and gives them responsibility when they earn it. Giving the players responsibility and accountability builds a strong leadership group. Willie shows this respect to the Sedins and he knows that as the new leadership group earns it (Bo Horvat), they will have the same responsibilities. The new group can see what is coming when they get there and they will be ready. Perhaps you're right about having the best offensive players -- at least statistically, What's really concerning is though what those players are doing undoing. With Henrik on PP it's not really a man advantage, is it? It's more like 4 2/1 on 4 when your best playmaker is also the one who just refuses to shoot. Other 29 NHL teams know it all to well, so they give him all the time & space at the half wall looking for that perfect slap pass to Daniel. Meanwhile the other 4 Canuck players just stand and watch Henrik, as if he'll magically pass the puck to them tape to tape through a maze of bodies and sticks waiting to intercept. With such a predictable and stagnant PP formation you can trot out the 5 best offensive players in the league and still won't sniff a goal. The way Willie has been running the team's PP (into the ground) will drive even Albert Einstein insane. At this point I couldn't care less about the coach's style. Maybe Willie is a master motivator, teacher, leader and well respected by his players in the dressing room. Maybe he really is grooming some of our young players to be ready for post-Sedin era. I'm not close enough to the team to know and never will be so I won't judge on that front, But you don't have to be Sherlock to say "Willie is stubborn and his player deployment is abnormal", which is still an understatement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honky Cat Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 6 hours ago, Pears said: One can imagine how easy it must be for opposing coaches to shut down our PP knowing full well were going to trot out the same combinations..lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lafayettecrossbar Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 I went to the game and since I paid for that i'm joining the chorus: OUR POWERPLAY ABSOLUTELY SUCKS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neko Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Henrik rarely shoots, he has half the shots Daniel has at 54 (pretty low as a full time forward), so yeah teams knows he isn't going to shoot that often- but he does have the highest shot % tied with Bo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Buzzsaw* Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 8 hours ago, Creepy Crawler said: Henrik rarely shoots, he has half the shots Daniel has at 54 (pretty low as a full time forward), so yeah teams knows he isn't going to shoot that often- but he does have the highest shot % tied with Bo. That is because Henrik won't shoot unless he has a wide open net. He won't take any shots that might be stopped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neko Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 37 minutes ago, *Buzzsaw* said: That is because Henrik won't shoot unless he has a wide open net. He won't take any shots that might be stopped. 3 or 4 times this year alone he has had a wide open net and didn't shoot on any of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastal1 Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 On 2017-01-15 at 11:06 PM, PhillipBlunt said: Ah......Listen Willie. Stop trolling these boards and defending yourself by making these wackasss correlations to elite teams. You silly and you needs to be quiet. Nice comment asshole. When you don't know what to say you just make baseless attacks. That is totally classless. My point is that the job that WD is doing with this team is nothing short of spectacular. Beating Nashville with a line up depleted by injuries and the flu, that says all that needs to be said about how well this team is coached. What WD has achieved with the line up he has to work with is worthy of caoch of the year award consideration. No one can argue that the canucks line up compares to that of LA or Nashville and there we are at mid-point of the season right there with them. Reason: superior coaching. You are not lucky for 45 games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillipBlunt Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 2 minutes ago, coastal1 said: Nice comment asshole. When you don't know what to say you just make baseless attacks. That is totally classless. Come again, assclown? 2 minutes ago, coastal1 said: My point is that the job that WD is doing with this team is nothing short of spectacular. Beating Nashville with a line up depleted by injuries and the flu, that says all that needs to be said about how well this team is coached. What WD has achieved with the line up he has to work with is worthy of caoch of the year award consideration. Fiar enough. 2 minutes ago, coastal1 said: No one can argue that the canucks line up compares to that of LA or Nashville and there we are at mid-point of the season right there with them. Reason: superior coaching. You are not lucky for 45 games. The last 45 games can't exactly be classified under lucky, but please... go on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Buzzsaw* Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 3 minutes ago, coastal1 said: Nice comment asshole. When you don't know what to say you just make baseless attacks. That is totally classless. My point is that the job that WD is doing with this team is nothing short of spectacular. Beating Nashville with a line up depleted by injuries and the flu, that says all that needs to be said about how well this team is coached. What WD has achieved with the line up he has to work with is worthy of caoch of the year award consideration. No one can argue that the canucks line up compares to that of LA or Nashville and there we are at mid-point of the season right there with them. Reason: superior coaching. You are not lucky for 45 games. Actually Nashville has more serious injuries than the Canucks right now... they are a very weak team defensively. Subban... out. Josi... out. Their #1 and #2 defensemen. Canucks should have rolled over them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastal1 Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 10 hours ago, *Buzzsaw* said: Actually Nashville has more serious injuries than the Canucks right now... they are a very weak team defensively. Subban... out. Josi... out. Their #1 and #2 defensemen. Canucks should have rolled over them. The sarcasm is stinging. The Canucks, depleted by the flu, should have not only beaten Nashville, but "rolled" over them! That is how majestic the Canucks are! Winning a game agaisnt a highly regarded team is a failure. LOL Yes, you are totally right, expectations in this city are totally unrealistic. And you are right: for this team to even be in contention for a playoff spot in year 2 of the rebuild is something truly amazing. JB said he improved the team over the summer and now fans HAVE to say that he was right, but NO, as you point out, they want more. Unrealistic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastal1 Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 19 hours ago, PhillipBlunt said: Come again, assclown? Fiar enough. The last 45 games can't exactly be classified under lucky, but please... go on. I said what I wanted to say about WD: amazing job given what he has to work with. The progress of a Horvat or a Trymakin under him is excellent, the position in the standings is excellent, the classy way this team acts is excellent. Top coaching is key to all that. Look at Winnipeg to see the opposite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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