iceman64 Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 On Thursday, June 22, 2017 at 6:39 AM, Rocksterh8 said: This line up makes me wanna POOP! thats what it is alright and it got worse today. Just get used to the fact we won't ever win a cup and after that it might get to be worth watching for fun but don't expect lord stanley to be here anytime soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiveEmTheCan Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 Sedin - Sedin - Eriksson Baertschi - Horvat - Boeser Granlund - Sutter - Goldobin Gaunce - Cramarossa - Virtanen Edler - Stetcher Gudbranson - Hutton Juolevi - Tanev Markstrom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
komodo0921 Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 Not even going to try make sense out of this mess Benning's created. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nancouver Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 Surprised so many people pencilling in Juolevi. I'd prefer him to marinate a little longer and give McEneny a shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canucks1000 Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 Here's the thing for me looking at our line/up, if Eriksson has a bounce back year, which, let's be honest, he can't be much worse than he was last year, and Daniel and Hank are able to tow the line with similar production to last year, I don't see us as being that bad. We could have upwards of 8 guys who would be capabale of potting 20 goals in our line-up (Bo, Baer, Granlund, Brock [after seeing what he did at the end of last year I fully believe it. The kid could be up for the Calder given that there's no McDavid coming into the league], Daniel, Eriksson, Sutter and Goldobin [big of a long shot but possible]. All I'm saying is a couple of things go right, we pick up a ufa dman and this team could actually be pretty good. Could still use another top 6 centre, but the team could have some potential. Baer - Bo - Brock Sedin - Sedin - Goldy Eriksson - Sutter - Granlund Virtanen - Gaunce - Dorsett Edler - Stetcher Tanev - Hutton Gudbrandsen - Holm Pedan, Biega Miller Markstrom Basisically run the top 3 forward lines the same ice time with the 4th getting a reasonable 10-12 minutes a game as they're capable and it will help with development. Basically anyone in the lineup can move up or down. What the team needs is one true super star, but looking at it right now there's actually quite a bit of depth in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucktika Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 On 6/24/2017 at 1:15 AM, GiveEmTheCan said: Sedin - Sedin - Eriksson Baertschi - Horvat - Boeser Granlund - Sutter - Goldobin Gaunce - Cramarossa - Virtanen Edler - Stetcher Gudbranson - Hutton Juolevi - Tanev Markstrom Sedin - Sedin - Goldobin Baertshi - Horvat - Rodin Eriksson - Granlund - Boeser Gaunce - Sutter - Dorset xxxx Edler - Stetcher Hutton - Tanev Juolevi - Gudbranson Pedan - Subban Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWMc1 Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 "Sedin, Sedin, Boeser Baertschi, Horvat, Eriksson Granlund, Sutter, Megna Gaunce, Chaput, Dorsett Cramarossa Edler, Tanev Hutton, Gudbranson Holm, Stecher Pedan. Biega Markstrom, Miller Maybe switch Tanev and Stecher situationally." Well, one down; how many more to go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agent007 Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 On 2017-06-22 at 5:23 AM, Caniners77 said: Boesser Horvat Baertchi Dahlen Granlund Goldobin Sedin Sedin Virtanen Boucher Sutter Eriksson Cramarossa (13) IR - Dorset, Rodin, Gaunce Edler Gudbranson Tanev joulevi Hutton Stetcher Holm Biega Markstrom Bacman Baertchi Horvat Boeser Sedin Sedin Goldobin Granlund Sutter Eriksson UFA/Virtanen Gaunce Dorsett Edler Tanev Hutton Gudbranson UFA/Pedan - UFA/Holm Markstrom UFA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Father Ryan Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 Baer - Horvat - Boeser Sedin - Sedin - Goldobin Granlund - Sutter - Eriksson Gaunce - UFA - Boucher Dorsett/Labate (the pairings are not necessarily in order) Stetcher - Edler Hutton - Gudbranson UFA/Pedan - Tanev Biega McEneny Markstrom UFA Not exactly a line up that's gonna set the world on fire, but...if (big if) all healthy for the majority of the year, then I can see a season of 73 points, +/- 3 points; approaching 200 goals scored (but not quite), but even though the D plays somewhat better overall, we give up more (slightly). Prefer to see Dahlen, Virt and Molino get full playing time in the AHL, along with a possible dark horse for the 4th line - Zack McEwen. Prefer to see Juolevi get another junior year, mostly to put a few more pounds on while staying in playing shape. Prefer to see Demko get another AHL year, ending as the #1 down there, ready to come up in the 18-19 season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danaimo Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 So it's the end of June and people are sweating over the 4th line, and who the backup goalie should be in October. We must be.............Vancouver Canuck fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knucklehd Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 On 2017-6-22 at 7:35 AM, 48MPHSlapShot said: Baer-Bo-Boeser Daniel- Henrik-Goldy Granlund- Sutter- Erikksson Boucher- Gaunce- Dorsett Edler- Stetcher Juolevi- Tanev Hutton- Guddy Markstrom Bachman That's about as good as it gets without signing people. Sadly, it will be far from enough to keep us out of the basement. At least we can look forward to watching the kids develop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
48MPHSlapShot Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 7 minutes ago, Knucklehd said: That's about as good as it gets without signing people. Sadly, it will be far from enough to keep us out of the basement. At least we can look forward to watching the kids develop. At this point, "tanking" isn't really a choice any more. Might as well stay a cellar dweller for another season and land another lottery pick...hopefully resulting in Dahlin, or at the very least one of the high end Dmen that next years draft will be loaded with. I'm not too upset though. We have a load of high end prospects that will all likely be knocking at the door over the next couple of years or so (Juolevi, Demko, Pettersson, Dahlen, Lind, Gadjovich, as well as whoever we end up drafting next year), not to mention a great trade chip in Tanev that could land us another big piece or two. Next year's gonna suck, no question, but it'll all be worth it in the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownUndaCanuck Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 I think ice time will be pretty much even between the top 3 lines. Baertschi - Horvat - Boeser Sedin - Sedin - Goldobin Granlund - Sutter - Eriksson Dorsett - Gaunce - Boucher Edler - Stecher ? - Tanev Hutton - Gudbranson Markstrom ? There's a couple of big question marks there. Bachman could be our back-up but the two of them can't split a full season's load alone. They need a veteran who can play 30-40 games comfortably. I'm sure Markstrom could play 30 games really well, 40 games adequately but at 50-60 games he'd start to struggle and his play will drop. As for Bachman, I think we'd get 10 games of great play, 20 games of decent-ish goaltending but at 30+ he'd really struggle too. On defence, we have Pedan, Biega and Subban right now who will have to be one of our starters which is scary. If I were JB and Green I wouldn't go ruining Juolevi just because of this lack of defensive depth. Sign any UFA to slot them in there. Obviously Kulikov or Alzner would be nice but I doubt they want to play for the worst team in the league, so I'd go after a Franson-type player. Right now we have 5 NHL defencemen and most average teams have about 6 or 7. We really need one more. Injuries will hit, often two at a time, which is when we can rely on say Subban to try and step up, but you don't want that starting the regular season. Up front I think we're pretty well sorted. Even if Boeser doesn't impress the way he did last season, we've got plenty of wingers who can take his spot. Boeser, Goldobin, Granlund, Baertschi, Eriksson, Boucher and Dahlen are pretty much all interchangeable. If Dahlen is in Utica, I'd have him as our first call up and get him playing with the Sedins. Ideally I'd send him back to the SHL to play on a line with Pettersson. Not the best developmental-wise for Dahlen, but definitely the best for the duo who can move to the AHL next season together and retain that chemistry. EDIT: Forgot about Holm but I really hope they don't expect him to play top-4 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenhodgejr Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 Sign Sam Gagner Beartchi Horvat Granlund Sedin Sedin Boesser Bouchier Gagner Eriksson Gaunce Sutter Goldobin Chaput Moligno Edler Stetcher Hutton Tanev Holm Gudbranson Juolevi Biega Markstrom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownUndaCanuck Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 16 minutes ago, 48MPHSlapShot said: At this point, "tanking" isn't really a choice any more. Might as well stay a cellar dweller for another season and land another lottery pick...hopefully resulting in Dahlin, or at the very least one of the high end Dmen that next years draft will be loaded with. I'm not too upset though. We have a load of high end prospects that will all likely be knocking at the door over the next couple of years or so (Juolevi, Demko, Pettersson, Dahlen, Lind, Gadjovich, as well as whoever we end up drafting next year), not to mention a great trade chip in Tanev that could land us another big piece or two. Next year's gonna suck, no question, but it'll all be worth it in the end. Exactly, I don't think we have a choice, I think we'll just suck badly. Most important thing of the season will be professionalism, work on individual skills and maintain a good attitude. If we play well defensively as an entire unit/team then that will work as a good foundation for 3-5 years time down the line. As for the pick, we're guaranteed a top-10 pick for sure if not top-5 again and there are plenty of good puck moving defencemen projected to go in the top-10 next season. We'll see how their years all pan out but Dahlin is obviously the natural first defenceman to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofsurrey Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 OMG Canucks have a weak lineup this season. I think 30th may be too high of a prediction this year....... Wow....... when does this club drop to rock bottom......????? How much lower can we go....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cocolocci Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 (without trades/signings) Baertschi - Horvat - Boeser Daniel - Henrik - Eriksson Granlund - Sutter - Goldobin Gaunce - Molino - Virtanen Edler - Stetcher Hutton - Tanev Pedan - Gudbranson Markstrom Demko (with trades/signings) Baertschi - Horvat - Boeser Daniel - Henrik - Eriksson Granlund - Sutter - Goldobin/??? Gaunce - ??? - Virtanen Edler - Tanev Hutton - Gudbranson ??? - Stetcher Markstrom ??? C - Pirri? RW/LW - Yakupov? D - Franson? G - Mason? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kloubek Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 To me, our lines dont look too bad. I realize we had trouble scoring last season and the lineups are similar, but there are positives. 1) Younger guys from last season should be generally at least a bit improved. Points per game should be up for Horvat, Baertschi, Goldobin, Granlund, Gaunce. 2) I think Boeser will be impressive for his age and basically his rookie season 3) We actually have a little extra depth in Utica if required. This means we may see a further injection of youth through the year. 4) Chance for Virtanen to be an impact player 5) In not expecting much from Loui, but it is likely he will improve from last season. 6) Negatives: 1) No Tryamkin nor Sbisa. We absolutely lost some size and should bring in a legitimate nhl ufa as a result. Still, not major losses imo. 2) Possible Sedins may be even less effective. 3) Looks like Miller may be on his way out. He did win some games for us last season. With that said, there are still available ufa goalies who are capable of similar (or perhaps even better) stats. Then of course there is the coaching change. This can go either way, but with the amount of complaining on CDC about WD, you gotta assume this is more likely to be a positive. All in all I would say it is highly likely this is a noticeably better team compared to last. Good? Nope. But better. Nobody from fans to experts seem to be expecting anything from Vancouver so any improvement is a plus, and another year of treading water means another year closer to our best prospects being ready to show us what they can do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honky Cat Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 2 hours ago, kenhodgejr said: Sign Sam Gagner Beartchi Horvat Granlund Sedin Sedin Boesser Bouchier Gagner Eriksson Gaunce Sutter Goldobin Chaput Moligno Edler Stetcher Hutton Tanev Holm Gudbranson Juolevi Biega Markstrom That would have to be the 'softest' group of forwards ever assembled on a Vancouver Canucks team...Besides Horvat,I don't see a single player that would elicit any worrying thoughts from an opposing D... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuxfanabroad Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 Like to see them go with these modest lineups(recent posts)..1 or 2 mediocre FA's perhaps. Then cut ticket prices by a sizeable %. Make more pkg's available to the avg fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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