TheGuardian_ Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 It was bound to happen and now when discussing teams making the playoffs I expect there will be more of this kind of media observations. Cue the "eastern media hate us", the "eastern media doesn't know", the " eastern ....blah, blah, blah" posters This maybe just the start of the "what the ? are they doing" or the "at last they acknowledge....." or "they are finally doing ....." maybe even some stuff like this. Comments on national radio by a major network about the Vancouver Canucks and management. https://www.tsn.ca/video/is-there-an-nhl-team-openly-tanking-this-season~1347720 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillipBlunt Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnews Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 Looks like Guardian is in the mood for pie. Transparent incitement to a train wreck of a thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnews Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 2 minutes ago, PhillipBlunt said: Care for a slice of pie beforehand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillipBlunt Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 1 minute ago, oldnews said: Care for a slice of pie beforehand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnews Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 4 minutes ago, PhillipBlunt said: I'm really disappointed in the team this year. I think most of us are. So many of us thought they'd be good enough to make the playoffs, even with half a lineup. What a letdown. Oh well, at least we have.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tre Mac Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 Link is not loading but Toronto outright tanked for Matthews and worse off actually succeeded. Buffalo tanked for McDavid and their GM pouted like a spoiled baby when all he got was Eichel. There is no way anyone can deduce that the Canucks tanked or stealth tanked this year with the amount of injuries they had. They have probably the worse D-core in the NHL and this day and age it's all about having a mobile defense that can move the puck, and that's something that severely lacking with this franchise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabreFan1 Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 They weren't wrong in what they said. Only the biggest of homers thought that the Canucks were getting into the playoffs this year. Granted, I don't think anybody thought that the Canucks had a legitimate shot at finishing dead last... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabreFan1 Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 Just now, Tre Mac said: Link is not loading but Toronto outright tanked for Matthews and worse off actually succeeded. Buffalo tanked for McDavid and their GM pouted like a spoiled baby when all he got was Eichel. There is no way anyone can deduce that the Canucks tanked or stealth tanked this year with the amount of injuries they had. They have probably the worse D-core in the NHL and this day and age it's all about having a mobile defense that can move the puck, and that's something that severely lacking with this franchise. They didn't accuse the Canucks of tanking. They said that the Canucks were just legitimately a bad team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnews Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 The irony of that link: "The Leafs I noticed it because of who they were playing in net, who they were calling up..." "Babcock and Lamoureillo and Shanahan had a plan - we're going to do what we can to lose tonight." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-AJ- Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 Disappointed to hear Ferraro speak that way. I generally respect him, but it seems to me he doesn't understand this team as well as he probably should. He questions how Benning got an extension and his plan. Hello? Prospects? Look into our future, Ferraro--Benning sure as heck didn't get an extension because of the current performance of the team. Also regarding playoff hopes: I think there were very few fans who thought we had a legitimate chance at playoffs from the outset. I predicted them to finish 27th. Admittedly, while things were great in November and early December, I could've seen us making a close run, but injuries decimated us. Had we finished 20th-25th, I'd be predicting that we would be in the hunt for a wildcard spot next year, but at this rate, I'll be predicting another tough season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillipBlunt Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 Just now, oldnews said: I'm really disappointed in the team this year. I think most of us are. So many of us thought they'd be good enough to make the playoffs, even with half a lineup. What a letdown. This team, when fully healthy at the beginning of the year was definitely capable of taking it to quite a few good teams. Permanently losing Dorsett was a massive blow to the team. Having Horvat and Sutter down at the same time was also a pretty catastrophic blow. Losing various defensemen throughout the season certainly didn't help matters much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuxfanabroad Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 With the increase in alternative sources, media(in general) are becoming increasingly obsolete. I think this fact is permeating even into the sporting-realm. A section of society willing to throw a greater % of (dwindling) spare $, into this(one of the last) remaining vices, will be squabbled over. So they'll up their game, with mud-slinging, & troll-bellowing from beneath any bridge of decency. Lowest common denominator, & all that bs. There are FARRR bigger problems in the world. Sports "journalism" resembles the world's oldest profession. They must be a mighty proud lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanuck Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 I"d just rather focus on the fact that it's pretty much agreed upon in the entire hockey community that the Canuck's have one of the deepest prospect pools in the NHL right now - and we'll be adding to it one way or another this spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 what goes around comes around. We had lots of fun slagging Edmonton for years of ineptitude... hey wait, we still are! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnews Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 17 minutes ago, Tre Mac said: Link is not loading but Toronto outright tanked for Matthews and worse off actually succeeded. Buffalo tanked for McDavid and their GM pouted like a spoiled baby when all he got was Eichel. There is no way anyone can deduce that the Canucks tanked or stealth tanked this year with the amount of injuries they had. They have probably the worse D-core in the NHL and this day and age it's all about having a mobile defense that can move the puck, and that's something that severely lacking with this franchise. yes they talk about the fact Toronto and Buffalo transparently tanked. which makes a joke of the integrity of the league wadr to them. The Canucks on the other hand, despite Ferraro's weak attempts to pretend otherwise are not that bad a team when they had Horvat, Sutter, Boeser, Tanev, Gudbranson, Baertschi, Granlund, Dorset, Gaunce, Eriksson in the lineup. Right now they are an accidental/M.A.S.H. AHL team - they deserve the 1st overall far more than those pathetic teams they praise for having a "plan" - to lose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnews Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 10 minutes ago, -AJ- said: Disappointed to hear Ferraro speak that way. I generally respect him, but it seems to me he doesn't understand this team as well as he probably should. He questions how Benning got an extension and his plan. Hello? Prospects? Look into our future, Ferraro--Benning sure as heck didn't get an extension because of the current performance of the team. Also regarding playoff hopes: I think there were very few fans who thought we had a legitimate chance at playoffs from the outset. I predicted them to finish 27th. Admittedly, while things were great in November and early December, I could've seen us making a close run, but injuries decimated us. Had we finished 20th-25th, I'd be predicting that we would be in the hunt for a wildcard spot next year, but at this rate, I'll be predicting another tough season. It's why his name has been made into a verb - to 'ferraro' is to rant at someone else's expense while you're drunk at 9am in the morning - to get 'ferraroed' is to be the target of said unthinking/incoherent rant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuxfanabroad Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 6 minutes ago, -AJ- said: Disappointed to hear Ferraro speak that way. I generally respect him, but it seems to me he doesn't understand this team as well as he probably should. He questions how Benning got an extension and his plan. Hello? Prospects? Look into our future, Ferraro--Benning sure as heck didn't get an extension because of the current performance of the team. Also regarding playoff hopes: I think there were very few fans who thought we had a legitimate chance at playoffs from the outset. I predicted them to finish 27th. Admittedly, while things were great in November and early December, I could've seen us making a close run, but injuries decimated us. Had we finished 20th-25th, I'd be predicting that we would be in the hunt for a wildcard spot next year, but at this rate, I'll be predicting another tough season. I've kinda' seen Ferraro as a listless flag that waves in the direction the wind is blowing. Maybe ilk like him feel they're almost lowered to half-mast? If one feels irrelevancy approaching, they'll likely accept being raised & lowered by others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuxfanabroad Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 17 minutes ago, Tre Mac said: Link is not loading but Toronto outright tanked for Matthews and worse off actually succeeded. Buffalo tanked for McDavid and their GM pouted like a spoiled baby when all he got was Eichel. There is no way anyone can deduce that the Canucks tanked or stealth tanked this year with the amount of injuries they had. They have probably the worse D-core in the NHL and this day and age it's all about having a mobile defense that can move the puck, and that's something that severely lacking with this franchise. Yes those franchises were workin' the back alleys(in cheap skirts) before seasons even got underway. So revisionist media try to imply we're on the same Bull***t-boulevard. Nice of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnews Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 something you'd expect any media idiot to be aware of before editorializing like flake news..... Injuries Derek Dorsett Brendan Gaunce Markus Granlund Loui Eriksson Chris Tanev Sven Baertschi Brock Boeser Erik Gudbranson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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