Baer. Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, -AJ- said: I think if Sutter and Beagle are both healthy, Bo might not have to be on the PK at all, which could provide him with more offensive opportunities. Both Beagle and Sutter are sublime defensive centres who specialize at defense, so it would seem a waste not to use both on the PK. Maybe one of them plays wing on the PK? Not sure if that's feasible or not. That's a big if. Sutter, I think since his recent injuries, actually isn't that great defensively, aside from his faceoff ability. He's slow. His career +/- with Canucks is -21. His even strength Corsi is abysmal, 41.3 and 43.1 the last two years respectively. A case could be made, that Brendan Sutter is nothing more than a 4th line grinder. I don't want to put 4th line grinders up against McDavid or Gaudreau. Not saying Sutter isn't a defensive player, I do think he can do that job and I do like him as a player, but I do not trust having Beagle or Sutter go one on one against top PP units. Edited July 28, 2019 by Baer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Surfer Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 PP!=131 Miller Boeser Horvat EPshoothome Hughes PP2 32 Ferland Gaudette Baertschi odd man out Pearson Myers Edler Horvat Miller Edler Stecher Sutter Beagle odd man out Motte Benn Tanev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrockBoester Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 (edited) 11 hours ago, BigTramFan said: I’m not your pal. My friends aren’t dbags. IMO Petey and Baer are the best playmakers in the team. I would put Horvat on PP1 because you need to win the draw. Petey has poor face off %. I think Horvats 7 PP goals last season were pretty acceptable but the main guys that should be scoring on PP1 are Petey and Brock. Ferland played a total of 1 minute 39 seconds of PK last year. But yeah good idea to put him on the PK. Yikes. Sorry to have ruffled your feathers my friend. I did not mean to offend you in any way. Which leads me to my next point: 4 hours ago, N7Nucks said: PP was at it’s best when Baer was healthy. After he went down PP struggled. But, I imagine it doesn’t matter. Trolls gonna troll. That's the caveat, "when Baer was healthy". Baertschi is one good concussion away from permanent severe injury, and we're going to throw him on the top PP unit against the other team's best PK units. Doesn't seem wise to me. I wasn't aware that disagreeing with someone on the internet made you a "troll" these days especially in 2019. When is this apparent "troll shaming" going to end? 5 hours ago, Baer. said: Horvat won't play on 1st PP unit cause he already plays on the first PK unit. Don't want to overwork him. Baertschi on the point on the first unit? Also never gonna happen. How do you not have Hughes there? Also, what this guy said. Can't give Bo too many tasks to handle as he excels when he is limited to fewer of said tasks. I understand that everyone wants Mr. Horvat to lead us to the promised land but I honestly feel that he still has a lot to prove, in comparison to recent super-rookies Boeser and Pettersson (And this year, Hughes) Edited July 28, 2019 by BrockBoester Added quote 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 Not sure we're going to need a PP2... But if we do I'd prefer to see Edler on that vs. Hughes. I'd really like to see Hughes puck movement, and have the shot options for Myers and Brock, Petey in his office on the wall. I can certainly see Bo fitting into all that at the net but I could also see Ferland being a major agitator there too, with Bo and Edler for PP2. Lots of solid PK options, particularly when Roussel is back. Not worried about that one bit. Sutter and Beagle centring whoever is healthiest. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickenspear Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 1st PP: Horvat Boeser - Baertschi - Pettersson Hughes Go with a 4 forward set. Horvat centers, plays the net front presence, end boards puck retrieval, Petey and Boeser from the half walls, Baer in the high slot, Hughes QB. 2nd PP: Ferland Leivo/Virtanen - Miller - Goldobin/Edler Myers/Edler Miller as center, setting up in the high slot, Ferland as net front pain in the ass, rebound pouncer on-er, Leivo has a good shot from the half wall (Virtanen, if he shows more offensively early season), Goldobin, if we want to go with a 4 forward set on both (Edler if we want a 2-D set up), Myers hammering from the point (unless 4 forward set, then Edler). PK is a bit tricky, because there's a lot of 2 man forward combos we could use. Off of a faceoff, I would do this: 1st PK: Sutter/Bo - Roussel/Pearson Myers - Edler Bo in for Sutter when injured (and he probably will be), Pearson for Roussel until he returns. 2nd PK: Beagle - Pearson/Motte Tanev - Benn Motte in for Pearson until Roussel returns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry Goose Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 Pearson and Beagle definitely on PK. If Sutter and Eriksson are still here them too. Edler and Stetcher, Benn and Tanev. I like that PP2 could see a jump this year too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smashian Kassian Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 (edited) PK: Sutter - Roussel Edler - Tanev Beagle - ? Benn - Stecher/Myers ? = Eriksson / Schaller / Motte / Miller / Pearson / Maybe Virtanen...? PP: Boeser - Horvat - Pettersson Hughes - Myers/Edler Ferland - Miller - Pearson Baertschi - Myers/Edler Edited July 29, 2019 by Smashian Kassian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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