Popular Post ruilin96 Posted October 15, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted October 15, 2019 2 hours ago, MikeyD said: But to say Monohan isn't the better player is a lie. He's definitely the better forward. Whether you'd prefer one or the other on your team is a different story but Monohan has been good the past few seasons. Bo's only had one decent season. Hopefully he continues to trend the way he is but I don't think you can argue a guy that was over a ppg (even if it was with Gudreau) last season isn't better than somebody who put up over 20 points less. If Monahan is shut down, he isn’t effective at all. He only got those points because he get spoon fed the puck in front of the net by Johnny Gaudreau. In the past few seasons when he wasn’t with Gaudreau, his offence take a big dip. Gaudreau is the driver of that lines offence. Another example one should look at is Lindholm. It is not coincidence Lindholm’s offence take a big leap and had a career year the moment he was put on a line with Gaudreau. If you take Monahan off the Gaudreau line he is going to have a dip of at least 20 points. Meanwhile, if you look at Bo Horvat. He has never had any consistent elite winger on his wing throughout his career. Last year defines how good he was. He played with 30 different pairs of wingers last season and still put up 61 points. The majority of his wingers are not your typical skilled wingers. Monahan to me is one of the most overrated players in the league. 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKSR Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 Oh man, I'm so glad Leivo is on one of the power play units. I was getting worried we would actually score on the PP. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaudette Celly Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 7 minutes ago, ruilin96 said: Monahan to me is one of the most overrated players in the league. Whether an expansion team or starting a rebuild, 32/32 would take Horvat over Monahan as a foundational piece. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris12345 Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 18 hours ago, debluvscanucks said: 3-2 Canucks What a dork...thought the game was tonight and was wondering where the GDT was. Sigh...now I must wait an extra day. Gives you more time to mentally prepare. No excuse this time beer fridge should be loaded. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuxfanabroad Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 2 hours ago, PistolPete13 said: Bulldog wearing the wrong uni at the morning skate. Fare thee well, good fellow well met. Loved the Bulldog..can imagine the exchange... Stevie Y: I don'know Jim..is this Biega a hard worker? JB: Is the POPE a Catholic?! & thus, a deal was realized 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theo5789 Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 23 minutes ago, ItTakesAnArmy said: Interesting matchup early in the season Both teams are at similar points in their rebuilds or at least having simliar results a big difference is it has taken Benning 6 years and Detroit has been at going into their third. Detroit should have had even worse cap issues with all those long term front loaded contracts that gave out, Zettrnberg, Fransen, Daysuk, Nielson, Daley, Ericsson but somehow they are able to get around almost 25 mil in salary and cap hits without much outrage from fans or the media. They have found ways to get extra draft picks. 4 games are nothing, every team is close to a playoff spot, every team is pretty healthy. Two weeks into the season and the Canucks have had to sleep in a hotel once once. This is a team the Canuck must dominate if they want to compete for a playoff spot, the Canucks are all healthy, rested and had time to prepare for this team. Detroit has like just under 2 million in cap space, but bumped up to over 11 due to IR guys. They were one of the worst teams recently but yet right up against the cap because of said bad contracts. It's arguable that Benning has been "rebuilding" from the start of his tenure, but he has acquired picks during this time (and yes has traded some) for those that care to remember. Detroit picked Zadina over Hughes. The difference in outrage from fans or the media is the different markets. Whether Canucks win or lose tonight has no bearing as to whether either team is building a team the right or wrong way. You simply play each game and you never know what the result may be (may a goalie is hot that night or a team is having and off night, etc) and that's why you play the games. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBatch Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 29 minutes ago, ItTakesAnArmy said: Interesting matchup early in the season Both teams are at similar points in their rebuilds or at least having simliar results a big difference is it has taken Benning 6 years and Detroit has been at going into their third. Detroit should have had even worse cap issues with all those long term front loaded contracts that gave out, Zettrnberg, Fransen, Daysuk, Nielson, Daley, Ericsson but somehow they are able to get around almost 25 mil in salary and cap hits without much outrage from fans or the media. They have found ways to get extra draft picks. 4 games are nothing, every team is close to a playoff spot, every team is pretty healthy. Two weeks into the season and the Canucks have had to sleep in a hotel once once. This is a team the Canuck must dominate if they want to compete for a playoff spot, the Canucks are all healthy, rested and had time to prepare for this team. Detroit won their cup and went to the final in the late 2000’s....last kick at the can with Lidstrom...they’ve been rebuilding for close to ten years but good try...in fact they already giving up on some of the guys from the beginning of their rebuild in Tatar...cap wise a complete mess a few years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB5 Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 Go Canucks!!!!!!! Demko shuts the door for a Canucks 3-0 win 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucker 67 Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 Whatever happened to Zetterberg? Canucks can beat these guys. Go out and destroy them early. No mercy. If they play a cutsie kind of safe game where they're satisfied winning 2-1, then they'll probably lose lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tre Mac Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 42 minutes ago, ruilin96 said: If Monahan is shut down, he isn’t effective at all. He only got those points because he get spoon fed the puck in front of the net by Johnny Gaudreau. In the past few seasons when he wasn’t with Gaudreau, his offence take a big dip. Gaudreau is the driver of that lines offence. Another example one should look at is Lindholm. It is not coincidence Lindholm’s offence take a big leap and had a career year the moment he was put on a line with Gaudreau. If you take Monahan off the Gaudreau line he is going to have a dip of at least 20 points. Meanwhile, if you look at Bo Horvat. He has never had any consistent elite winger on his wing throughout his career. Last year defines how good he was. He played with 30 different pairs of wingers last season and still put up 61 points. The majority of his wingers are not your typical skilled wingers. Monahan to me is one of the most overrated players in the league. I'd give them the same ratings if I worked for EA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cali Canuck Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 5 minutes ago, NUCKER67 said: Whatever happened to Zetterberg? Canucks can beat these guys. Go out and destroy them early. No mercy. If they play a cutsie kind of safe game where they're satisfied winning 2-1, then they'll probably lose lol LTIR - "retired" on LTIR - basically what all the old guys did - except Bobby Lu 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceman64 Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 21 hours ago, kilgore said: Sucks how we have to wait, and have our start be so delayed between games at the first. What's worse is that teams, including ours, don't need extra time off this time of year. In fact, especially for Boeser, players need to get initial games behind them to get fully conditioned. So other teams are ahead of us in that regard. And on the flip side, our games will now be condensed into the remaining schedule time. Sure not by a lot, but who knows how that extra back to back or two will affect us come March or April? Rant off. Go Canucks Go!!! On the positive side, Ferland could use the rest to get healthier and bring his full game that we're all waiting for... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haydnucks Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 Lets go Boys! First line needs that multi-point statement game, I have a feeling its coming tonight. 5-2 Nucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xereau Posted October 15, 2019 Author Share Posted October 15, 2019 This sounds like Elias to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKSR Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 2 minutes ago, xereau said: This sounds like Elias to me. Elias is a special player for sure... but honestly, Bure is a legend. When people discuss best goal scorer in the history of the NHL, Bure's name is up there in the Top 5 or 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SergioMomesso Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 Need a big game points wise from Bo and Petey. If each of the top two lines can average a goal a game throughout the season, we have a good chance of winning every night. It’s a tall task but 25 goals for each top six guy is doable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuporbust Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 (edited) I smell a trade... Edited October 15, 2019 by cuporbust Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bure_Pavel Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 1 minute ago, cuporbust said: Seems weird..... game is in 3 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuporbust Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 Just now, Bure_Pavel said: Seems weird..... game is in 3 hours. Yep. Very weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremyCuddles Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 3 minutes ago, cuporbust said: I smell a trade... Virtanen for Kassian. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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