vannuck59 Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 On 5/27/2020 at 11:38 PM, kenhodgejr said: Anything can happen in the playoffs. But from a historical perspective I don't want the first cup this team wins in ages to be on a year like this. I would honestly rather we loose the first round and get a top 3 draft pick. Then win the cup next season when guys like Podkolzin and Hoglander might make an appearance A cup is a cup and winning it this year is going to be harder . Do you think the players wont want to win.???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 Listened and watched Bettman and Daly answered questions regarding return to play. Bettman mentioned that the TV experience that the league is organizing will be a unique, never before seen experience because the stands will be empty allowing for cameras to be positioned closer and at different view points...the viewing will be closer and at different viewing angles which will make for a better tv viewing experience. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baratheon Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 1 minute ago, Pete M said: Listened and watched Bettman and Daly answered questions regarding return to play. Bettman mentioned that the TV experience that the league is organizing will be a unique, never before seen experience because the stands will be empty allowing for cameras to be positioned closer and at different view points...the viewing will be closer and at different viewing angles which will make for a better tv viewing experience. That could be pretty cool. Should be interesting to see what they come up with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicklas Bo Hunter Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Thought it would be interesting to start some conversation on this. I know its far away but i am very excited. Vancouver Canucks Line up: Min Wild Line up: Pearson Horvat Boeser Greenway Staal Fiala Miller Pettersson Toffoli Parise Eriksson EK Kunin Ferland Gaudette Virtanen Foligno Galchenyuk Zuccarello Roussel Sutter Motte Donato Koivu Hartman Macewen Eriksson Baertschi Sturm Hughes Tanev Suter Spurgeon Edler Stecher Brodin Dumba Fantenberg Myers Hunt Pateryn Rafferty Soucy Markstrom Dubnyk??? Demko Stalock Louis Domingue Kähkönen Michael DiPietro Robson Eddie Lack??? Notes: Note 1- The Staal line will likely be matched up against the Pettersson line. Greenway will look to take Pettersson and Toffoli off of their game and open up room for Fiala who has been hot. JT Miller will be key on that line to stand up for his two teammates. Note 2- Horvat's line will likely be against Koivu's line. Hartman will focus on getting boeser off of his game (Canucks fans are gonna hate this guy) Donato and Koivu are very good two way players. I don't think Horvat's line will be kept off the score board but it will be a big fight. Note 3- The Gaudette line is likely going to be key in the series. Ferland and Virtanen are going to bring a lot of energy to the game and likely keep the Parise line of the score sheet. Note 4- our one weak point will likely be our 4th line. Motte will bring energy and Roussel and Foligno are going to piss eachother off big time. I feel like the Foligno line will have the advantage though. Note 5- Defense a whole I would say that Min has the edge. Suter and Dumba are made for playoff hockey. Edler has shown in the past that he can be great in big games or he can disappear. Myers will be a big body but will he have the intensity needed to be a factor in the playoffs? can Hughes continue his amazing play? we will see. Note 6- Vancouver has the advantage in goal. Luckily Markstrom is healed and ready to play. Dubnyk their starting goalie has claimed that he is undecided if he will play because of covid 19. Without Dubnyk they will have to rely on Stalock or the youngster Kähkönen. As an aside the NHl reccomends bringing multiple goalies. Eddie Lack sent the owner of the Canucks a tweet saying he is ready... honestly why not? He is best friends with Markstrom, Beloved by the fans and would be a veteran presences. Power play unit PP1 Van: PP1 Min: Toffoli Horvat Pettersson Parise Staal Fiala Miller Hughes Spurgeon Suter PP2 Van: PP2 Min: Pearson Gaudette Boeser Kunin Galchenyuk Zuccarello Virtanen Myers Hunt Dumba Notes: When it comes to the power play Vancouver Seems to have the edge. Vancouver PP1 blows Mins PP1 out of the water skill wise. The 2nd PP unit is close but I would still give the advantage to the Canucks. Vancouver will have to be aware of big shots coming from the blue line. However it doesn't seem like Min puts a big body in front of the net during power plays which has killed the Canucks in the past. Hopefully Min doesn't pick up on this and put Greenway in front of the net. excited to start some discussions. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Where's Wellwood Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 There's no salary cap, roster size is expanded, and the AHL season is over. I wonder if Baer gets into the lineup of we need more offense. Didn't Baer and Gaud do good together? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 I wonder if some of this will be played without Bo? their baby is due right around when this series starts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baratheon Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 No love for Beagle? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stawns Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 2 hours ago, Nicklas Bo Hunter said: Thought it would be interesting to start some conversation on this. I know its far away but i am very excited. Vancouver Canucks Line up: Min Wild Line up: Pearson Horvat Boeser Greenway Staal Fiala Miller Pettersson Toffoli Parise Eriksson EK Kunin Ferland Gaudette Virtanen Foligno Galchenyuk Zuccarello Roussel Sutter Motte Donato Koivu Hartman Macewen Eriksson Baertschi Sturm Hughes Tanev Suter Spurgeon Edler Stecher Brodin Dumba Fantenberg Myers Hunt Pateryn Rafferty Soucy Markstrom Dubnyk??? Demko Stalock Louis Domingue Kähkönen Michael DiPietro Robson Eddie Lack??? Notes: Note 1- The Staal line will likely be matched up against the Pettersson line. Greenway will look to take Pettersson and Toffoli off of their game and open up room for Fiala who has been hot. JT Miller will be key on that line to stand up for his two teammates. Note 2- Horvat's line will likely be against Koivu's line. Hartman will focus on getting boeser off of his game (Canucks fans are gonna hate this guy) Donato and Koivu are very good two way players. I don't think Horvat's line will be kept off the score board but it will be a big fight. Note 3- The Gaudette line is likely going to be key in the series. Ferland and Virtanen are going to bring a lot of energy to the game and likely keep the Parise line of the score sheet. Note 4- our one weak point will likely be our 4th line. Motte will bring energy and Roussel and Foligno are going to piss eachother off big time. I feel like the Foligno line will have the advantage though. Note 5- Defense a whole I would say that Min has the edge. Suter and Dumba are made for playoff hockey. Edler has shown in the past that he can be great in big games or he can disappear. Myers will be a big body but will he have the intensity needed to be a factor in the playoffs? can Hughes continue his amazing play? we will see. Note 6- Vancouver has the advantage in goal. Luckily Markstrom is healed and ready to play. Dubnyk their starting goalie has claimed that he is undecided if he will play because of covid 19. Without Dubnyk they will have to rely on Stalock or the youngster Kähkönen. As an aside the NHl reccomends bringing multiple goalies. Eddie Lack sent the owner of the Canucks a tweet saying he is ready... honestly why not? He is best friends with Markstrom, Beloved by the fans and would be a veteran presences. Power play unit PP1 Van: PP1 Min: Toffoli Horvat Pettersson Parise Staal Fiala Miller Hughes Spurgeon Suter PP2 Van: PP2 Min: Pearson Gaudette Boeser Kunin Galchenyuk Zuccarello Virtanen Myers Hunt Dumba Notes: When it comes to the power play Vancouver Seems to have the edge. Vancouver PP1 blows Mins PP1 out of the water skill wise. The 2nd PP unit is close but I would still give the advantage to the Canucks. Vancouver will have to be aware of big shots coming from the blue line. However it doesn't seem like Min puts a big body in front of the net during power plays which has killed the Canucks in the past. Hopefully Min doesn't pick up on this and put Greenway in front of the net. excited to start some discussions. Beagle? I doubt AG gets much time in the lineup in a playoff series at this point. Sutter will centre the third line and Beagle the 4th. If Ferland or Leivo is able to get back, AG is watching from the pressbox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicklas Bo Hunter Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 7 minutes ago, stawns said: Beagle? I doubt AG gets much time in the lineup in a playoff series at this point. Sutter will centre the third line and Beagle the 4th. If Ferland or Leivo is able to get back, AG is watching from the pressbox. wow honestly forgot about beagle... my bad. I like that we have some good depth playing 5 playoff rounds. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mll Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 4 hours ago, Nicklas Bo Hunter said: Thought it would be interesting to start some conversation on this. I know its far away but i am very excited. Vancouver Canucks Line up: Min Wild Line up: Pearson Horvat Boeser Greenway Staal Fiala Miller Pettersson Toffoli Parise Eriksson EK Kunin Ferland Gaudette Virtanen Foligno Galchenyuk Zuccarello Roussel Sutter Motte Donato Koivu Hartman Macewen Eriksson Baertschi Sturm Hughes Tanev Suter Spurgeon Edler Stecher Brodin Dumba Fantenberg Myers Hunt Pateryn Rafferty Soucy Markstrom Dubnyk??? Demko Stalock Louis Domingue Kähkönen Michael DiPietro Robson Eddie Lack??? Notes: Note 1- The Staal line will likely be matched up against the Pettersson line. Greenway will look to take Pettersson and Toffoli off of their game and open up room for Fiala who has been hot. JT Miller will be key on that line to stand up for his two teammates. Note 2- Horvat's line will likely be against Koivu's line. Hartman will focus on getting boeser off of his game (Canucks fans are gonna hate this guy) Donato and Koivu are very good two way players. I don't think Horvat's line will be kept off the score board but it will be a big fight. Note 3- The Gaudette line is likely going to be key in the series. Ferland and Virtanen are going to bring a lot of energy to the game and likely keep the Parise line of the score sheet. Note 4- our one weak point will likely be our 4th line. Motte will bring energy and Roussel and Foligno are going to piss eachother off big time. I feel like the Foligno line will have the advantage though. Note 5- Defense a whole I would say that Min has the edge. Suter and Dumba are made for playoff hockey. Edler has shown in the past that he can be great in big games or he can disappear. Myers will be a big body but will he have the intensity needed to be a factor in the playoffs? can Hughes continue his amazing play? we will see. Note 6- Vancouver has the advantage in goal. Luckily Markstrom is healed and ready to play. Dubnyk their starting goalie has claimed that he is undecided if he will play because of covid 19. Without Dubnyk they will have to rely on Stalock or the youngster Kähkönen. As an aside the NHl reccomends bringing multiple goalies. Eddie Lack sent the owner of the Canucks a tweet saying he is ready... honestly why not? He is best friends with Markstrom, Beloved by the fans and would be a veteran presences. Notes: When it comes to the power play Vancouver Seems to have the edge. Vancouver PP1 blows Mins PP1 out of the water skill wise. The 2nd PP unit is close but I would still give the advantage to the Canucks. Vancouver will have to be aware of big shots coming from the blue line. However it doesn't seem like Min puts a big body in front of the net during power plays which has killed the Canucks in the past. Hopefully Min doesn't pick up on this and put Greenway in front of the net. excited to start some discussions. Re the notes. 1. The Canucks led the league in goals scored off the cycle but it left them open to counter attacks. The Canucks allowed the 2nd most rush scoring chances against this season (while generating the least) according to Sportloqiq' video tracking. Not sure Green would want Pettersson against Fiala. Staal and Greenway are among the best at winning puck battles (per Sportlogiq' tracking) and Fiala has the skills to capitalise on rush chances. See more Green trying to get Pettersson out against the Galchenyuk line (their weakest) but the Wild will look to have him play against ErikssonEk. He's their shutdown C and a real pain to play against but isn't as much as an offensive threat. 2. Don't see Green wanting to waste Horvat against Koivu. Evason won't look for that matchup either. Their 4th line tries and score on the weaker lines. Would think it will be one of the bottom-6 lines playing against Koivu. Donato is not really a two-way player. That's why he's on the 4th line and not playing higher in the lineup. His defensive game needs work and he's weak along the boards. Horvat seems more likely the one tasked to shutdown Staal-Fiala. 3. ErikssonEk's line is their main shutdown line. The Wild are going to try and get him playing against Pettersson. Parise could move up to play with Staal-Fiala and re-unite the GEEK Squad (Greenway-ErikssonEk-Kunin) to shutdown Pettersson. 4. Their 4th line of Donato Koivu Hartman has been very good once put together and has also won them games - small sample though. Donato has scored 14 EV goals in just 10:30 of ice time. Green might prefer playing Beagle against them than Gaudette. The Galchenyuk line hasn't produced all that much and is their weakest defensively - might be more suited for a line that needs to be sheltered. It could change though if Zuccarello looks more like the guy they hoped to get. He was terrific in the playoffs for Dallas but has been a bit of a disappointment for the Wild. 5. The Wild have one if not the best D-corps in the league. Advanced stats and tracking shows them as elite defensively but let down by below average goaltending. Canucks are the opposite - towards the bottom defensively but stellar goaltending in Markstrom. Dumba has struggled a fair bit but was playing better when the season paused - he lost his shot. The break might have allowed him to reset though. Brodin was particularly impressive this season. Playing for parts with Soucy instead of Dumba showed more offence. 6. When did Dubnyk say he was undecided. Only saw him being candid about the number of items that still need clarity before going to a vote to all the players. There are a lot of safety concerns not just for themselves but also staff and their families and some players have medical conditions to consider. He's also not their starting goalie anymore. Stalock took over the starter job. They'll decide in camp who gets the net and Kahkonen is also in the mix per Evason. The Wild's PP has looked more dangerous once Fiala made his way to the 1st unit. Initially Boudreau just used their top 2 lines for the PP. Zucker-Staal-Zuccarello and Parise-Koivu-Fiala. Zucker has been traded and Koivu is not even on the PP anymore and is now C4. As for the pairings Soucy won't be the extra D. The last D spot is between Hunt or Pateryn. With the Wild seeing the Canucks as a physical team could see them more leaning towards Pateryn than Hunt. Pateryn can also kill penalties unlike Hunt. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlastPast Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 (edited) One interesting thing I noticed with regards to goaltending for both teams is that their presumed starter , Alex Stalock, appears to be at his best on 4+ days of rest while Markstrom seems to perform best on 1 day of rest. Given the play-in/off format you would think this is in Markstrom's benefit as the majority of games will be on 1 day or at least <4 days rest. Of the 31 goalies that started > 32 games Markstrom was #1 in save% in starts after exactly 1 day rest (.938 in 18 games ; .910 being the median of the 31 goalies). Stalock was 19th (.908 in 19 starts). Edited June 2, 2020 by BlastPast 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazurus Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 (edited) If the Canucks lose that means 5 losing capped out years in a row doesn't it? This round is a anomaly isn't it? I wonder if jobs are at stake yet. Isn't the draft pick traded an option if the Canucks don't make it, this year or next? With the draft using the alphabet instead of team names, until the play in round is over, will it influence some teams to bow out? If team B, D and G get 1rst, 2nd or 3rd will some teams just not "be up for the game"? Lot's of legit excuses for some teams to build for the future without the desperate need of making the playoffs like the Canucks have to. What a reward, lose 3 games and maybe get the #1, 2 or 3 pick and set up the team for a decade or longer, it has to be tempting. It is a situation now where a player or two for whatever reason see's sitting out as a benefit to his career or an enhanced chance to win a cup next year. Edited June 3, 2020 by Lazurus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmm Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 1 hour ago, Lazurus said: If the Canucks lose that means 5 losing capped out years in a row doesn't it? This round is a anomaly isn't it? I wonder if jobs are at stake yet. Isn't the draft pick traded an option if the Canucks don't make it, this year or next? With the draft using the alphabet instead of team names, until the play in round is over, will it influence some teams to bow out? If team B, D and G get 1rst, 2nd or 3rd will some teams just not "be up for the game"? Lot's of legit excuses for some teams to build for the future without the desperate need of making the playoffs like the Canucks have to. What a reward, lose 3 games and maybe get the #1, 2 or 3 pick and set up the team for a decade or longer, it has to be tempting. It is a situation now where a player or two for whatever reason see's sitting out as a benefit to his career or an enhanced chance to win a cup next year. quick, can we sign Lou Angotti as associate coach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWMc1 Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 I'm not sure if this has been explained in this thread. If we have the same winning percentage as Nashville and one more regulation win, why are they seeded ahead of us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mll Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 59 minutes ago, RWMc1 said: I'm not sure if this has been explained in this thread. If we have the same winning percentage as Nashville and one more regulation win, why are they seeded ahead of us? Canucks have 1 more win but 1 less in regulation. The tie breaker is regulation wins i.e. excluding OT and shootout wins. 28 for Nashville to 27 for Vancouver. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 On 6/3/2020 at 2:59 PM, RWMc1 said: I'm not sure if this has been explained in this thread. If we have the same winning percentage as Nashville and one more regulation win, why are they seeded ahead of us? I don’t know about you but I’d rather not face the Coyotes. They’re a team that can frustrate you and a healthy Kuemper is scary. Let Nashville try and squeak out 1-0 wins against them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gawdzukes Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 On 5/31/2020 at 10:38 AM, vannuck59 said: A cup is a cup and winning it this year is going to be harder . Do you think the players wont want to win.???? Hoping your team doesn't win a cup in order to get a 12% chance at a top 3 pick is the definition of stupid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dumb Nuck Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 Since protests are social distancing exempt can’t we protest at the hockey games, I’d love to protest Chicago and New York. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baratheon Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 19 hours ago, DeNiro said: I don’t know about you but I’d rather not face the Coyotes. They’re a team that can frustrate you and a healthy Kuemper is scary. Let Nashville try and squeak out 1-0 wins against them. If we end up playing the Coyotes that's fantastic imo! I don't think it's possible to play them until at least the second round or more likely the conference finals. I'd love it if we get that far and find ourselves playing Arizona. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HockeyHarry Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 Get hockey going what’s the holdup? This league startup is going at a snails pace. It’s very obvious they are over thinking it and questioning themselves with everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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