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Strawbone

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  1. Myers sure does an awful lot of standing around looking lost. I kinda feel bad for him.
  2. Perfect tank game! Was not the same without the forums. I missed you folks!
  3. If they stated that they can't wear the jerseys for political reasons, it wouldn't affect my support for them. Russia's anti-gay propaganda laws are no joke and these guys could legitimately be arrested if they went back to Russia. It's a pretty shitty situation all around. I couldn't imagine wanting to go to Russia in the current political climate, but of course I'm not from there. For better or for worse, it's home to these guys. I would be quite surprised if the entire team wears the jerseys next week. If so, then kudos to all the players.
  4. No Canucks on that list. Yet another stat where we are not top-10 in the league!
  5. That's not true. They have not had a winning record over the last 20 games of any season in the last 10 years. Last year they had a good 12-game stretch, the year before that they had a terrible record to end the year. There is no pattern at all of them winning "meaningless" games at the end of the season and that not carrying over in to next year. I get the frustration though. 50 years is a long time to go without a championship, and it does feel like the team gives us false hope too often. But this run of better play right now could very well be sustainable, and there's not much evidence that it won't be. The team has looked good, and I choose to be optimistic.
  6. You said "they like to win at the end of the season", yet they've only done that once in the last 10 years over a 12-game stretch to end last year. Why do you think there is some pattern of winning games at the end of the year that does not carry over to next year?
  7. I'm not sure why people keep posting comments like this. They haven't had a winning record over the final 20 games of any season in the last 10 years. Yes they had a good record over a very specific 12-game span to end last year as they desperately chased a playoff spot, but there is zero evidence that this is any kind of pattern. Am I looking at the wrong stats, or are people just making crap up?
  8. If next season is going to be another garbage year, I don't want to watch it so I'd really like to know what leads you to that conclusion. I definitely have better things to do than watch another rotten start and a season that spirals down the drain within the first month. I'm seeing much improved defensive structure under the new coaching staff, and a very good core of players who are getting better every year. Moving on from Bo, who's leadership never inspired confidence, seems to have helped as well. We'll have another really good defenceman on the team, and further roster moves over the summer that will address the team's weaknesses. I don't have any reason to believe that next year will be anything like this one, but I'd love to know how you know that history will repeat itself with a new coaching staff, new systems, new management, and a bunch of new players. You seem very confident so I suspect you have some great arguments you can share with us. Please don't keep them to yourself. I'm a pretty casual fan and would enjoy your words of wisdom if it saves me from unnecessarily getting my hopes up for next season!
  9. What I took away from this game is that Demko is good and we are very lucky to have him. I think playing 3 or 4 AHL defencemen every night is catching up to the team a bit. Fix the blue line (and I'd argue we're almost half way there if Hronek works out) and this is a good team. And I have a feeling whoever the Canucks pick in the 8-10 range in the draft this year is going to be surprisingly good, and in a few years we'll all be saying "that guy would have gone top 5 if the draft were held again". The future is bright! Sorry for the optimism, wins always put me in a good mood
  10. Yes, reminds me of the draft where I was sure we would get Dubois. Man, looking back at the 2016 top 10 draft picks is depressing!
  11. Probably good to lose this one. The boys are gonna get big heads if they win every game! Gotta play harder and smarter than this, even against fellow basement dwellers.
  12. If they made the playoffs, they'll be so hot that they will go on to win the cup, and it will be one of the craziest things to ever happen in the history of civilization!
  13. The Canucks didn’t get much of a coaching bump when Tocchet came in. He’s slowly and methodically taught better systems and habits and it looks to be really coming together recently. There’s a marked difference in how they are playing compared to the last couple of years - you can see it on the ice and in the stats - and I don’t think it’s anything to do with the players trying to impress the new coach. There’s no doubt the players regressed under Boudreau. I don’t think the same is going to happen under Tocchet.
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