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(Discussion) Bruce Calls it out! Our Decade long Issue.
SilentSam replied to SilentSam's topic in Canucks Talk
.. and. @The Lock Bo gets pp and pk, and has had the consistent opportunity to play with top 6 players for 8 years. 8 years playing with really good players. In comparison, Lamikko was getting lost for placement before he got here, was placed on the 4th line,. and keeps working harder and harder, communication between new players is clear. That’s the drive, the tenacity, it seems to be a mental difference taking over the physical abilities .. if you want it, you do everything to get it, hold it, keep it. Motivation. Lemeiux and Gretzky had drive and tenacity every night,. Yes, surrounded by top 6 on their clubs.. but so has Bo. If your top 6, you know the game and systems,. You also communicate. Why does Bo and Brock seem lost? They have had ample time, and each other to play with to polish a high level. Perhaps It was other players making them look better, or look like they had better potential? Why can Miller be thrown anywhere and be exceptional? It’s his drive, his knowledge, and communication. He is emotional, motivated by that. Why did L E drop off the map? he lost his drive, did not communicate, and seriously looked lost.. no emotion, no motivation. His Care Gland shriveled from the size and brightness of a cherry tomato , into a seedless California Raisin. You have to care,. That takes emotion.. it’s motivational . That is missing, Boudreau has called it out. -
(Discussion) Bruce Calls it out! Our Decade long Issue.
SilentSam replied to SilentSam's topic in Canucks Talk
Change comes when change happens. We have hoped for change, hoped that what we have developed in a player for 4 or more years has progressed on an up curve at least. Its when that player flattens out below expectations here, that changing that player should happen. O Joulevi is an example. Otherwise you hope,. And you continue to pay him (usually too much) and it all stays the same. Fresh start for player, and team , is change . But let’s be positive, at the rising end of change are the acquisitions of Motte Lamikko Highmore, Burroughs and quite possibly Juulsen . There are players flatlining for us.. who have been with us for 5-8 years, who should be contributing as big a total game as the aforementioned but do not, and are getting paid for a more complete game, not just points. -
[Rumour] J.T. Miller Trade/Contract Talks
SilentSam replied to Podzilla's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Yes, you’ve been following me around all day.. it’s ok, I’m a big boy now.. I’ve been henpecked before lol For you.. if you really want to step up.. -
[Rumour] J.T. Miller Trade/Contract Talks
SilentSam replied to Podzilla's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Drury will see Bo and Brock playing on the 4 th line and make a great offer for 1 of them. -
[Rumour] J.T. Miller Trade/Contract Talks
SilentSam replied to Podzilla's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Squirel! -
Brock needs to have 2 line mates that add up to the sum of 14-16m before he gets past 30 goals.. There are better options.
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The coolest thing about all of this is Boudreaus old school approach . If a player is ripping it up for you, he desires to show you how good he really is.. he is asking for opportunities with it. Bruce recognizes this and dosent just offer a couple of shifts,. He sets them up for their next challenge. Seeing Lamikko line up and shutdown McDavid, and then OReily was fist pumping. Last night that entire line got the first line position and played to that potential. Seriously , their confidence won’t stop rising! Motte could be everything we wanted out of Boeser, Lamikko is becoming everything we wanted to see out of Horvat,. And Highmore is becoming the new Motte lol! Hats off to that entire line,. And so much praise and welcome to Boudreau to give this roster the chance to weed into its player strengths,. And surfacing the hidden weaknesses.
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[Rumour] J.T. Miller Trade/Contract Talks
SilentSam replied to Podzilla's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Leafs will burn in the first round this year, there goalie won’t go 7 games let alone the serious attention their shooters will take. it’s going to take some seriously bad refereeing for them to see round 2. -
[Rumour] Bo Horvat Trade/Contract Talks
SilentSam replied to HOFsedins's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
I think Boston for Debrusk and Carlo. Horvat is not a first line Center. and will never get paid like one. i also think Lamikko is outplaying Horvat,. I think we have a new 1-2 line.. Bo and Brock on the 4th line and not taking advantage of that opportunity, says a lot about where Boudreau is seeing strengths and weaknesses right now. And a gazillion Canuck Managers are taking notes. -
[Rumour] Bo Horvat Trade/Contract Talks
SilentSam replied to HOFsedins's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Horvat was in the box twice last night. cost us a goal.. The goal Horvat got was a sweet dish from Miller that Horvat almost choked on. -
[Rumour] J.T. Miller Trade/Contract Talks
SilentSam replied to Podzilla's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
It’s Dave Babych, divorced, insurance salesman.. next he’ll be selling used cars like Garret did ! Lmao -
[Rumour] J.T. Miller Trade/Contract Talks
SilentSam replied to Podzilla's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Who the hell do we want out of Toronto ?!? bus load of premadonas . -
(Discussion) Bruce Calls it out! Our Decade long Issue.
SilentSam replied to SilentSam's topic in Canucks Talk
It say get rid of the weaknesses, and find more strengths. -
(Discussion) Bruce Calls it out! Our Decade long Issue.
SilentSam replied to SilentSam's topic in Canucks Talk
Most of the rest of the team is solid, but Bo, and Brock are set up for a bigger piece of the action,. And that’s where we get hurt. Goalsand points are one thing, one dynamic part of the game,. But the bigger part is wearing down your opponents, and catching them off guard. Your absolutely right, that’s why U Hauls line works so well.. F1 in on the hustle pressing the play, F2 has the vision and anticipation to recognize the out pass on the press . F1 pushes to create a 50% opportunity, F2 pushes to create a 75% opportunity, and F3 is the “shark” to take the force and push it back to the F1. Thats simple hockey forechecking.. with the right chemistry .. you get a line like M-L-H.. and it’s fantastic to watch! Boudreau gifted a 4 th line match to Horvat, Boeser and Dickenson.. Bo got two lazy penalties. Those 2 honestly did not communicate or play to simple textbook form, they were out of place, or lost fo what to do when they crossed the line. Yes, Bo got a goal on the pp,. A perfect pass from Miller, right in Bos wheel house.. and he almost waffled that! Boudreau wasn’t punishing them on the 4th line, he was gifting them an opportunity to be free and clear to play to their strengths.. and get on track. I saw chaos. Lines last night were: 1 . Lam Motte Highmore 2. Miller Pearson Garland 3. EP Hogz Podz 4. Bo Brock Dickenson 3 lines brought a full check press game , that 4th line of Bo’s did not. that says a lot.. those two looked lost. -
(Discussion) Bruce Calls it out! Our Decade long Issue.
SilentSam replied to SilentSam's topic in Canucks Talk
That’s the problem, he dosent play like a Bull.. never really has for us.. why would that change,. It should have changed when WD handed him the Captaincy, it should have changed durring Greens tenure to help save any dismissal,. It should have changed for Boudreaus arrival.. he should be playing like he never wants to leave Vancouver, he should be setting an example for every one,. And be nose bloodied sticking up for them.. Hell , I see Garland playing like a Captain. But not Bo. He can’t even follow Millers lead and take some grind minutes off of his shoulders.. all I see is Miller doing EVERYTHING you would expect a captain to do. Its not about being gentlemanly.. entirely not, Its not about being an amdassador, or diplomat. A Captain leads into battle and brings it every night. 8 years now,. enough is enough,. Give it to someone who deserves it. -
Boeser for Chchyrun is the talk today. (new thread). see you there too boys !!
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Love you too
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I think Bo was handed too much, management groomed him,. When really great leadership can be seen as easily from the press box as it can be felt in the dressing room. Would I rather keep Bo, possibly, but without the C. .. and how do you take that from someone.
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This is 2022 . ?.. and we should try to keep up? why you living in the past ?
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Appreciate your post and thoughts,. I think the bigger dimension is how this TEAM ice’s it’s game every night. I like what Miller has brought to this club from his arrival.. you can visibly see others rally with him in the same tone of tenacity. Im just not seeing it from Bo and Brock, and would rather see those two move on to allow others with their same type mechanisms, but a better puck sense and gritty game. Wearing down your opponents can be as destructive to them as scoring goals. Something we have witnessed with D men exiting games. Its Millers presence and leadership I hope we can keep,. Obviously, something management is hoping to do, yet entirely up to the player. If Miller signs for something like 8m x6 , with opportunity to move in years 5 and 6.. I think it’s mutual win for player and Club,. and if we haven’t won the cup by year 5 , I’d be happy to cheer this player on a cup contender somewhere else. He is gold, with us longer, and traded at a later date.. but a void will exist if he leaves too soon.
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No we don’t. He dosent deserve the Captaincy. Some talk about what a return for Miller would bring.. I think a return for Horvat needs to be investigated too. similar contracts.