Maddogy

Lots of excuses for PK due to injuries. No excuse for PP.

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I think this team is sort like the Winnipeg Jets. There are lots of great pieces at least on paper. However, it just does not lead to results when it counts. Imagine Paul Maurice's frustrations all these years

Hoglander can't shoot. Quinn Hughes' shot is Ovechkin like in comparison. Hoglander also sucks at cross ice passes. He needs to make shorter and easier passes because each time he tries cross ice it goes the other way. He is sort like Kailer Yamamoto. He works his butt off but not much happens.

You have to be objective. It's not that Pettersson was told to dump and chase. It's that he is too slow and too weak to generate anything so he had to dump the puck for his linemates to chase. We all thought that like Connor McDavid, Pettersson is so competitive and razor focused that he is going to improve his game each and every year. There is nothing wrong with needing time to get his timing back after missing many many games. The problem is that his skating has not improved. He is still slender and weak. His shot might be the same but it is hard to tell because he does not shoot much. The question then is WTF did he do in the summer? If the Calder winning season was Pettersson's peak, the way that it is for Tyler Myers, we are in trouble.

Poolman is injured. We need Borroughs to step up as a top 4. Schenn and Huntman will ensure the opponents get grade A chances after chances.

Boy is Pettersson slow. Minnesota forwards had no problem back checking him from behind. He is too slow to generate separation. He falls as much as Mason Raymond. WTF did he do this summer? He should fire his trainer. Connor Garland is significantly faster and more shifty than Pettersson.

I think the biggest problem is that PP is not shooting from the point enough. The most chaos you can generate for the opponent is to have a very hard low shot at the goalie, producing rebounds, everyone scrambles and the goalie is hanging on for his dear life. While many PP goals are scored with perfectly placed passes and shots many others were scored with broken plays and rebounds. They need to simplify the PP.

Who knows. Maybe if he stayed he would have so much chemistry with our guys that the league would compel a mandatory drug test to assuage suspicions. J.B. put the team in a bad position that summer, so he had to gamble. He lost the Tanev bet but seemingly won the Demko bet so far. J.B. wasn't even worried about resigning Toffoli because he was praying that Gaudette and Virtanen would take the next step.

Personally I am OK with the Toffoli trade when the trade was made. I knew at the time that Toffoli may walk because cap crunch was coming that summer. If you try to be objective you have to acknowledge that teams that lose all the time tend to develop a loser mentality. Players may accept losing and develop bad habits, suffer from PTSD and have a fragile psyche, or simply request a trade or refuse to extend their contracts. It was clear that J.B. had to make the trade after Boeser's injury. It would have been mentally devastating if all the expectation, good will and hard work for that year was for naught. It would have damaged the team's relationship with the then newly acquired J.T. Miller as well as captain Horvat. Players are not machines. Treating them simply as assets to manage has derailed a lot of rebuilds. This is not to say that J.B. has not made big mistakes and put the team in tough positions. However, I am very glad that J.B. appreciates the human aspect of his job. This is one of the biggest differences between real life and video games. The best thing about J.B. is that he is an average G.M., which means that he is intelligent, competent and may succeed more than he fails. However, average is difficult for many people to accept. The problem is that exceptional by definition is rare, not apparently available, and difficult to acquire. Mediocrity is very abundant. It is more likely that the replacement for J.B. is a mediocre guy than an exceptional unicorn.

I am very surprised with all the financial resources the Leafs did not hire psychologists and hypnotists to rewire their players' brains. The players are clearly suffering from PTSD.

I was waiting for OEL to make mistakes all game. Nothing, none, zero

His confidence is lower because it is justified. Opponents check him tighter, give him less space. They block his shots and put sticks in passing lanes. PK units and goalies know what he is going to do. He is too slight to get in front of the net to deflect point shots and score garbage goals. He has not gained muscle weight nor speed for his skating. He is the rabbit out of the hat. Every super star go through this phase. A few actually managed to improve their game to surpass the opponents. Look at how McDavid improves each and every year. In terms of growth, Brock Boeser far exceeds Pettersson. Boeser has reinvented himself into a 2 way goal scorer.

Good points. From what I understand Dallas has an empty cupboard without any elite prospects. Klingberg's contract extension is coming up and he would question whether he wants to stay in Dallas for the rest of his career. Dallas will have lots of cap space next summer. By adding J.T. Miller and using next summer's cap space to add additional forward pieces they can convince Klingberg to stay at a reasonable price and go for the Cup once again. Dallas at this point has no intention to tank and rebuild. They have to move forward. Long term wise, it seems that Vancouver has identified an internal cap structure for future years. Certain cap spaces are already taken up or to be reserved for future contract extensions. I am personally not convinced that J.T. Miller has a secure spot as a part of this internal cap structure. If I am correct, J.B. would consider trading J.T. Miller if the price is right. Due to cap space restrictions, 1st round draft picks especially for what is reputed to be a good draft year tend to hold better values as trade chips. It would be easier for Vancouver to offer 2022 1st round pick for a top 4 RD than offering J.T. Miller with his cap hit.

Assuming that NMC is waived: To Vancouver: Jamie Benn, Dallas retaining $4M per year and 2022 1st round pick. To Dallas: J.T. Miller, 2022 3rd round pick, 2023 3rd round pick, if the 2022 1st round pick to Vancouver is top 3 then Vancouver gives 2023 2nd round pick instead of 3rd round pick. Dallas gets a younger offensive winger who can also play centre. He can play on the top line as a winger or on the 2nd line as a centre. In 2 years, they can extend Miller or have $5.25M of cap space. Vancouver gets a veteran sturdy winger with Cup Finals experience, with a cap hit of $5.5M for 4 more years. This would also hopefully allow for more minutes for Vasily Podkolzin on the top line. Currently in 4 games, Seguin has 0 point, Radulov, Pavelski and Benn have 1 point each. None of these 4 players scored a goal. J.T. Miller has 6 points in 5 games so far even though his play has been questionable in Vancouver.

Yes Pettersson is overrated. However, look at Nathan Mckinnon's stats for his first 5 seasons. How long did it take him to get 97 points? Career Stats Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM PPG PPP SHG SHP GWG OTG S S% FO% 2013-2014 COL 82 24 39 63 20 26 8 17 0 0 5 0 241 9.96 42.92 2014-2015 COL 64 14 24 38 -7 34 3 7 0 0 2 0 192 7.29 46.96 2015-2016 COL 72 21 31 52 -4 20 7 16 0 1 6 0 245 8.57 48.42 2016-2017 COL 82 16 37 53 -14 16 2 14 2 2 4 2 251 6.37 50.56 2017-2018 COL 74 39 58 97 11 55 12 32 0 1 12 3 284 13.73 41.92

Yes. I am open to firing Green down the road. However, people need to recall that prior to the bubble play in games, the coaching staff had a short training camp to prepare the squad for the playoffs. They overachieved in the playoffs with surprisingly competent defence. We need to wait and see after a home stretch with practices to see whether this coaching staff can improve the defence and PP. Nonetheless, Jason King should be fired immediately for doing nothing different for the PP.

I agree with you. This is too early to judge. Many many great NHL coaches were fired. In 2011, the Boston Bruins was struggling to make the playoffs and the fanbase was asking for the GM and coach to be canned. Eventually they won the Stanley Cup that year. However, it is also reasonable for Canucks ownership to ask questions and find out whether Green is a good fit for this team or perhaps a different NHL team.

I am open to firing Green but not before they have had several practices at home. This road trip as well as the eventful training camp took away time from the coaching staff to prepare the team defensively. I have to say that if all Jason King does is to maintain the same looks for the PP from last year then he must be fired. Green needs to have Miller on the wing not centre. He needs to play Podkolzin more because he is defensively responsible and has that rookie drive to go to the net. Green needs to rely less on Hoglander because he dangles a lot but fails to make effective passes and can’t shoot. Kyle Bourroughs is more reliable than Schenn and Hunt.

Probably Dowling.

Vancouver Canucks have the deepest midget depth bar none

You have to appreciate that a lot of people are struggling in their lives. Wishing for the Canucks to lose or hating J.B. are not for hockey reasons but for personal emotional release. This is for sure healthier than turning to alcohol or drugs. However, I hope they get better in their lives and start enjoying hockey without personal baggage.

Just curious, what was the knock on him as a prospect?

People cherry picking so called facts to suit their own biased opinions and ignoring other so called facts. What else is new?