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  1. 31 minutes ago, Fred65 said:

    Not whatI heard

    When I heard of this incident I was extremely sad and angry and so I'll temper myself and just add quotes from the report that the Blackhawks commissioned:

     

    (https://jenner.com/system/assets/assets/11549/original/Report to the Chicago Blackhawks Hockey Team - October 2021.pdf)

     

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    And of course from Quennville himself:

     

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     I admire Quennville for owing up to his failure but there was absolutely a failure here to put his players over success. Perhaps he has changed and deserves a second chance. The same may apply to Crawford for his horrible actions with Sopel. But others do not forgive easily and I understand that too.

     

     

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  2. 16 minutes ago, stawns said:

    I enjoyed the game last night and it seemed like it finally clicked for them.  Like you, it doesn't change anything about the direction the team needs to gofor me, nor will it change for management because the bo/miller situation needs to be resolved before the deadline and that will forge the new direction

     

    Homer Simpson Hug GIF

     

    We all want the best for the team. Our shared trauma manifests with different scars and different healing options but in the end we just want to to be united in a shared victory.

     

    Except for mark messier fans. 

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  3. 2 minutes ago, stawns said:

    I did watch the game and he was fine, made some good plays even.  

     

    Lost two board battles?

     

    Freak Out Panic GIF

     

     

    He got caught in no man's land often as well, not pressuring the puck carrier and not clearing the net. I'm just not seeing much improvement in him and he lacks burrough's physicality and willingness to get into the play. Maybe he'll improve but others have looked better.

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  4. 3 minutes ago, Coconuts said:

    I understand the argument for Martin, but if this is really Demko's team you've got to let him work through it at some point regardless of how the season goes. It's a team game and while goaltending is critical to a team's success I don't think it's as black and white as laying the failure or success at the feet of a particular goaltender. At least not in this case. 

    I guess there's no perfect time to do it, earlier beats later though i wouldn't be doing it if my seat was hot.

     

    The Canucks really have a habit of doing this though with goalies though. When Auld was on fire, they went back to Cloutier. When Schneider was too they went to Luongo. It's certainly justifiable but then you look at goalies who get hot like Binnington, Giguere and Kipprusoff and you sometimes wonder if the Canucks make the wrong call. Then again some goalies get hot and go nowhere. More surprised by the lack of Burroughs.

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  5. 10 minutes ago, Coconuts said:

    That's a tough one because despite his record, Demko is still this team's starter and everyone on that teams knows it. For better or worse, regardless of how things play out, if the idea is to keep Demko instead of trading him they need to keep giving him rope. 

     

    It's not as if Martin's played amazing either, better than Demko is fine for a backup but contest also matters. Demko's coming in with a GAA of 4.02 and SV% of .877,, Martin's coming in with GAA of 3.49 and a SV% of .898. Neither tender is playing amazing, one is just compensated as a backup while the other is the starter. 

     

    Goal scoring matters too, Demko simply hasn't had the run support Martin's been getting as the Canucks have scored 29 goals with Demko in 11 games, and 29 goals with Martin in 6 games. In a sense Demko's getting the Halak treatment, the Canucks barely scored for Halak and for whatever reason Martin's gotten much more run support in a smaller sample size. Demko has 44 goals against in 11 games played, Martin has 21 against in 6. 21x2=42. Now, that last bit is theoretical spitballing but as of today Martin really hasn't been that much better in terms of GAA. 

     

    I'm pointing all this out because folks tend to latch on to whichever goaltender has been able to deliver wins. Martin's delivered on wins at the end of the day, this is true, but Demko's been scapegoated for the rest of the team to a degree. Just wait til Martin inevitably has a stretch of poor games, folks will turn on him too. 

    I think that's quite valid but since we can still count our wins on one hand I'm a bit surprised we're not doing anything we can for wins like playing Martin (or playing Burroughs). 

  6. 17 minutes ago, DS4quality said:

    If management is telling Boudreau to play Stillman,  they need to be fired...out of a cannon.  If it's Boudreau's decision,  maybe it's time for him to take a seat from the press box and watch Tyler Myers

    0 points for Stillman this season and more importantly only 1 win vs the ducks and that was a defence optional night.

     

    Almost feel sorry for demko.

     

    Updated lines, no changes for kings.

     

    Changes for canucks (why?)

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  7. 1 hour ago, chon derry said:

    The ping pong ball format hasn’t discouraged tanking either maybe not to the degree the old format had. The randomness is where the conspiracy aspect came from. Micro mng ,Local blackout … on and on and on bottom line NHL sn tsn Espn  MLSE  have gone to far whilst excluding Canada and the more knowledgable fans over the fickle American fanbase with  its demographic prioritizing 

    Which again is madness. I'm in the US, been here 12 years and people in the south and west only care when a)their other local teams suck and b)when they make a deep playoff run. The canes support is pathetic and dallas isn't much better. For 7 bucks i get hulu and can watch any game, home or away streams and yet i'm sure the ratings are low. At the same time Canada isn't as in love with hockey anymore and the lack of stanley cup wins by any team is a huge reason. It's just a very weird business model which seems solely propped up by tv rights which may not be around forever.

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