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Canucks record on drafting and developing talent
wai_lai416 replied to fanfor42's topic in Canucks Talk
Lol you seriously picking on the 2014 draft where we busted on virtanen and then got rid of McCann? And then comparing it with the 2015 draft where it seems like 2/3 of the picks in the 1st round all turned out to be decent? Busting on a 23rd pick is not even close to busting on a top 10 pick. Let alone busting on multiple that sets the organization back so many years. Wasting multiple years bottom feeding and got absolutely nothing for it -
[PGT] Chicago Blackhawks at Vancouver Canucks | Nov. 21, 2021
wai_lai416 replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
lol ppl picked them to get out of the East based on reputation.. look at their roster on defense.. they got rid of Leddy their only defensemen that's capable of offense.. who's running their powerplay on defense? who's feeding the puck to the forwards? no one.. it's not surprising to see the islanders struggle to score goals.. all their defensemen are very limited in offensive capability -
[PGT] Chicago Blackhawks at Vancouver Canucks | Nov. 21, 2021
wai_lai416 replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
Lol blame Barry trotz? Really? Sorry what expectation were you expecting with the islanders? Their entire defense of 8 cost less than hughes + myer. Fan haven't been crapping on pettersson and boeser? Really? Last I checked pettersson been crapped on part of last season the entire summer and every game so far this year?. Swap the 2 coaches around. Green will prolly get lit up like a Xmas tree every game the defensive style he plays letting the other team get 30+ shots a night with that defense. -
Canucks record on drafting and developing talent
wai_lai416 replied to fanfor42's topic in Canucks Talk
At least colorado did not bust in their top 10 picks ya? We busted pretty hard on virtanen and juolevi. Juolevi especially when they decide to draft position rather than the BPA which is clearly superior. Imagine having a MT even if u don't like him he can easily be used to flip for a top 2 defenseman. I can careless if Sakic misses on every single player outside of the 1st rounder as long as he hit on every single 1st rounder. Which is like a good chunk of their rosters top 6 and top 4 -
[PGT] Chicago Blackhawks at Vancouver Canucks | Nov. 21, 2021
wai_lai416 replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
oh but he managed to destroy the team/culture in that time frame -
[PGT] Chicago Blackhawks at Vancouver Canucks | Nov. 21, 2021
wai_lai416 replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
so whats worse the current canucks or the keenan era lol -
trade away the 1st rounder for what? any trade with the canucks involve a cap dump and the cap dump alone will cost the 1st.. what else is he gonna trade to get a player that can help? next years 1st too?
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[PGT] Chicago Blackhawks at Vancouver Canucks | Nov. 21, 2021
wai_lai416 replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
meh i said horvat is not captain material couple weeks ago and ppl ripped me for it. apparently he leads by example by winning faceoff and putting up points when it's already irrelevant. -
[PGT] Chicago Blackhawks at Vancouver Canucks | Nov. 21, 2021
wai_lai416 replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
while i said edmonton's powerplay is predictable but it works because they move the puck quick and same with ovechkin being predictable on the PP but still getting it done after 10+ season.. the Hughes to EP for a 1 timer doesn't work because there's no pace or quickness. the pass from hughes doesn't have any pace to it and the goalie just cheats over. the biggest issue with the powerplay is the puck stays on a player stick for way too long and the passing is way too soft. needs to be 1 sec and whip it to the next guy or on net. but then again.. seems like no one out there can handle a pass when they tried anything hard -
[PGT] Winnipeg Jets at Vancouver Canucks | Nov. 19, 2021
wai_lai416 replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
lol the relationship is burnt the moment it goes to team elected aribitration.. literally 0 team since the salary cap era have taken a player to arbitration so they can pay the player less than the QO. you literally go to the arbitrator and say crap about the guy how he deserves less etc etc you think he's still gonna try for you? that's why Columbus gave Laine the QO rather than take him to arbitration risking him pissed off play like crap and have 0 trade value if they even attempt to trade him. -
[PGT] Colorado Avalanche at Vancouver Canucks | Nov. 17, 2021
wai_lai416 replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
also can the NHL stop rigging the games now that there's betting involve? 5 penalties against the canucks in the span of 5mins 27 seconds lol -
[PGT] Colorado Avalanche at Vancouver Canucks | Nov. 17, 2021
wai_lai416 replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
you don't want to fire green? fine can you at least fire the PK and PP coach? yes Green is not good enough of a coach but the PK and PP coach is whats driving this team to the ground.. 5v5 they don't score much but they don't give up much either.. it's literally the PK and PP that's the reason for literally every single lost so far this season.. so if u don't want to fire your precious coach.. fire the damn assistants -
[PGT] Colorado Avalanche at Vancouver Canucks | Nov. 17, 2021
wai_lai416 replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
1 olympic gets you in the hall of fame? i thought it's hockey hall of fames not canadian olympic hall of fames -
lol u can blow it up all u want unless the team/player turns it around you'll be selling for pennies on the dollar. if Pettersson and Boesers are all trash like the fans here are calling them. who would give up a 1st + prospect for them? miller and horvat unless you are eating up a chunk of their salary which contending theam would be able to afford them? if they are going to non contending teams unless it's a sign and trade they won't give you much for just 1 year of them.
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Francesco Aquilini To meet with Jim Benning today
wai_lai416 replied to cuporbust's topic in Canucks Talk
hey at least they were willing to tank to get those picks vs us refusing to admit we are bad. we had more draftpicks during the "retool" than we did during the "rebuild" -
Francesco Aquilini To meet with Jim Benning today
wai_lai416 replied to cuporbust's topic in Canucks Talk
well u know the canucks it won't happen they'll never admit to a full rebuild nor admit they are bad enough to be tanking -
Francesco Aquilini To meet with Jim Benning today
wai_lai416 replied to cuporbust's topic in Canucks Talk
they tanked hard every year but at least they got 2 franchise caliber player out of it -
Francesco Aquilini To meet with Jim Benning today
wai_lai416 replied to cuporbust's topic in Canucks Talk
lol all these years laughing at the coilers and their fans and we turned into a worse version of them -
so i guess it's ok to get rid of the only competant assistant coach at the moment then? Shaw have done well with the defense so far this season. so you promote him and the team does mediocre. and then you fire him too? coz rarely you see interim coach gets demoted back to an assistant.. they either stay as a permanent coach or straight up let go.
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nope still not a fan of this. i'm sick and tired of these 0 nhl head coaching experience coaches.. imagine if shaw does ok and then the team promotes him to hc.. honeymoon over same crap again next year. no thx.
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i doubt there's a replacement plan.. usually team that fires mid season either rides the rest of the season by promoting the assistant as interim or they promote the ahl coach.. neither is a great option.. i have 0 faith nor trust in brad shaw as a head coach.. he's a career assistant coach.. almost 20 years of nhl coaching experience and only 40 games as head coach and only becoz the head coach was fired and he had 3 years of AHL head coaching experience? and his record isn't exactly great there either. same with trent cull 0 nhl experience so that's another hard pass..
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today was the perfect day to fire the coach as it'll give them 1 practice day tmw before the game.. now that it's come and gone i doubt we will see anything till at least after the next game