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  1. I'd like to Kassian with the Sedins now until the end of the season.

    D. Sedin - H. Sedin - Kassian

    Booth - Kesler - Burrows

    Higgins - Pahlsson - Hansen

    Malhotra - Lapierre - Raymond

    Almost every team the Canucks play in the playoffs are going to run the official "how to shutdown the Sedins," play book. The checking on the Sedins will be tighter than ever and there won't be many stoppages that don't envolve the Sedins getting mugged.

    Also I'd like Raymond to stay on the fourth where he can learn to play a physical game. Maybe one day he could be like Darren Helm.

    ABSOLUTELY!

    Gillis brought in Kassian to be physical. The Sedins need protection. Kassian should protect the Sedins. Once the Sedins know that somebody has their back, they'll be able to return to form. If Vigneault isn't going to play Kassian with the Sedins, then Kassian belongs on the fourth line.

  2. I may be a bust but not as bad a bust as Jordan Schroeder

    This guy had a dark cloud around him before being drafted about having character issues. From what I`ve read from people who watch the Moose games is that he is lost out there, doesn`t put forth a strong effort and is terrible defensively. It`s why the entire farm has been called up at some point this season to play for the canucks but this guy hasn`t even been considered. There is a strong reason for that.

    Well he was drafted in 09. Considering we have patience and can develop our prospects properly, you don't think Schroeder will be given every opportunity to improve?

    Connauton never got a call up either. Nor did Bill Sweatt. Gillis is letting them develop.

  3. My weather app on my iPhone 4 is calling for snow Thursday, Friday, Saturday in Richmond. I'm thinking SFU guy might be busy this weekend since if it's snowing in Richmond, it will likely be snowing there.

    I hope not. Don't have snow tires and probably won't get any.

  4. I saw some great passes from Schroeder but he didn't have a great game. I'd like to see him play with Raymond and Kesler.

    There's a difference between being confident in one's ability and boasting about. Hodgson is confident in his abilities yet you will never him talk about his talents in an interview -- It's always team first. I hope some of the humility in the Canucks dressing room rubs off on Schroeder.

    Cockiness and selfishness don't necessarily go hand in hand. The way I see it, cockiness is fine- even beneficial- as long as the compete level matches the level of cockiness. And there is nothing more agitating than cockiness.

  5. Lighting up the SEL already :) This guy is going to make the team in 2011, no doubt. It's almost a shame he's dedicated to the SEL for this year. I suppose it's good for his development, though.

    Rodin is going to be a STUD. No doubt he would have gone top 15 if he grew before the draft. Whatever place it was we drafted him at, he was a steal. I am STOKED.

    Rodin is a RWer, yes?

    I believe he is a RW. Can you tell me more about this statement? It'd be awesome if he added a couple of inches or a lot of pounds.

  6. The only way I see Schroeder making the team is if either Burrows is injured to start the season or we don't add another 3rd winger.. or both, which I hope is not the case. But if so, a third line of:

    Hodgson-Malhotra-Schroeder

    I guess it would be alright for their development, playing on a two-way line with a good defensive center like Manny, but if that's the case I wouldn't expect more than 35-40p from either of them, which would be very respectable in that situation. I don't think you'll see any 60-70p seasons right out of the gate for them.. Colin Wilson and van Riemsdyk only had 35p each (or were on pace for in Wilson's case) and Tavares/Duchene only had about 55p each. 60-70 is pretty unrealistic.

    However, if we do add a winger and Burrows isn't injured, Schroeder will be sent down.. and the line will probably be:

    Tambellini-Perrault-Schroeder

    I don't see Hodgson being sent down so he'll probably play 3rd line on Malhotra's wing, but if he is, I think the lineup will be:

    Tambellini-Perrault-Oreskovich or Tambellini-Perrault-Desbiens

    Schroeder-Hodgson-Desbiens or Olvecky-Hodgson-Schroeder

    I don't think you'll see Hodgson and Schroeder play the top line for the Moose. Tambellini/Perrault/Oreskovich/Desbiens, despite their lesser offensive skill/potential, are still more physically and mentally mature than those two, but I think you'll see Hodgson/Schroeder overtake them by the end of the season. But everybody has to remember we're still talking about potential right now and not right-here-right-now ability.

  7. Did you quote yourself?

    it was a non-handshake...and it barely bothered me.

    more bothersome to me is why someone would write such a useless comment.unsure.gif

    It was a quick summary of what you have been saying all along.

    Appeared to, since you kept responding?

    If it was so useless, why did you respond?

    Don't respond to this post. It's clear you know nothing about respect in hockey.. I mean, where have you seen someone consider a dirty elbow like that Cormier's as nothing compared to the disrespect of a coach and his U20 team showing support for their teammate in doing something as small as not shaking hands?

    There's a word called solidarity. When you learn the meaning of it, come back and we'll discuss whether intention to injure another player is worse than snubbing another team for a post-game ceremony.

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  8. I agree. I don't know anything about Cormier beyond this, but this was a moronic and dirty thing to do. I agree with a previous poster, suspend him for the whole Tourney.

    And the coach of Sweden is an unsportsmanlike ingenue for making his team skp the handshake and ceremony.

    "It's an elbow to the head. Get over it."

    It's a handshake. Get over it.

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  9. It's a bad thing because he's getting credit for being a top player when he's not. Producing is great for him, he'll get a fatter contract every time, but you said it your self you care about production so if you put a better player on the line, and the better player produces more, that's better right? all I'm saying is that players with more skills should be given a chance to play on that line. And as far as him being on a scoring line, is Kesler not on a scoring line? how come his defense coverage hasn't changed?

    If he's performing like it, how is he not one? There's a lot more to hockey than skill.

    "Player A has a lot more skill than Player B.. but Player B outperforms him in every single way. Which is the better player?"

    Well, his contract is four more years at 2m.. he got a pretty big raise from league minimum to what it is now, so I think anyone that would call him "overpaid" was just blind. I mean, unless you're denying that he deserved a raise from the league minimum?

    Not always. A lot of it is chemistry. You can throw skilled players together and hope it works, but the players that read off each other the best will likely have the best scoring chances. I'll ask you this- what has Burrows done to lose his spot with the Sedins? Has he not produced enough..? Has he not worked hard enough..? I'm betting you're a guy that would take a Kovalev over a Doan ten times out of ten.

    Probably because Kesler is a better player.

    "Gear A works great in Machine A.. but Gear B, working well in Machine B, is of finer quality than Gear A. Both machines are doing very well and producing a lot. There's no guarantee that Machine A, if Gear B is inserted, will produce the same quality of products and at the same pace that Machine A is right now, but Gear B is of finer quality.. therefore, MachineA/GearB should work great together!"

  10. I don't care how unpopular this makes me, but Burrows is the most overrated player on the Canucks, here's why:

    1) He needs both the Sedins to be able to contribute

    2) If you pay close attention to him, he makes a lot of poor plays

    3) When playing with the Sedins he becomes over confident and tries to make plays as if hes an all-star

    He's a good player, don't get me wrong, but he should be on the third line. The only thing that he's got going for him is that he is a great defensive player WHEN HE WANTS TO BE, when he's playing with the Sedins he'll be all over the place at times. He knows how to play with the Sedins, but that doesn't make him a good player and everyone on here seems to think he is one of our best players. Flame me all you want, I'm expecting it but at least watch him closely next game and you'll see what I'm talking about.

    1) Yes. I'll be the first one to say that I will not deny this at all. He'll put up 30p alone, he's skilled and hard working enough for that, but he's simply the best winger to play with the Sedins since Anson Carter. If he works, who cares about his skill level? I care about PRODUCTION, and the Sedins do better with him than anyone else they've played with.

    2) If you pay close enough attention to anyone, you'll likely find their flaws.

    3) Confidence? You want to talk about confidence? Look all around you. There's a reason he's confident.. he's producing.

    The point of our first line, the line he is on, is that it's aimed at scoring goals.. so Burrows puts his full out effort to score those goals because he doesn't have the talent to half-donkey it in the offensive zone. That tires him, so he may dog it in the defensive zone some time.. but we're not asking him to shutdown, we're asking him to help the Sedins produce. He's not one of our best players.. who calls him that? I peg him behind Kesler, Luongo, the Sedins, Demitra, Ehrhoff, and Mitchell (not in any order).. so he's about tenth best?

    Only on CDC would producing beyond your ability, work ethic, and confidence be bad things.

    No, I'm saying he should be on the third line, there are players with more overall skill that should be on the top line, ex. Sammuelson (sp?)

    Edit: Just to clarify, he is a top 9 player not top 3, he doesn't have the skills to play top 3

    Only on CDC would skill be a greater factor in determining what line a player is on than chemistry.

    So a 60p forward who gets his points off work ethic < a 50p forward who gets his points off of skill? How do you justify bumping a guy down, despite his production, because he isn't "skilled enough?"

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  11. Does anyone believe that Schroeder could potentially bust out like Parise did and score 80+ points? I mean, does he have a similar skillset to Parise? I know he "fell" and that anybody beyond the top ten considered to be an 80p forward seems like blasphemy now, but hey.. Getzlaf, Parise, and several other 20s have developed into 80-90p forwards. (Not comparing Schroeder to them, simply pointing out that 20s can become 90p forwards too).

  12. Just because you haven't...

    Me too man.

    Anything behind that or just instincts? This guy was going to be drafted in the first round by Mike Gillis, the GM who's been pulling steals out of his ying-yang. He's a high-energy winger who can also put up pretty goals. He's fast. If he puts on 15-20 pounds there's no reason to think he'll be anything other than a great second line winger.

    Thomas Gradin is high on him. Players that Gradin has had say in lately? The Sedin twins, Hansen (9th round) and Alex Edler (3rd round).

    I wonder how we would've been if Schroeder didn't fall and we ended up drafting Rodin with our first.

    Those were few and far between unfortunately.

    He was never the best player in the league. During his prime, I would say Forsberg was the best player in the league and rightfully so.

    Considering the players actually voted (mind you, these are the players that actually played against Naslund instead of battling to stay awake to watch Western time-zone games) Naslund the best player in the league, I think it's safe to say that for that year, he was the best player in the league.

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