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  1. It still depends on how Lockwood plays and if Motte will have lingering injuries. Lockwood is still not proven yet, he needs to play in all types of situation and play more games before we can judge him. He is playing great in pre season but he needs to play same way in regular season.
  2. Even if Lockwood shows up to be great, I dont think we will trade Motte. They will just have Lockwood-Sutter-Motte as the 4th line, which can be used as a shutdown line. Now if Podkolzin gets sent down to AHL for whatever reason, Motte has the ability to play on 3rd line with Dickenson.
  3. Our D is still weak, no way we will be tops of the league or winning the division. I think they will make the playoffs though. If Benning had gotten Larsson and Hamonic was playing to start the season, then I would agree with us having the ability to win the division. But right now the D has a big question mark and am not too comfortable in playing Rathbone, Juolevi and Schenn as full time regular D. If we could have added Larsson in off season, it would shelter the younger guys playing big minutes and also give Hughes a stable partner.
  4. First of all, why are you comparing Motte to Garland? Motte is our best PK guy and important part of a shutdown line. Also Motte blocks shots and does the little things. Also we need him, as he is instrumental in playoffs and can score. No way are we trading Motte just because you like Lockwood. We havent seen much of Lockwood, he needs to play more in regular season before we can even evaluate him.
  5. Maybe he is still deciding who gets cut and who will be on regular lineup. But he needs to start playing our regular lineup so they are ready for home opener, especially having Hughes, Petersson playing. We better not have a slow start this year.
  6. I think he meant under 25. Those guys are over 25
  7. Edler was good defensively early in his career, but became worst defensively and I will say both were not the typical stay at home dmen. Right now we dont have a legit defensive D man like a Tanev or Larsson in our D group. We need one for Hughes and Hamonic is the closest thing to that and ge is still out. Just hoping Hamonic plays soon.
  8. Kulikov is not going to help our D, especially in terms of playing as a shut down D. We need Hamonic back ASAP.
  9. we are lacking in D, I know poolman and OEL have played great but our other D men dont look that good. Myers is still Myers. Rathbone is good offesively but still makes defensive mistake. Hopefully Juolevi can take a huge step this year. Schenn and Hunt are not good.
  10. Can the D issue be solved by trade deadline? Am looking at Seattle trading Giordano if they are out before deadline.
  11. Our D is still the big weakness of this team. Especially if Hamonic doesnt comeback soon. We need a pure shut down D that can actually shut down top lines. Hughes still needs a stable partner.
  12. They can try it in preseason but we have many top 6 capable wingers too like Garland, Miller, Hoglander, Podkolzin, Pearson etc. So am not sure they will give him the spot unless the one shift or one game he plays with Petersson is amazing.
  13. I have Pettersson as 1C, Horvat as 2C and Miller as 3C while Dickenson plays 4C. This spreads scoring to 3 lines. I also think Horvat and Miller can PK and help Dickeson. IMO 3 good scoring lines are needed to be competitive.
  14. Yeah I dont want Mackewan in the lineup as things stand right now. Petan, Chiasson, Lockwood, Gadjovich and even Di Guiseppe have all been better than Mac.
  15. Well Petan will be playing on 3rd line and Chiasson will be a 4th liner. Those 2 will not be in lineup once Motte and Sutter come back.
  16. Dowling? I think Gadjovich, Petan and Chiasson have done more. Also Hughes will play with Myers until Hamonic is back.
  17. Yeah, I forgot about him. Maybe Chiasson would be the extra. I wasnt impressed with Highmore and Mackewan.
  18. I liked Joulevi's game ao far this preseason. He is better than Rathbone on defensive side of things but Rathbone is better than him offensively. Maybe Canucks might get a right side Dman through waivers, send rathbone down as he is waiver exempt while Hamonic is thinking things through. I definitely think Canucks need to go that route because they are thin on the right side.
  19. Petan will be here until Sutter and Motte come back. Am not sure if we have better options. Highmore will be the extra or Mackewan.
  20. OEL really does stabilize our blue li e and gives us options rather than having Hughes as our only offensive weapon from the back end. He will really help us with PP and transition game.
  21. we dominated and could have scored more. lineup projection for the opener based on preseason so far: Garland-Pettersson-Boeser Pearson-Horvat-Hoglander Petan-Miller-Podkolzin Lockwood-Dickenson-Gadjovich OEL-Poolman Hughes-Myers Rathbone-Juolevi/Schenn Demko Halak The Horvat line is dominant and has chemistry so it shouldnt be broken up. Miller and Petan seem to have some chemistry and we know Garland can play like Miller on Pettersson line. This should give us some depth until Sutter and Motte come back.
  22. The refs are back to their mid season form I see. Call a soft penalty on Canucks with couple of minutes left but ignore 10 tripping penalties on jets in span of 10 seconds. Definitely authentic NHL game management.
  23. I think Chiasson will be signed and he is great on PP vs. Podkolzin who still needs more development on 3rd line. I rather split Hughes and OEL since they both can control the blue line very well and are both aweosome PP qb. Hughes and OEL can be switched to make the opponents face different PP qb once in a while.
  24. You should get NHL.tv its 179 for a season or through VPN you can get it cheaper. Also another site that shows the games flawlessly in HD quality for free. Another method to get better stream is to subscribe to ESPN+ which is $6 USD per month but need VPN and US credit card
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