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This just sounds like a random opinion piece not unlike what you get on this forum. At this point I don't know what's happening with Podz. I doubt anyone really knows aside from the internal people. However, I think as long as we're winning games and stay healthy. I have a hard time thinking Podz will be in the lineup. Once someone gets injured (we know that will happen) I'm sure Podz will be in the lineup. If other people get called up and put in instead of Podz, only then will I start to worry. Keep in mind, the kid just came over from the KHL. He has a whole different ice rink to figure out, a higher speed game to figure out, pretty much everything to figure out, and I think some of you who want him in are ignoring this. I could have told you before he came over that he would need time to adjust and probably wouldn't have been in the lineup to begin with. It's the fans overhyping him that make it seem like he should be in.
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I feel like a broken record saying this in a bunch of threads but it's so early in the season. I expect players and lines to have their ups and downs. Right now, Miller's line seems a little snake-bitten at the moment, but isn't this why we have the other lines? Hopefully Boeser getting his 1st goal last night gives this line some more drive.
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I definately look at this at maybe Benning's learning? He took so long with Virtanen to the point of getting absolutely nothing for him so maybe he looked at that as a cue to trade Juolevi? Who knows in the end, but at least we can't blame Benning for this trade in my opinion. I would have loved Juolevi to have made it, and I wish him the best in Florida, but that wanting him to succeed here needs to eventually be outweighed by the realisation that he might not succeed here in the end.
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[Proposal] Yakov Trenin and Philippe Myers for JT Miller
The Lock replied to a topic in Proposals and Armchair GM'ing
How would the team chemistry improve? Remember how it was Miller last year who called out the NHL on behalf of the Canucks for being overworked after almost the entire team having covid? If that's not the biggest form of team chemistry out there I don't know what is. So if you're going to tell me that 2 new players are going to have more chemistry than what's arguably probably now one of the most integrated players on the Canucks in terms of chemistry.... sorry, but I'm going to 100% disagree there. So I'll leave things at the question I initially asked: how exactly would the team chemistry improve? I'd like to know how you came to this conclusion. -
To me, that just seems like a crazy lop-sided trade in our favour, likely from overvaluing Pettersson and/or undervaluing Eichel. Under a normal circumstance, Petey for Eichel straight up would be more realistic, but that leaves the question of how does that even help us? Keep in mind that Eichels a PPG player with hardly any help at all. The only reason why Buffalo would even consider throwing in more would be due to the current circumstance surrounding Eichel and Buffalo. Even then, there's no way Buffalo gives up 2 1st round picks just to get rid of Eichel.
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I just rather see people show their hockey knowledge rather than just state they are a coach. Your response to him came off as arrogant. I'm not asking for much dude. lol If you don't generally use the premise of coach to "one up" that's great, and hopefully you see where I'm coming from with this as a result of not generally using it.
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Exactly this. We need to learn to give players an actual chance to show who they are over time. So far he hasn't been given that yet. He's a player I was surprised we managed to get. I liked Dickenson before he was here and 4 regular season games here isn't going to change what I think.
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How Green's coaching and Benning's trades degraded this team
The Lock replied to *Buzzsaw*'s topic in Canucks Talk
This is correct. 2010 to 2012 as associate coach of the Dallas Stars. -
It's about wanting you to back up what you are saying. I don't care if you are a coach or not. What I do care about is you having facts and logic to back up not liking Dickenson. You being a coach does not exclude you from having to do this to prove a point. If you have the extra hockey knowledge then show it, because you have yet to actually do so. I'm not just going to take your word that Dickenson is somehow magically bad just because you said so.
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If you are a coach, then give actual helpful information rather than just saying "he's absolutely garbage". All this really tells me is you need to use the title of coach to compensate for things you don't have, such as actual hockey information. Just putting on a t-shirt that says your a coach doesn't make you knowledgable about the NHL or hockey in general.
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I don't think either of you are 100% correct or incorrect in this case. I think he has the potential to be one of the elite players in the NHL but he still needs to realise that potential in order for this to come true. That being said, we're talking about a 22 year old player, so while he may not be the best player we've ever had now, he has a lot of time to turn into that player. I think kloubek is right though in that he gets driven off the puck because of where he tries to drive, meaning he has drive. In either case, let's give him some years before judging like this perhaps? I can't help but think about players like MacKinnon who didn't really show being elite until his 5th season.
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I think the problem here is thay there's a lot of grey area and that people generally think they're right when they truly believe in something and are unwilling to think about things further. So you have people like DC who made a joke based on an opinion. You have people with an opinion of DC's opinion. You have people with the opinion that DC's show could get cancelled. You have people with the opinion that that is cancel culture. This list is far from exhaustive as well. More simply put, there's not one thing that's necessarily right or wrong in this case as everything is literally based on opinion. I hate how this term gets used these days, but really this is what we get with "free speech". The internet just makes all of this more prominent since everyone can project their voice to potentially millions of other people, meaning more people are likely to agree and disagree with what is said, putting all of this on a more grander scale. So what's the solution to this problem? As long as people are going to have opinions.... there probably isn't one other than standing up for what you believe in.
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[proposal] Fire Green; Hire Claude Julien
The Lock replied to Patel Bure's topic in Proposals and Armchair GM'ing
As much as Green may be on the hotseat (if he is even on the hotseat), he's not going to get fired any time soon. Green's firing would be Benning's last ditch effort before he gets fired himself and we're not in a desperate enough situation for that yet. I also don't think Julien would be the answer. I think he'd gel with us about as much as Torts did.... which is what got Gillis fired in the end. -
Is Pettersson not the same player we expect him to be?
The Lock replied to b3nnyb's topic in Canucks Talk
Players are going to get their slow stints. 4 games out of 82 games in a season is not even 5% of the season. Pettersson literally has 95% of the season left to play well. Also, keep in mind Buffalo and Detroit have yet to lose a game in regulation. While those same percentages above apply here too, it also means both teams are off to a hot start. But, remember when Buffalo was winning their 1st 10 games in a row a few years back only to be last in the league? Think about that when you think about where we are at in the season. -
Again though, these are assumptions that are being made. You're assuming management's telling Beagle to lose. You're assuming Beagle doesn't just enjoy the game for what it is. We can agree that hockey is mental, but can we also agree that every hockey player is different and not necessarily of the same mold that you are implying here? I get that we're talking about a former Canuck, but I don't understand why people want to be so bitter about things when this trade is clearly turning out well for us. I also don't understand why people want to make assumptions and almost seemingly want the worst for Beagle and Arizona. I understand the logic by which you want to assume all of this, but the problem is these are merely assumptions and there's also logic against what you're saying. Every player is different at the end of the say and to lump a player, any player, into such a mold, to me, is almost an insult to said player. That's just the way I view it.
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Plans for $400-billion new city in the American desert unveiled
The Lock replied to CBH1926's topic in Off-Topic General
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I mean, any team can look at what teams in other sports are doing for inspiration, but I'd rather see us take inspiration from perpetually successful teams rather than take inspiration from 1 press conference. Anyone can do a press conference and say the right things. DOING the right things however is another matter and I don't see how the Blue Jays are any better than other teams. If the Blue Jays were a dynasty of a team then sure, the OP's post might have some merit then, but they aren't.
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[Signing] Flames re-sign Nikita Zadorov
The Lock replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
The irony about this is how some people want us to add more "tough guys" into our lineup (not directing that at you). Yet, if a team like Calgary does it they're deemed a "good squad". It just goes to show that "tough guys" don't mean "better team".