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This is exactly what I was worried would happen. New Coach bounce, they put together a winning streak... and separate themselves from the bottom feeders and reduce their chances for a high pick to near zero. Other teams get Bedard and the other high quality players... Canucks get a midrange pick who MAYBE becomes a significant player.
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Pettersson and Kuzmenko do their best to try to win the game. Canuck's D do their best to try and lose the game. Miller has a nice snooze. Miller needs to have Pettersson on his line to get going... but if you do that, then the creative pair of Kuz and EP are not working together. Bo is tailing off from his red hot start... maybe he will wake up in the turd.
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I don't think Tocchet's gambling conviction should be held against him. After that happened, he went on to be a successful assistant with Pittsburg under Rutherford... with no sign he had reverted to any of his gambling ways. He was re-hired at Arizona many years later as a head coach... which tells you there was confidence he had not fallen back into any bad habits. The issue is his lack of success as a coach, not his gambling conviction.
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Sullivan had an exceptional record coaching the Bruins AHL team. Then his first year with the big club he had a good winning record... but was eliminated in the playoffs. Next year he had a losing record... and was fired. But was that his fault? Or were the Bruins in transition to the team which won the Cup vs the Canucks? And therefore working out the bugs? His overall record was much better than Tocchet.
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I haven't said anything positive about this coaching group because fundamentally I think Management should have waited till summer to replace BB... replace the assistants, not head coach. I think they should have let the team continue its trajectory and get the draft picks. Putting that aside... as far as my assessment of this new staff: Tocchet has not shown much as a head coach... his years in Arizona were a disaster... although you have to say the team was not good. On a positive note, yes he was a good player... very solid never quit guy who was force in the locker room... maybe that translates here in building a new culture. But based on his results... not much shown. Adam Foote was a tremendous player... a real warrior who knew how to play defense in and out. Jersey retired in Colorado... So that is good. Is he a good coach? He's only had a coaching track record in Junior... which is a far cry from the NHL. So the jury's out. Sergei Gonchar was also a very solid D. He has a better track record in coaching... being an assistant with the Russian National team. Of course, Russia is not the NHL, and the Russians have underachieved for the last 10 years in International play. So basically we have three guys with not much of a track record as coaches... who were all excellent players. So was Gretzky... and we know where that went. Management has made its decision... now they will have to live with the results. I think if this coaching group doesn't work out... then Management should take the fall.
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I am not going to say Bruce was my first choice for coach after Green was fired. But he did a great job in his first year. And if management had actually procured some decent improvements in defensive personnel in the off season, maybe his second year would have been better. But they did nothing... the band aid solutions they presented him with to start, (Stillman) and then the second band aid, (Bear) were no where near the caliber which was needed. Ad to that, Bruce ran into some bad luck... the only player who could have saved the team defensively, i.e. Demko, went down for the count. Left with two backups as goalies... (who performed well for the first couple games, then fell off the cliff) the inevitable decline began. Add to that Management's botched player signings... team Captain Horvat with the sword of Damocles hanging over his head in the form of a trade... as well as all the other players without term... and the other key element, which would be team morale... plummeted too. Any surprise the season was not so good? No, I don't blame Boudreau... and he deserved better.
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My assessment: The team will see a bounce in the standings... some more wins. Not enough to get them into the playoffs, but enough to make their chances of getting a top 4 pick impossible. Which means this entire sh*tshow season will be for nothing... a complete waste. We won't get a decent pick and we won't make the playoffs. Congrats to the management team... NOT.
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The rest of the team are definitely being affected by the Clown Show which is the management of the team. But Elias Pettersson continues to keep his composure, focus and work ethic. I don't think I have seen him put any less effort into his game this last month... he is one of the few bright lights. And he is also inspiring any one he plays with. If Bo Horvat does get dealt, then Petey has certainly shown he has the stuff that Captains are made of.
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[PGT] Edmonton Oilers at Vancouver Canucks | Jan. 21, 2023
*Buzzsaw* replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
Yeah, the defensive structure is not there. But that normally is the job of the Assistants to instill in the players. Was Bruce responsible for the hiring of the Assistants... we don't know. In any case, the real problem is the poor quality of the Canuck's back end... our D are really subpar by any independent estimation. That has been the case for the last 4 years... it should not take a professional, competent Hockey manager long to realize that fact.... and start to focus on acquiring the personnel needed to fill the gap. Why wasn't that done? Who's responsibility is that? Management. -
There are 5 teams below the Canucks in the standings... Columbus is 9 points behind the Canucks. Are any of those teams planning on replacing their head coaches in a desperate attempt to make the playoffs???? NO Why not? Because they know they are out of the playoffs, and realize it is pointless to try to eek out a few extra points by trying for a 'coaching change bump'. What's the difference with the Canucks? Why can't they wait till the end of the season? You tell me.
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[PGT] Colorado Avalanche at Vancouver Canucks | Jan. 20, 2023
*Buzzsaw* replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
Not sure what games you have been watching, but what I see is Hughes and Pettersson running the PP. Miller gets very few touches compared to them.