Fred65
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I just can't get over the belief that these experts, I repeat experts, can clearly be so wrong. Think of all the media hogwash that followed that draft, yaddah yaddah yaddah and fans taking it all in. man a lot of red faces
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There should be a new rule in the league that rules cannot be changed retroactively
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Lest we forget here's Bennings opinion of Virtanen
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Gillis could encapsulate the moment better than any other hockey pundit. I enjoy listening to him, I enjoy listening to Burke and I'd like to thanks Gillis for Bo Horvat. When he was drafted Gillis said he was a high character player, how true
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You talk about character, Rypien had it in spades, what a guy, what a player what a sad ending RIP Rick
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What premium do you give to experience. Does experience play a role in a roster. Benning certainly holds it in pretty high regard. From what I hear Tanev is a good influence on the likes of Hughes. Personally IMO the character of the Canucks dressing room is a carry over from the Sedin era. I tend to believe the likes of Tanev, Edler Horvat & Markstrom carry that theme to todays roster and I hope it will continue and in fact believe the Sedin influence will last a long time into the future. You can't have a defence of all young players IMO regradless of skill. How much character and how much does skill rule the roster selection ?
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Think what you will about Bill Peters as a coach/person but this is going to help Tryamkin IMO. He's going to knock the corners off Tryamkins game, the best thing that could happen to the kid
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Yeah who in their right mind wants to invade the ST L crease Bortuzzo is an animal. Remember when Bruins announced their first NCAA FA this spring, Nick Wolfe 6'4"/225, you think they had the retirement of Chara in mind LOL
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One thing that stood out for me in game 5 was the Tanev winning goal. Stalock never saw the shot, why ? well Minny had Spurgeon out trying to clear the crease, a task he just not up to. He's a diminutive D unable to hold his own in the crease ( good offense ) but crap at clearing the crease. That goal is not scored on the ST L defense. Hello Tryamkin,
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No, that's not his job to follow already drafted players. Brackett just drafts them and then hands them over to Higgins and Johnson to help and liaise
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The "rush" depends primarily on your opponent jumping their D into your zone. If the Canucks open the scoring it opens up the Wild for a "rush" The Boeser goal was all important and having Boeser taken away from the wall and making him the replacement for Tofolli as a net presence was a good move IMO. Boeser had been playing the half wall prior.
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Tryamkins value increased after last nights game. Minny goals from D and crowded crease. The Vcr crease should be a no go zone for opponents not a stopping point for a chat
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I think the fans see Virtanen for who he is. Some think there's a lot of potential some others not sp much. The bad part IMO is this predrfat meeting, the chat about Virtanen by Benning & CO ..... now that's embarassing
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If you say so. Not only have I never heard Giorgio I've never heard of the show either. I'm more of a Masterpiece Theatre or Knowledge Network sort of guy
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You got me here. I have no idea who this dude is or what he does, I assume he's not a hockey player
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Tongue in cheek. I some times think it's funny how posters get over technical in assessing ( with little in the way of history, knowlege or facts) a player when some times just like any other business it can be a case of favourites
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The difference between the two. Juolevi is a Benning first round pick and Rathbone is a 4th round Brackett pick, Politics with a capital P. I don't think skill will over come envy or until it's too painfully obvious.
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I tend to think Green is just tired of being Virtanen's baby sitter and or conscience. He tells the team the plan the expectations and relies on their common sense to live an appropriate life and prepare. Then he has to tell Jake in small words all over again. He's not a child, he's one of the adults in the room but doesn't act that way. He may never get it Alex Burrows summarized it when he said, “As for Jake, he’ll get it one day – hopefully sooner than later.”
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Hughes didn't have much trouble coming out of the NCAA and come to think of it neither did Stecher or Tanev. Raffery seems to be OK and I'd think Rathbone will make a quick transition. The NCAA does not have any 16 year old (CHA ) in it to run up your stats on.
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Hard to believe but some folks simply don't get it. Covid19 is a life or death situation. They're now talking about in addition to permanent respiratory damage it may well damage the heart in later life. Add some greed to the equation and you have an almighty mess. Some are willing to risk their life so they can play with their toys on the beach/park, or get drunk for a night in a club. Plus of course these wanna be Einstein will likely blame some one else later in their life. I like the George Carlin skit where he say, "if you think the average American* is stupid that means 50% of the country is worse" * can be any country
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Putting Hughes on the right side is a questionable choice. Years back the #1 D fro the Canucks was Dennis Kearns. They didn't have coverage for the Right side and moved Kearns to his off side ( right) the result was they lost a quality LH defender and had a questionable RH defender, over all they lost. Kearns lasted with the experiment for a couple of games before they moved him back. On the other hand Lumme revelled playing his off side. It's an experiment