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DIBdaQUIB

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  1. No. They are not driving the slot...at least not with any regularity. On their last PP, the entire center of the ice was bereft of blue sweaters while they played around the boards. Scoring one from there just goes to show what could happen if they did that more often.
  2. Yeah///they've actually doubled their usual output. Very impressive against the team in the league that gives up the most goals. Go pour yourself another one.
  3. Avoiding the inevitable "reset" question? The guy has failed. He talked big about what he was going to get for Lu and completely failed. Then he talks about the bold "reset"...how's that going with Dalpe, Welsh etc?
  4. As had been said by many, our D lack the ability to skate the puck out. It's a good thing that is offset by their inability to make a good break-out pass
  5. Yup. A supposed "contender" (in many minds) is barely able to hold its own against the 28th placed team in the league. The future looks rosy indeed.
  6. Couldn't hurt. Even in full goalie gear he'd likely skate faster than our forwards. Absolutely the slowest, least talented rushing team in the NHL, bar none! Sedins on the PP is an embarrassment.
  7. True! Good thing we aren't paying our D core big bucks...oh wait!!
  8. You apparently didn't watch the Rangers tonight. The way they play was anything but boring!! They lost but totally dominated the Bruins and played responsible in all zones and dynamically offensively. Maybe it wasn't so much AV as it was the personnel MG gave him that Torts now has to deal with?
  9. you mean you're not impressed with the "reset"?!
  10. I can't imagine what Torts really thinks watching the Sedins plod up the ice and then cycle behind the goal line with no shots. Watching Nash and Richards tonight, those guys set the pace and drove the play every time they were on the ice. He has to wonder how the Nucks ever had the succss they did with the style the twins play.
  11. Happens all over the league. Chara was two handing guys all night long. Apparently the league has decided that cross-checking is okay unless it takes away a scoring chance. Funny, that's not what the rule book says.
  12. After watching Boston and New York, seeing the Nucks is like watching bantam hockey. Slow, poor puck movement, no physical presence. As for the PP, everyone saying how Ehrhoff benefited from playing with the Sedins...maybe it was the other way around?
  13. Sure...and he fits right in with the aggressive, take no prisoners style the Nucks are playing!!
  14. Yup. The Fox sports guys were commenting about how the Nucks are all checking with their sticks allowing the Panthers to get to the pucks and to stand in front of the net. Maybe the Nucks think this is ringette?!
  15. Yeah. Players have droughts. Teams have failure to execute. Even when they find themselves in position, they don't appear to have that instinct to get the puck up. The best goalies in this league all cover the bottom of the net. Everyone knows this. The difference is, real goal scorers execute on their chances by going upstairs. This is a skill that appears to be absent on our team.
  16. Did you cut and paste your comments from the 2011 season? Last year? the year before? Same problem and same comments. Every analyst and even Nucks management have all acknowledged that scoring goals has and continues to be a problem for this team..at least when it counts. Nothing has been done and here we are again.
  17. So much hate on Booth tonight and on the secondary scorers. How about The Sedins on a 2 on 1 in a perfect position for a shot/rebound and instead make a blind behind the back pass to a Dallas player? OR when Danny passes to Henrik in the seam who is behind the Dallas D man and Hank passes off to the boards to start the cycle? I've seen this same play from the twins numerous times this season and it is ridiculous. It's like they're allergic to the slot! WE had 43 shots tonight and the only forward I recall actually coming off the side boards to drive into the slot was Burrows. This team either lacks the talent to get into good scoring positions, or it lacks the commitment to do it. Torts needs to read the riot act to the Sedins that if they want to keep getting top minutes as our offensive line, they bloody well better change things up. Those who keep saying "it's only a four game scoring drought" are kidding themselves (or pacifying themselves). This "drought" has been going on for 3 years when it matters. An inability to generate offense/and or capitalize on chances leaves the Nucks vulnerable to bad bounces and bad calls (like tonight) and place far too much strain on their goalies d zone coverage. It's as if they have developed a mindset that all games are going to be close and so they play accordingly. Teams like Chicago, SJS etc, play with the expectation that they are going to out-score their opponents by a 2-1 or 3-1 margin and do.
  18. The team is average on paper and is playing to that level. LU has average numbers. Their record accurately reflects where they should be. The problem is, the fans have high expectations and view the team as a contender. The result...major disappointment.
  19. Hank tried to make a move but That behind the back pass on the 2 on 1 was pathetic. Shoot the f'in puck!!
  20. The difference in this game so far...Lehtonen stopped the chances the Nucks had that resembled the one LU let in.
  21. Shots doesn't mean much. It's more important who is doing the shooting and we don't really have any good ones. I mean, a Danny slapper from the top of the circle..really?!! my cat could stop that.
  22. Scorers - score and Plumbers - plumb The lack of true scoring talent continues to be evident.
  23. Garth Snow should be fired...right after he trades Grabner to the Nucks for Booth!!
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