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  1. Vermette: didn't we pass on him a year/2 ago? Free agent... We didn't meed/want him Spill the milk
  2. Holy Frack! Well, this is what happens when a team has no identity: 2009 / 2010: Pros: Skill and Speed. Fun to watch. Cons: Not tough. Made other teams pay - if refs do their job. 2013/ 2014: Pros: Sort of tough Cons: Not enough skill, speed. Not fun to watch. I miss the high-flying days. But seriously, did anyone really expect a make-over (re-tool, reset, re-whatever) to work? IF a team is a great team, it is because of part-luck, part-skill in putting it together. Is it just me, or did MG just abandon the plan that got his team to the SCF in 2011 just to get tougher? Because of one series? What happened to that plan? Get tougher. bah! who gives a rats ass about being tough if you can't score Speed kills - that used to be this team's identity. Or... it was the Burke / Nonis identity for the team? It's like MG wanted to turn his team into the Boston Bruins. He lost faith. Hopefully this was a one-off, and the team can use it as motivation... I don't mind Torts as a coach, but I think whomever is running the power play needs to be replaced (assistant coach I guess)
  3. Step in right direction tonight... Lost but played a solid game. Burrows back we get on average another goal every 3/4 games. Maybe more if he sets up sedins. His return to a team playing like this will be a good push in the right direction.
  4. This is a game that we needed one of those burrows goals... Edit: I guess that is all the games...
  5. Can the canucks score.... And give me one ref again please
  6. He isn't playing reckless.... And fearless.... To play well in the NHL u can't be afraid of getting hurt. Take the pain and succeed - or go home.
  7. We have good 2nd pairing defense - 5 of them. But no real #1 star that u put out in the last minute of play to protect a lead. And it shows. But the dmen we have are good quality. Just not stars. And right now we have no stars on offence - sedins and Kesler aren't playing like stars, they are disappearing
  8. Woe to thee oh earth and sea.... Just not a team that is elite right now. Several downgrades and no new talent... Lots of injuries. GM can't gauge talent... But still a good core, should make the playoffs. If suddenly everything clicks u beer know. If the Sedins can play like they did at the start of this year, this is a different team. With them at 3/4 we dot get anywhere. And Kesler would need to be more consistent - aka we would actually have star players on this team...
  9. It's kind of obvious: he has no idea if a player is good or not - kassian? A good pickup but not 2 years ago with a team with a closing window. Booth? Ballard? Honestly he doesn't make good trades so he avoids them. We have needed to trade a top-4 defenseman for a top-6 forward for years.... Seriously. Does anyone really not see this? And wasn't trading a goalie supposed to keep this current window open - ??? Anyways, the conclusion is that te GM really is only looking to keep his job and not in really trying to win. Else he would risk winning now at the expense of missing the playoffs later. .... Or he doesn't believe in this group but won't do anything about it. Blah.
  10. Last 2 games: even though we were in the games, it reminds me of the canucks opponents in 2011 - back then if we played our game we would win. Erhoff, Kesler injury, elder injury: not the same since Back then u felt sorry for the other teams - u just knew the bucks would win. Now it is definitely a "process"
  11. any idea why corrado isn't playing more? I've been in the car and haven't watched .... does he look as calm and relaxed and as good as last year?
  12. Ok, this is more like it. Amazing that a win here would really help propel the team in the right direction. They didn't show up last night, good to see a solid effort tonight with some power play goals
  13. Kassian is in dev people: Give him time before writing him off. He could still be a great player. "could"
  14. Right. If u want to win it takes more than feelin good - they make drugs for that - if only it were that easy. If you have to ask ... You'll never know. Just negate me in an interesting way if u think I'm too negative - then I'll suddenly and magically be positive! It's just math yo!
  15. This If u even think anything else u are fracked
  16. Ok wake up peeps Sedins: coming on mid-30s... They aee 2nd or soon 3rd liners. Problem: Nonis sucks at drafting. No players coming up. Solution: not winning for a few years. Suck it up and wait. Woe to thee bearer of bad news
  17. The Nucks need a PP Assistant coach - all he does is work on the PP. Cause the other coaches aren't getting it done.
  18. pass the kings with a win! (1 point up, they have a game in hand) I actually think the kings are weaker than the sharks or ducks, and we could potentially supplant them in the top 3. As long as pigs continue to fly and monkeys keep chewing tobacco
  19. Prediction: DS scores in the shootout tonight
  20. Oh we notice. Amazing how good they are at evening things up
  21. Nope. No Canadian team has won since betman took over - and no Canadian team will win until that old geezer who owns the bruins and runs the league dies. Big market USA teams only please. Or at least a USA city of some point. They already own all the Canadian fans so no point in having a cup winner in canada All it takes is a few calls (or no calls) each game to skew the percentages of one team winning... Close your eyes if u want - but for me being a Canuck fan is that I root for triumph even though the league is out to get us. Question: is that why some players don't seem to care anymore?
  22. NEED these next 2. Cause it might be a 7 game losing streak after that - although I think we would be happy with 4 of 7 from the next 7 games after philly. or 3 of 6 excluding phoenix.
  23. Damn. Always afraid of a groin injury with Lu...
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