OrdinaryBoy Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Pass It To Bulis posits that the Canucks aren't putting effort into their games because the games are meaningless, and we want to remain healthy for the playoffs: "All season long, the Canucks have gone out of their way to stockpile depth players for the playoffs. It seems pretty stupid to start dipping into the reserves before the games even matter, doesn’t it? That’s like eating the canned goods in the fallout shelter." According to Harrison Mooney's argument, the Canucks are pretty much guaranteed of their place in the standings (91% chance of coming in 2nd in the west) and management has realised that. Now we're getting ready for the playoffs, AV is line juggling to see who can play together in case of injury, and the Canucks are uniformly trying to stay healthy by avoiding contact and not blocking shots. Reasonable, in my opinion. Full article at http://www.passittobulis.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lateralus Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Not playing to your potentional/lack of effort = less injuries? The only way you can guarantee less/no injuries is by not playing at all. Do the fans receive a discount on tickets during this 'not really trying to hard' phase? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ugli Fruit Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Kinda stupid if you ask me. Playing badly doesn't necessarily "prevent" injuries because you are still out there against an opposition who is just as physical as they are when we do show up. I guess PITB is as frustrated as we are on why the team is sucking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixteen W's Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 The hockey is just bad to watch though. Canucks haven't blown out a team in a long long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j3ff Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Not playing to your potentional/lack of effort = less injuries? The only way you can guarantee less/no injuries is by not playing at all. Do the fans receive a discount on tickets during this 'not really trying to hard' phase? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckrelevantname Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 Play hard in the regular season + No cup = Unhappy Fans Player hard for the first half of the regular season, then coast the second half + Cup = Happy fans *Look at the bigger picture. Who cares about individual fans think about a few games, Rogers Arena will sell out either way. I want the organization to be caring about going as far as possible in the playoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckrelevantname Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 Double post, my apologies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuck nit Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 The organisation has to institute a product that is not irrelevant for 25% of their due date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lintanen Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 This is exactly what iv'e been thinking!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar_Down16 Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 Wouldn't it be smarter to go into the playoffs at full capacity? By the end of the playoffs last year, we had so many injuried: Henrik, Kesler, Higgins, Raymond, Samuelsson, Malhotra, Ehrhoff, Edler, Hamhuis plus others that aren't confirmed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walking Paradox Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 Not playing to your potentional/lack of effort = less injuries? The only way you can guarantee less/no injuries is by not playing at all. Do the fans receive a discount on tickets during this 'not really trying to hard' phase? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamspuzzum Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 This has been my thoughts as well. If you notice, all the teams that are supposed to be as good as them.. they show up, and for the most part.. they win. But when they're matched up against low point bottom feeders.. they drop it down a notch. They've been pacing themselves. Any team in the top 8 in the conference gets in, and has a legitimate chance at the cup.. so why push it just for a meaningless season stat, when all we want.. is Lord Stanley's Cup? Seriously.. we all know the season is absolutely meaningless once you're in the playoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toyotafan Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 Heading into the playoffs with the best roster we can ice and no injuries means more than keeping the bandwagon happy the last ten games doesn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rink on Renfrew Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 I thought this was evident when we saw our D pairing rotated around. It's best to experiment now and see what different pairings can do and get some chemistry. Face it fellow fans, the Canucks aren't concerned with a few terrible showings at home if it helps them reach their ultimate goal. The Canucks earned this right by playing so well earlier in the season. Might as well try different strategys and different styles. The Sedins have won back to back Art Ross trophies. As a fan who enjoys Canuck players being some of the best players in the league, I'm content with this and if the Sedins don't win another award for the rest of there careers, except for the Cup, I'd be happy. Face it, having never won the points race before a couple of seasons agi and then winning it back to back with two different players is pretty special. That's just my take on it and it makes sense to me, also keeps me from getting overly upset about a few losses in a row. One more thought, the playoff opponents better not watch the game tape from the last few weeks to scout our team. This is not how we will be playing come the post season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIBdaQUIB Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 Comforting if true but...doesn't explain maintaining top line minutes and playing Edler 28 minutes against the Wild. If you're okay with not playing to win, why increase TOI for your top lines in the third? Over-play your top D (Edler and Hamhuis). Wouldn't it ake more sense to reduce TOI for key players and roll 4 lines more evenly. That would be good from a safety factor and give the 3rd and 4th lines valuable experience. Just asking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kryten Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 I hate agreeing with Lateralus but I have no choice. Hockey isn't about saving yourself to try hard later, it is about giving your all every time your skates touch the ice. If the Canucks are seriously calling it in on purpose, they not only deserve to not win, they don't deserve the passionate fans they have. As such, I don't believe slacking off is a team gameplan (Higgins is a prime example). I do believe however that some players *cough* Sedins *cough* are really lacking effort and I hope they get reamed out by the guys who are actually skating out there. I find it a joke that the Captain has been the laziest player on the ice and it is truly embarrassing that he thinks it's ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck_Inferno Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 I still believe in this team to make a deep run in the playoffs again, no doubts here. Sure the games have been ugly to watch lately and I'd like to see the Canucks put in more effort, but when it comes down to it, the real season hasn't started yet. We're gonna see what the Canucks are really made of come mid=April, and all the band-wagoners are gonna be jumping back on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck_Inferno Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 I hope we see a lot of effort tomorrow night, though. If we don't show up against Chicago, I'll be disappointed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiwiAd Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 I just dont buy in to that at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenSurgeon Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 If the Canucks are delibrately coasting the last 20 games then this goes to my arguement that there is just too many meanless regular season games. The season should be shortened byy 20 games and that way the playoffs could be wrapped up by the beginiing of May. You would have a longer off season and the players would be able to rest up for the following season. Regular season games would mean more and this would be more entertaining. The NHL and owners will not go for this because of revenue. I really think though that there is more going on behind closed doors in the dressing room. After the trading deadline, the Canucks just don't seem to be with it. AV just doesn't seem to be able to motivate the team anymore. I maybe provern wrong come playoff time but we will see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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