73 Percent Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 assuming we start next season with this defensive core, who plays on 1st and 2nd unit. defence (in no order) hamhuis bieksa edler garrison ballard alberts tanev connauton Of course it make sense to have edler garrison on the first unit but thats alot of shot and not much passing...but assuming edler and garrison play together as a 1 2 or a 3 4 they could develop some unquestionable chemistry. REACT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigs Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Great thread, would read again. Can someone make me a pie? I'm really hungry for apple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tereKat Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 for regular 5 on 5 1-2 should be hamhuis and bieksa 3-4 edler and garrison 5-6 tanev and ballard the rest are depth players. for power play? if i'm the coach, i would go 1st unit edler / hamhuis 2nd unit garrison / bieksa we'll see what happens. stoked for jason garrison signing :-) but salo and rome will be missed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanCan2013 Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 I agree with you about the passing situation... it seems like there would be a lot of shots with Edler and Garrison on the same unit. However, if you take a look at the Canucks recent powerplays, there's been too much passing. The passing seems to be perfect but the unit never takes quality shots resulting in no powerplay goals. I agree Vancouver's powerplay has been number 1 lately but it started to get less efficient by the end of the season. Maybe taking more shots is a good thing... beside we have two expert passers (Sedins) on the line... and Kesler usually deflects pucks into the net. When Kesler isn't near the net he usually passes out to defencemen unless he's winding up for a slapshot. In my opinion, I think our first unit should be: Daniel Sedin - Henrik Sedin - Ryan Kesler Alex Edler - Jason Garrison And our 2nd unit: David Booth - Alex Burrows - Chris Higgins Dan Hamhuis - Kevin Bieksa We can usually switch up Bieksa with *Ballard, *Tanev.. anyone else if needed and the same with the offensive pairings in the 2nd unit. I think we need hamhuis there just in case for defence! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foo202 Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Edler and Garrison would be the first unit PP defence, and the second unit would probably be Hamhuis + either Bieksa or a Forward like Burrows and with our defense the way it is now, I see Sauve being the 7-8 defenseman before Connauton because of the more developed defensive game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niloc009 Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Edler-Garrison Ballard-Tanev Edler and Garrison will be great together. Both have booming shots and great passing. Leaving Hamhuis and Bieksa off the PP. Let them save their energy for the PK and even strength. They won't get as many points as last year, but that's fine Give Ballard a chance on the PP, he needs to at least be tried there, as he is a creative player Tanev was a great PP QB on the Wolves, maybe he can translate his game to the NHL. ***If Connauton makes the team (doubtful, but possible), 2nd PP D should be Connauton-Tanev (dominant on the PP for the Wolves) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enterin Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 I agree with you about the passing situation... it seems like there would be a lot of shots with Edler and Garrison on the same unit. However, if you take a look at the Canucks recent powerplays, there's been too much passing. The passing seems to be perfect but the unit never takes quality shots resulting in no powerplay goals. I agree Vancouver's powerplay has been number 1 lately but it started to get less efficient by the end of the season. Maybe taking more shots is a good thing... beside we have two expert passers (Sedins) on the line... and Kesler usually deflects pucks into the net. When Kesler isn't near the net he usually passes out to defencemen unless he's winding up for a slapshot. In my opinion, I think our first unit should be: Daniel Sedin - Henrik Sedin - Ryan Kesler Alex Edler - Jason Garrison And our 2nd unit: David Booth - Alex Burrows - Chris Higgins Dan Hamhuis - Kevin Bieksa We can usually switch up Bieksa with *Ballard, *Tanev.. anyone else if needed and the same with the offensive pairings in the 2nd unit. I think we need hamhuis there just in case for defence! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex23Edler Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Edler and garrison, and ballard and bieksa We need to give ballard a chance to produce points, and hamhuis isn't as dynamic offensively as him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makaramel MacKhiato Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 I've been saying it this whole time, but try Kesler on the point, He's got a heck of a slapper like Stammer, and you've seen him wire it into the net on one-timers. Sedin - Sedin - Burrows Kesler - Garrison (fits better because Edler often coughs up the puck and Kesler isn't a natural D-man) Booth - Higgins - Hansen Edler - Bieksa/Hamhuis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanKeslord17 Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 5 on 5: Hamhuis-Bieksa Edler-Garrison Ballard-Tanev PP: Sedin-Sedin-Doan Kesler-Edler Booth-Higgins-Burrows Garrison-Bieksa Hopefully we land Doan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bissurnette Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Why is everyone writing ballard off the pp?? that's his specialty. He's an offensive minded d-man, he should get at least a tryout on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John.Tallhouse Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Lets see what our line up looks like before we get on the PP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vintage Canuck- Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Ballard has to be on the PP and NO to Kesler on the point, he could barely hit the net. Edler-Garrison Ballard-Bieksa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srsface Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 For 5 on 5, why are people writing Garrison on the right side? He didn't play a lick of right side except on the PP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaeneir Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 I love how Kesler factors so heavily into everyone's projected line ups when he won't be with the team for a good portion of the season. IMO, I hope he doesn't join the team until maybe Feb of next year so he has time to A: recuperate from surgery properly this time, and B: get back in shape before joining the team. If he gets 3-4 months of play prior to playoffs, he should hit midseason form just as playoffs get underway, and that's when we need him most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jai604 Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 For 5 on 5, why are people writing Garrison on the right side? He didn't play a lick of right side except on the PP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phamda Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 For 5 on 5, why are people writing Garrison on the right side? He didn't play a lick of right side except on the PP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray_Cathode Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Great thread, would read again. Can someone make me a pie? I'm really hungry for apple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray_Cathode Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Wrong. Get some facts. Garrison played on Campbell's right at even strength, 25% of the time of ALL Defensive combinations used on the Panthers thoughout the year last year. He played tons on the right side on the PP AND at even strength. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray_Cathode Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Ballard has to be on the PP and NO to Kesler on the point, he could barely hit the net. Edler-Garrison Ballard-Bieksa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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