wallstreetamigo Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Complaining about Ebbett is overdone. The guy has been a good role player in the absence of a lot of regulars off the roster. He's been used primarily in defensive zone start situations (getting only 37.4% offensive zone starts). As a depth forward, playing with other depth forwards in that context, his 6 points in 25 games is really not bad, and being a mere -1 is actually somewhat impressive. His corsi is in the same range as players like Weise and Lapierre. For all the useless qualities the OP lists, somehow Ebbett is managing to pretty much hold his own. He's actually a fairly intelligent, responsible depth option for AV. I don't like seeing him used as a center - he's not strong enough in the faceoff circle - and he doesn't generate and drive possession - but as a second center on the fourth line (and a backup left handed draw for Lapierre), he's nowhere near as terrible as is being suggested here - he works hard and he does not hurt the team. In fact he's played 25 games in which the Canucks have pretty much gained as many positive results as could be hoped for considering all the absences from the lineup this season. I think this is a case of protesting too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drouin Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Ebbett in the Nhl is a scary thought .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodee Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Cut the guy a break. Half you morons decide on your flavours of the month/season then spend most of your time, ignoring the game while scrutinising the players you dislike for faults. I'm no huge fan of Ebbett but he gives 100% when he's on the ice and that is all that matters. As for the ass clown who calls Raymond bad, he has 6 more points than Higgins and 3 less than Hansen while playing most of his games recently with Ebbett and Kassian. I suggest even Hank would struggle with these two in attack. As for back checking Hank would be lost whereas Raymond's speed allows him to spend half his time covering for Ebbett and Kassian's poor defence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nevlach Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Oh man if only Booth, Higgins, and Malholtra were healthy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bananas Posted April 22, 2013 Author Share Posted April 22, 2013 Cut the guy a break. Half you morons decide on your flavours of the month/season then spend most of your time, ignoring the game while scrutinising the players you dislike for faults. I'm no huge fan of Ebbett but he gives 100% when he's on the ice and that is all that matters. As for the ass clown who calls Raymond bad, he has 6 more points than Higgins and 3 less than Hansen while playing most of his games recently with Ebbett and Kassian. I suggest even Hank would struggle with these two in attack. As for back checking Hank would be lost whereas Raymond's speed allows him to spend half his time covering for Ebbett and Kassian's poor defence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkyway Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Ebbett is a minor leaguer pure and simple. Thanks to MG having traded away boatloads of traft picks this is the result we're left with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TotesMagotes Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 He's not a bad depth guy when you have a bunch of injuries, which we do. Deal with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dildo Faggins Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Now that the Wolves are out, how come Schroeder isn't getting the call? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KING ALBERTS Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 He had that good first game then AV decided to juggle that line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DooBie604 Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 I think Ebbett plays a solid defensive game but the offensive zone is another story. I know he is trying to play it safe to stay on the team but every time he has the puck in the offensive zone, he just keeps it along the boards or he passes it to open space so there is no chance for the other team to go the other way on a rush but this also kills any offensive pressure we build up. It's like he is so scared to make a mistake that he will only make the safe choice. The game against St. Louis on a three on two rush, he decides to dump it behind their net and chase instead of making something happen on an odd man rush. That to me is playing way too safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWheeler Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Cut the guy a break. Half you morons decide on your flavours of the month/season then spend most of your time, ignoring the game while scrutinising the players you dislike for faults. I'm no huge fan of Ebbett but he gives 100% when he's on the ice and that is all that matters. As for the ass clown who calls Raymond bad, he has 6 more points than Higgins and 3 less than Hansen while playing most of his games recently with Ebbett and Kassian. I suggest even Hank would struggle with these two in attack. As for back checking Hank would be lost whereas Raymond's speed allows him to spend half his time covering for Ebbett and Kassian's poor defence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DooBie604 Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Actually you should thank Burke and Nonis for this as any draft picks MG would have had wouldn't make that much of an impact right now. Burke and Nonis each gave away way more draft picks than MG. Ebbett is a minor leaguer pure and simple. Thanks to MG having traded away boatloads of traft picks this is the result we're left with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UFCanuck Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 He's a depth forward and he'll score the cup winning goal in the 3rd overtime of Game 7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllEyezOnMe Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 There are better options in the system than Ebbett as a 4th liner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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