DIBdaQUIB Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 the team is decimated by injuries, nobody can win with this many injuries to so many all stars. Sure Pittsburgh lost Orpik, Martin, Letang, Dupuis, Neal and Malkin for a stretch but overall that doesn't truly compare to what we lost. You're not really comparing Stanton, Higgins, Burrows Kassian to Letang, Neal Malkin are you? I mean, really? Besides, this team wasn't really any better with all those guys playing than it is without them. Burrows and Edler are the two biggest injuries and they were out during the winning streak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastal1 Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 You're not really comparing Stanton, Higgins, Burrows Kassian to Letang, Neal Malkin are you? I mean, really? Besides, this team wasn't really any better with all those guys playing than it is without them. Burrows and Edler are the two biggest injuries and they were out during the winning streak. But then what is left for an excuse if not the injuries? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIBdaQUIB Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 But then what is left for an excuse if not the injuries? Same core = same outcome. The mistakes being made costing games aren't the replacement players or support cast, it's Garrison, the Sedins, Bieksa, etc. They're supposedly our healthy players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CupisAll Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 the core is rotten this team is not making the playoffs for a long time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Fig Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 You're not really comparing Stanton, Higgins, Burrows Kassian to Letang, Neal Malkin are you? I mean, really? Besides, this team wasn't really any better with all those guys playing than it is without them. Burrows and Edler are the two biggest injuries and they were out during the winning streak. Sarcasm, bro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillipBlunt Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Torts seems really deflated. I feel for him big time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIBdaQUIB Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Sarcasm, bro. my detector must be malfunctioning. that tends to happen after a game where the team poops the sheets this badly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIBdaQUIB Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Torts seems really deflated. I feel for him big time. Reality sucking the life out of him. He and lack are the only two in the organization that appear to hate losing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absent Canuck Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 It ain't happening bud. Too many players on NTC's. You guys are stuck with this team, for better and for worse. It'll be about 3-5 years before the rebuild can happen properly. I hope you are wrong. I hope some will agree to get shipped out to contenders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthe12man Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 You're right. As long as the Sedins are our identity, we will not have playoff success, as the rules dictate that toughness wins. They are the franchise's best players ever, but are not built for the playoffs. Let's face it, folks. i totally agree i love watching them play and love them as people but just not right for a gritty playoff team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riffraff Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 i suggest just coming to terms with this team as a middling team for the short term. embrace it. Be at peace. basically as fans we have to wait and see what the youth movement will bring. the current core has reached their best before date. im ok with it. i like the coaching change and at least i see effort under the new coach. effort and loss is as least respectable. ntcs have killed us. get your seat for the long term. this is the canucks after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightHawkSniper Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 We are provoledged to see the team that MG built. THis is what 3 years of his best efforts has created. A team that has gone from a SCF finalist to a laughing stock of errors and incompetence. Keep signing old slow and underperforming projects and make sure youinclude those NTCs in ther Mike. Don't overreact, we were pretty much missing half our top - 6, Edler... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Stanley Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 edler - top 2 dman stanton - top 6 d man burrows, higgins - top 2 forwards Kassian - bottom 6/tweener forward Luongo - #1 goaltender ( I know eddie played great) but take 5 significant regulars out of a lineup and put them in back to back games against two of the top teams in the league - bad things are going to happen. we don't need a trade, or to blow up the team, we need to get healthy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Sestito Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 This is the longest PGT I've seen in a while... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neversummer Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Great game by Lack, he deserved the W for fending off enough shots for 2 games. How does he not get at least a 3rd star? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronalds.Kenins41 Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 the team is decimated by injuries, nobody can win with this many injuries to so many all stars. Sure Pittsburgh lost Orpik, Martin, Letang, Dupuis, Neal and Malkin for a stretch but overall that doesn't truly compare to what we lost. You're not really comparing Stanton, Higgins, Burrows Kassian to Letang, Neal Malkin are you? I mean, really? Besides, this team wasn't really any better with all those guys playing than it is without them. Burrows and Edler are the two biggest injuries and they were out during the winning streak. But then what is left for an excuse if not the injuries? Difference is we are playing in a much much tougher conference and division compared to Pittsburgh. You consider that and the 9 points we are behind the pens doesn't seem to shappy considering that our points our more hard fought. Injuries mean more to us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harmer Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 the team is decimated by injuries, nobody can win with this many injuries to so many all stars. Sure Pittsburgh lost Orpik, Martin, Letang, Dupuis, Neal and Malkin for a stretch but overall that doesn't truly compare to what we lost. They have a guy named Crosby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sypher009 Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 the team is decimated by injuries, nobody can win with this many injuries to so many all stars. Sure Pittsburgh lost Orpik, Martin, Letang, Dupuis, Neal and Malkin for a stretch but overall that doesn't truly compare to what we lost. lol are u kidding me? them losing Malkin and Neal alone is like us losing a Sedin and Kesler difference is we would be totally screwed if we lost those guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillipBlunt Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 I want this team to show some collective cojones but there seems to be very little in the way of a cohesive identity. I hate to say it but it starts with the captain. Henrik Sedin should be given this season to prove that he still deserves the captaincy. If the Canucks go down in the first round, considerations must be made to hand it over to Kesler. To me, he makes sense as captain. He is willing to do whatever it takes to win. Something Henrik cannot lay claim to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIBdaQUIB Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Don't overreact, we were pretty much missing half our top - 6, Edler... "top 6". Higgins? Burrows? Kassian - who sees 7 minutes most nights? I like these guys and they have talent but none are true top 6. Higgins is a third line checker on a contender, Burrows without the Sedins is a third line agitator. Kassian has a ways to go. Edler had the worst +/- on the team. No surprise the team's GAA has improved during his injury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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