Jump to content
The Official Site of the Vancouver Canucks
Canucks Community

The Re-Emergence of Hank and Burr


Sterling.Archer

Recommended Posts

Are Hank and Burr playing better partly because of the absence of Daniel Sedin? I was thinking about this today and thought it deserved some discussion. Maybe it's not the Sedins that have declined but rather Daniel alone that has declined, and Hank and Burr needed to be separated from him (and put on a line with a budding sniper) to find their games. Thoughts?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

"re-emergence" more like "getting out of their slumps". Hank and Burr have been playing great all year but they haven't finished though. When Hank scored in the Islanders game and Burr scored in the Winnipeg game they got the monkey off their back and now look at the way their playing.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Are Hank and Burr playing better partly because of the absence of Daniel Sedin? I was thinking about this today and thought it deserved some discussion. Maybe it's not the Sedins that have declined but rather Daniel alone that has declined, and Hank and Burr needed to be separated from him (and put on a line with a budding sniper) to find their games. Thoughts?

Or maybe neither has actually declined and injuries/confidence simply played a large role in their scoring drought.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

This post is just one pile of pure speculation.

Aren't they all?

I'd speculate Burrows breaking his slump was the largest factor, and whether Jensen's good play contributed to that or they were coincidental is open to further speculation.

What I do doubt is that Daniel was such a dead weight that he was dragging the other two down. Daniel wasn't playing well, but none of them were offensively at the time.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Two players out of three would still have done something if simply the third was slumping.

Not so true, it's a team game and everyone on the ice is important. If someone on a line is not playing well it can mess up the entire lines play. There are not a lot of players that have the talent to overcome dead weight on there line. I'm not in anyway trying to say Danny is dead weight don't get me wrong.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Not so true, it's a team game and everyone on the ice is important. If someone on a line is not playing well it can mess up the entire lines play. There are not a lot of players that have the talent to overcome dead weight on there line. I'm not in anyway trying to say Danny is dead weight don't get me wrong.

Generally I agree, but somewhewre in the last however many games the slumping has been going on, you'd think there'd be a 2 on 1 or a powerplay or SOMETHING just involving two players and seeing a goal or two. I agree a winger that drags a line down makes a big difference, but I can see a big drop in production, just not 0.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Or maybe neither has actually declined and injuries/confidence simply played a large role in their scoring drought.

Agreed, it's also much more difficult to score if your the teams only offense. The other team loads up on your line and doesn't have to be concerned about secondary scoring.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

When the Canucks went 0-3-1 after the St. Louis game (sandwiched around the Luongo trade) the players knew their season was done...once the pressure of making the playoffs was lifted, lo and behold Henrik and Burrows found their scoring touch...too little too late...we'll have 6 months to debate on whether or not they'll bounce back next season...

Link to comment
Share on other sites

When the Canucks went 0-3-1 after the St. Louis game (sandwiched around the Luongo trade) the players knew their season was done...once the pressure of making the playoffs was lifted, lo and behold Henrik and Burrows found their scoring touch...too little too late...we'll have 6 months to debate on whether or not they'll bounce back next season...

office.jpg

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
×
×
  • Create New...