canuckledraggin Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 Would a low hockey IQ player have made that pass across to Horvat? I think you are seeing the evolution of a talented player. Hockey IQ is something that can be coached and learned and not something that is born into a player. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Where'd Luongo? Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 To all the left wing doubters, it's working. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoneypuckOverlord Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 On 11/30/2018 at 12:55 AM, aGENT said: appreciate the honesty, right now jake is not a top 6 guy, but a role player for him I am happy with too.still out playing Bennet, Dal Cole and Fleury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Face Doom Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 Having a nice little season. Great game by Jake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruilin96 Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 I love the way Jake plays even when he isn't scoring he is using his speed to create chances and hitting opponents. He is coming along fine. I believe him to be a consistent 20 goal scorer for us for the next few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shiftynifty Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 35-40 points possible this year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Face Doom Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 Just now, Shiftynifty said: 35-40 points possible this year? If he keeps getting the ice time, 100%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuckfanfromafrica Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 1 hour ago, Where'd Luongo? said: To all the left wing doubters, it's working. Biggest no brainer. Virtanen has always been most effective on the Left wing. 90% of his goals and assist have come from him flying in from the left side. This dates back to him in Junior. He uses his size a lot better on that wing to drive the net, set up plays plus snipe as a righty playing off wing. How he hasn't been permanently played on the left wing just shows incompetence. Max out your roster by putting players in the best position to excel. Almost as obvious as playing Boeser on the left side on a powerplay. Proponent of having the line as: This Season: Virtanen (LW) - Hovart (C) - Goldobin (RW) modern day WCE 2.0 Levio (LW) - Pettersson(C) - Boeser (RW) Future Seasons: with some lottery luck (1st or 2nd). Draft Hughes Virtanen (LW) - Hovart (C) - Goldobin (RW) Boeser (LW) - Hughes (C) - Lind(RW) Gadjovic(LW) - Pettersson(C) - Dahlen (RW) ************ - Gaudette(C) -Macwen Draft Kappo Virtanen (LW) - Hovart (C) - Goldobin (RW) Boeser (LW) - Gaudette(C) - Kappo (RW) Gadjovic(LW) - Pettersson(C) - Dahlen (RW) ************** - *********** - Macwen 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SergioMomesso Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 2 hours ago, Where'd Luongo? said: To all the left wing doubters, it's working. He played right wing all night. Just ended up busting down the left side due to his breakout route. If Jake gets a clean crisp pass at top speed cutting across the ice, he’s almost always going to make a good play. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dixon Ward Posted December 7, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 7, 2018 29 minutes ago, nuckfanfromafrica said: Biggest no brainer. Virtanen has always been most effective on the Left wing. 90% of his goals and assist have come from him flying in from the left side. This dates back to him in Junior. He uses his size a lot better on that wing to drive the net, set up plays plus snipe as a righty playing off wing. How he hasn't been permanently played on the left wing just shows incompetence. Max out your roster by putting players in the best position to excel. Almost as obvious as playing Boeser on the left side on a powerplay. Proponent of having the line as: This Season: Virtanen (LW) - Hovart (C) - Goldobin (RW) modern day WCE 2.0 Levio (LW) - Pettersson(C) - Boeser (RW) Future Seasons: with some lottery luck (1st or 2nd). Draft Hughes Virtanen (LW) - Hovart (C) - Goldobin (RW) Boeser (LW) - Hughes (C) - Lind(RW) Gadjovic(LW) - Pettersson(C) - Dahlen (RW) ************ - Gaudette(C) -Macwen Draft Kappo Virtanen (LW) - Hovart (C) - Goldobin (RW) Boeser (LW) - Gaudette(C) - Kappo (RW) Gadjovic(LW) - Pettersson(C) - Dahlen (RW) ************** - *********** - Macwen Petersson is the 3rd line center? He is 19th in the league in pts per game among centers in his rookie season and 1st on NOrth American ice. And he's behind Gaudette? 1 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Ward Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 (edited) Sorry error Edited December 7, 2018 by Dixon Ward Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoholla sk Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 4 hours ago, nuckfanfromafrica said: Biggest no brainer. Virtanen has always been most effective on the Left wing. 90% of his goals and assist have come from him flying in from the left side. This dates back to him in Junior. He uses his size a lot better on that wing to drive the net, set up plays plus snipe as a righty playing off wing. How he hasn't been permanently played on the left wing just shows incompetence. Max out your roster by putting players in the best position to excel. Almost as obvious as playing Boeser on the left side on a powerplay. Proponent of having the line as: This Season: Virtanen (LW) - Hovart (C) - Goldobin (RW) modern day WCE 2.0 Levio (LW) - Pettersson(C) - Boeser (RW) Future Seasons: with some lottery luck (1st or 2nd). Draft Hughes Virtanen (LW) - Hovart (C) - Goldobin (RW) Boeser (LW) - Hughes (C) - Lind(RW) Gadjovic(LW) - Pettersson(C) - Dahlen (RW) ************ - Gaudette(C) -Macwen Draft Kappo Virtanen (LW) - Hovart (C) - Goldobin (RW) Boeser (LW) - Gaudette(C) - Kappo (RW) Gadjovic(LW) - Pettersson(C) - Dahlen (RW) ************** - *********** - Macwen sorry, but no way 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 13 hours ago, Where'd Luongo? said: To all the left wing doubters, it's working. 11 hours ago, nuckfanfromafrica said: Biggest no brainer. Virtanen has always been most effective on the Left wing. 90% of his goals and assist have come from him flying in from the left side. 10 hours ago, SergioMomesso said: He played right wing all night. Just ended up busting down the left side due to his breakout route. If Jake gets a clean crisp pass at top speed cutting across the ice, he’s almost always going to make a good play. This ^ Green's using him/Virtanen's playing exactly as he should, which is RW with LW crossover in to the offensive zone, when available. That way he's better defensively on his natural side in his own end and when available, gets better shot angles in the o-zone. This isn't a 'problem' to be solved. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 1 minute ago, aGENT said: This ^ Green's using him/Virtanen's playing exactly as he should, which is RW with LW crossover in to the offensive zone, when available. That way he's better defensively on his natural side in his own end and when available, gets better shot angles in the o-zone. This isn't a 'problem' to be solved. Cross over in the neutral zone regroup too. I like how Green encourages his wingers to gain speed (before the pass) by crossing over. Jake is so big and fast, he's only going to get more scoring chances (and create space for his teammates too) as he gains more confidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Where'd Luongo? Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 5 minutes ago, aGENT said: This ^ Green's using him/Virtanen's playing exactly as he should, which is RW with LW crossover in to the offensive zone, when available. That way he's better defensively on his natural side in his own end and when available, gets better shot angles in the o-zone. This isn't a 'problem' to be solved. I noticed this later in the game, at one point I thought he was playing LW but nope just transitioning on the break out. It seemed like he did it way more that game though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 12 hours ago, MoneypuckOverlord said: appreciate the honesty, right now jake is not a top 6 guy, but a role player for him I am happy with too.still out playing Bennet, Dal Cole and Fleury. Jake can change a game with his speed, skill, and physical play. I'd say that makes him more impactful than the Smurfs from his draft too, who do nothing buy hurt their teams, when games get rough (like in the playoffs.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanukfanatic Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 12 hours ago, nuckfanfromafrica said: Biggest no brainer. Virtanen has always been most effective on the Left wing. 90% of his goals and assist have come from him flying in from the left side. This dates back to him in Junior. He uses his size a lot better on that wing to drive the net, set up plays plus snipe as a righty playing off wing. How he hasn't been permanently played on the left wing just shows incompetence. Max out your roster by putting players in the best position to excel. Almost as obvious as playing Boeser on the left side on a powerplay. Proponent of having the line as: This Season: Virtanen (LW) - Hovart (C) - Goldobin (RW) modern day WCE 2.0 Levio (LW) - Pettersson(C) - Boeser (RW) Future Seasons: with some lottery luck (1st or 2nd). Draft Hughes Virtanen (LW) - Hovart (C) - Goldobin (RW) Boeser (LW) - Hughes (C) - Lind(RW) Gadjovic(LW) - Pettersson(C) - Dahlen (RW) ************ - Gaudette(C) -Macwen Draft Kappo Virtanen (LW) - Hovart (C) - Goldobin (RW) Boeser (LW) - Gaudette(C) - Kappo (RW) Gadjovic(LW) - Pettersson(C) - Dahlen (RW) ************** - *********** - Macwen Pettersson is going to be an 11 million dollar player and you have him on the 3rd line? lol I don't think so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaudette Celly Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 1 hour ago, Where'd Luongo? said: I noticed this later in the game, at one point I thought he was playing LW but nope just transitioning on the break out. It seemed like he did it way more that game though. It's almost like Jake understands what he's supposed to do and how to play the game, and is doing it effectively. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Where'd Luongo? Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 51 minutes ago, Hutton Wink said: It's almost like Jake understands what he's supposed to do and how to play the game, and is doing it effectively. Yes and also the coaching staff trusts him so they design plays to highlight his skill now that they know he will get into a defensive position after they break out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 5 hours ago, Hutton Wink said: It's almost like Jake understands what he's supposed to do and how to play the game, and is doing it effectively. Almost like he has some modicum of hockey IQ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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