TOMapleLaughs Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Replacing Burrows with Baertschi... Change is coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyLow_ Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 The only thing that makes sense is that they have finally realized that the 2nd line is god awful or an injury in the top 6. If it was anything else Vey or Mcmuffin would play. The move I want to see is Stanton in for Sbisa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuporbust Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Linden just said on team 1040 Sven Will probably not play tonight. Said it was precautionary call up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRAZY_4_NAZZY Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Matthew Sekeres @mattsekeres 27s27 seconds ago #Canucks president Trevor Linden says "perhaps" (wry smile) Burrows is having some fun with media scrutinizing every moment of morning skate Irfaan Gaffar @sportsnetirf 1m1 minute ago Half of Alex Burrows' gear is in his stall in the room. Still with medical staff. #Canucks Matthew Sekeres @mattsekeres 4m4 minutes ago Linden says he expects Burrows to play in Game 4, & doesn't expect Sven Baertschi to play after today's recall. #Canucks #Flames Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Money Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 I hope he plays..but man the fans there will have it out for him. He was the second coming of Gretzky till he was surpassed by other prospects. I'm wondering if that's part of it - distraction. Not only for the fans, but the Flames players. The players know the guy who pays their salaries traded this guy a couple months ago. So what better way to make a good impression with the GM than to lay the guy out? Anything that takes opponents' minds off passing/shooting/scoring is a good thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMapleLaughs Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 I'm thinking we are going with this if Burrows is out: Sedin - Sedin - Vrbata Baertschi - Bonino - Matthias Higgins - Richardson - Dorsett Kenins - Horvat - HansenProbably. But perhaps Higgins and Matthias are switched. Hope not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxLapierreAwesomeFace Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 No Barcheesy!??! I think Bart's offence in the top 6 would help because we really only have three top 6 players - Sedin Sedin Vbrata. Higgins is more of a bottom 6 player, Bonino has been underachieving greatly and been pretty awful this series (outside of a few good defensive plays, Burrows is arguably a top 6 but could argue he's not (skill wise). It would have been risky to throw Bart in though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugor Hill Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Burrows might play anyways, but if they were trying to confuse people, why would Linden say 'perhaps' Burrows was acting for the media. That way he is not lying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnews Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Linden: less than a 50/50 chance of seeing Baertschi tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Carell Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Or Burrows is actually hurt and the precautionary call-up was a good idea.And wtf is the youngish 'AHL star' playing for anyway? To be called up? Yup. Utica will live. It's about development, not about Utica winning. It is more beneficial for Sven to get ice time down in Utica than to sit in the press box here. It's NOT about questioning the use of having a back-up plan here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorchio Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Erm... Recalling a guy who was cut from flames camp, made little to no impression in the nhl with them all season. Has struggled with the attention and pressure he was under with them and throwing him into probably the most high pressure situation possible, is this really a good idea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karlsson`s Flo Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 It doesn't make much sense to call him up to sit when he could be playing in Utica. Especially if we have Vey sitting already. I think he's more likely to draw in tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gstank29 Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Erm... Recalling a guy who was cut from flames camp, made little to no impression in the nhl with them all season. Has struggled with the attention and pressure he was under with them and throwing him into probably the most high pressure situation possible, is this really a good idea? You made an account just to post that....... You life must be extremely boring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugor Hill Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Erm... Recalling a guy who was cut from flames camp, made little to no impression in the nhl with them all season. Has struggled with the attention and pressure he was under with them and throwing him into probably the most high pressure situation possible, is this really a good idea? Troll. And it's not high pressure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorchio Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 You made an account just to post that....... You life must be extremely boring Yep made an account 3 days ago knowing this was coming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck23 Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Erm... Recalling a guy who was cut from flames camp, made little to no impression in the nhl with them all season. Has struggled with the attention and pressure he was under with them and throwing him into probably the most high pressure situation possible, is this really a good idea? The emergence of Monahan, Gaudreau and Jooris, not to mention having a player like Sam Bennett in the wings, made Baertschi expendable, even if Baertschi was a mediocre rookie with 18 goals and 40 points, it is nowhere close to the production Monahan and Gaudreau have given the flames, and Baertschi is not a 3/4 line player he is only fit for a top 6 offensive role... thats why he was traded. He's only 22, and has the talent to be a top 6 forward next year, look at his game in edmonton, sure its one game but thats a pretty good first impression. If anything he has something to prove, and to play with some fire. Good trade for us considering we basically traded a second rounder for a first. If you want a comparison of throwing someone with little playing experience into high pressure situations, look at Bennett... everyone has a boner for him, but he played one NHL game this season, and has been a force for calgary at 18... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustNazzy Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Irfaan Gaffar @sportsnetirf · 2m 2 minutes ago Stretcher being taken into #Canucks locker room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkyard Dog Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Irfaan Gaffar @sportsnetirf · 2m 2 minutes ago Stretcher being taken into #Canucks locker room. What the &^@# is going on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMapleLaughs Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 It's about development, not about Utica winning. It is more beneficial for Sven to get ice time down in Utica than to sit in the press box here. It's NOT about questioning the use of having a back-up plan here.Ah I see. Well it appears management doesn't agree. Probably because practice time with the NHL squad in a playoff atmosphere also counts as development. However, since people here thought that WJC's would have been better than NHL icetime for Horvat, I can see where this line of thinking comes from. If the player is NHL-ready, then he is NHL-ready. At 22 with 69gp under his belt, Baertschi is NHL-ready. If not, wtf? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMapleLaughs Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 What the frack is going on?Hilarity and shenanigans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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