slaythedragon Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 I honestly prefer McCann over Virtanen. Virtanen has not really impressed me in preseason or otherwise. Yea sure he gets hyped because he's a top 10 pick, but McCann has better skills, at least IMO. Hopefully he can prove why he was drafted that high. 3-2 Canucks Horvat, Hansen, Vrbata Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R3aL Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 My lineup combo preferences. Sedin-Sedin- Vrbata/Burrows - To get Vrbata goingHansen-Sutter-Burrows/Vrbata - I dont like Sutter with Vrbata or Virtanen TBHBaertschi-Horvat-Virtanen - Gives our best preseason line a chance.Dorsett-Cracknell-Prust - This line had a good game so I see it sticking together todayHutton-Tanev - I liked them together Edler-Bartkowski - I think Edler is better with a "mobile d man" Hamhuis-Sbisa - I dont like Sbisa and Hutton, hope Hammer would help sbisa find consistency.Miller - Will play lights out, seeing lucic will fill him with competitive fires Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiveEmTheCan Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 WD spent the last three games trying to force chemistry upon his ill-conceived second line. Bo is a 200 foot player who likes to generate offence off a tenatious, unrelenting forecheck. When paired with players like Hansen and Dorsett, the whole line looks productive and dangerous. I get the impulse to put him with skill to round out a line, but Baertschi and Vrbata together is overkill. Baertschi, while appearing to possess high end playmaking skills, lacks the physicality to go to the dirty areas to retrieve the puck himself. He is playing like a playmaker who needs a grittier playmaker to be effective. Vrbata just looks like he's doing circles on the ice waiting for bo to pass him the puck. Works well when he's on a line with 22 and 33, not so much when paired with Baer and Bo. This is just my opinion and I'm by no means qualified to give it, but just judging by the eye test, Virtanen showed more chemistry on the second in one preseason game than Vrbata has all season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerrDrFunk Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 What row was the sniper sitting in? Back and to the left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugor Hill Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Back and to the left. I'm sure there was more than one sniper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanucksJay Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Sedins have already made it clear they don't want Vrbata on their line - not to mention that Sutter has looked great with them. I'd sooner expect Burrows on the top line before Vrbata unless Willie just doesn't care what the Sedins want. I can't believe the Sedins would ever say that they don't want player x on their line. If anything, certain members here made assumptions after an interview to the point where through reading between the lines and filling in gaps with assumptions, we now have the statement, the Sedins have clearly stated that don't want Vrbata on their line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMapleLaughs Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 I honestly prefer McCann over Virtanen. Virtanen has not really impressed me in preseason or otherwise. Yea sure he gets hyped because he's a top 10 pick, but McCann has better skills, at least IMO. Hopefully he can prove why he was drafted that high. 3-2 Canucks Horvat, Hansen, VrbataAside from his open ice play and his decent shot, McCann hasn't really impressed me either. He started to get pushed around in Anaheim, then played hardly any time. Starting him in back-to-backs is a bad idea, so I see the move being justified. imho Bartshi is in a similar boat. He needs to do something to justify the good pick we gave up. We're currently wasting Horvat's efforts with his ho-hum wingers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bo.Horvat53 Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 That should make you happy. Why is that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 I just wanna say what a POS Lucic is.. I hope Prust lays him out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nino Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 I can't believe the Sedins would ever say that they don't want player x on their line. If anything, certain members here made assumptions after an interview to the point where through reading between the lines and filling in gaps with assumptions, we now have the statement, the Sedins have clearly stated that don't want Vrbata on their line. They never said they didn't want him on the line, they said they liked playing with a good forechecker after he was taken off there line. Same thing... No but it indicates they would rather not have him on the line. I think there will be times he plays with them but it's not going to be more then a few games here or there for various reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbdoubleu Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 The Canucks despite maybe being a little tired will take this one. 3-1 for the good guys. Kings will miss the playoffs again. Something wrong with this team. Last year was not an anomaly Daniel Sedin will score. Burrows and sutter Coach is losing the team. Lots of off-ice issues. They need a fresh start, like we did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tre Mac Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Back and to the left. Nice game, pretty boy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Fig Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 just think, next yeay hell be our P.O.S.I've heard that Lucic is loving being in Los Angeles and would be looking to stay there long-term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfstonker Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 I would love a win, especially if Jake's in the line (with his folks there) but after the massive effort we put in against the Ducks I really can't see it. Is it possible for us to raise our level again so soon after just one day and with travel in between? I doubt it. 4-1 LA but no disgrace if we play hard. Oh and I would rather see Sven in the PB than McCann. I know McCann wasn't great the other night but he has more threat than Sven (who has a lot of nice touches but no payoff, it seems) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
250Integra Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 I want to see... Sedin - Sedin - Vrbata Baertschi - Horvat - Virtanen Burrows - Sutter - Hansen Prust - Cracknell - Dorsett The lines will probably end up like this by the end of the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Tortorella Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 I would love a win, especially if Jake's in the line (with his folks there) but after the massive effort we put in against the Ducks I really can't see it. Is it possible for us to raise our level again so soon after just one day and with travel in between? I doubt it. 4-1 LA but no disgrace if we play hard. Oh and I would rather see Sven in the PB than McCann. I know McCann wasn't great the other night but he has more threat than Sven (who has a lot of nice touches but no payoff, it seems) So if a tesla loses off the line to a minivan, do you sell tesla or get a new driver? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHitman Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Sedin-Sedin-Burrows Baertschi-Edler Should be the first power play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nas19 Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 I've heard that Lucic is loving being in Los Angeles and would be looking to stay there long-term. To be fair he's not going to say he doesn't like living there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billabong Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Sedin-sedin-vrbata (get vrbata goin) Baerschi-horvat-virtanen(encore presentation) McCann-sutter-burrows Dorsett-cracknell-Hansen I'd rather have McCann at 3rd line LW then 4th line centre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freaky Freak Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 My lineup combo preferences. Sedin-Sedin- Vrbata/Burrows - To get Vrbata goingHansen-Sutter-Burrows/Vrbata - I dont like Sutter with Vrbata or Virtanen TBHBaertschi-Horvat-Virtanen - Gives our best preseason line a chance.Dorsett-Cracknell-Prust - This line had a good game so I see it sticking together todayHutton-Tanev - I liked them together Edler-Bartkowski - I think Edler is better with a "mobile d man" Hamhuis-Sbisa - I dont like Sbisa and Hutton, hope Hammer would help sbisa find consistency.Miller - Will play lights out, seeing lucic will fill him with competitive fires Love the whole thing Especially the D and the kid line Only WD won't go the kid line even tho he would be applauded huge by the fans WD wont take Edler security blanket (Tanev) away in-case Edler goes back to his 2013-2014 ways as that was terrible It wont be Vrbata with the twins as they want a winger to dig out the puck and go to the net (so it will be BURR for sure) 5 on 5 It may make most sense just putting Sutter for McCann and Virt for Sutter be he wont do that either lol So with WD we will just have to wait for pre game warm-up to see what cockamamie lines he deploys lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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