Junkyard Dog Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 I think they will take the safe route with Markstrom. Markstrom will, in time, be the starter but don't expected him to be put into that role early. 1. Having Miller gives Markstrom competition which pushes him, and Miller, to play better. 2. If one goalie goes down we have the other. 3. JB and co have always played the safe card with our goalies, hence the Miller signing in the first place. With that said they should ride Marky until he stops stealing games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rollieo Del Fuego Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 I stopped reading after the following quote because it is wrong...the shot from the point was deflected in the first 3 or 4 feet off of the stick of the forward checking the point.... In fact when Karl Alzner netted the Capitals second goal of the game Miller was visibly frustrated at his own players, but had only himself to blame for not making a stop on a slapshot from the point with no traffic in front. ..really wordy as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkyard Dog Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 9 minutes ago, Rollieo Del Fuego said: I stopped reading after the following quote because it is wrong...the shot from the point was deflected in the first 3 or 4 feet off of the stick of the forward checking the point.... In fact when Karl Alzner netted the Capitals second goal of the game Miller was visibly frustrated at his own players, but had only himself to blame for not making a stop on a slapshot from the point with no traffic in front. ..really wordy as well. Saying Miller was frustrated at his own players on that goal is a stretch. The insiders of that game stated that it looked like he was frustrated at the refs on the Niskanen miscall. Regardless Miller played well that game and even if he didn't I would give him the benefit of the doubt considering his coach thought it would be a good idea to play him against the best team in the NHL after being out for nearly a month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vintage Canuck- Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 We traded Roberto Luongo. We traded Cory Schneider. We traded Eddie Lack. And yet, we're still fine on goaltending. In a few years, when Miller retires or signs with another team, we will bringing in another stud - Thatcher Demko. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedicineHatCanuck Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Just now, -Vintage Canuck- said: We traded Roberto Luongo. We traded Cory Schneider. We traded Eddie Lack. And yet, we're still fine on goaltending. In a few years, when Miller retires or signs with another team, we will bringing in another stud - Thatcher Demko. ONE MORE TO 60k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NuckleheadFan Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Markstrom hasn't even played as a back up a full season, it was just about a year ago that there was question about his mental toughness and he was considered a bust and needed to be traded and was called a career AHL'er. Miller has proven over years that he is a premier goalie, give Markstrom some time to learn how to be a full time #1 goalie behind the veteran Miller. Markstrom has the potential, and he just needs to be developed just like how he was developed in Utica. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviewonder20 Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 9 hours ago, Luongo4life14 said: Markstrom's stock just keeps rising don't you think? I mean Miller just doesn't play like a $6 million goalie: http://thehockeywriters.com/ryan-miller-returned-but-canucks-struggled-immensely/ I do some writing for The Hockey Writers and recently published this article. Would love the CDC reaction to my thoughts. All opinions expressed in the article are of my own and not indicative of THW as a whole. Some preface.... I am not a Miller fan, never have been. I can't understand what the management or fan base sees in him. I just think of how 6 million could help our D. I also don't think they could trade Miller now without retaining more salary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuktravella Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 6 hours ago, guntrix said: It seems like a great idea now but later on when we're in a cap crunch, we're gonna lament retaining 3 million on Miller. Seriously, when's the last time a team has retained 3 million in a goalie trade? its for a yr bro not 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuktravella Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 1 hour ago, -Vintage Canuck- said: We traded Roberto Luongo. We traded Cory Schneider. We traded Eddie Lack. And yet, we're still fine on goaltending. In a few years, when Miller retires or signs with another team, we will bringing in another stud - Thatcher Demko. goaltending has never been the problem its the shiddy dcorp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vintage Canuck- Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 1 minute ago, canuktravella said: goaltending has never been the problem its the shiddy dcorp After Kirk McLean and before Roberto Luongo was a big problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuktravella Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 7 hours ago, guntrix said: It seems like a great idea now but later on when we're in a cap crunch, we're gonna lament retaining 3 million on Miller. Seriously, when's the last time a team has retained 3 million in a goalie trade? a bunch of teams would buy miller at 3-4 mill for one yr left on his contract wed maybe even get a first rounder. heres hoping a contender get a goalie injury in next month or two. vrbata weber and hammer, prust, bartoski coming off books frees in capspace 15.25 plus cap might go up 1-3 mill so we could have as much as 21 mill in space you can get 3-4 really decent vets at free agency and resign all our rfas with than money plus get a bunch more picks to increase our defense prospects Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuktravella Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 16 minutes ago, -Vintage Canuck- said: After Kirk McLean and before Roberto Luongo was a big problem. true ive sorta blocked thoughs yrs out especially with the moore incident, messier and cloutier lidstrom flub in round vs wings but only reason we didnt win a cup with luo was our defense corp so until we somehoe draft a shay weber or lidstrom we wont win one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggins Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 9 hours ago, Pete M said: He could have moved his blocker...when he gets into the butterfly, he doesn't move. Watch it again and see where that DEFLECTION goes. He's not faster than a speeding bullet. He's going down to make a save along the ice and it's deflected to the top corner. That's a millisecond to change what you're doing. Good luck with that dreamer. Goalies have trouble covering the top corners when it's a direct shot never mind when it's a deflected shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noseforthenet Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 If Markstrom steals Miller's job by the end of the season, both are going to seem extremely sheepish. Think maybe Miller will retire? He doesn't seem like he has it anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Yes he should. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JV77 Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 It's Marky's time I think. Give him the chance to run with and see how he does. The only way he can prove himself, is by playing games like a number 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinnymack Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 13 hours ago, Luongo4life14 said: Markstrom's stock just keeps rising don't you think? I mean Miller just doesn't play like a $6 million goalie: http://thehockeywriters.com/ryan-miller-returned-but-canucks-struggled-immensely/ I do some writing for The Hockey Writers and recently published this article. Would love the CDC reaction to my thoughts. All opinions expressed in the article are of my own and not indicative of THW as a whole. Some preface.... I am not a Miller fan, never have been. I can't understand what the management or fan base sees in him. All I can say is Markstrom is making his MARK!. Miller has not been bad, he has been good, but he has not been great either. On the other hand Markstrom has been great and definitely lived up to expectations and probably beyond that. All I can say is tonight's game vs the Hurricanes he was an absolute beast we were outshot and outplayed, but thanks to him and Bo Horvat for the most part we walked out with a win we didn't deserve. I Iove my Canucks and I watch every game no matter how my team is doing, if we were losing all the time I would still watch and support. At this point with all the injuries we should probably not be doing well at all or even competing for a playoff spot, but we are and our goaltending is definitely at the top of the list why we are. I'm so happy we are exceeding expectations none the less and happy we are. Watching the Canucks play lately with Markstrom in net, they look like they have no problem and are confident in taking chances they shouldn't to try and score goals. They play like they aren't worried about giving up odd man rushes or just scoring chances in general against them. It seems like they are confident that their goalie will be good enough to bail them out or make the save when they need it. As hockey player all I can say, is knowing your goalie is going to or believing your goalie is going to make that save or bail you out when you need him too, is a feeling that changes the way you play and makes you play with more confidence than you even already have. This is how our team looks like they are playing and especially our younger players. playing behind a good goalie means you can just go out there play your game and feel like you don't have to worry about anything else. If Markstrom can continue to play his game and bring that confidence to our team, I'm super excited whether we make the playoffs or not for our future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N7Nucks Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Lets just save ourselves some time and trade Markstrom and give the net to Demko? Goalie Controversy!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messier's_elbow Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 It's funny cause I still think they see Miller as the starter. I think Markstrom is the better goalie at this point, but I'm pro tank so I'm ok with it lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Monahan Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 To put it nicely, that was an awful read. I've been more engaged by cook books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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