Ichiban604 Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 The Canucks have lost 9 straight. With 67 points, the Canucks are tied for last place. One more lost to match their club record. How bad can you get to lose 9 straight? Must be the worst team in the league? Are they tanking? Players are not tanking, especially not the Sedins. Are the management trying to? Sure they are, but the management will definitely not admit it. No management in the league will. I guess they are losing accidentally on purpose. The management know with every lost, the chances to draft Auston Matthews gets higher and higher. A franchise center who will be the face of the Canucks. A chance to draft first overall for the first time in their history. So knowing all this, It must be so difficult for Benning and Linden to act they want to compete hard and win every game that are left on the schedule. Pretending with the medias, on the radio and on the news. Tanking Ain`t Easy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABNucksfan Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 cool story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuxfanabroad Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 That's one funny lookin' superstar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aleksander Barkov Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 40 minutes ago, ABNucksfan said: cool story you forgot to add 'bro' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aleksander Barkov Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 55 minutes ago, Ichiban604 said: The Canucks have lost 9 straight. With 67 points, the Canucks are tied for last place. One more lost to match their club record. How bad can you get to lose 9 straight? Must be the worst team in the league? Are they tanking? Sure they are, but the management will definitely not admit it. No management in the league will. I guess they are losing accidentally on purpose. The management know with every lost, the chances to draft Auston Matthews gets higher and higher. A franchise center who will be the face of the Canucks. A chance to draft first overall for the first time in their history. So knowing all this, It must be so difficult for Benning and Linden to act they want to compete hard and win every game that are left on the schedule. Pretending with the medias, on the radio and on the news. Tanking Ain`t Easy! You have to fall down to be able to get back up. Who cares if they admit it or not? Lol. The tank is happening and that's all that matters, to me at least. I feel like we win every time we lose a game. That 9 game losing streak= 9 game winning streak in my eyes. Let's keep it going losing=winning streak!!! We are getting embarrassed out there every game night but it's ALMOST OVER and we won't even remember this once we get Mathews. It will be okay guys next season we'll be back to contending for the playoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Fig Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 I think out of all the things that surprise me, the most glaring is that the Canucks have the lowest goals for in the league .... lower than the Leafs, lower than pathetic New Jersey. I mean, have you seen the Leafs roster? Only then does it become clear how anemic the Canucks have truly become. And that's with two $7M forwards in the group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeltaSwede Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 49 minutes ago, Jack Fig said: I think out of all the things that surprise me, the most glaring is that the Canucks have the lowest goals for in the league .... lower than the Leafs, lower than pathetic New Jersey. I mean, have you seen the Leafs roster? Only then does it become clear how anemic the Canucks have truly become. And that's with two $7M forwards in the group. Generally more goals scored each game in the eastern conference than in the western conference.. but yea it's not a good stat to have. Also.. you're calling out the Sedins.. wow. New Jersey aren't pathetic at all, and you saying they are, proves to me you don't watch a lot of hockey or don't really know what you are talking about. They have been playing pretty excellent recently and I wouldn't be surprised if they make the playoffs next season if they carry this on into next year. What I don't understand is people calling for this team to play better, for what? to worsen your chances at getting a higher draft pick? these games mean nothing, they can't make the playoffs so what is there to play for anymore? if anything you are just hurting yourself. Entertaining losses all the way to the end of the season is what everyone should be wishing for. Any improvements to the team will only happen in the summer, and they will, hopefully a long with a top 3 pick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfstonker Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 4 hours ago, Ichiban604 said: The Canucks have lost 9 straight. With 67 points, the Canucks are tied for last place. One more lost to match their club record. How bad can you get to lose 9 straight? Must be the worst team in the league? Are they tanking? Sure they are, but the management will definitely not admit it. No management in the league will. I guess they are losing accidentally on purpose. The management know with every lost, the chances to draft Auston Matthews gets higher and higher. A franchise center who will be the face of the Canucks. A chance to draft first overall for the first time in their history. So knowing all this, It must be so difficult for Benning and Linden to act they want to compete hard and win every game that are left on the schedule. Pretending with the medias, on the radio and on the news. Tanking Ain`t Easy! Well imo it has not really been for the lack of trying to win. Take the last 2 games for example if we had taken our "gilt edged" chances alone, I think we would have had 2 W's there. We are now suffering the "bogey" that many young teams suffer and that is lack of confidence in front of goal. Baertschi also missed one sitter and another easy one and Danny would normally have put his away. Anyone (who actually watches the complete games - and I suspect after reading some posts on here, many don't) would see that most nights our players are giving it their all but when you're down things just don't seem to go right for you. So please stop talking like tanking is something the players or the coaches are actually involved in - it's insulting to the team and it insults me and many others as fans. I don't watch as many of the other teams games now as I used to due to Game Center being replaced by NHL TV but I am convinced if I were to watch complete games by the Oilers or Calgary or Toronto the story would be the same. Certain factors drop a team down the league, it may be injuries (where there are no adequate replacements) an imbalance of youth and inexperience, poor coaching or poor net minding but when a team succumbs to these factors, the confidence starts to go, chances are missed and the breaks seem to go against you, no matter how hard they try. As I said before, losing is like a disease, once it enters the team system it is hard to get rid of. Mostly it doesn't affect effort or compete, only the efficiency of that effort. Heads go down quicker (on some teams) but even when they don't, the constant missing of chances and the "apparent" ease with which the opposition take their chances becomes demoralising. "We are getting embarrassed out there every game night but it's ALMOST OVER and we won't even remember this once we get Mathews. It will be okay guys next season we'll be back to contending for the playoffs." That is just plain rubbish. IF you are watching these games and saying that, you haven't a clue imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Building Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 53 minutes ago, DeltaSwede said: Generally more goals scored each game in the eastern conference than in the western conference.. but yea it's not a good stat to have. Also.. you're calling out the Sedins.. wow. I could be wrong, but I read it as more of a "if we're last in the league in goals for now imagine how much worse we'd be without our 2 best players". Well not surprisingly, I'd imagine we'd be worse. Hopefully next season has a different vibe to it down the stretch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejazz97 Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 This felt like Dave Pratt wrote it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neversummer Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Canucks need to learn from the Laffs ... apparently, all is sunny and bright in TO even though the losses keep piling up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxVerstappen33 Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 6 hours ago, ABNucksfan said: cool story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxVerstappen33 Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 26 minutes ago, Neversummer said: Canucks need to learn from the Laffs ... apparently, all is sunny and bright in TO even though the losses keep piling up. The most reprehensible and disgusting thing I have ever seen as a hockey fan is the praise for Toronto, Edm and Calgary lately for their more properly executed "rebuilds. " What are those teams even rebuilding from ? Nothing. They were never anything to begin with. Our team is less then 5 years removed from back to back Presidents trophies yet we are supposed to take orders from Toronto , Calgary and Edmonton ? We are supposed to follow what those franchises are doing ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd. Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Everyone in Leafs nation are extremely happy for the future. They're going to be a team to look out for. I think in the next 2-3, maybe 4 years, I think all Canadian teams will look pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neversummer Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 11 minutes ago, LolClarkson said: The most reprehensible and disgusting thing I have ever seen as a hockey fan is the praise for Toronto, Edm and Calgary lately for their more properly executed "rebuilds. " What are those teams even rebuilding from ? Nothing. They were never anything to begin with. Our team is less then 5 years removed from back to back Presidents trophies yet we are supposed to take orders from Toronto , Calgary and Edmonton ? We are supposed to follow what those franchises are doing ? The implication is to learn from the rebuild process. With regard to that, maybe not Edm but Calgary and Toronto were willing to do it right and not 'rebuild on the fly'. If you wanted to broaden the learning from other franchises to how they build winning teams ... you haven't been a hockey fan for long. You need to open up the history books, how many Cups does Edm, Tor, Cal have compared to Vancouver? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slegr Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Auston Matthews isn't worth tanking this bad over. Is he a franchise player? Possibly. He's not a generational player like McDavid. Honestly, I kind of feel like Matthews is the creation of Gary Bettman's NHL. Stripping Canada of a team like Winnipeg, moving it into the desert, an American kid grows up watching the Coyotes and shows tons of talent. How long will he want to play for a Canadian team? Does he really show a killer instinct with winning big games? Besides all of that, even if we finish in last place, we still have an 80% chance of not selecting first over all. Is that really worth losing to this degree? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tirefire Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 1 minute ago, Slegr said: Auston Matthews isn't worth tanking this bad over. Is he a franchise player? Possibly. He's not a generational player like McDavid. Honestly, I kind of feel like Matthews is the creation of Gary Bettman's NHL. Stripping Canada of a team like Winnipeg, moving it into the desert, an American kid grows up watching the Coyotes and shows tons of talent. How long will he want to play for a Canadian team? Does he really show a killer instinct with winning big games? Besides all of that, even if we finish in last place, we still have an 80% chance of not selecting first over all. Is that really worth losing to this degree? he's not a Canadian so he's not worth the hype? great logic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
froskii Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 They are not tanking, did you see some of those saves by Reimer no way the Canucks are doing this on purpose they are just this bad and get used to it i see no light at the end of this tunnel with this team as it is even with a top 3 pick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Fig Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 2 hours ago, Green Building said: I could be wrong, but I read it as more of a "if we're last in the league in goals for now imagine how much worse we'd be without our 2 best players". Well not surprisingly, I'd imagine we'd be worse. Hopefully next season has a different vibe to it down the stretch. Yep, that birdie seemed to sail right over Mr. Swede's melon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamJamIam Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 I continue to wonder if the Sedins are on board with the tank. It's hardly the teams fault they got injured beyond recognition all year. But now it's an opportunity. The Sedins aren't stupid. They know that Burke's move to draft them has made this franchise competitive. They bleed blue and green and want to see us to continue to succeed after they're retired. If anyone would be able to be convinced this late into a season of mishaps to tank, it's them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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