Vinny in Vancouver Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 Probably, the Canucks aren't going to add any more big-name players to the team for this off-season. Both Benning and Weisbrod keep talking about defining what a Canuck player looks like and using that to help guide the decisions that they do when looking to add or subtract players. So what's the Canucks' identity? Sedin-Sedin-Eriksson Baertschi-Sutter-Hansen Virtanen-Horvat-Burrows Dorsett-Granlund-Etem Edler-Tanev Gudbranson-Hutton Sbisa-Tryamkin-Biega-Larsen-Juolevi Miller-Markstrom On D, unless Juolevi manages to make the team, we have a big D that probably will not generate much points but does have a lot of players that are physical so perhaps physicality and size is the identity of our D? On O, we have a first-line that has a lot of skill and hockey sense but doesn't have much speed or hitting. But our other forward lines don't necessarily share that same identity. Honestly, the main thing I see in our team is that there's an abundance of Europeans, some Canadians, and a scarcity of Americans. So perhaps we're hoping to build Team Europe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckylager Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 Players of good character, willing to stick up for one another, and enough size to make rats think twice. Sounds like a positive ID. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinny in Vancouver Posted July 2, 2016 Author Share Posted July 2, 2016 1 minute ago, luckylager said: Players of good character, willing to stick up for one another, and enough size to make rats think twice. Sounds like a positive ID. Ok. If that's all it is, then I'm going to have to postpone purchasing my parade paraphernalia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckylager Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 1 minute ago, vinny_in_vancouver said: Ok. If that's all it is, then I'm going to have to postpone purchasing my parade paraphernalia. Don't jump the gun on that one. Just enjoy watching the team play better than last year and experience the growth of our young, future core. I'm pretty excited, but I don't expect a whole lot out of next season. To win more games and score more goals would be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phat Fingers Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 Vancouver is going to have the best named players in the NHL... JB has been killing it with the names of the player's he has acquired... Where is the TSN article on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinny in Vancouver Posted July 2, 2016 Author Share Posted July 2, 2016 Just now, luckylager said: Don't jump the gun on that one. Just enjoy watching the team play better than last year and experience the growth of our young, future core. I'm pretty excited, but I don't expect a whole lot out of next season. To win more games and score more goals would be great. I just read Benning's comments on today's trade: http://theprovince.com/sports/hockey/nhl/vancouver-canucks/benning-has-no-concerns-about-signing-eriksson-long-term and http://www.tsn.ca/canucks-sign-eriksson-to-6-year-36m-deal-1.519158, and some of the things he mentioned about Eriksson are: real smart, two-way player, skilled, improved power play. If I were to guess, the identity for forwards is 'skilled and smart'. If so, I hope our young guys are spending most of their time this summer with the Sedins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YEGCanuck Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 The team identity will evolve after the boys play a couple of dozen meaningful games together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItsMillerTime Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 Don't break up Horvat and Baertschi they got chemistry like really good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinny in Vancouver Posted July 2, 2016 Author Share Posted July 2, 2016 1 minute ago, ItsMillerTime said: Don't break up Horvat and Baertschi they got chemistry like really good. I completely agree on that, but for some unknown reason, Willie decided to split them up late last year. Maybe swap Virtanen and Baertschi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithers joe Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 players who will strive to win every game....taking pride in playing for the guys in the room and the fans in the stands...even for the negative nellies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 Team Sweden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lastresort318 Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 1 hour ago, vinny_in_vancouver said: I completely agree on that, but for some unknown reason, Willie decided to split them up late last year. Maybe swap Virtanen and Baertschi? Baertschi got hurt at the end of last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jam126 Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 1 hour ago, ItsMillerTime said: Don't break up Horvat and Baertschi they got chemistry like real good. FTFY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyLow_ Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 Since management took over we've repeatedly heard up tempo, speed, physical 4 line hockey. I think we're in a better position to finally see that this season, but I'm not sold on Willie D as a coach so who knows. Last year he sort of gets a pass, it's hard with that many bodies going in and out of the line-up but even the season before the team often looked confused and had no identity. There's quite a bit of speed here now and some real physicality for the first time in forever, so lets see more of that and less people trying to do a sedin cycle unless their name is Sedin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush17 Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 39 minutes ago, Incursio said: Team Sweden Yeah. We have Swedens top Olympic line from several past olympics and world championships. Nothing like having the best players from a hockey country like Sweden repping your 1st line! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintPatrick33 Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 Heck I just want a team that is hard to play against and willing to give it their all. I also want to see some progression from youngins like Jake, Bear, Hutton and who knows maybe Joulevi makes the team out of camp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomz Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 28 minutes ago, Rush17 said: Yeah. We have Swedens top Olympic line from several past olympics and world championships. Nothing like having the best players from a hockey country like Sweden repping your 1st line! GÖL! GOAL SWEDEN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jijitsu Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 Since the start of the Gillis era the team identity has stayed similar. With the exception of the one year Torts was here. Skilled Puck possession style, good penalty killing. Hard to play against but not overly physical. I don't see much difference with how Bennings has constructed his group other than being more emphasis on strong character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Biestra Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 6 minutes ago, jijitsu said: Since the start of the Gillis era the team identity has stayed similar. With the exception of the one year Torts was here. Skilled Puck possession style, good penalty killing. Hard to play against but not overly physical. I don't see much difference with how Bennings has constructed his group other than being more emphasis on strong character. I wouldn't say that "hard to play against" was part of our identity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cramarossa Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 1 hour ago, Incursio said: Team Sweden If we could get another Finn on the big team and maybe a Norwegian then we could be Team Scandinavia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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