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What's happening with this team? The new core is learning to win by themselves

*Buzzsaw*

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These boards have been more bi-polar than usual this season, for good reason, the ups and the downs have been kinda steep.

 

I think what we are seeing is the evolution and re-structuring of the team... right before our eyes.

 

The new players spent last season watching and waiting for the Sedins to win games... players like Horvat did chip in, but it was secondary scoring.

 

This year we are seeing a new trend... that being the new players leading the team, not looking to the Sedins anymore, going out and winning games on their own.

 

Arizona game was the best example we've seen this year... the Sedins were generally invisible and didn't figure in the scoring at all.

 

To all intents and purposes, the Horvat line was the #1 line, the Granlund line was #2.

 

No knee-jerk bandwagoneers... that doesn't mean we should send the Sedins to Utica...  :rolleyes:   But it is a good trend.

 

The Sedins will remain a big offensive part of this team, and we will need to get big games from them to have any chance of reaching the playoffs.

 

But now the team has evolved to the point that if Horvat and Baertschi have a good game, the Canucks stand a good chance of winning.

 

The team is becoming offensively balanced again... which hasn't been the case since Kesler's line was capable of winning games on its own.

 

If the trend continues, it is going to make it a lot more difficult for other teams to match lines against the Canucks.  ;)

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1 hour ago, FijianCanuck said:

If the canucks can put together a 5 game win streak and continue to get points from anyone not a Sedin then I'll be on your page. Beating the last place team twice doesn't change a thing. 

True, but we did look better last game against the Coyotes then we did the first game.

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2 minutes ago, Qwags said:

True, but we did look better last game against the Coyotes then we did the first game.

True, we finally had bounces go our way and Mike Smith did say he was asleep on all 4 goals. Don't get me wrong I want my team to succeed but I need to see a much bigger sample size. 

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1 game does not a trend make. Especially if the game is against the last place team in the league with a goalie that decided to $&!# the bed. Yes, it's a positive sign, but let's not pop the champagne yet. If this starts to happen against teams like the Canadiens or Blackhawks consistently then I'll be on board.

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5 hours ago, *Buzzsaw* said:

These boards have been more bi-polar than usual this season, for good reason, the ups and the downs have been kinda steep.

 

I think what we are seeing is the evolution and re-structuring of the team... right before our eyes.

 

The new players spent last season watching and waiting for the Sedins to win games... players like Horvat did chip in, but it was secondary scoring.

 

This year we are seeing a new trend... that being the new players leading the team, not looking to the Sedins anymore, going out and winning games on their own.

 

Arizona game was the best example we've seen this year... the Sedins were generally invisible and didn't figure in the scoring at all.

 

To all intents and purposes, the Horvat line was the #1 line, the Granlund line was #2.

 

No knee-jerk bandwagoneers... that doesn't mean we should send the Sedins to Utica...  :rolleyes:   But it is a good trend.

 

The Sedins will remain a big offensive part of this team, and we will need to get big games from them to have any chance of reaching the playoffs.

 

But now the team has evolved to the point that if Horvat and Baertschi have a good game, the Canucks stand a good chance of winning.

 

The team is becoming offensively balanced again... which hasn't been the case since Kesler's line was capable of winning games on its own.

 

If the trend continues, it is going to make it a lot more difficult for other teams to match lines against the Canucks.  ;)

 

It's one game. A little anxious aren't we.

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6 hours ago, *Buzzsaw* said:

These boards have been more bi-polar than usual this season, for good reason, the ups and the downs have been kinda steep.

 

I think what we are seeing is the evolution and re-structuring of the team... right before our eyes.

 

The new players spent last season watching and waiting for the Sedins to win games... players like Horvat did chip in, but it was secondary scoring.

 

This year we are seeing a new trend... that being the new players leading the team, not looking to the Sedins anymore, going out and winning games on their own.

 

Arizona game was the best example we've seen this year... the Sedins were generally invisible and didn't figure in the scoring at all.

 

To all intents and purposes, the Horvat line was the #1 line, the Granlund line was #2.

 

No knee-jerk bandwagoneers... that doesn't mean we should send the Sedins to Utica...  :rolleyes:   But it is a good trend.

 

The Sedins will remain a big offensive part of this team, and we will need to get big games from them to have any chance of reaching the playoffs.

 

But now the team has evolved to the point that if Horvat and Baertschi have a good game, the Canucks stand a good chance of winning.

 

The team is becoming offensively balanced again... which hasn't been the case since Kesler's line was capable of winning games on its own.

 

If the trend continues, it is going to make it a lot more difficult for other teams to match lines against the Canucks.  ;)

They also learned how to give up a three goal lead against the Blackhawks.

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46 minutes ago, smokes said:

They also learned how to give up a three goal lead against the Blackhawks.

 

But they were competitive until they hit the 3rd period when the Blackhawks went into overdrive. It's a long season, but there is some positives. If the team can get secondary scoring, and the defence tightens up, they can at least be pushing to get goals and wins. Be entertaining, even with losses. 

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49 minutes ago, smokes said:

They also learned how to give up a three goal lead against the Blackhawks.

 

You need to give credit where credit is due the Hawks played the perfect period and I am not sure any team could have survived that barrage they showed that night. That was one of the best periods I seen a team play in a long time.

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1 minute ago, Ghostsof1915 said:

 

But they were competitive until they hit the 3rd period when the Blackhawks went into overdrive. It's a long season, but there is some positives. If the team can get secondary scoring, and the defence tightens up, they can at least be pushing to get goals and wins. Be entertaining, even with losses. 

Yeh but the notion that the new core won without the help of the old core is nonsense.

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1 minute ago, EdgarM said:

 

You need to give credit where credit is due the Hawks played the perfect period and I am not sure any team could have survived that barrage they showed that night. That was one of the best periods I seen a team play in a long time.

The Canucks also panicked

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Just now, EdgarM said:

 

You are correct and that is with the "old core" as well. The rookies looked like rookies and will learn from that experience I am sure.

I know, I'm just tired of hearing so many people dismissing the veterans.

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