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Bur14Kes17

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I cannot even begin to understand why Brandon Sutter is on the first unit power play and I'm getting exhausted watching it. I can't count the number of times he's disrupted the Sedins cycle, he doesn't have a quick trigger to shoot the puck, and he's not known to battle for greats goals in the crease. Willie has absolutely refused to use Hansen on the power play. Lord knows why because remember last year right at the end of the season when Hansen got onto a power play one game and score? Anyone remember this? Willie certainly doesn't.

 

The first unit started in Washington with Sedins Erickson Sutter and Stetcher. It wasn't working, so what does Willie do? He takes Erickson off and puts another defensemen on it... Willies roster deployment choices are not getting the best out of this team and I'm pretty sure Benning has gotten into his ear in the past but the problem has just continued.

 

imo our power play units should be

PP1

Sedins Hansen Erickson Stetcher

PP2

Horvat Sutter Baertschi Burrows Hutton - in fact I don't particularly care so long as Horvat Baertschi and Hutton are there. 

 

End rant.

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3 minutes ago, Mathew Barzal said:

I've wanted Hansen's one timer on the PP since the beginning of time. I'm happy Willie l's coach though because he's losing us games we could be winning..

 I hear ya and I'll be very happy when we draft Nico in the top 5 this year, but in the mean time,  watching Willie make lines is like shoving your arm down a toilet hole and then flushing it

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19 minutes ago, Bur14Kes17 said:

I cannot even begin to understand why Brandon Sutter is on the first unit power play and I'm getting exhausted watching it. I can't count the number of times he's disrupted the Sedins cycle, he doesn't have a quick trigger to shoot the puck, and he's not known to battle for greats goals in the crease. Willie has absolutely refused to use Hansen on the power play. Lord knows why because remember last year right at the end of the season when Hansen got onto a power play one game and score? Anyone remember this? Willie certainly doesn't.

 

The first unit started in Washington with Sedins Erickson Sutter and Stetcher. It wasn't working, so what does Willie do? He takes Erickson off and puts another defensemen on it... Willies roster deployment choices are not getting the best out of this team and I'm pretty sure Benning has gotten into his ear in the past but the problem has just continued.

 

imo our power play units should be

PP1

Sedins Hansen Erickson Stetcher

PP2

Horvat Sutter Baertschi Burrows Hutton - in fact I don't particularly care so long as Horvat Baertschi and Hutton are there. 

 

End rant.

 

Because Canucks have the worst coach in the entire NHL

 

LE was good enough to play with Hank and Dank for Sweden... but apparently not good enough for the canucks...

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14 minutes ago, StealthNuck said:

Why are the Sedins' on PP1?

The eternal question.

Our 2nd unit should really be the first. I know they are learning but I feel like both PP units should strictly be the kids. They actually shoot the puck, Stech in particular. How many times have we heard "…and Henrik passes instead of shooting" or seen him try to center the puck to Daniel just to have it blocked and turned over. Meanwhile Troy is at the point by himself screaming for a feed. I am usually pretty positive about the team and optimistic but our PP today left me so disgusted.

 

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2 hours ago, Bur14Kes17 said:

I cannot even begin to understand why Brandon Sutter is on the first unit power play and I'm getting exhausted watching it. I can't count the number of times he's disrupted the Sedins cycle, he doesn't have a quick trigger to shoot the puck, and he's not known to battle for greats goals in the crease. Willie has absolutely refused to use Hansen on the power play. Lord knows why because remember last year right at the end of the season when Hansen got onto a power play one game and score? Anyone remember this? Willie certainly doesn't.

 

The first unit started in Washington with Sedins Erickson Sutter and Stetcher. It wasn't working, so what does Willie do? He takes Erickson off and puts another defensemen on it... Willies roster deployment choices are not getting the best out of this team and I'm pretty sure Benning has gotten into his ear in the past but the problem has just continued.

 

imo our power play units should be

PP1

Sedins Hansen Erickson Stetcher

PP2

Horvat Sutter Baertschi Burrows Hutton - in fact I don't particularly care so long as Horvat Baertschi and Hutton are there. 

 

End rant.

 

I disagree.  Most of his goals have been snipes.  Guy has a sneaky and quick release.

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Our powerplay sucks because we have less talent then the top teams. We could disect the 80s canucks and try and figure out why this guy or that guy wasnt on the powerplay , but in the end , what does it really matter ?

 

Our team is not as good as the other teams. Period. All the other arguments are just us having fun wasting time. Lets let go of 2011. We are back to square one. Worst part is , linden, benning and co are just going to make things take that much longer. It could be a decade before our team is relivant again 

 

In the words of Rob schnieder Weeeee suck again

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