BrockBoester Posted July 29, 2019 Author Share Posted July 29, 2019 Just now, khay said: We are going to have five new roster players compared to last season: Hughes, Myers, Miller, Ferland, and Benn Of these, 4 players are top 4D and top 6F. And although Benn is not a top 4D, he is essentially an improvement over Hutton. I'm really optimistic for the new season, mainly because our defence improved greatly and it doesn't have gaping hole like it did before: Edler-Myers Hughes-Tanev Benn-Stecher Sure, it will have trouble against the best teams in the NHL but it should be good enough against most teams. The team's strength shouldn't be judged based on its best players but on the weakest players because the opposition can always exploit that weak link. I don't see much of a weak link on this defence. We are going to be vastly improved in my opinion. Don't forget the possibility of Juolevi and/or Tryamkin possibly being around sometime this season or maybe next at the latest? D lookin REAL GOOD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post khay Posted July 29, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted July 29, 2019 7 hours ago, Provost said: We overperformed last year because our division was just terrible. Markstrom also decided to be a Vezina level goalie for half the season. We could improve and still be as far from a playoff spot. Pacific is still kind of weak. Arizona, LA, Anaheim, Edmonton are not better than us. Vegas and Sharks are probably still better. I always feel like we can beat Calgary. Don't know why. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 6 hours ago, khay said: Pacific is still kind of weak. Arizona, LA, Anaheim, Edmonton are not better than us. Vegas and Sharks are probably still better. I always feel like we can beat Calgary. Don't know why. I'm not sold on the Sharks this year. I think there is some chance they end up like the Ducks did last season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillipBlunt Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 (edited) On 7/28/2019 at 5:23 PM, stawns said: I'm not sure why the rest of them think Arizona is going to be a big mover this season. Edited July 30, 2019 by PhillipBlunt 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBatch Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 7 hours ago, khay said: Pacific is still kind of weak. Arizona, LA, Anaheim, Edmonton are not better than us. Vegas and Sharks are probably still better. I always feel like we can beat Calgary. Don't know why. I’d agree our division is weaker then most, and that the Central is now stacked but as another poster pointed out we didn’t fair well against it last year and would add we took a good amount of points playing better teams in other divisions too. Agree with your assessments but also think SJ is a team that could miss out on the playoffs if things don’t go right for them, they lost a lot of key players (around five). Thornton coming back would keep them more relevant but their window is almost shut for the time being. ARI and Van are on the rise, I’d have only Vegas and Calgary ahead of us for sure ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilduce39 Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 Where Roarke gets it right is that he knows it's the kids driving the bus. That's the bet - not Miller or Myers or Ferland or Benn but Pettersson, Horvat, Boeser and Hughes. Like how he still has some faith in Juolevi as well. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucker 67 Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 22 minutes ago, ilduce39 said: Where Roarke gets it right is that he knows it's the kids driving the bus. That's the bet - not Miller or Myers or Ferland or Benn but Pettersson, Horvat, Boeser and Hughes. Like how he still has some faith in Juolevi as well. I think this might be one of the few times I've ever seen anyone mention that Juolevi will be a good player. Sometimes don't even see that support in CDC. Juolevi is such a smart player, smooth skating, no panic, solid defensively, etc. Might be way out there with this guess, but I think we could see a #1 pairing of Juoelvi - Hughes one day. Both players are so smart, so great at skating and decision making. They would also compliment erach other very well. Juolevi is the stable defensive guy who will TCB in his ow end, Hughes is the mobile rover who provides some offence. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crabcakes Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 9 hours ago, PhillipBlunt said: B Hot Dog! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stawns Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 (edited) 35 minutes ago, Crabcakes said: Hot Dog! Edited July 30, 2019 by stawns 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YearoftheNuck Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 (edited) There’s so much to be excited about with the continued development of the youth, but it’s the fact that we literally got rid of several of our worst players from last year and replaced them with all substantially better players that has me believing we can make a serious push for the playoffs this year. Out: Hutton Pouliot Granlund Spooner In: Myers Benn Miller Ferland Honourable Mention: Fantenberg (good depth signing) Also the Gudbranson for Pearson trade has looked like a pretty big win for us. And Demko is obviously far more promising than Lee and should pull out more wins for us. Overall our roster at the beginning of this season is much better than last. Every year as summer winds down I get excited for the Nucks season to begin, including the last handful of years when I (and basically everyone) knew that they were a bottom feeder team. But this year I have true optimism again and I’m so stoked to finally not be painfully hoping for losses to increase our draft odds, but rather I’m going to be cheering hard for every game. Edited August 1, 2019 by YearoftheNuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fecklund Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 (edited) Colorado got in with 90 points last year which was 9 points (or 4-0-1) better than us. The thing I'm looking at is goal differential, not wins or points. Colorado was a +14 over the year while we were -29. Can the Canucks collectively score 43 more goals than last year? Ferland and Miller should hit 20-ish, so there's 40. A slight bump (hopefully) from Peety Brock and Bo if they stay healthy, plus (FINALLY) a real offensive defensive presence in Hughes. I'm being pretty simplistic here but I think offensively the numbers will pan out. Add to that a better defence and Clark's influence on Marky starting to pay off.... it could happen. Not saying it will 100%, but to those out there who think this team is still miles away, I'll say this: Edited August 1, 2019 by fecklund 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fecklund Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 Go Big or Go Home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilduce39 Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 Just listened to a Woodley hit where he said we lost 2 games last season with Bachman / DiPietro stats. Probably more like 4 when you consider games Markstrom had to play when he needed a rest. With as good as our goaltending was last season, we could likely improve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.I.A.H.N Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 On 8/1/2019 at 11:17 AM, fecklund said: Colorado got in with 90 points last year which was 9 points (or 4-0-1) better than us. The thing I'm looking at is goal differential, not wins or points. Colorado was a +14 over the year while we were -29. Can the Canucks collectively score 43 more goals than last year? Ferland and Miller should hit 20-ish, so there's 40. A slight bump (hopefully) from Peety Brock and Bo if they stay healthy, plus (FINALLY) a real offensive defensive presence in Hughes. I'm being pretty simplistic here but I think offensively the numbers will pan out. Add to that a better defence and Clark's influence on Marky starting to pay off.... it could happen. Not saying it will 100%, but to those out there who think this team is still miles away, I'll say this: Actually, it is even better than that (it is still 9 pts) but it is a differential between goals for and against So if we score 23 more and keep out 20 less We are the same......and it is more obtainable then trying to score 43 more goals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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