Beefcake Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 Yea, Loui has been playing ok lately and it's not his fault that JB went out and signed him to big money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtis Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 8 hours ago, kloubek said: If only there was a Loui thread already running since his signing that we could comment in... Get a life dude. Your not a mod. Don't click on the topic if you don't like it... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithers joe Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 we all know, louie’s contract sucks. the team knows it and louie knows it, but a contract is a contract. JB has tried to move louie, his agent has tried to find some other interest in him. nothing has come of that. none of us know what understanding management/ownership has with louie and his agent. louie has been a true professional through all of the not playing and not being a negative influence on the team. the only true skill that is working for him is his defensive game. i say cudo’s to louie for giving the game what he is able. everything else about the situation belongs to JB. i’m sure if there is a way out, he’ll find it. let louie play and give what he can until his contract is eliminated. that is my opinion. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JM_ Posted January 20, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 20, 2020 (edited) 6 minutes ago, smithers joe said: we all know, louie’s contract sucks. the team knows it and louie knows it, but a contract is a contract. JB has tried to move louie, his agent has tried to find some other interest in him. nothing has come of that. none of us know what understanding management/ownership has with louie and his agent. louie has been a true professional through all of the not playing and not being a negative influence on the team. the only true skill that is working for him is his defensive game. i say cudo’s to louie for giving the game what he is able. everything else about the situation belongs to JB. i’m sure if there is a way out, he’ll find it. let louie play and give what he can until his contract is eliminated. that is my opinion. whats interesting to me is, if Loui had been left with the Sedin line and then with Bo, he'd probably be a 35-40 pt player. I can say that because thats the performance he had with both lines when he was put with them, if anyone wants to look it up: https://frozenpool.dobberhockey.com/players/Loui-Eriksson . So maybe some of Loui's under performance is on the coaches as well. Had Loui been left with twins e.g,. to produce more he may have been more tradable, but then again maybe not, its a big contract to pick up for an aging player. But for right now,at this point season, he's what Bo needed and I'm happy to see it. Edited January 20, 2020 by Jimmy McGill 1 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucker 67 Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 Loui woke up at the right time, and I love that he's playing well and having success on Bo's line. I'm happy for him. It must've been tough for him to go to the rink every day, work hard and be blamed for making too much. Nice to see him contribute. The Canucks are fairly healthy at the AS break, (except for Leivo and Ferland), but they really haven't had Ferland's impact yet, really. I'm hoping all of the pieces fall into place the closer we get to April. Maybe a full compliment to the roster? Virtanen and Gaudette have been playing well too, just seems like a much different year than the past. With Hughes on this team, anything is possible. I want to see Loui hoist that Cup! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post smithers joe Posted January 20, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 20, 2020 imo, louie had chemistry with the sedins but lacked the physicality that a guy like burrows gave to that line. i think the coach found better options for top six wingers. we all know that louie is a net front garbage goal scorer. he was good at tip ins or getting rebounds. on the 3rd and 4th lines, that were more defensive lines, he wasn’t getting the opportunities for tip ins or rebounds. i think louie adapted his game to play on those lines. i think he lost heart after awhile. we all saw that. when he spoke to the swedish press, he explained that his offensive numbers were down because he wasn’t on the scoring lines but playing on checking lines. it was an unfortunate comment but he was being honest and showed so frustrations. louie is great human being that is caught in an unfortunate situations. criticizing his play is fair game but he doesn’t deserve the disrespect he gets from some fans, i wish fans would get behind louie, while he plays for canucks and root for him to have success. there will be plenty of time for negativity after he is gone. if people don’t embrace that, then i think i’m too old to understand how younger people’s thought processes work. 2 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanless Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 10 hours ago, Westcoasting said: How did you arrive at this conclusion? Yadda yadda yadda? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VegasCanuck Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 11 hours ago, Petey_BOI said: I have been watching loui play lately, and suprisingly has been playing well. The whole second line has been on fire since loui has been on that line (10G and 30P even strength) . Defensively he has been forechecking strongly, and creating turnover chances in our own end. Offensively he has been grinding in the corner's and battling hard and has been rewarded with 6 points in his last 10 GP. Before loui was on that line bo and tanner only had 7p between them Even strength in their last 10 GP. Coach green has found one of the most dominant shut down line's in the league and guess what LE is on it. flame away hater's Go Canucks GO!!! Has been a really pleasant surprise, how he's turned himself around the last 8 or 10 games. REALLY hope that he can keep it going. Seems to be finding some good chemistry with Horvat and Pearson. Maybe just needed a couple of bigger players to work with??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian42 Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 (edited) I agree he’s been playing better no doubt and I agree that he’s solid defensively. With that being said I think it’s a joke that a guy with 8 points with half of those being on an empty net is getting praise on our second line. The only thing he has potentially earned is a 4th line role rather than being sent to Utica and/or being scratched. The fact that Horvat is on pace for 70 points despite of LE is amazing and Bo deserves better imo the Canucks number 1 priority should be getting Horvat a winger to replace LE. id love a proven top6 who is on pace for 50 or more points via trade but I also think we have internal options better than Eriksson ( Leivo, Ferlund, Boucher, Baertschi) i know people are going to say to say Eriksson is better defensively than Boucher and Baertschi but these guys aren’t that bad and I think the extra offense they bring is worth it. A line with Bo and Pearson is going to be solid defensively no matter who the other winger is. But what id really like to see is: miller Petey Virtanen Pearson Bo Boeser Roussel Sutter Gaudette motte Beagle Eriksson (replaced by Ferlund/Leivo when they return) if Boeser has been playing with Petey and getting more ice time than Virtanen including power play yet only has 2 more goals, there’s no doubt in my mind Virtanen would have more goals if the roles were switched. I’m not saying more assists of course (jake isn’t a setup guy) but what this accomplishes is slightly deminshing your first line but greatly enhancing your second line. All the top guys still get power play 1 ice time. The third line also would not be quite as strong offensively but Sutter’s defensive game with the ability to chip in makes the third line strong and gives the Canucks a better face-off guy. Edited January 20, 2020 by brian42 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancaster Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 When he signed, he was getting $3 million for his defensive abilities plus another $3 million for offensive output. The problem is that there's no offense, thus he's only worth $3 million. Once the playoffs rolls around, I get the feeling that Eriksson will be getting tons of ice-time. Green will be sending Horvat out to shutdown the opposition and thus LE will be playing alongside of him. One benefit of Eriksson being scratched a lot, he's an older player and thus will be more fresh when it's April. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JM_ Posted January 20, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 20, 2020 24 minutes ago, brian42 said: The fact that Horvat is on pace for 70 points despite of LE is amazing and Bo deserves better imo the Canucks number 1 priority should be getting Horvat a winger to replace LE. "the fact" - what fact? You say despite LE, but what stats do you have to back this up? This season, with Loui, Bo's goals for % is 56%, vs 43% without Loui. Loui's defensive ability is giving Horvat the opportunity to have more chances and create a more dominant line. If you add in the end of last season the Pearson-Bo-Loui line has a dominant 58% GF%. 1 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper007 Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 5 minutes ago, Jimmy McGill said: "the fact" - what fact? You say despite LE, but what stats do you have to back this up? This season, with Loui, Bo's goals for % is 56%, vs 43% without Loui. Loui's defensive ability is giving Horvat the opportunity to have more chances and create a more dominant line. If you add in the end of last season the Pearson-Bo-Loui line has a dominant 58% GF%. People also don't realize that just because you're not on the scoresheet, doesn't mean you're not the reason the goal is scored. LE has been a net presence for the goals, screening the goalie or causing a defenseman to go to him, thus creating chaos for the goal to be scored. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coconuts Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 It's a nice story, it'd be nice to see that line sustain the success they're having. His play makes it tough to take him out of the lineup, it's strange to say but we've been better with him in it. He's contributed to our recent success. Gonna be some tough calls to make when we start getting bodies back, but it's nice to see things working out for him. If he wasn't making 6m a lot of people wouldn't harp on him so much but it is what it is. He's certainly not the anchor Lucic looks to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper007 Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 17 minutes ago, Coconuts said: It's a nice story, it'd be nice to see that line sustain the success they're having. His play makes it tough to take him out of the lineup, it's strange to say but we've been better with him in it. He's contributed to our recent success. Gonna be some tough calls to make when we start getting bodies back, but it's nice to see things working out for him. If he wasn't making 6m a lot of people wouldn't harp on him so much but it is what it is. He's certainly not the anchor Lucic looks to be. Or Okposo, or Backes, or Nielsen, or Ladd .... Man there were ALOT of bad deals for teams that year for free agency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senrik Hedin Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 Loui Eriksson: has been, playing well. 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bree2 Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 7 hours ago, Hairy Kneel said: He's on pace for his usual 10 goals. But I think our team will need more toughness and hitting in the lineup. Big Mac or Bailey could help against the heavy teams like St Louis. Especially in the playoffs. Ferland should be litr long term. Benning said Ferland will be back after the all star break 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PunjabiCanucks Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 Ericksson is a good player, simply overpaid 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rychicken Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 53 minutes ago, Jimmy McGill said: "the fact" - what fact? You say despite LE, but what stats do you have to back this up? This season, with Loui, Bo's goals for % is 56%, vs 43% without Loui. Loui's defensive ability is giving Horvat the opportunity to have more chances and create a more dominant line. If you add in the end of last season the Pearson-Bo-Loui line has a dominant 58% GF%. kudos for trying to explain it to him/her - I just give them the confused face and consider putting them on ignore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EP Phone Home Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 26 minutes ago, Viper007 said: Or Okposo, or Backes, or Nielsen, or Ladd .... Man there were ALOT of bad deals for teams that year for free agency. Amen to that @Viper007 When it’s all said and done the 2016 off season will be a year all GM free agent shoppers wish they had stayed off their phones. So many max deals with ridiculous terms and NMC. Thankfully Louie has played well as of late and he doesn’t have a NMC like Lucic does, but it’s the Flames that have him so good riddance. The real Louie Louie has just stood up his game and the fans can get off his donkey for little while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillipBlunt Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 Happy for Eriksson. He's been playing well and looking rejuvenated. Out of all the outcomes, what's transpiring is really the best. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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