rychicken Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 20 minutes ago, Alflives said: Are we really a young team though? Petey and Hughes are clearly young. Who else is young? Jake’s in his fourth year, right? Bo is in his fifth? Stecher is in his fourth? IMO we are not young at all. We have a lot of experienced players. Edler, Tanev, Myers, Benn, Fanta, Miller, Pearson, Tofu, Sutter, Rooster, Beagle, Loui. We are actually kind of old, when looking at our veterans. Either our team is just not good, or our coaching is holding us back. Nice to see you are opening up to at least considering this....(because it's the correct answer) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 3 minutes ago, GritGrinder said: Hockey standards? That's hilarious....please...point me to the age section of the big book of hockey standards. 24 is not a young NHL player, but is the common person’s world. 30 is getting old fir an NHL player, especially a role guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73 Percent Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 1 minute ago, Alflives said: 24 is not a young NHL player, but is the common person’s world. 30 is getting old fir an NHL player, especially a role guy. I'd say 24 is young for a goalie or Dman. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 1 minute ago, rychicken said: Nice to see you are opening up to at least considering this....(because it's the correct answer) It’s a question, and not an answer. However, if we are not as good a team as most we play against, then absolutely our systems are wrong. Weaker teams do not play systems that promote run and gun, trade chances hockey. That’s bad coaching. So in both scenarios (good team or bad team) our coaching is poor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 Just now, 73 Percent said: I'd say 24 is young for a goalie or Dman. agreed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewbieCanuckFan Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 2 hours ago, IBatch said: Keenan. Could be a two-for one Keenan was actually asked for his thoughts on how he would proceed with Vancouver! This was his answer: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GritGrinder Posted March 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 6, 2020 9 minutes ago, Alflives said: 24 is not a young NHL player, but is the common person’s world. 30 is getting old fir an NHL player, especially a role guy. You must have gotten that from this book. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
189lb enforcers? Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 It’s rookie-D race night. Expect a bit more desire from both sides. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devron Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 (edited) 44 minutes ago, Alflives said: Are we really a young team though? Petey and Hughes are clearly young. Who else is young? Jake’s in his fourth year, right? Bo is in his fifth? Stecher is in his fourth? IMO we are not young at all. We have a lot of experienced players. Edler, Tanev, Myers, Benn, Fanta, Miller, Pearson, Tofu, Sutter, Rooster, Beagle, Loui. We are actually kind of old, when looking at our veterans. Either our team is just not good, or our coaching is holding us back. Actually Alf the Canucks are still one of the youngest teams in the league even with the vets. They are in the top 5 in the nhl https://www.rosterresource.com/nhl-roster-breakdowns/ Edited March 6, 2020 by Devron44 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tunderwood Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 16 hours ago, Alflives said: You think JB gets to hire a third coach? Has any other GM got to do that? Nashville. Poile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewbieCanuckFan Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 6 minutes ago, 189lb enforcers? said: It’s rookie-D race night. Maker going to race Hughes in a wheelchair? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohmy Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 Its gonna be a great game tonight. Boys are gonna come together and show us all what real Canuck hockey is all about. Haters can hate but will be crawling in their cave after this game. Let's goooooo! Positive vibes all around, sun is shining and beer is on ice for after work. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ajax- Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 I'm getting up at 4am to watch this game Time to turn the whale (ship) around with a big victory. We need everyone at 120%, giver balls for 60 minutes boys, make us proud. Go Canucks go 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
189lb enforcers? Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 1 minute ago, NewbieCanuckFan said: Maker going to race Hughes in a wheelchair? Even from the press box, it’s still on. First it will the media showcasing the race, then each time will do as they always do and ramp it up when an individual trophy is on the line for their peers. Injured or not, we will see just as much about them on TV tonight. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
appleboy Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 The age of players is not the only thing to consider. For the last fore years we have been in the bottom of the league. Just adding a few players dose not automatically make you a winning team. It takes a while to build chemistry. Then they need to be tested by fire or prove what they can do. They need to prove it to themselves. Build confidence. I see a team that is still fragile. Making the playoffs would be nice but would also be a huge step over last season. Maybe too big of a step. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBatch Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 41 minutes ago, Alflives said: Are we really a young team though? Petey and Hughes are clearly young. Who else is young? Jake’s in his fourth year, right? Bo is in his fifth? Stecher is in his fourth? IMO we are not young at all. We have a lot of experienced players. Edler, Tanev, Myers, Benn, Fanta, Miller, Pearson, Tofu, Sutter, Rooster, Beagle, Loui. We are actually kind of old, when looking at our veterans. Either our team is just not good, or our coaching is holding us back. Yep we really are young. It's the core that matter the most important players aren't even in their early prime yet (23-24 is usually when it starts). Horvat and Miller are the elder statesman in that regard. Yes the league is getting younger as reliable journeyman aren't getting long or any fourth contracts anymore (check out how many UFAs got one or two year deals last year)...but our team has one of the youngest cores in the entire league. Almost all of those guys you mentioned will be gone in two years - sure some of them might get replaced by another vet, but some won't as like other teams that's the part of the cycle we rely on ELCs to balance the books. All the contenders cores are five-ten years plus older then ours (TB, Boston, St Louis, WSH and maybe PIT as with them you never know). That's when our true window will be at its widest too. Saying we arent young is pretty funny. Factually we are tied with ARI for second youngest roster in the league - and MTL and CAR are tied for first. 26.5 and we are 26.6....barely a difference. That's definitely a young team. Overall our forwards rank 4th youngest - and that's with LE. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuitnTie Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 Don’t wanna say this is a must win but this is a must win game. Let’s see how the boys show up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicklas Bo Hunter Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 are old players going to be there tonight? can't imagine Bertuzzi would be there with our opponent being Colorado..... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GritGrinder Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 13 minutes ago, appleboy said: The age of players is not the only thing to consider. For the last fore years we have been in the bottom of the league. Just adding a few players dose not automatically make you a winning team. It takes a while to build chemistry. Then they need to be tested by fire or prove what they can do. They need to prove it to themselves. Build confidence. I see a team that is still fragile. Making the playoffs would be nice but would also be a huge step over last season. Maybe too big of a step. Would it though..? The Canucks finished with 81pts last season and the 2nd WC was Colorado at 90pts. The 2 WC positions this season are on pace for 92pts which would be an 11pt improvement over last season which equates to one win a month over a 6 month season. That's how fine a line it is...for last season if the Canucks had won one more game in 5 of the 6 months they would have made the playoffs and that's the pace they are now...one extra win a month. You can go to any month last season and pick out one game that the Canucks should have won but didn't...same with this season, go to any month and you can probably find a game the Canucks won that they shouldn't have. Thats the difference between a playoff team and a bottom 12 team...one win a month. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devron Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 (edited) Take out Loui and maybe Sutter next year. All big maybes but add a rookie on defence hopefully and possibly a forward. That’s an even younger team. This is just the beginning folks. Lots to look forward to. Quit complaining and enjoy. Although I understand this time of year is stressful lol Lets push for the playoffs here, cheer for our team and see what happens! Edited March 6, 2020 by Devron44 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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