Hairy Kneel Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 22 minutes ago, Chris12345 said: I hear you but I would do everything possible to have him as a 3rd line center. It's tough because numbering the line implies he is "third" but I would still see him start the game as a 3rd line center and finish the night top 3 forwards in ice time. Third line center, first unit pp and pk, most critical draws. Massive assignment, in which the "third" line center is not appropriate. With Miller as a 3rd line center They could be our best line on quite a few games. Balanced scoring. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Kneel Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 2 hours ago, Alflives said: I think we see a lot of Miller at centre. If it makes you more comfortable, label whatever line Miller is cantering the number one line. We might see a line of Hogs, Miller, Garland. Or, Pearson, Miller, Podkolzin. For Miller it’s about him playing where he helps us win. If that’s with Petey, fine. But likely we see him at centre quite a bit too. It's been stated that Miller wants to play center. He enjoys being more involved. He showed well when Petie went down. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 1 minute ago, Hairy Kneel said: It's been stated that Miller wants to play center. He enjoys being more involved. He showed well when Petie went down. I hadn’t heard that about Miller. Usually when guys say stuff like that they believe that’s where they can best help their team win. Miller is super competitive. I expect we see him mostly at centre and on Petey’s wing on the PP, and in games we are behind in P-3. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Googlie Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 9 minutes ago, Alflives said: I hadn’t heard that about Miller. Usually when guys say stuff like that they believe that’s where they can best help their team win. Miller is super competitive. I expect we see him mostly at centre and on Petey’s wing on the PP, and in games we are behind in P-3. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Kneel Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 With Miller at 3C we'd have a 3 headed beast. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 Just now, Hairy Kneel said: With Miller at 3C we'd have a 3 headed beast. Miller is a big guy, who plays a heavy game. His size would definitely help us defend down low, and net front. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Googlie Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 It's all in the numbers..... Podz - Petey - Brock ... 92 - 40 - 6 .... is it coincidence that 92 = 2 x (40 +6) Pearson - Bo - Garland (TP has to lobby for Edler's old number, to give ... 23 - 53 - 83 .... tell OEL that it's an unlucky number) Hoglander - Miller - Dickinson. ... 36 - 9 - 18 (think double, and double again) Doesn't quite work for the 4th line, but that looks like it may have a revolving door anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Googlie Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 24 minutes ago, Alflives said: Miller is a big guy, who plays a heavy game. His size would definitely help us defend down low, and net front. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 19 minutes ago, Googlie said: Think he gets an A on his sweater? I think he should. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Googlie Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 10 minutes ago, Alflives said: Think he gets an A on his sweater? I think he should. I do too. My guess is that Sutter relinquishes his, and Miller together with Myers, get "A"s. OEL too, maybe, as a sign of respect - after all, he was named Arizona's captain the year before Bo was anointed in Vanciuver 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Me_ Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 (edited) 5 hours ago, Alflives said: I think we see a lot of Miller at centre. If it makes you more comfortable, label whatever line Miller is cantering the number one line. We might see a line of Hogs, Miller, Garland. Or, Pearson, Miller, Podkolzin. For Miller it’s about him playing where he helps us win. If that’s with Petey, fine. But likely we see him at centre quite a bit too. A friendly reminder that 1C Miller did NOT. get the Canucks into the playoffs. He’s better on the wing. Edited August 9, 2021 by Me_ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCNate Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 EP-Boeser-Garland Hoglander-Miller-Podkolzin Pearson-Horvat-UFA--Bozak/Anisimov/Zajac/Donato/Svechnikov/Galchenyuk Motte-Sutter-Dickinson I think we still add 1 more forward on a cheap 1 million dollar deal to play with Bo and Pearson. We will have a ton of flexibility to roll 3 quality scoring lines, and an excellent 4thshutdown line. I would expect that our top 3 lines would all play reasonably similar minutes depending on matchups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeBrew Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 14 hours ago, Me_ said: A friendly reminder that 1C Miller did NOT. get the Canucks into the playoffs. He’s better on the wing. As if Miller playing C or Wing was the difference between us making the playoffs or not... haha 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternalCanuckFan Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 This is probably a bit too much fantasy but if the Canucks end up moving Miller to C next year, then I wonder if something like this could happen: Pearson-Horvat-Garland Gadjovich-Pettersson-Boeser Hoglander-Miller-Podkolzin Motte-Dickinson-Sutter MacEwen This obviously assumes that Gadjovich would show well enough to make the team and not only make the team but play in role requiring offensive production, but to me this could intriguing. Pearson-Horvat-Garland is a line that has already been considered to be highly probable and can probably compete against most top defensive players on other teams. Miler centering Hoglander and Podkolzin could be a monster line to play against, especially if they can get away from top defensive matchups. Gadjovich-Pettersson-Boeser provides Pettersson and Boeser with a net front guy who will hopefully be able to wreak havoc on the forecheck (though I'm not sure if his skating will enable him to do that as effectively as a guy like Miller). Again, if they can get away from top end matchups, then they could become even more productive. Motte-Dickinson-Sutter could be an excellent line to match up defensively against other teams. Sutter would not be a bad 4C but he has also played a lot of RW and, with his problems staying healthy over the years, may have greater longevity if used on wing. Just throwing this out for discussion if it hasn't already been put out there. The great thing heading into camp this year is that the forward group truly has mystery since there could be a wide variety of combinations that could work but this will depend on a number of factors including how well some prospects/bubble guys show at camp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 What are the differences from last year’s team to this one? Petey was injured, and we had a lot of AHL guys, but what were our lines exactly to end the year? ? Miller, Bess Pearson, Bo, Hogs ?, ?, ? ?, ?, ? Hughes, Hamonic Edler, Schmidt Bone, Myers Demko Holtby now we have a way better team! Miller, Petey, Bess Hogs, Bo, Garland Pearson, Dickinson, Pods Highmore, Sutter, Motte Lockwood, Gads OEL, Myers Hughes, Hamonic Bone, Poolman OJ Demko Halak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ajax- Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 23 minutes ago, Alflives said: What are the differences from last year’s team to this one? Petey was injured, and we had a lot of AHL guys, but what were our lines exactly to end the year? ? Miller, Bess Pearson, Bo, Hogs ?, ?, ? ?, ?, ? Hughes, Hamonic Edler, Schmidt Bone, Myers Demko Holtby now we have a way better team! Miller, Petey, Bess Hogs, Bo, Garland Pearson, Dickinson, Pods Highmore, Sutter, Motte Lockwood, Gads OEL, Myers Hughes, Hamonic Bone, Poolman OJ Demko Halak With the exception of Zack MacEwen over Lockwood and Gads, i agree that on paper we are a better team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Googlie Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 This just hit my inbox. .... more questions than answers, though: https://lastwordonsports.com/hockey/2021/08/09/travis-green-has-options-now/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theo5789 Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 On 8/8/2021 at 9:09 PM, Me_ said: A friendly reminder that 1C Miller did NOT. get the Canucks into the playoffs. He’s better on the wing. 1C Miller meant Petey was out. Of course a team with both Petey and Miller will be better, regardless of who plays wing or center. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patel Bure Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 Miller at center + past proven chemistry: I've stated my previous line combos but am 'thinking outloud' with regards to deploying Miller at center + incorporating past chemistry. Dickinson-Pettersson-Garland Hoglander-Miller-Boeser (line used during post Petey injury this past season. Canucks went 8-3-2). Pearson-Horvat-Podkolzin - Horvat and Pearson have played with each other for awhile and have usually had a bigger sized board battler playing with them. Motte-Sutter-MacEwen OEL-Hamonic Hughes-Poolman Juolevi-Myers Demko Halak 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stawns Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 On 8/8/2021 at 6:55 PM, Hairy Kneel said: With Miller at 3C we'd have a 3 headed beast. Petey isn't even close to a top line cman yet. He either needs to stay on the wing, or play reduced mins to get away from tough matchups 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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