[GDT/PGT] Preseason Oilers @ Canucks / Oct. 9 / 6:00 PM Rogers Arena

[Coconuts]

8 minutes ago, bishopshodan said:

But it's pre-season.

 

It's like sparring. 

 

Not a real fight. 

This is true, we'll see how things start off soon enough 

[wallstreetamigo]

4 minutes ago, StiffStick33 said:

Who gets canned first if we're @555 by DEC, Jimmy or Greenr?

Neither one will be fired this year.

 

Aquilini gave them shiny new contracts and/or a vote of confidence. No chance he pays them to stay home.

 

This coaching staff and their style and systems simply do not fit this roster of players.

Edited October 10, 2021 by wallstreetamigo

[BPA]

So who's been the bright spot in this stinking game?

[-NucksFan]

Geez Demko. 

[Chris12345]

1 minute ago, -NucksFan said:

Let us at least see a nice goal 

That shorty was decent no?

[MikeyD]

1 minute ago, fanfor42 said:

Watch Garland being sent in all alone to forecheck in Green's system.  He is lost.

 

Great player being forced to play a stupid system by an AHL coach.

 

 

He can talk about it and connect with Hoglander over it! They'll be so relatable to each other! 

[bishopshodan]

this has not been nhl hockey,

 

two teams not caring about the pre season.

 

...like they are Carolina. 

[-Vintage Canuck-]

Just now, BPA said:

So who's been the bright spot in this stinking game?

[FlyLow_]

Can anyone actually tell me what this team's identity is?

 

You'd think with this many offensive type of players you'd play an up tempo game full of movement and passing. All I see are a bunch of floaters.

[48MPHSlapShot]

Just now, CanucksJay said:

Wait so.... That's not coaching? 

Nah, the players assemble the lines themselves while the coach just watches, since apparently they don't really do anything.

[ShawnAntoski]

Just now, MikeyD said:

This team is suffering from a serious lack of chemistry. 

Ding ding - the issue with the constant roster tweaking.  Would had been cheaper if they made a coaching change last year and tried that roster with a different coach before all the 'aggressive offseason' moves.

[Jack Fig]

24 minutes ago, NewbieCanuckFan said:

Whitecaps ownership makes Larry Melnyk seem like F. Aquilini by comparison (in terms of spending money).

Brian White scored again ... I think that's 9 goals in the past 10 games. I wonder if the bastid can skate. 

[48MPHSlapShot]

Just now, -Vintage Canuck- said:

Juolevi.

[tas]

1 minute ago, CanucksJay said:

Wait so.... That's not coaching? 

sure it is. I don't agree with the decision. however, when you look around these forums at fans projected rosters, most of them seem to prefer this deployment. 

[-NucksFan]

Just now, BPA said:

So who's been the bright spot in this stinking game?

 

well Bo and 

Podz my opinion 

 

[CanucksJay]

1 minute ago, stawns said:

Lots of new faces, that takes a lot of sorting out.

What? 

So why not play the new faces (that will actually play reg season) during preseason instead of Highmore, Dowling, focht, Di Giuseppe, Dries, Petan, Bailey, Lockwood and Gadj

[bishopshodan]

1 minute ago, FlyLow_ said:

Can anyone actually tell me what this team's identity is?

 

1 minute ago, -Vintage Canuck- said:

 

[MikeyD]

1 minute ago, ShawnAntoski said:

Ding ding - the issue with the constant roster tweaking.  Would had been cheaper if they made a coaching change last year and tried that roster with a different coach before all the 'aggressive offseason' moves.

[Dr. Crossbar]

Last time Canucks scored, Diefenbaker was PM.

[Canuckfanforlife82]

Just now, FlyLow_ said:

Can anyone actually tell me what this team's identity is?

 

You'd think with this many offensive type of players you'd play an up tempo game full of movement and passing. All I see are a bunch of floaters.

They also don’t have a true tough power forward which will take Benning another five years to get and they don’t have a true impactful right side defenseman. Things all Stanley cup champions have. After 8 years we are talking about maybe making the playoffs.