CanucksJay Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 (edited) 3 minutes ago, kanucks25 said: Myers + Poolman + Hamonic @ almost 12M is a joke. That's our right side lol. Benning has never had any clue on what makes a good D-man. Sbisa, Gudbranson, Bartkowski, Pouliot, the list goes on and on. I don't think that's fair. I would love to see them with a new coach. Poolman looked fine when he got here. It's really not a mystery that everyone looks worse when they play in Canuck jerseys. Didn't we say the same about Schmidt last year too? And Tanev? Anyways injured? Hmmm I wonder why that is... Edited November 25, 2021 by CanucksJay 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfgang Durst Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 2 minutes ago, Darius said: Button is on Donnie and Dhali right now, ranting about the atrocious Canuck blue line. "They have cornered the market on bottom pairing D men". Its one of the things I agree we Button on. There are arguably only 2 top 4 d men on this team. Poolman and Myers are not top 4 d men. Coaching might be garbage but Benning has failed constructing this team, and he is in year 8. yes, that's true. Canucks are deep at the blueline with enough defenceman but the quality of some D-Man is concerning. Schenn isn't a top 4 but has to play in the top 4 because of Hamonic's absence. Burroughs also isn't a top 4 d-Man. Myers has been playing in the top 4 at a Jets team and has been struggling in this role. Didn't like the Myers signing from the beginning on. Myers sometimes doesn't play D. That's a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanucks25 Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 Just now, CanucksJay said: I don't think that's fair. I would love to see them with a new coach. Poolman looked fine when he got here. It's really not a mystery that everyone looks worse when they play in Canuck jerseys. What exactly is not fair about it? Yes, he's looked fine at different parts of the season. Which is like the definition of a bottom-pair guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfgang Durst Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 8 minutes ago, -Vintage Canuck- said: it's Jim Benning who is in charge of building this team. He should be fired first. Enough is enough. It'S time to go, Jim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Monahan Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 22 minutes ago, mll said: They were. Not anymore. Look at the disconnect in explaining the woes of the PK. Benning is suggesting a systems issue while Green is hinting at a personnel issue which points to Benning. Hansen sides with Green. Blames it 100% on the personnel assembled and even says that the guys expected to kill penalties aren't penalty killers. Explains that systems on the PK are quasi inexistent and that it's about having the personnel that knows and understands the role. Defence comes down to effort. Comes down to giving a ****. It really takes no talent to be solid defensively. Even without better PK personnel, the coaching staff should be able to get more out of them than they are. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillipBlunt Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 9 minutes ago, -Vintage Canuck- said: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck4digits Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 Well well well lots on here seem to now be seeing the light regarding Green welcome to the party you are all 2 years late 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-SN- Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 1 minute ago, Sean Monahan said: Defence comes down to effort. Comes down to giving a ****. It really takes no talent to be solid defensively. well that's a hot take Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 1 minute ago, Wolfgang Durst said: yes, that's true. Canucks are deep at the blueline with enough defenceman but the quality of some D-Man is concerning. Schenn isn't a top 4 but has to play in the top 4 because of Hamonic's absence. Burroughs also isn't a top 4 d-Man. Myers has been playing in the top 4 at a Jets team and has been struggling in this role. Didn't like the Myers signing from the beginning on. Myers sometimes doesn't play D. That's a problem. Whats frustrating for me to see is Tanev in Calgary. Calgary is a top team in the conference and Tanev is their best overall d man. He hasnt been injured because hes not subjected to the collapsing passive system the Canucks played here where the guy was treated like a human pin cushion. So 10 years of Tanev sacrificing his body as a Canuck and they didnt even make a serious offer to keep him. Yeah lets give other sub par players the money instead. Instead he walks and goes and makes a direct rival better. Imagine how much better it would be for Hughes to have Tanev around right now. Too many mistakes to defend here. Benning has to go,. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnarcore Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 1 hour ago, Ghostsof1915 said: Thanks Gnar. Confirms Trev is just a quality guy. Pretty sharp retort by him too. During the lockoutI played several sessions of drop in with him, Steve McKenna and a few other guys who were here. We also had a few female national team folk around. When the NHLers actually tried it was 3 levels above the best of us. The women could skate very well but they had absolutely no moves. Was easier to stick check them than a bantam. They were so easy to body and shoulder fake as well. I think the 'skill' gap would be far less today. I ran into Trevor about 5 years later and while he didnt recall my name he did recognize me still. Then again last year he did recall me again even now looking like a biker with a huge beard. I've 'met' him about 20 times by now. I have nothing but great things to say about him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 11 minutes ago, -Vintage Canuck- said: Why not hire Button as the President of hockey ops? Serious suggestion. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucker 67 Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 There's been a few bad moves over the years, but Benning should've been fired when he let Markstrom and Tanev walk. Also, because he continues to pump Travis' tires, when he hasn't done anything to bring success to this team. This team is worse then when Benning started. How is that possible and he still has a job? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfgang Durst Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 14 minutes ago, -Vintage Canuck- said: funny thing is that the forward group is as bad as the blueline: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Monahan Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 4 minutes ago, -SN- said: well that's a hot take How so? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rychicken Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 16 minutes ago, -Vintage Canuck- said: didn't need Craig Button to say that....someone here has been saying that for a long time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Devron Posted November 25, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 25, 2021 Just now, Wolfgang Durst said: funny thing is that the forward group is as bad as the blueline: Defence hasn’t been bad 5 on 5 for the most part. Funny picking on the defence when the whole team flat out sucks! Maybe Green is part of the problem Button. Pretty easy to say oh yah the defence sucks yet we are averaging 2 goals a game 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CanucksJay Posted November 25, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 25, 2021 (edited) 12 minutes ago, kanucks25 said: What exactly is not fair about it? Yes, he's looked fine at different parts of the season. Which is like the definition of a bottom-pair guy. Look at Schmidt. I thought he was the most unintelligent player last year. It turns out he might have been the smartest to get the hell out of Dodge Tanev didn't know any better as he was brought up with the team his entire career. We called him Salo 2.0 I think the guy hasn't missed a game as a flame. Do you think these are all coincidences? Our coaching staff is inept. They don't get the best out of our players yet we blame the players and say they are not good enough. Pretty sure the other teams are happy with Schmidt and Tanev. I'm sure they'll be happy as well when they get Myers and Poolman. Myers is a bonafide top 4 and Poolman is a 5D. They are where they are suppose to be. Coaching staff is not. They should be somewhere else (but definitely not in the NHL) Flames looked terrible last year. I thought we'd have our way with them this year. They are freaking 12-3-5 this year What do you think the main difference was? Anyone that thinks our coaching staff is not the issue is out to lunch. They are clearly mismanaging the talent in this team. Problem is, fans are starting to buy in and see these players as crappy too. Our guys don't deserve that. They are better than this Edited November 25, 2021 by CanucksJay 1 1 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Smashian Kassian Posted November 25, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 25, 2021 (edited) 36 minutes ago, -Vintage Canuck- said: At what point did Tucker Poolman become more crucial to the Canucks success than Elias Pettersson? The answer is never, so why is the bottom 3 on defense taking a disproportionate amount of the blame from the media? (As opposed to the top 9 who they thought would score) It feels self serving. Edited November 25, 2021 by Smashian Kassian 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwags Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 59 minutes ago, PhillipBlunt said: Why are Benning and Green still employed by this organization? "And other questions I cry myself to sleep to..." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smashian Kassian Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Wolfgang Durst said: funny thing is that the forward group is as bad as the blueline: I saw a stat on twitter that someone said this is amongst the lowest scoring Canucks teams ever through 20 games. If that's true, I don't want to hear anything about Hamonic & Poolman. Edited November 25, 2021 by Smashian Kassian 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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