Canuckfanforlife82 Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 1 minute ago, Alflives said: Better coaching. Healthy Demko. Improved roster. We are better, and by a lot. We said that last year. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuck73_3 Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 2 minutes ago, Roger Neilsons Towel said: And we moved down a couple spots. As is tradition. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuck73_3 Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 1 minute ago, Canuckfanforlife82 said: If Hronek is the final piece. They are in big trouble. Who said he’s the “final piece?” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 1 minute ago, Canuckfanforlife82 said: I think the winning at the end just gives me bad vibes of how this team does this every year and the retool is part of it. They have tried and tried and when they made the Hronek deal and it wreaked of speeding up the process. Trading picks every year has hurt this franchise long term. The winning now gives them I am sure that good feeling they have gotten every year. It just hasn't translated to the next year so when people say oh wait until next year its like ya but we said that last year and we hear the players talk every year about starting out strong. It's a combination of things. A eye roll tends to happen until they change the storyline. You do realize Hronek just turned 25 a few months ago, right? He’s a top pairing, right shot D. We needed that piece to complete our key core. Is your hope we use that pick to hopefully draft a guy who will, in five years, develop into a player as good as Hronek? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanuckFan1123 Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 2 minutes ago, BPA said: If Canucks win all their remaining 18 games, they will end up with 95pts. I wonder if that would be enough to catch a wild card spot. Team tank would be mortified if we somehow made the playoffs. that would be a fun run to end the season, playoffs or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YearoftheNuck Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 1 minute ago, 48MPHSlapShot said: The idea that the team simply underachieved this season snd should do better next season would be a lot easier to swallow if we hadn't already seen this movie last year. I'm not ready to have my heart broken again. So true. And that fear lingers in the back of my mind too. However this year was a gong show in so many ways, namely riding Martin and Delia, neither of which are NHL goalies IMO, and I just don’t see next year playing out the same way. The main thing is that up until the arrival of two legendary defensemen on our coaching stuff, our team was playing horrendous defence. We still have lapses of course, but I really think Gonchar and Foote have worked wonders in fixing our D. 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iinatcc Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 24 minutes ago, DeNiro said: But the culture is a losing culture regardless if fans want them to lose in the final 25 games… What is it you think we’ve been doing the last 10 years? We have a chance to add an elite piece to a core that could do something special and we’re not supposed to be upset when the team all of a sudden figures out how to win when the pressures off? If this team can’t put it all together I’ll always look at these 25 games and this draft as the turning point. Exactly . the Canucks winning these last 20 or so games isn't going to change the culture of the team. If that was the case this team would have carried over their strong finish the previous season to the next and won more games instead of what we all saw the first 40 or 50 games. Playing well in only the final stretch after playing so poorly earlier isn't going change the team's losing culture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 2 minutes ago, Canuckfanforlife82 said: If Hronek is the final piece. They are in big trouble. He is the final piece of the key core. Demko, Hughes, Hronek, Petey, Miller. That’s a great key core. Now we work on completing the supporting cast so the key core can attain their best. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuckfanforlife82 Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 3 minutes ago, canuck73_3 said: Who said he’s the “final piece?” 6 minutes ago, Alflives said: We now have our key core. Hronek was the final piece. Now we (which is always fluid) build the supporting cast and it’s Cup time! “Don’t worry; be happy”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuck73_3 Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 Just now, Canuckfanforlife82 said: 6 minutes ago, Alflives said: We now have our key core. Hronek was the final piece. Now we (which is always fluid) build the supporting cast and it’s Cup time! “Don’t worry; be happy”. You do know final piece and final piece of the core are two entirely different things right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuckfanforlife82 Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Alflives said: He is the final piece of the key core. Demko, Hughes, Hronek, Petey, Miller. That’s a great key core. Now we work on completing the supporting cast so the key core can attain their best. I see. I still think we need one more tough scoring forward but where can you find those? Everyone wants one those type of forwards. They are rare. Edited March 9, 2023 by Canuckfanforlife82 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Neilsons Towel Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 3 minutes ago, BPA said: If Canucks win all their remaining 18 games, they will end up with 95pts. I wonder if that would be enough to catch a wild card spot. Tankers if that happens. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iinatcc Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 24 minutes ago, FaninMex said: Don't lose another game in the Reg season. Wahoo! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Neilsons Towel Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 6 minutes ago, canuck73_3 said: Who said he’s the “final piece?” Alf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iBlueGreen Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Canuckfanforlife82 said: 6 minutes ago, Alflives said: We now have our key core. Hronek was the final piece. Now we (which is always fluid) build the supporting cast and it’s Cup time! “Don’t worry; be happy”. There are only so many "Core" to go around, everything else is either a supporting cast or role player. The importance of the role player and supporting cast can never be underestimated! I played as a supporting player in other sports, as I was never the best, but I've won a number championships in lower level sports due to taking on a role and being good at it, i.e., being a defensive specialist, penalty killer. Edited March 9, 2023 by iBlueGreen grammar 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iinatcc Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 12 minutes ago, 48MPHSlapShot said: The idea that the team simply underachieved this season snd should do better next season would be a lot easier to swallow if we hadn't already seen this movie last year. I'm not ready to have my heart broken again. Yeah ... we have giving this core so many excuses over the last 3 seasons. Coaching, Covid, management, etc. All those things have changed or are no longer a factor and the team is still bad, in the end the core is the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuck73_3 Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 1 minute ago, Roger Neilsons Towel said: Alf. He then added the supporting cast, final piece of the core is not the final piece of the team. And objectively he’s kinda not wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 1 minute ago, Canuckfanforlife82 said: I see. I still think we need one more tough scoring forward but where can you find those? Sure. Those kinds of guys (like Miller) are not easy to get. But to me the key core is the five guys listed. Goalie. #1C. #2C. #1D#2D. A big, tough, scoring winger could be considered a key core piece too. I accept that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlwaysACanuckFan Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 19 minutes ago, canuck73_3 said: We could draft top 5 and get a dud too though so it's not that simple. Juolevi, Virtanen. Supposedly it's supposed to be a deep draft up until 15th spot so other than the top 5 is there a big difference in skill level between 7 and 15? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuck73_3 Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 1 minute ago, iinatcc said: Yeah ... we have giving this core so many excuses over the last 3 seasons. Coaching, Covid, management, etc. All those things have changed or are no longer a factor and the team is still bad, in the end the core is the problem. Which is part of why Bo got moved for Beau and Hronek eventually and more moves will happen in the offseason. The core has already greatly shifted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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