1) PDO is the sum of a team's 5v5 shooting percentage (the number of goals they score divided by the number of shots on goal they generate) and their 5v5 save percentage (the number of shots their goalies stop divided by the number of shots on goal they allow). It's a measure of luck. You usually defend that we were unlucky, but the reality is that in 2014 we were lucky (100.8, 8th most fortunate), and the next year, we were in the middle of the park with 99.8. 100 is the norm. This proves your assessement of lucky is simply false.
Why is 100 the norm? What if a team has a good goalie and efficient shooters? That's not luck. Luck is different than PDO, even though PDO attempts to measure luck. Luck is penalty calls, posts, referees blocking the play, injuries and bounces which don't all even out over an 82 game schedule. If anything the PDO proves me right, if the measurable shooting and save % luck decreased between 2014 and 2016 then the unmeasurable luck likely decreased even more.
2) Granlund had one of the most favourable deployments not only on the Canucks but in the entire league. He played in situations to inflate his stats (go check them, since you are too lazy to back your "facts"). And yet he couldn't surpass the 40-point pace.
He had an injured wrist too. Are you saying Granlund isn't a good player? Every expert would disagree with that and rightfully so it takes a certain level of sophistication to recognize the smart little plays he makes all over the ice. It's not really up for debate that Granlund is good, you might as well argue that the Earth is flat.
Well... about the defensive guru Sutter is, he was bad in Carolina, awful in Pittsburgh (that's why everyone says we gave the best player in that trade and payed a pick over that) and, surprise surprise, he still sucks here in Vancouver. There's a stat who measures that. Go use google to find it. You need to be proactive to learn something.
We might have lost imaginary EA sports value in the trade but Sutter is better at his role than Bonino hands down which makes the team better long term in multiple ways.
Dorsett brings an element that no other forward does... are you talking about stupid penalties? Because that's the only thing he brings to the table.
Unique combination of speed, grit, toughness and ability to fight.
I love the impact Gudbranson brings to our game: a stupid penalty, and going from 1-0 to 1-4 in a matter of minutes. I don't even talk about his horrid defensive play...
This is still hockey and we need at least one genuinely rough defensemen that most other players don't want to get in an altercation with or make them pay the price in front of the net for deterrence it's like having nuclear weapons. Other players don't back off if your defence is full of softies like Stecher, Tanev, Edler and Hutton.
3) Dahlen. And that's it. You didn't get any top 6 players, you just deploy most of them as top 6 because your top 6 is crap. Period.
What is a top 6 player by your definition?
4) This is not 20-20 hindsight. People saw them in juniors, saw what they produce at that level. The only problem with Nylander was his attitude but, as you can see, it took 2 years for JV to get his **** together. And there's not only the points. The impact the game in a positive way, they win games (go check the Jets, they are fun to watch, since you clearly are against the Canucks) and, contrary to Dorsett, Tkachuck brings that element and can play hockey. Those are two players (Nylander/Ehlers + Tkachuck) who play in the NHL, winning games for their teams, and impacting the game with their skill (for the first two) and grit (KT). Oh, do you know you could have on this team, right now, Tkachuck, Ehlers/Nylander and Pastrnak? But the so called guru of drafting is botching pick after pick after pick in the first round, when he doesn't trade them away for crap hockey players.
Ha more 20-20 hindsight with the mentioning of Pasternak. Every team would look bad if you went back and cherry picked who they could've drafted but didn't. I'm not sold on Tkachuk, everything I heard about him was said about Sam Bennett who looks like a super bust. Gaudreau and Backlund can make lots of players look good.
P.S.: No one told me nothing. I live 6000 km away from Vancouver, and I follow the team. Since I don't have that much people to talk about hockey, I read about them and learn a lot. Reading is wonderful for your brain, you should try it at least once. And next time you talk to Benning, give him the same advice.
