TomasHertlsRooster
Don’t say eye test when you mean points
Hello all,
I know that I made a promise to leave these boards if the Sharks lost game 6. Well, they lost, but I'm going to have to break my promise. I enjoy these boards too much to leave and was just trying to show faith.
Whether or not we win game 7 I believe is no longer relevant at this point, as Marc-Edouard Vlasic likely has a concussion. I don't think we're going to go much further in the playoffs even if we make it to round 2. Our best defenseman is Justin Braun, a solid #2 shutdown defender. Next best, jason Demers, a shaky player whose defensive abilities are constantly in question. He is very inconsistent and has been dreadful these playoffs. Next after that, Dan Boyle, a man who has regressed completely and while he has been decent these last few games, he has definitely not been good. The reason we lost tonight is because we let up 2 more goals after the first questionable screw job goal (which Hannan played terribly, I may add), not because the refs made a bad call. I know, it is quite difficult to prepare for your team's most important player getting injured. But the defense needed work regardless. Wilson should have prepared for this in the off season, knowing how bad all 3 of Matt Irwin, Brad Stuart, and Scott Hannan were. But he didn't. He also made the bad assumption of thinking Boyle would suddenly improve on his defensive play.
The fact is, Doug Wilson has always made a small mistake in addressing the team's needs. Last off season, he dealt a 2nd round pick to acquire Tyler Kennedy. Tyler Kennedy has been a healthy scratch all playoffs, and, when healthy, is a non factor. He's barely an NHL player. That 2nd, along with Kennedy's 2.35M could've gotten us a solid two-way defenseman. Maybe at the TDL, DW could have traded for Ehrhoff. Either way, he needed another defenseman. He did not acquire that defenseman, he acquired Tyler Kennedy. That was the now player that he spent a significant future on.
In the past, it was always scoring depth. Now, the scoring depth has been filled, but the D is bad again. It's always been one or the other. In 2009, he traded for dany Heatley in an awfully dumb deal. He should've just stayed away from Heatley, whose career was being ruined by injuries, and didn't bring what the team needed. The good thing about 2009 was the mobile defensemen who put up a lot of offense. They had a great system there. They had great mobility from the blue line, and ruined it by ditching Ehrhoff to keep Blake, who couldn't keep up with the faster NHL. Ehrhoff led the Canucks to a SCF game 7 two years later.
He has never been properly able to assess the team and get the players they need to win. He has always misjudged the team. In my eyes, he is the epitome of a goodnotgreat GM. His teams will always be good, not great. He has never really filled out the holes the team has. I understand it is difficult to prepare for an injury like that of Vlasic, but the defense was horrible even before Vlasic went down.
I know that I made a promise to leave these boards if the Sharks lost game 6. Well, they lost, but I'm going to have to break my promise. I enjoy these boards too much to leave and was just trying to show faith.
Whether or not we win game 7 I believe is no longer relevant at this point, as Marc-Edouard Vlasic likely has a concussion. I don't think we're going to go much further in the playoffs even if we make it to round 2. Our best defenseman is Justin Braun, a solid #2 shutdown defender. Next best, jason Demers, a shaky player whose defensive abilities are constantly in question. He is very inconsistent and has been dreadful these playoffs. Next after that, Dan Boyle, a man who has regressed completely and while he has been decent these last few games, he has definitely not been good. The reason we lost tonight is because we let up 2 more goals after the first questionable screw job goal (which Hannan played terribly, I may add), not because the refs made a bad call. I know, it is quite difficult to prepare for your team's most important player getting injured. But the defense needed work regardless. Wilson should have prepared for this in the off season, knowing how bad all 3 of Matt Irwin, Brad Stuart, and Scott Hannan were. But he didn't. He also made the bad assumption of thinking Boyle would suddenly improve on his defensive play.
The fact is, Doug Wilson has always made a small mistake in addressing the team's needs. Last off season, he dealt a 2nd round pick to acquire Tyler Kennedy. Tyler Kennedy has been a healthy scratch all playoffs, and, when healthy, is a non factor. He's barely an NHL player. That 2nd, along with Kennedy's 2.35M could've gotten us a solid two-way defenseman. Maybe at the TDL, DW could have traded for Ehrhoff. Either way, he needed another defenseman. He did not acquire that defenseman, he acquired Tyler Kennedy. That was the now player that he spent a significant future on.
In the past, it was always scoring depth. Now, the scoring depth has been filled, but the D is bad again. It's always been one or the other. In 2009, he traded for dany Heatley in an awfully dumb deal. He should've just stayed away from Heatley, whose career was being ruined by injuries, and didn't bring what the team needed. The good thing about 2009 was the mobile defensemen who put up a lot of offense. They had a great system there. They had great mobility from the blue line, and ruined it by ditching Ehrhoff to keep Blake, who couldn't keep up with the faster NHL. Ehrhoff led the Canucks to a SCF game 7 two years later.
He has never been properly able to assess the team and get the players they need to win. He has always misjudged the team. In my eyes, he is the epitome of a goodnotgreat GM. His teams will always be good, not great. He has never really filled out the holes the team has. I understand it is difficult to prepare for an injury like that of Vlasic, but the defense was horrible even before Vlasic went down.
