sting101
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- Feb 8, 2012
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Was actually surprised how full it was given the state of the team and the province for that matter. Not sure but yeas maybe 75-80% lower and a fairly full upper bowl thoughWhen the details stink as well as the special teams you only have one reason. Coaching.
Also from home on the Couch the game looked even in the numbers because of score effects and Colorado had 3 5on5 chances and a penalty drawn in the first 5 minutes.
They then looked disinterested and cruised until going behind, shifted from 2nd gear to 3rd, drew some PP’s, took the lead then expertly ran off the clock.
What would you say the percentage of seats filled were. Apparently top 5 in attendance but doesn’t come across on tv. Looks like 75% in lower bowl.
First game since before Covid for me and the details were astonishingly bad off the puck. Delayed and reactive on defense and as nice as they can look playing the puck around the perimeter the penetration to the house is weak to say the least.
The flaws offensively are perhaps that this team just has too many players that don't attack the middle of the ice instinctively. Boeser Pettersson Hoglander Garland are just not built that way and Dickinson not being good enough at it as a top9 forward. The net drive and presence is on the coaching staff completely that should just be basic stuff. It's really at the point where players need to singled out for not doing it or perhaps in this day and age they have to have a miners helmet for the guy that was willing to dig his way there so no one gets their feelings hurt.idk but it's a problem that isn't gonna just go away without some either renewed investment by the players or roster changes. You just dont score goals without either catching goalies off guard with quick strikes or disrupting the space of the goalies. I'm not sure why this is so hard to figure out.
Defensively i dont know what to say this has been evident for so long. And it's just not acceptable to play like that so often. especially when losing so badly....I question the players desires and i question Green and his willingness to fight with them to change how they engage themselves into the game. It's really laziness and a lack of development at this point. It's not just the Canucks who have these issues but it's the frequency that which they concede inside positions and get beat to openings that is defeating.
The players coach thing is not gonna get these guys to where they need to be. This group needs a Tortz like wake up and i dont want Tortz i'm just saying someone with enough cache and respect and enough of a hard ass that they have no internal excuses to not get stuck in. They can't be getting free passes for this stuff and they need that next step in development or this core dies.
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