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Pre-Game Talk: Canucks@Oilers Game 1
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Whats your reasoning if you dont mind me asking? Looking at his ES stats makes me think he definitely could be a contenders 2nd line winger unless the team was uber stacked.
Diogenes92
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The fact that Hunt is anywhere near this roster is so freaking pathetic. He better not steal minutes from Rathbone all season.
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Rathbone scratched to start the year is reminiscent of Boeser scratched for the first game of his rookie season
Green just cant help himself.
but Im more of the opinion that if Rathbone wont be played he should be sent down. He isnt going to get the looks or position he needs to succeed behind OEL and Hughes on the PP
Green just cant help himself.
but Im more of the opinion that if Rathbone wont be played he should be sent down. He isnt going to get the looks or position he needs to succeed behind OEL and Hughes on the PP
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Hunt & Rathbone will probably split the first 4 games (and possibly some back to backs), Green’s way of easing rookies in as he did with Boeser.
I expect the same treatment for Podkolzin. I don't necessarily mind it to start the season.
Boeser looked like a first line player that camp. Rathbone barely distinguished himself. Completely different.
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Hogs ES numbers are 2nd line on basically any team in the league last year, maybe excluding Tampa
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I think people really need to come with the understanding that green is not the biggest hoglander fan.
Multiple interviews last year, and this year in training camp, going out of his way to mention he was poor, even tho he was 1 of our best preseason guys.
Is it motivation? I don't think so, I just think that green sees him as a third liner, and was "forced" to put him on the 2nd line last year
Multiple interviews last year, and this year in training camp, going out of his way to mention he was poor, even tho he was 1 of our best preseason guys.
Is it motivation? I don't think so, I just think that green sees him as a third liner, and was "forced" to put him on the 2nd line last year
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Hunt - Age 33
Rathbone - Age 22
Very easy decision for Green there.
This is why I really wanted to see another coach come in. Green possesses the same tunnel vision that Benning does. Once he's set on something, it's very tough to break.
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My gawd, we haven't even started the season yet and I'm wishing again that when Benning vowed changes this off-season, his clean-sweep would have included the coaching staff.
Somebody should have walked the plank after the Canucks dismal 2021 season. But the only guy who left was Newell Brown, who took the fall for the 23rd rank pp.
Sweeping changes to the roster will come to naught with the same guy and same 'system' behind the bench.
Somebody should have walked the plank after the Canucks dismal 2021 season. But the only guy who left was Newell Brown, who took the fall for the 23rd rank pp.
Sweeping changes to the roster will come to naught with the same guy and same 'system' behind the bench.
God, I hate Green.
The one good thing they did during the preseason to build chemistry and get off on the right foot was put Hoglander with Horvat, and that line looked really good. Immediately breaks it up. And buries Hoglander in defensive minutes.
Spends the whole preseason with Miller at C, immediately changes.
And my god. Brad Hunt and Luke Schenn are both in this team's best 6 defenders with 0 injuries.
The one good thing they did during the preseason to build chemistry and get off on the right foot was put Hoglander with Horvat, and that line looked really good. Immediately breaks it up. And buries Hoglander in defensive minutes.
Spends the whole preseason with Miller at C, immediately changes.
And my god. Brad Hunt and Luke Schenn are both in this team's best 6 defenders with 0 injuries.
It's really hard to look positively at this organisation when you have these incompetent idiots running it.
What's even more frustrating is that the veterans like Green because he favours them, so he's going to stick around for a while, I think.
We're just going to see this same old system of getting shelled with fire drill defense, letting the opponent constantly gain the zone. But hey, it's a country club for the vets, so this isn't going to be fixed.
Like, I don't like the roster at all, but with a better coach, it would be a tad easier to enjoy watching this team.
I think this will be another year of just having the game on in the background for me, with minimal investment.
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Another season with injuries to start the season and question marks about the roster with Benning and Green at the helm
& and a 6 game road trip right of the bat
I'm here to take it all in.
& and a 6 game road trip right of the bat
I'm here to take it all in.
Big smoke would be a better NHL GM than Benning.Another season with injuries to start the season and question marks about the roster with Benning and Green at the helm
I'm here to take it all in.
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I have your gold medal Zippy!
Watch Chaisson score a goal or two just to troll you.I’m so excited to see Podkolzin on the fourth line and Chaisson on the 2nd!! Let me guess, Chaisson net front in the PP too? Have any teams ever tried that role with Chaisson before?
canuckking1
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As much as everyone here has a Boner for Rathbone, I bet you Hunt gets the start vs Edmonton. One rookie mistake from Rathbone and Mcdavid and Drai will put it in the back of the net. Hunt is a proven NHL player and is much more reliable then Rathbone will be. People need to curve there expectation for Rathbone as he isnt a Quinn Hughes or Adam Fox level player
Andy Dufresne
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Hunt-Schenn
Rathbone-Burroughs
Are we sure that's not just written backwards ?
I'd have Rathbone in, and just about anyb0dy in over Schenn based on his preseason. If OJ was shipped cause of his skating then what the hell is Schenn doing anywhere near our opening night roster.
Rathbone-Burroughs
Are we sure that's not just written backwards ?
I'd have Rathbone in, and just about anyb0dy in over Schenn based on his preseason. If OJ was shipped cause of his skating then what the hell is Schenn doing anywhere near our opening night roster.
canuckking1
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I agree Rathbone had some rookie mistake during preseason. Problem is where’s the standards when a guy like schenn was literally outplayed by almost every D at camp yet still gets a starting job.
Andy Dufresne
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Rathbone is a rookie sure, but the idea of having the veteran Hunt/Schenn pairing on the ice vs McDrai is just as sure to go badly imo. If it doesn't it will likely have a whole lot to do with Demko bailing them out.
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