Post-Game Talk: Coyotes def. Eddie Lack.

[Zombotron]

I'm wondering if he's still hurt.

He collided knee-first into the corner with a Coyotes player at one point

 

[PG Canuck]

He collided knee-first into the corner with a Coyotes player at one point

Can never seem to catch a break. Either constantly getting hit with pucks, or this.

 

[NuxFan09]

Does he really have a bigger role now than he did with the Ducks last year?

No, but I would argue he was definitely miscast as the 2nd line center on the Ducks last year. The Ducks just made good use of him on their 1st PP unit.

Anyway, I'm not bashing him. He's a solid player. He's just so vanilla in my eyes. Reminds me of Derek Roy, just better defensively, luckily.

 

[Hielo Grande]

I thought coach WD looked pretty insecure behind the bench when his team couldn't get anything going against a team that had lost 10 games. Surely that affects the team's play.

 

[thedean]

If this "coach" could get over his Dorsett obsession we actually have the personnel to create a half decent top 6.

Sedin/Sedin/(Burrow or Kassian)
Vrbata/(Bonino or Horvat)/(Kassian or Burrows)

This guy is just a terrible terrible coach.

 

[leftwinglockdown]

I thought coach WD looked pretty insecure behind the bench when his team couldn't get anything going against a team that had lost 10 games. Surely that affects the team's play.

Well, they sure played hard for him in the dying minutes of regulation to tie the game when they looked like complete garbage before those 2 goals.

 

[Pip]

Does he really have a bigger role now than he did with the Ducks last year?

I might be wrong, but I think Getzlaf and Koivu took most of the more difficult starts giving Bonino an easier time.

 

[NuxFan09]

OT: Kris Russell blocked 15 blocked shots alone tonight for the Flames. 15 blocked shots! Dennis Wideman had 8.

Folks, this is how the Flames survive. It jibes with their low possession numbers. A ton of pucks are directed towards their net but they're blocking a **** ton of them.

 

[Bleach Clean]

If this "coach" could get over his Dorsett obsession we actually have the personnel to create a half decent top 6.

Sedin/Sedin/(Burrow or Kassian)
Vrbata/(Bonino or Horvat)/(Kassian or Burrows)

This guy is just a terrible terrible coach.

Those 6 guys should be the top6. It has to happen, and it should remain the mix going forward.

Sedin-Sedin-Vrbata
Burrows-Bonino-Kassian

Is also viable.

 

[VanJack]

It definitely falls on WD too. The way he deploys this team at times is mind-numbing, to say the least. Dorsett on the second line? PP? On the ice in the last minute? Weber plays so much? Although it's hard with injuries, but still. Higgins playing in the top six? He's forcing players into roles they aren't good in, and I will say he has no choice at times, but most of the time he does have better options

He needs to be reminded he CAN use his timeout too.

Couldn't agree more on this....sometimes WD just looks like a deer in the headlights....Hamhuis and Dorsett on the pp...are you kidding me?...needed to shake up the Sedin line far sooner.....Vrbata virtually the only player going but absolutely wasted with Bonino.....coach needs to lose the clipboard and call a time-out once and awhile to get this team refocused.

 

[Addison Rae]

oh my god what are you guys even talking about? Bonino was extreeamly sheltered last year on the Ducks, constantly playing against 3rd and 4th lines, this year he's playing the toughest minutes among Canucks forwards, if you don't think that's a bigger role than I just don't know what to say.

 

[quat]

Such a vanilla player. He got a plum spot on the Ducks PP last year with Getzlaf and Perry and people were fooled into thinking he was a gem. Vanilla player who shouldn't have a big role on any playoff team. He's a good, skilled depth player.

I don't see that much good to be honest. He seems to be too slow and too weak to be able to do much with his great hands. I actually think that Vey is better than Bonino because he can be used on the wing.

My hockey sense may be lacking, because I see guys like Clendening, Stanton and Bonino as being pretty marginal NHL players. Yes, I think they can play in this league, but chances are if they're on your team you're not much of a threat to do much.

At least guys like Matthais and Higgins can give you some better defensive efforts ... although I suppose you could argue that they're just more of the same as well.

It's pretty difficult to evaluate a team when there's such a difference in the kinds of games they play. This had to be one of the worst efforts I've seen from the team this season, yet there was so much on the line.

 

[WTG]

Bonino is much better than people on here give him credit for IMO.

 

[PancakeHero]

If this "coach" could get over his Dorsett obsession we actually have the personnel to create a half decent top 6.

Sedin/Sedin/(Burrow or Kassian)
Vrbata/(Bonino or Horvat)/(Kassian or Burrows)

This guy is just a terrible terrible coach.

Ridiculous statement. Just ridiculous.

 

[PG Canuck]

If this "coach" could get over his Dorsett obsession we actually have the personnel to create a half decent top 6.

Sedin/Sedin/(Burrow or Kassian)
Vrbata/(Bonino or Horvat)/(Kassian or Burrows)

This guy is just a terrible terrible coach.

This is a bit extreme.

 

[Addison Rae]

Bonino a marginal NHL player? Are you freakin kidding me, ugh I just can't.

 

[ProstheticConscience]

Well, that was a complete abortion of a hockey game.

Sbisa was easily our best defenseman tonight. Let that sink in. He was the only guy back there who I wasn't screaming "WHY THE **** DID YOU JUST DO THAT?!" about.

How much did I miss Edler...lots. Until this game. Still got that stretch pass to nobody/automatic icing move, huh?

Forwards: Uh...Hansen had a good game?

Team obviously gets buried without Lack. If I were him, I'd be throwing benches around in the visiting locker room.

Basic hockey fail. Can't pass. Can't skate. Can't get through the neutral zone. Can't get out of our own zone. Looked like 18 guys at a pickup game who have never seen each other before. Complete brain-dead hockey. Passes up the boards into double coverage. Remember classic Sedin tic-tac-toe hockey? Tonight we were lucky if the team hit tic.

Biega going back to Utica over Clendening was a joke, at least at the NHL level.

TIMEOUT. You know what that is, Willie? WTF, man! 1st minute of OT, about 8 turnovers right up the gut, call the ****ing thing. CALM DOWN, guys. Chill. Relax. Does he do it? Nope.

Against another tanking team who would struggle to make the AHL playoffs, just go right into the toilet. We miss the playoffs by 3 or 4 points, look no further than this game and the Buffalo game. Money in the bank right there, and they flush it. So lame.

So, anyone going to start another idiotic main board thread about how awesome the Kesler deal worked out for us? Anyone? Yeah, didn't think so. Bonino needs to rediscover some, ANY hockey skill.

Wow, that sucked.

 

[kanucks25]

If Vrbata could hit the net today Bonino would have ended up with 3 assists.

But yes, let's scratch him.

 

[Pip]

OT: Kris Russell blocked 15 blocked shots alone tonight for the Flames. 15 blocked shots! Dennis Wideman had 8.

Folks, this is how the Flames survive. It jibes with their low possession numbers. A ton of pucks are directed towards their net but they're blocking a **** ton of them.

That's usually not a good thing

 

[Mofletz]

Absolutely inexcusable to lose twice in a row to tank teams.

losing to the Devils was pretty bad too.

 

[EpochLink]

Get points this Saturday..

This time Lack is starting..sorry Markstrom

 

[vanuck]

Lol can't believe we got dominated in OT by the Coyotes...

 

[PG Canuck]

If Vrbata could hit the net today Bonino would have ended up with 3 assists.

But yes, let's scratch him.

Agreed with this.

 

[thedean]

This is a bit extreme.

I stand by the statement. I honestly don't even know if he's watching whats going on in these games.

The way he uses some players such as Dorsett is to the detriment of the team, and he has absolutely no ability to react and adjust at game speed, whether it's mixing up lines or using a time out.

I've seen nothing that would convince me he's a good coach.

 

[Addison Rae]

Nick Bonino is first on the Canucks in points\60 at ES, plays the toughest minutes among forwards and churns out good possession results, marginal NHL player my ****ing ass.