Phenomenon13
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- Oct 10, 2011
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Green needs to adapt with the players hes got. It's the coach's job to optimize and utilize the players hes got. If green isn't capable if adapting then he should be demoted to assistant head coach or fired. He is not the right guy.The style that Travis Green wants to play is too fast for a lot of the Canucks, and they end up resorting to dump and chase or flip and hope.
The biggest thing the Canucks need to look at improving on next season is playing with speed while being smart about it. They can play dump and chase with speed but that ends up having the play coming back at them too much. They need players who can make quicker, smarter decisions with the puck.
Quinn Hughes will help the transition game this way, what impressed me more than his skating was how smart he was in moving the puck, he wasn't always forcing the play with his skating or long bomb passes. His smart easy passes open up the long bomb passes and skating lanes for him to make those exciting plays.
Elias Pettersson will benefit greatly if he's able to make his move (shoot, pass, deke) in the offensive zone (on the PP in-particular). He's almost too patient right now and is letting the defenders close down his options too much before he makes his move.
Brock Boeser needs to release his shot quicker, it got blocked way too much because he took 4-5 seconds to load up his shot.
Ben Hutton doesn't think the game quick enough to play Travis Green's system. He's done an amazing job this season trying to, but the Canucks need to trade him and bring in someone who can.
AV did it in the early years as a defensive coach before he changed and adapted his style.