Former Canucks: Players & Management - Part 2 (The Ben Hutton Sweepstakes are over)

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[geebaan]

I sure miss Willie

 

[Zippgunn]

I sure miss Willie

Me too. Best captain we never had...

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

true

hamhuis bieksa
edler ehrhoff
willie salo

sedin sedin burrows
higgins kesler grabner/bernier
torres lapierre hansen
glass + grabner/bernier/tambellini + random tire fire but no cowardly oreskovich

sigh, what could have been

 

[M2Beezy]

Me too. Best captain we never had...

Coach. And no, he wasnt

 

[Zippgunn]

Coach. And no, he wasnt

Oh I thought you meant Willie Mitchell, after all you hate Willie D. don't you?

 

[RobertKron]

Oh I thought you meant Willie Mitchell, after all you hate Willie D. don't you?

Lol

 

[Zombotron]

Me too. Best captain we never had...

He was talking about Willie Desjardins, the coach you inexplicably continue to defend long after he proved himself utterly incapable of managing a bench at the NHL level

 

[M2Beezy]

Oh I thought you meant Willie Mitchell, after all you hate Willie D. don't you?

Thats fine it happens. Willie D seems like a nice guy, maybe not a good NHL coach tho

 

[Frankie Blueberries]

I sure miss Willie

We might have had Hughes if Willie were still around.

 

[Zombotron]

My position has always been that Desjardins will get my respect as a person because he has a background in education and social work; my mistake was believing that his original vocation would translate to success in his current one

 

[RebuildinVan]

We might have had Hughes if Willie were still around.

If Willie was still around Quinn Hughes would have got zero PP time and zero shifts in overtimes. Can you imagine Willie with both Hughes next year?

 

[Frankie Blueberries]

If Willie was still around Quinn Hughes would have got zero PP time and zero shifts in overtimes. Can you imagine Willie with both Hughes next year?

Definitely agree. Fire Willie after we get both Hughes brothers.
Instead we're stuck in middle ground rebuild which is only going to prolong the suffering of missing the playoffs.

 

[RandV]

My position has always been that Desjardins will get my respect as a person because he has a background in education and social work; my mistake was believing that his original vocation would translate to success in his current one

I could be wrong but always thought he just started his coaching career too late and was too old to learn/adapt to the NHL.

I'm assuming that coaching in the NHL is a very different game than the AHL, and worlds different than the CHL. Most coaches are former players that have hung them up and get a gig at the lower level in their late 20's to mid-late 30's. Desjardins on the other hand started with Medicine Hat at age 45, and was there for 8 years before moving up the ladder. I think that's how you create a guy who can be great at the lower levels but completely inept in the big league.

 

[StreetHawk]

I could be wrong but always thought he just started his coaching career too late and was too old to learn/adapt to the NHL.

I'm assuming that coaching in the NHL is a very different game than the AHL, and worlds different than the CHL. Most coaches are former players that have hung them up and get a gig at the lower level in their late 20's to mid-late 30's. Desjardins on the other hand started with Medicine Hat at age 45, and was there for 8 years before moving up the ladder. I think that's how you create a guy who can be great at the lower levels but completely inept in the big league.

Fair assessment.

 

[M2Beezy]

We might have had Hughes if Willie were still around.

You mean his brother?

 

[RobertKron]

You mean his brother?

No, his brother.

 

[M2Beezy]

Gudbranson with the solid dump in

Looks quite different

 

[Hit the post]

No, his brother.

Which brother, brother?

https://

 

[Nick1219]

What a playoff performer Gudbranson is...

 

[RebuildinVan]

Whats this Gudbranson scoring in the playoffs nonsense????

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

Just did a quick look up on Dahlen

4 pts (all assists) in 7 games
Yeah, he has only played 7 games since traded
That’s a 46 pts pace if you really want to use the sample size, which is roughly the same as his pace with Utica

I think he returns to Sweden in 2020 after failing to become a bel regular

 

[Lindgren]

Just did a quick look up on Dahlen

4 pts (all assists) in 7 games
Yeah, he has only played 7 games since traded
That’s a 46 pts pace if you really want to use the sample size, which is roughly the same as his pace with Utica

I think he returns to Sweden in 2020 after failing to become a bel regular

He's injured (in case you were thinking he was a healthy scratch).

 

[AwesomeInTheory]

I could be wrong but always thought he just started his coaching career too late and was too old to learn/adapt to the NHL.

I'm assuming that coaching in the NHL is a very different game than the AHL, and worlds different than the CHL. Most coaches are former players that have hung them up and get a gig at the lower level in their late 20's to mid-late 30's. Desjardins on the other hand started with Medicine Hat at age 45, and was there for 8 years before moving up the ladder. I think that's how you create a guy who can be great at the lower levels but completely inept in the big league.

He's been coaching hockey since 1985 and started in the WHL with Saskatoon.

I'm far from an apologist for him and agree with the sentiment he was promoted too late, but this wasn't accurate.

 

[Megaterio Llamas]

Evan Oberg is playing in the Allan Cup final on TSN2 right now.