Former Canucks: Players & Management (Willie Desjardins fired by Kings, COO Victor De Bonis to SEA)
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Megaterio Llamas
el rey del mambo
You know, believe it or not I was thinking old Bieksa=Sbisa. The big difference of course being the fact that Bieksa could actually play at one time. Sbisa is as bad as pure fighters like Glen Cochrane and Dave Richter ever were.
Canadian Canuck
Hughes4Calder
I feel Gudbranson will have a decent year. He’s been working really hard this offseason.
Megaterio Llamas
el rey del mambo
DL44
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If he plays like the last couple months before he was shut down, he definitely will have a decent year.
He was playing very well...
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Askel
By the way Benning should be fired.
Why hasn't he done this before? Did he just after his 300 games figure out that he needs work hard during the off season, maybe that why he sucks?
Askel
By the way Benning should be fired.
He was being carried by Edler, but sure he was playing almost like no 5 d-man. He still can't score, can't pass but hey he is big right?
Hit the post
I have your gold medal Zippy!
1) he can't stay healthy
2) I'd rather have Edler with Juolevi than Gudbranson; Gubranson's only looked good when paired up with Edler. The player of the future is Juolevi.
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Hughes4Calder
He doesn’t suck. I hate this narrative. Every time we overlay a player he automatically “sucks”. Is he overpaid? Absolutely. He’s still a solid #5 dman.
During the odd games where he actually decides to show up or be carried, youre right hes a solid 5. Its the other 75% of games where he plays like a 6-10. He really does suck. He is our Yakupov but since he is big and Canadian he is somehow still in the league.
Maybe I'm just too old school To me, it's about chemistry and how a pairing works. Who cares if a Dman is "carried" by his partner if he is effective and the best partner for that Dman on the team who is capable of carrying a pairing?
Who was the best partner for Jovo? Lachance and Malik. These guys didn't carry anybody and were marginal as #4 Dmen but they were certainly very good and effective alongside Jovo. "Casual Kev" Bieksa was hardly a shutdown Dman, but he was very effective in that role alongside Hamhuis.
Gudbranson seems best when he plays with someone who can move the puck really well. Unfortunately, he's been injured more often than not. We've seen him with Hutton and Hutton was not a good partner for him.
Talk about chemistry, Tryamkin and Biega had more chemistry than Edler and Gudbranson
You don't become a good team by overpaying bit players. The acquisition cost to acquire a 3rd pair (at best) player was astronomical, and then was re-signed to a contract that he will never live up to. That's not good.
And IMO, he is quite a bad NHL defenseman. He's literally one of the most permissive defensemen in terms of shots and chances in the NHL. Yah, there was a short stretch where he looked OK. That doesn't outweigh the entire body of work.
Askel
By the way Benning should be fired.
Can you show any sort of stats that shows that Gudbranson improved his play with Edler. To me it looked like Edler had to carry him which made Edlers pairing worse.
Malik and Lachance where complementary d-men and paid as such. Gudbransson is paid good money maybe he should earn it?
Huggy43
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DL44
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Oh dear..
His stance is “Sacrifice everything” could be misconstrued to sacrifice your life for anything you believe in.. then tied in into flying a plane into a building for your beliefs-sacrificing your life... then asking what Colin actually sacrificed..
Conclusion: “just Do It” campaign from 30 yrs ago was the driving force to 9/11... Fly the plane into the building Mo, Just Do It!
EpochLink
Canucks and Jets fan
David Booth, trash as a Canuck and in real life..
That tweet was super distasteful.
That tweet was super distasteful.
Huggy43
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DL44
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No.. I wouldn’t go that far...
Just misguided and lacking a greater perspective.
EpochLink
Canucks and Jets fan
Doubt it, he knew what he was writing and just wanted to unleash his hurt feelings because someone took a knee and Nike is behind it.
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