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@HockeyAbbs: #Canucks Eriksson swapping in and out of lines this a.m. Does he get swapped out of lineup vs WPG?
Good assessment...although I would only disagree on Markstrom,who.despite giving up one weak goal per game has exceeded my expectations....Great positional goalie,rarely flailing about.My positives and negatives
Positives
- Tanev : my 1st star of the game. Perfect defensively and dangerous offinsevely. What can you ask more from a dman?
- Vanek: he was involved in all goals. Win puck battles, dangerous in front of the net and with his shot.
- Virtanen: call me crazy but he was the only Canuck's player on the ice able to create a chance even without the help of his linemates. Played another good games.
Negatives
- Baertschi: he played a decent third and OT, but he's better than this. Invisible in the first two periods.
- Hutton: his turnover cost us the 2nd goal.
- Markostrom: 2nd early goal in two starts. This one was really bad. Then made a great save on Burrows and played a decent game but that goal was really bad.
Green has got the blender out...he's delivering on the promise that all the lines are going to be 'a work in progress'.@HockeyAbbs: #Canucks Eriksson swapping in and out of lines this a.m. Does he get swapped out of lineup vs WPG?
Extreme zone starts and usage are really skewing the raw corsi numbers.
It's no coincidence the guys getting soft 75% o-zone starts have awesome numbers and the guys playing hard shutdown minutes with 25% o-zone starts have lousy numbers. This is why Corsi is so useless without context.
I don't think we're going to see both Boeser and Virtanen in the lineup for a while...
The team defense, including Gudbranson, has been fine through two games this year and as a unit is the least of my worries when all 6 are healthy.
Understood. However, when your entire team lies on one side of the line and the entire roster of opposition lay on the other side it gives you pretty good idea who the balance of play was favouring...wasn't meant as some sort of "ah ha!" moment. Though the shot chart is pretty damning.
Obviously for anything actually detailed you will look at the usage as well and see how everything fits together.
Well we've seen two games, and Hutton and Stetcher look like a bad pairing. One of them is going to be scratched for Pouliot pretty soon, just depends on how much rope Green gives them. Probably Stetcher since he's only averaging ~13 mins per game. Certainly a precipitous fall from what we saw last year. The blue line has largely been buoyed by Tanev-Edler and an unexpectedly strong showing from MDZ. Everything else is pretty meh.
“Gotta make ‘me earn it!”
“Can’t get complacent!”
“Veterans were just brought in for competition. If the kids outplay them then they’ll get to play.”
Honesty how do people keep typing the same drivel year after year?
Well do you think players should get complacent? Or be handed roster spots?
I don't think we're going to see both Boeser and Virtanen in the lineup for a while...
Step 1, trade everyone over 25 for draft picks.
Step 2, sell franchise, relocate to Victoria because why not
Step 3
Dahlen-Pettersson-Goldobin
Baertschi-Horvat-Boeser
Granlund-Lind-Virtanen
Gadjovich-Gaudette-Lockwood
Palmu
Hutton-Stecher
Pouliot-Gudbranson
Juolevi-Chatfield
Subban
Brisebois
Markstrom
Demko
Step 4 be entertaining and get high draft picks.
my lines > yours.
burimstov does not belong anywhere in the top 6 lines. pls go.