Well this was a ****ing disgraceful game. Shut out by an AHL goalie. Good job.
Sedins were slow, not winning any puck battles because there were no battles because they werent moving their feet. Didn't matter who played with them. Should have just stuck Dorsett on with them just to keep Dorsett off of any other line...
Higgins and Bonino were also slow and completely useless. Can't make or receive passes. Didn't matter whether Burrows or Vrbata was on this line. Should have just stuck Matthias on this line so they can all hang out and kill each others' plays.
Third line was entirely suspect at doing anything at all. Kassian with a couple dumbo plays defensively... Matthias only good on the perimeter. Richardson only good when his linemates are changing, like normal.
Horvat and Hansen were good, but playing with Dorsett, who has been a complete non-factor in the last however many games now...
Vey should not have sat this game, and I certainly hope he doesn't sit the next game.
Edler - Tanev were great.
Stanton - Bieksa bleeds another goal.
Sbisa was crap with his bad decisions, but looked better in the 3rd. Corrado was our 3rd best Dman this game. I say he gets another.
Lack was a wall, but apparently 1GA loses games when you play for the Canucks.
Good teams don't do this. This is crap. Our top 6 is too damned slow. Only Burrows can skate; Vrbata can when he wants to.
Our bottom 6 is playing decent, but not generating any energy. What the hell does Dorsett think his job is? Well... at least he got in a fight in this game, but it was kind of random and he really didn't do anything else.
This may seem like an overly negative "we lost" post, but I've refrained from posting these right after a loss (just finished watching it on the PVR). This game epitomizes why we have been losing. Thankfully, Lack was playing well or the usual suspects (Bieksa, Sbisa, Stanton) were playing like utter crap, chipping the puck randomly around. Notice how the players who don't do this - the ones who hold the puck for a split second and actually make plays - don't frustrate us nearly as much.
The chick who was the mentor in Ender's Game makes a good point - hold the trigger for a half second. It may not seem like it in the heat of the moment, but you've got at least that much time to think about what you are doing. I'm glad Corrado showed that he could do it.
I don't know where the forecheck that brought us where we are in the standings has gone. Higgins and Bonino are completely AWAL when it was their bread and butter early in the season... Hansen spinning around against the wall is all well and good, but when there is no support, what the hell is he supposed to do?
The Sedin Saucer Pass is just a complete non-factor lately. Every one of their passes gets picked off...
Ugh... positives are in order, I think.
Based on the only NHL game he's played this year, Corrado looks like an improvement on that bottom pairing - and take your pick of who you kick off of it.
Hamhuis should be back within a weak, and while he may come back slow, he can only be an upgrade on the garbage on our lower back end.
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