Canuck effort all based on frantic effort while Flames build around structure. Calgary just let us make mistakes and then burnt us on them. This was seen in the huge problems Canucks had coming out of their zone and in the way Calgary sat back and let the Canucks force the play resulting in odd man rushes. Team is a mess 5 on 5 and, in this game, couldn't get the PP going as well.
Good
Garland - another game where he had to carry a line and drag his team into the fight.
Martin - could have been a rout without him. Like last year the team has to depend on goaltending to overcome the pitiful defensive efforts.
Lockwood - showed his speed and ability to negate odd man rushes. Went to the body well.
Bad
Miller - showing, in so many ways, he is not up to speed. Shows in his inability to gain space to make more direct and less foolish passes, in his defensive transition play, in the awkwardness leading to turnovers and missed chances, in his line changes, basically in everything. The only hope is that he was not in decent shape and maybe in the future he can regain some form by getting in better shape in the off season. If not, then Allvin has made a mistake every bit as bad as any the idiot Benning made.
Hughes - at vital points made critical errors - good examples were his mis-plays on the PP. Hopefully team will realize he has no shot and tries to create a rotation which gets people back there who can create some danger from the point. Also, Hughes needs to stop with the one man shows. Any team works best when you're playing as a team and letting the puck do the work
Lazar - has zero offensive ability and should be only an option for the 4th line - and maybe not even there. Lost every puck battle in this game by my reckoning. Looks like just one more cap problem moving ahead.
Boeser - really needs to be benched. He can't play at this level. Simply too slow -especially in his first step. We've seen enough to know there is not going to be some miraculous change in his play. He has been like this for basically all of last year and all of this year. Can only see a buy out.
Others
Studnicka - fringe player. Can rush around but terrible stick. Joshua and the rest are much the same. All you can hope they don't get scored on.
Dermott - encouraging effort. Moved the puck quickly and stayed out of trouble. However, might soon devolve into the way others on this team go - overhandling the puck in their end, being dependent on the long pass to get the puck out, making bad pinches, etc.... Right now he is moving the puck laterally quickly to create space but it seems our defense always gets away from that and starts pushing puck or rushing the puck up the middle.
Tough to have much optimism about 2023 and, given the contract situation, even much hope for rest of the decade but let's hope the coming year and give us some reprieve from this misery. NEW YEAR, NEW HOPE AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE WILL BRING. (with the exception, maybe, of being a Canuck fan)
Good
Garland - another game where he had to carry a line and drag his team into the fight.
Martin - could have been a rout without him. Like last year the team has to depend on goaltending to overcome the pitiful defensive efforts.
Lockwood - showed his speed and ability to negate odd man rushes. Went to the body well.
Bad
Miller - showing, in so many ways, he is not up to speed. Shows in his inability to gain space to make more direct and less foolish passes, in his defensive transition play, in the awkwardness leading to turnovers and missed chances, in his line changes, basically in everything. The only hope is that he was not in decent shape and maybe in the future he can regain some form by getting in better shape in the off season. If not, then Allvin has made a mistake every bit as bad as any the idiot Benning made.
Hughes - at vital points made critical errors - good examples were his mis-plays on the PP. Hopefully team will realize he has no shot and tries to create a rotation which gets people back there who can create some danger from the point. Also, Hughes needs to stop with the one man shows. Any team works best when you're playing as a team and letting the puck do the work
Lazar - has zero offensive ability and should be only an option for the 4th line - and maybe not even there. Lost every puck battle in this game by my reckoning. Looks like just one more cap problem moving ahead.
Boeser - really needs to be benched. He can't play at this level. Simply too slow -especially in his first step. We've seen enough to know there is not going to be some miraculous change in his play. He has been like this for basically all of last year and all of this year. Can only see a buy out.
Others
Studnicka - fringe player. Can rush around but terrible stick. Joshua and the rest are much the same. All you can hope they don't get scored on.
Dermott - encouraging effort. Moved the puck quickly and stayed out of trouble. However, might soon devolve into the way others on this team go - overhandling the puck in their end, being dependent on the long pass to get the puck out, making bad pinches, etc.... Right now he is moving the puck laterally quickly to create space but it seems our defense always gets away from that and starts pushing puck or rushing the puck up the middle.
Tough to have much optimism about 2023 and, given the contract situation, even much hope for rest of the decade but let's hope the coming year and give us some reprieve from this misery. NEW YEAR, NEW HOPE AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE WILL BRING. (with the exception, maybe, of being a Canuck fan)
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