Player Discussion Markus Granlund

[4Twenty]

This is the problem with the Canucks, they don't have enough top end talent to drive the possession, force the other teams to hard match and give the Canucks bottom 6 lines better matchups. The top teams have that and their bottom 6 benefits and provide the team with better possession numbers.

Canucks need to find a way to move on from a few of the gluten of middle/bottom 6 forwards they have and find a way to replace them with smart skilled top 6 forwards.

Who ever of the Granlund, Leivo, Pearson, Sutter, Motte, Spooner, Eriksson's they move on from is irrelevant to me as long as they can sign or trade for more speed, skill and smarts

THey've got to move on from those guys to back fill the positions though. Say they sign 2 top 6 wingers. That forces everyone down a line, and that means that some of those guys get pushed off the roster.

It is literally what needs to be done. If they can force Loui to retire and don't want to embarass him like they did with Gagner, then they have to make a concerted effort to open up spots in the lineup, and Granlund IMO along with Sutter should be the first two to go.

 

[Hit the post]

THey've got to move on from those guys to back fill the positions though. Say they sign 2 top 6 wingers. That forces everyone down a line, and that means that some of those guys get pushed off the roster.

It is literally what needs to be done. If they can force Loui to retire and don't want to embarass him like they did with Gagner, then they have to make a concerted effort to open up spots in the lineup, and Granlund IMO along with Sutter should be the first two to go.

Embarrass Gagner? WTF????? He embarrassed Elmer! Play like **** then get assigned to our AHL RIVAL (nevermind our center depth on the Comets is so bad, freaking Gaunce is arguably the best center there) all the while collecting millions.

 

[TruGr1t]

Somehow this guy is overrated. He plays over 15 minutes a night and has slightly more points than Alex Biega. He is at best a net zero, low event piece of filler you generally forget exists for long periods. The Canucks could not possibly be any worse without him. You could basically replace him with any number of guys waiting for a chance in the league.

The only reason he's still on the roster is Benning's perverse veteran loyalty issue.

 

[MS]

Slow, soft, lazy. Just enough to get by. Good riddance when he goes.

 

[Get North]

The additions of Pearson and Leivo, as well as the development from Gaudette and MacEwan has pushed Granlund out of the line-up. It is much easier pushing a guy like Granlund off the puck opposed to MacEwan which is why MacEwan is a better player for this roster, he can wear defencemen down which is key in playoff series.

Jasek is also a similarish player that will be pushing for a spot if we ever need a Granlund player back.

 

[ProstheticConscience]

The additions of Pearson and Leivo, as well as the development from Gaudette and MacEwan has pushed Granlund out of the line-up. It is much easier pushing a guy like Granlund off the puck opposed to MacEwan which is why MacEwan is a better player for this roster, he can wear defencemen down which is key in playoff series.

Jasek is also a similarish player that will be pushing for a spot if we ever need a Granlund player back.

 

[PuckMunchkin]

He is overdeployed.

He is fine as a depth forward.


I really think he is getting WAY too much attention from HFBoards. We have Eriksson, Beagle, Schaller and Sutter on this team too...

 

[TruKnyte]

He is overdeployed.

He is fine as a depth forward.


I really think he is getting WAY too much attention from HFBoards. We have Eriksson, Beagle, Schaller and Sutter on this team too...

And everyone you listed needs to go as well if the Canucks are ever going to be good again.

 

[VanJack]

Against all odds, Granlund has actually survived four seasons in VanCity. Of course the fact the Canucks were a lottery team laggard in those four years isn't incidental.

He's one of those guys the Canucks have to move on from, even if he goes somewhere else and performs better. But the Canucks have a number of those guys, including Sutter, Tanev, Schaller, Hutton, Pouliot and possibly Goldy.

It they're in your lineup next season, it basically means the team isn't improving.

 

[PuckMunchkin]

And everyone you listed needs to go as well if the Canucks are ever going to be good again.

You can have a multiposition player like Granlund as a 4th liner / 13th forward.

 

[ThreeOfAPerfectPair]

Maybe a team run very poorly, like Edmonton or Ottawa

lol, I think he's going to be our 3C or 2nd LW.

 

[MS]

lol, I think he's going to be our 3C or 2nd LW.

I'd rather have him at 2W than 3C - he's basically unplayable as a center where is sluggish skating gets magnified and his inability to win more than 40% of faceoffs becomes an issue. That said, he's godawful as a scoring-line winger.

 

[Bitz and Bites]

I'd rather have him at 2W than 3C - he's basically unplayable as a center where is sluggish skating gets magnified and his inability to win more than 40% of faceoffs becomes an issue. That said, he's godawful as a scoring-line winger.

Didn’t he sign with the Oilers? or was I dreaming the whole thing?

 

[Zombotron]

Didn’t he sign with the Oilers? or was I dreaming the whole thing?

MS is responding to an Oilers fan

 

[Bitz and Bites]

MS is responding to an Oilers fan

Ok,it makes sense now.

 

[ThreeOfAPerfectPair]

I'd rather have him at 2W than 3C - he's basically unplayable as a center where is sluggish skating gets magnified and his inability to win more than 40% of faceoffs becomes an issue. That said, he's godawful as a scoring-line winger.

oh damn, I at least assumed he had speed to his game.

 

[MS]

oh damn, I at least assumed he had speed to his game.

Unfortunately he's both a slow skater and a lazy one who doesn't move his feet. Or rarely moves his feet, at least - once or twice a year he'll have a few game stretch where he has a spurt of energy and actually hustles and gets involved a bit and looks considerably less awful.

He's a pretty high-IQ guy with ok hands who can kinda float around in decent position as a winger on a defensive 3rd line and not be utterly horrible but not very good either. Anywhere else in your top-9 and he's an outright liability.

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

How is this thread still active

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

oh damn, I at least assumed he had speed to his game.

You will see him shines....in meaningless time of the game. Definition of floater

 

[arttk]

Not our f***ing problem anymore

 

[F A N]

Are we turning this into a player appreciation thread for Markus "Swede Army Knife" Granlund?

 

[Bonham]

After Eriksson, Granlund to me was the most forgettable player on this roster which was no easy feat.

Glad to see him gone, especially to Edmonton.

 

[MS]

Are we turning this into a player appreciation thread for Markus "Swede Army Knife" Granlund?

If someone can edit his name into Homer Simpson's 'We are richer/For having lost him' tombstone that would kinda make my day.

 

[CherryToke]

Didn’t he sign with the Oilers? or was I dreaming the whole thing?

They signed Gagner too. Man I love the Oilers.

 

[DL44]

oh damn, I at least assumed he had speed to his game.

But at least he's smart enough to earn himself a prime scoring chance or two a game for you.

His finish left him the last season... but the chances were there.