He's showing some improvement lately IMHO. He was pretty hopeless through to January, when Hansen was driving the play he looked OK, when Hansen went down he looked lost. He had a good February (shooting 30% though) and he's carried it through to March (points, less goals). Calgary flames fans noted he plays to the level of his teammates, I think we have seen some of that here. It can be a good thing when he's playing with quality players than can set him up, or a bad thing when he's required to do hard work to make the line go.
He still reminds me offensively of Hodgson in the way he operates, as we saw with Hodgson when its going well he can get away with it, when it's not he will fall down through the lines and that game gets harder and harder to player as you teammates gets worse and worse. For Granlund to remain successful he's going to need to be played with two guys that can drive the play for him.
Well ****...
Which forwards has uncle Jimbo procured for us that fit this criteria?
Which of Jimbo's acquisitions can you describe as a real needle mover?
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Every single ****ing forward Jimbo has acquired NEEDS to play with other
good forwards to be successful.
Jake
Etem
McMillan
Dorsett
- had a career year in 14-15... because he was playing with Jannik Hansen and Bo Horvat!!!
- put Dorsett with bad players and he will absolutely stink up the joint ala last season
Prust
- WAY past his prime
Vey
- Not an NHL player
Vrbata
- had a career year in 14-15... because he was playing with the Sedins!!!!
- take Vrbata's center away and like Dorsett, he will absolutely stink up the joint.
Sutter, Granlund, Eriksson
- passenger, passenger, passenger
Shore, Skille, Boucher, Megna, Chaput
- dunno but I'm guessing probably not?
Bae
- Nothing I have seen from Bae suggests that he could be successful without Bo.
Goldy, Dahlen, Boeser, Gaudette
- god i hope so pleeeeeeeeeeeeeease...
Bonino!!!!
- was traded for Sutter!!!
Cracknell!!!!
- was so good that he was barely able to draw into the line up and was eventually waived.
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So if you look closely at the above, you'll notice a couple things.
- Jimbo's players have only been successful when they have been playing with Gilly's players. Bo, Hansen, Sedins... With both Burr and Hansen gone and the Sedins on their last legs, the bottom is going to drop out for this team next season.
- The actual good players, the play drivers, the smart ones, will be (unless drafted) staying the **** away from this god forsaken team as long as Jimbo and Trevor are in charge. Smart players are just like smart fans. They know what kind of clown show the Canucks are.
And this, gentlemen and gentleladies, is the darkest time line.
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