This Canuck version is boring as hell

[Luongos Knob]

It's ok tho. We're tuff now so we can beat the Big Bad Bruins!!!

I love tuffness <3

 

[ZZZZZZZ]

This team sucks..........the worst team I've ever seen.

Brutal defense and no imagination from the forwards except for a couple of exceptions .

How many times is Bieksa allowed to give the puck up in a game or are the d-men allowed to not block any shots?

This team is done in 5 games in the 1st round.

 

[y2kcanucks]

It's ok tho. We're tuff now so we can beat the Big Bad Bruins!!!

Going tough isn't a problem. Bringing in toughness but wanting them to play a finesse game is. We're a team with no identity.

 

[serge2k]

This team sucks..........the worst team I've ever seen.

Brutal defense and no imagination from the forwards except for a couple of exceptions .

How many times is Bieksa allowed to give the puck up in a game or are the d-men allowed to not block any shots?

This team is done in 5 games in the 1st round.

Really?

 

[Scurr]

The organization is still doing well financially, so what you as an individual demand doesn't matter.

This is exactly how companies like RIM go from world leader to laughing stock. Arrogance. If the Canucks are interested in making money long-term they should also be interested in our entertainment level.

The NFL isn't the leading sports league in the world because they threw a product on the field and said "there you go, like it or not, that's what it is".

 

[Shareefruck]

Except in 09/10 when Kesler was on the 2nd PP the whole year the team still had a top 6 NHL powerplay.

Even in 2008/2009 before anyone's breakout seasons when it was basically just the Sedins (Salo missed a quarter of the season and there was no Ehrhoff...) the Nucks STILL had a PP tied for 15th in the league.

This team today is far far deeper than the 2008/09 team. Hell that team had Wellwood on the PP...

09/10 is the year where Kesler's second unit was almost as good as the Sedins on the first unit and led the team in pp goals. He did that playing with lesser players on his unit. He was the biggest reason we had a great pp that year.

I consider 59 points to be Kesler's breakout year, personally. In 08/09, Kesler and Wellwood actually led the team in powerplay goals (again from the second unit). I like Wellwood as a powerplay specialist more than most of the support guys we're using right now, personally. He's very well suited for it. That team also had Demitra, who is a far more skilled/smart offensive player to have on the powerplay than the guys we're playing right now. Salo still played 60 games.

Kesler played a massive massive role on the powerplay both of the years that you're talking about.

08/09
Henrik: 4ppg, 26ppp
Daniel: 9ppg, 24ppp
Kesler: 10ppg, 18ppp
Demitra: 4ppg, 16ppp
Salo: 5ppg, 14ppp

09/10
Henrik: 4ppg, 27ppp
Kesler: 12ppg, 26ppp
Ehrhoff: 6ppg, 23ppp
Daniel: 8ppg, 21ppp
Edler: 2ppg, 19ppp
Raymond: 8ppg, 18ppp
Samuelsson: 7ppg, 14ppp
Salo: 6ppg, 13ppp

None of those teams were as hamstrung with injuries as this one currently is, anyways. The Sedins need offensive help in order to do well on the powerplay, and they aren't getting it with the current personnel, none of which were traditionally strong pp players. Hell, even a Wellwood/Samuelsson type would make all the difference.

Kesler is every bit as important as one of the Sedins on the powerplay, as was having that one dominate powerplay point-man like Salo/Ehrhoff. We've lost two. Imagine losing both Sedins on the powerplay.

Those first few games where Kesler came back, the powerplay looked good again. This absolutely is a personnel issue combined with snowballing poor confidence.

 

[vanuck]

I thought this was a rather interesting article...

http://vansunsportsblogs.com/2013/03/27/how-do-the-canucks-lines-compare-to-the-rest-of-the-nhl/