Canucks quietly have the deepest forward group in the league

[Drij]

this didn't age well lol

 

[BurnabyJoe7]

I can’t really find any other team aside from St Louis and Colorado that has a more well rounded, balanced and potential threat line up than the Canucks.

Miller, Pettersson, Horvat, that’s 90-100 goals alone down the middle. I don’t think there’s any team with that type of scoring punch down the middle. Not to mention Boeser having a down year last season due to family reasons. He’s easily good for 25 goals on the wing.

Then you have another 25, potential 30 goal scorer in Mikheyev, 50+ playmaker in Garland, Podkolzin who will definitely build from last season potting perhaps another 20-20-40pts. That’s not even mentioning Kuzmenko who could very well be another Panarin type player. Even Pearson is good for 35-40 points including 15-20+ goals.

Demko is a top 5 goaltender in the league, and there’s Hughes and OEL (albeit overpaid) are 2 elite defenseman who make their partners much better than they are (Schenn and Myers).

With the amount of team defense this team has with the additions of Lazar, Mikheyev, Joshua, and even Dickinson, having that hole on the right side is manageable. Canucks were top 5 in the league in fewest even strength goals allowed with that atrocious right side, in large part thanks to OEL and his brains. PK was the main issue on defense but that should be improved.

I just can’t really think of a more well balanced group, especially the forward group, with an average age of 25 years old.

This entire post is one of the most homer things I've read in a long time. It's also hilarious.

 

[eramosat]

came here for the best quietly memes

 

[McAsuno]

I can’t really find any other team aside from St Louis and Colorado that has a more well rounded, balanced and potential threat line up than the Canucks.

Miller, Pettersson, Horvat, that’s 90-100 goals alone down the middle. I don’t think there’s any team with that type of scoring punch down the middle. Not to mention Boeser having a down year last season due to family reasons. He’s easily good for 25 goals on the wing.

Then you have another 25, potential 30 goal scorer in Mikheyev, 50+ playmaker in Garland, Podkolzin who will definitely build from last season potting perhaps another 20-20-40pts. That’s not even mentioning Kuzmenko who could very well be another Panarin type player. Even Pearson is good for 35-40 points including 15-20+ goals.

Demko is a top 5 goaltender in the league, and there’s Hughes and OEL (albeit overpaid) are 2 elite defenseman who make their partners much better than they are (Schenn and Myers).

With the amount of team defense this team has with the additions of Lazar, Mikheyev, Joshua, and even Dickinson, having that hole on the right side is manageable. Canucks were top 5 in the league in fewest even strength goals allowed with that atrocious right side, in large part thanks to OEL and his brains. PK was the main issue on defense but that should be improved.

I just can’t really think of a more well balanced group, especially the forward group, with an average age of 25 years old.

 

[timw33]

I think the funniest thing about this thread is that the exact same thing was said about this team LAST year.

 

[McPoyle]

OP was temping the hockey gods with this thread. Seems they were angered.

 

[TeamRenzo]

This one aged like milk

 

[bobholly39]

Must be very, very, very quietly....

 

[Dr Pepper]

Zero wins through seven games, what a trainwreck.

 

[Hasbro]

this didn't age well lol

I'd hesitate to use the term age, it was so quickly turned on its head.

 

[King In The North]

He forgot about the Canucks quietly having the worst defense group in the league

To be fair, we’re only 0-4-2, we still have 76 more games.

This actually made me laugh out loud

 

[golgoXIII]

39 shots vs 16 yesterday .... ouch !

 

[MabusIncarnate]

39 shots vs 16 yesterday .... ouch !

12 came from the super deep offensive threat.

 

[PaulD]

I can’t really find any other team aside from St Louis and Colorado that has a more well rounded, balanced and potential threat line up than the Canucks.

Miller, Pettersson, Horvat, that’s 90-100 goals alone down the middle. I don’t think there’s any team with that type of scoring punch down the middle. Not to mention Boeser having a down year last season due to family reasons. He’s easily good for 25 goals on the wing.

Then you have another 25, potential 30 goal scorer in Mikheyev, 50+ playmaker in Garland, Podkolzin who will definitely build from last season potting perhaps another 20-20-40pts. That’s not even mentioning Kuzmenko who could very well be another Panarin type player. Even Pearson is good for 35-40 points including 15-20+ goals.

Demko is a top 5 goaltender in the league, and there’s Hughes and OEL (albeit overpaid) are 2 elite defenseman who make their partners much better than they are (Schenn and Myers).

With the amount of team defense this team has with the additions of Lazar, Mikheyev, Joshua, and even Dickinson, having that hole on the right side is manageable. Canucks were top 5 in the league in fewest even strength goals allowed with that atrocious right side, in large part thanks to OEL and his brains. PK was the main issue on defense but that should be improved.

I just can’t really think of a more well balanced group, especially the forward group, with an average age of 25 years old.

 

[Negan4Coach]

So I guess we've now definitively redefined "Quietly" as "Does not even remotely have". LOL.

 

[Trafalgar Sadge Law]

I mean they've been quiet alright.

 

[deckercky]

39 shots vs 16 yesterday .... ouch !

Canucks quietly rely heavily on Hughes to keep themselves afloat.

 

[Captain Mountain]

I mean, its deep if absolutely everything goes right, which almost never happens. And by that measure, its not that deep compared to other teams.

Narrator: Everything has not gone right.

But really, they had/have a decent forward group and an awful D-core.

 

[rangersfansince08]

I mean the thread starter said Mikheyev was good for 25-30 goals.

That's outrageous.

Kuzmenko being the next Panarin was almost as bad.

 

[TheStatican]

OP loudly setting the hf boards record for most laughs in a single post.

 

[McShogun99]

Kuzmenko is probably regretting that he didn't like the fish tacos from Joeys now.

 

[Ghetty Green]

Canucks quietly rely heavily on Hughes to keep themselves afloat.

They were 0-4-2 without him. What a difference maker

 

[LemmyUlanov55]

This thread didn't slip quietly, that's for sure.
I don't understand how Rutherford, Boudreau and the players are already bluffing at each other not even 10 games into the season. I mean.. HOW?!

 

[deckercky]

This thread didn't slip quietly, that's for sure.
I don't understand how Rutherford, Boudreau and the players are already bluffing at each other not even 10 games into the season. I mean.. HOW?!

The group has good players (and yes, the forward group is very deep), but they've shown on numerous occasions that:

1.) The forwards on the roster have defensive issues; and
2.) They respond poorly when things aren't going well (see team pouting out the gate after losing Tanev/Markstrom/Toffoli).

They had unlucky results in the first several games (its unlucky that they didn't get at least 1-2 wins out of the first 4 games where they had two goal leads), and are letting things snowball at this point (concurrently with losing the engine of the team).

 

[Sabre the Win]

To be fair, we’re only 0-4-2, we still have 76 more games.

Underrated comment. I don't think most realize you are the OP but this was a well done reply to dig your heels in.

Keep them guessing your next move.