He went from a guy who we’d have to swallow some of his contract to move off of a couple years ago, to being underrated (outside of Vancouver) last season to our 3rd best player this season (and underpaid).
Things can change that quickly.
Player Discussion Conor Garland
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Things can change that quickly.
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LickTheEnvelope
Weird time to be a Canucks fan 2024
He always had the talent. It's a bit of a shame that he hasn't been given the minutes to really excel until this year. He was actually trending down in minutes over his time on the Canucks and last year averaging 14.32/game he had his first 20 goal season and was +19. This season he's up over 19 mins per game and his PPG has increased from .573 to almost a point per game.
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And I'm so glad for it. Never wanted him gone. He's always been able to drive play but now he's getting the points and the ice time. If the entire team had half the hustle Garland does this team would be be top 5 in scoring.
Does anyone feel like Garland looks like he should be a referee rather than a player?
As someone who's been a bartender at a hipster brewery...
Maybe but I need to see him in a flannel first.
bandwagonesque
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There was as of a few years ago or maybe still is a lumberjack bar in East Van that caters to an actual trend of dressing like a lumberjack, with high leather boots, stiff denim, suspenders, flannel shirts, etc.Suspenders too.
Looks like the "cap dump" according to many of the experts on here is playing okay.
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vadim sharifijanov
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i didn’t watch either of the last two games (although someone posted the entire OT from each game on youtube, so i at least watched those) but in the highlights from friday’s game, garland was everywhere. from watching the highlights with a little more puck luck, or with a little worse of a goalie in buffalo's crease, he could have a sam gagner game.
it’s absolutely nuts to see the difference between the garland of a few years ago i would have attached a pick with to camp dump, and him now. he used to own the puck then too, but would just spin and spin until he’d spun himself into the corner with no options. i still think he’s got garbage for hockey sense, but our coaching staff rewired his instincts so that when he spins he spins in the right direction and his tenacity does the rest.
which really is all to say, it’s looked bleak the last month or so but i still have hope for hoglander under this coaching staff.
it’s absolutely nuts to see the difference between the garland of a few years ago i would have attached a pick with to camp dump, and him now. he used to own the puck then too, but would just spin and spin until he’d spun himself into the corner with no options. i still think he’s got garbage for hockey sense, but our coaching staff rewired his instincts so that when he spins he spins in the right direction and his tenacity does the rest.
which really is all to say, it’s looked bleak the last month or so but i still have hope for hoglander under this coaching staff.
