minor changes would do HUGE for the team.
just simple. vatanen must come in immediately! what to do w sbisa? kills team giving a bad defenseman the biggest? defensiverole. can we trade him? in and out these two and anaheim is much better. i would say a trusty winner team. hiller also. not good. not good at all.
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Hiller's gotta be better about poking pucks that float through his crease though. Yes that's part of the D's responsibility. But he needs to do his part.
Things were going our way with the other lines. Rakell's wingers were still ****ing up when the 4th line was out there. I'd go so far as to say Beleskey had his worst game in Rakell's debut. Yet he still found a way to be more than another new number on the ice.
In Hiller's defense (pun intended) the first time (Beauch) and the second time (Lydman) the D man was down on the ice in front of him and should have stopped the pass before it got to the crease. I wouldn't be surprised if Hiller's view of the puck was blocked by a teammate's body each time.
It was his least physical game.interesting that you say that. i'd like to ask why. i think belesky had his best game so far this season at rakell's debut. he was not doing much last night cause he was always in the box. and mediocre against calgary imo..
he made a great defensive play in rakell's debut and unleashed a couple shots as well as being physical.
After rewatching last night's game, I don't think the problem on that second line is the chemistry between Bobby and Selanne. When those two were near each other is when that line looked the most dangerous. It looked the least so when Bonino had it. The puck just seems to get turned over with him either with a bad pass or getting out muscled.
There is another option. Move Koivu to that line on a temporary basis, while one of the kids gets battle tested with better linemates on the third or till Bonino gets his form back on the third line.Hmm that's interesting. I will trust your judgement since I ain't watching that **** over again. Bones had some good plays but IMO he's not what that line needs. I still think the chemistry between Ryan and Selanne is an issue. However if you're correct, the solution would be to try Rakkel and Holland there to see if they work better. That would allow us to keep the chemistry going the other lines have.
There is another option. Move Koivu to that line on a temporary basis, while one of the kids gets battle tested with better linemates on the third or till Bonino gets his form back on the third line.
I understand, but I don't think either of the kids has looked good enough to trust with big guns like that. I think you give that job to the next best center, which right now would be Koivu.I just believe you do everything possible not to break up our 3rd line. They've been too good and the change its made in Winnik and Cogliano is crazy. I don't think it's smart to mess with it.
But that's the problem. A goalie is never supposed to allow a pass to go thru his crease. It means he is either too deep in the net or cheating on his angle. Hiller could have had both of those.
I am surprised that this board isn't talking about the officiating last night. The Canucks were handed the game via powerplays and a lot of them were questionable calls!
Personally I thought the calls were legit until after the third goal against. After that, Dave Jackson and our reputation took over. I don't agree that the defense was poor, but the PK was. So there you go.I am surprised that this board isn't talking about the officiating last night. The Canucks were handed the game via powerplays and a lot of them were questionable calls!
I feel like this could be Getz best season if he keeps playing like this, I have never seen him start this good he's really playing awesome at both ends of the ice. His penalty was a little bit Pejorative Slured but if he takes one less whack then he gets away with it, he's just gotta learn to toe that line better (he's not a rookie, he should already know). Perry is off to a bad start in his contract year and he's letting it get to him too much, we're 3 games in.
If the game woulda been 5-3 or something like that you would probably hear more *****ing. However Ducks didn't deserve to win this one. They had all the momentum and Winnik takes a terrible penalty in the offensive zone. Getz got a little carried away.
Was officiating horrible and completely one sided? Yes, but that's not the only reason we lost. Schneider also outplayed Hiller, defense was bad, etc...
Personally I thought the calls were legit until after the third goal against. After that, Dave Jackson and our reputation took over. I don't agree that the defense was poor, but the PK was. So there you go.
All I will say is that I have never personally witnessed any game in the last 20 years in which only one fighting major was given while the other combatant received only a roughing minor.
Horrible game over all for Ana. The officials just exacerbated the crap game they were playing after the first 10 minutes of the game.
Yep. There's no other reason to ignore that he fought, since he dropped the gloves and threw punches. But Jackson wanted to really ram the point home that you don't talk to him that way.It looked like Ballard didn't have his fight strap on (at the game). No strap and lose your jersey in a fight = ejection, so clearly, he couldn't be fighting....
It looked like Ballard didn't have his fight strap on (at the game). No strap and lose your jersey in a fight = ejection, so clearly, he couldn't be fighting....