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I’m sure the coaches have their reasons, but Dowling on the pp make 0 sense. He is a low scoring player. Either Podkolzin or Hoglander are better offensively. I think Podz will earn his way onto the 2nd unit quickly.
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Because Demko and Markstrom had a combined .932 in the bubble
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Looking like a fantastic sports day.
Canada men’s soccer plays at home to Panama at 4. I don’t want to say they need to win because they’re positioned OK right now but a win would mean they’re on target and that the last few draws were meaningful even if they didn’t get a win.
Canucks play away with a brand new defense against Batman and Robin. Not a must win by any means but it would be nice to see us start to control games instead of rope-a-dope.
Canada men’s soccer plays at home to Panama at 4. I don’t want to say they need to win because they’re positioned OK right now but a win would mean they’re on target and that the last few draws were meaningful even if they didn’t get a win.
Canucks play away with a brand new defense against Batman and Robin. Not a must win by any means but it would be nice to see us start to control games instead of rope-a-dope.
I mean it makes sense, look at the high standard of defense Green holds all the rest of the players on this team to….
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Its crazy..there's some serious overreacting going on here...Puck hasn't even dropped for game #1 yet.Oooof.. thread was a painful read.
Here's hoping Chiasson gets a point... PPG would be great.
LickTheEnvelope
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On the plus side the faster they get through this season the faster we can jettison this coaching staff and front office.
If this is a playoff team it's only on the back of Demko me thinks.
Why not just move Horvat down and throw in Garland/Hog onto PP1 to avoid having Dowling there on the PP at all?
Story if this opening match is…
Dowling…
Would not even go bowling with Dowling. Why is Dowling in the 2nd PP? What does Dowling bring to this team that Hoglander can’t? Seeing Dowling in the 2nd PP just makes me feel like a Downy.
Travis Green is a trash coach.
Dowling…
Would not even go bowling with Dowling. Why is Dowling in the 2nd PP? What does Dowling bring to this team that Hoglander can’t? Seeing Dowling in the 2nd PP just makes me feel like a Downy.
Travis Green is a trash coach.
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Horvat is an elite PP player and should be on PP1.
I don’t think that is the solution.
By the way, someone mentioned it before. When Benning inherited this team we had:
Edler-Tanev
Hamhuis-Bieksa
As our top 4, both Edler and Tanev were in their 20’s and Hamhuis and Bieksa just starting early 30’s.
7 years on the rebuild journey and we have:
OEL-Hughes
Poolman-Myers.
Unless Hughes can bring it up a notch, the old guard is way better then the current lineup. Proof me wrong Poolman, but this D is looking like the weakest in years.
Edler-Tanev
Hamhuis-Bieksa
As our top 4, both Edler and Tanev were in their 20’s and Hamhuis and Bieksa just starting early 30’s.
7 years on the rebuild journey and we have:
OEL-Hughes
Poolman-Myers.
Unless Hughes can bring it up a notch, the old guard is way better then the current lineup. Proof me wrong Poolman, but this D is looking like the weakest in years.
Demko is going to have a busy a night. Management better hope for their sakes that he starts the season running.
In principle, I'm not 'against' safe low-event players like Highmore/Chiasson on the roster, since parking the bus can be a strategy in itself when you're against top players like McDavid/Drai ....but I'm not sure our defensemen are built for that type of game.
Feels like Schenn vs McDavid last change is just asking for trouble too.
In principle, I'm not 'against' safe low-event players like Highmore/Chiasson on the roster, since parking the bus can be a strategy in itself when you're against top players like McDavid/Drai ....but I'm not sure our defensemen are built for that type of game.
Feels like Schenn vs McDavid last change is just asking for trouble too.
To be fair, it was supposed to be
OEL - Myers/Poolman
Hughes - Hamonic
Which is an improvement but not much.
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To be honest no one minds Dowling, Chiasson, if they just stick to the fourth lines, Chiasson is a serviceable fourth liner and I think Dowling and Highmore will play like their jobs on the line.
It becomes a problem when Travis Green puts them in top 6 roles and PP roles, we’ve seen this happen to many times over the years.
Agreed, based on Hfboards assessment, they are shooting themselves in the foot here. If things go south fast I want these Baboons fired into the sun.
Its a win win situation, we do great that’s great, we do bad then I think time is finally up for these idiots running this team.
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Green has the unique ability to form lines in a way that none of them are good for execution of a specific strategy ie score goals, shut down etc.
sadly i think we are going to get destroyed tonight and the hard questions will begin
sadly i think we are going to get destroyed tonight and the hard questions will begin
LickTheEnvelope
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I hope they jettison everyone prior to the trade deadline if it's not looking good.
Last thing we need is Benning and Green making stupid decisions on making a playoff push.
Them plus whatever limited minutes Podkolzin gets are the most fun aspects of this game. Curious to see how Garland fits in as well. Opening few weeks of the season can be very weird, though. So many strange things happen.
I guess, but I don’t think Garland in for him hurts us. Dowling in there at all is just an eyesore
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