Confirmed with Link: Ian Clarke Changing Roles / Marko Torenius Promoted

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Part of aging. As you get into your 60's, 70's, and beyond, body isn't the same. Pro athletes have put a lot more stress on their bones/joints than regular people. If his hips, knees, groin are bothering him in demonstrating the techniques, then he's wise to step away from that role.

This. I don’t get why some people are freaking out lol

 

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Drance: "Demko holding out of camp and now Ian Clark moving on....The organization is in complete disarray"

Seravalli: "The Vancouver Canucks punt lovable goaltending coach to the curb. Classless organization and miserable Vancouver fans don't appreciate hardworking Canadians."

I actually meant Taj.

 

[ziploc]

Great. First Demko is injured, now Clarke is injured.

We are a goalie graveyard.

 

[wonton15]

Damn, big loss for the goalies day to day.



Askarov to Canucks (E4)

 

[Deeds26]

Saw the news on Twitter and so much negativity.

Is it a big deal? Sure, Ian is phenomenal but it's not world ending.

Ian would have had a say in hiring the AHL guy and talked to him throughout the last few years. He'll still be around watching tape and offering opinions on the current goalies while going out and finding us some future studs.

 

[Canucks LB]

Damn, big loss for the goalies day to day.



Askarov to Canucks (E4)

Well, this is interesting. That’s a nice find.

 

[Canucks LB]

Saw the news on Twitter and so much negativity.

Is it a big deal? Sure, Ian is phenomenal but it's not world ending.

Ian would have had a say in hiring the AHL guy and talked to him throughout the last few years. He'll still be around watching tape and offering opinions on the current goalies while going out and finding us some future studs.

It’s negative because literally the day before had a ton of demko news, and one day after the goalie coach steps aside.

Who knows if it’s related or not

 

[wonton15]

Well, this is interesting. That’s a nice find.

Ignore Taj - more about Dhaliwal. Seems like Jones wants to retire, so we might see Lankinen as a Canuck?

 

[Canucks LB]

Ignore Taj - more about Dhaliwal. Seems like Jones wants to retire, so we might see Lankinen as a Canuck?

Did I respond to the wrong thing.

I was talking about the askarov tweet with noah

 

[Peen]

I mean, if they think Askarov is both better than Silovs right now & has higher upside, you make a call there in an instant.

The Demko thing is coming to its head quicker than people realize. He’s going to want to get paid next offseason or be traded where he will get paid.

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

Not good news on the goalie front the last two days.

 

[VanillaCoke]

This all sucks, way to much going on with our goaltending this offseason.

This just feels off, hard to put it into words

Agree, too much smoke in a short period of time.
Something seems off, although I'm definitely interested in the askarov connection and I'm not even that high on him.

 

[ziploc]

The Askarov thing makes a fair amount of sense, really. Silovs for Askarov gives Nashville a good young back up, gives the Canucks a guy with higher upside, gives Askarov a legit shot at being in the bigs and taking the reins next year.

I love Demko, but we really can't rely on him being healthy at this stage of the game.

But who knows.

And this thread is about Clarke.

 

[Peter Griffin]

Go find our next Vezina candidate Clarkie!

 

[vancityluongo]

the timing is just unfortunate given the rumours around demko surfacing yesterday, but this makes sense. would rather see clark train and transition his eventual successor rather than having him retire one day and leave the organization hanging.

this is how successful organizations operate.

the askarov connection also feels coincidental timing wise. maybe there's something there, but maybe not.

 

[Nucker101]

Hopefully this new coach is more flexible with his methods/technique and will get Demko to play a style that’s less taxing on his body

 

[God]

thank you for your service

 

[Wisp]

last time the canucks made a goalie coach change from clarke, they went to the finals. *shrug*

 

[StreetHawk]

The Askarov thing makes a fair amount of sense, really. Silovs for Askarov gives Nashville a good young back up, gives the Canucks a guy with higher upside, gives Askarov a legit shot at being in the bigs and taking the reins next year.

I love Demko, but we really can't rely on him being healthy at this stage of the game.

But who knows.

And this thread is about Clarke.

Nash signed wedgewood for $1.5 mill per for 2 years. Now they can eat the difference since Askarov would make less in the nhl this actually saving Nash a small amount of cap room but he does not seem intent on competing for the backup role or thinks that wedgewood contract would already cement his fate when it comes to being in the nhl.

If you are Nash, maybe you’re better off aiming to swap Askarov for a young goalie like Fowler in Montreal. Pushes back the timeline by 3-4 years. I just don’t see Nash flipping Askarov for Silovs as the primary return.

 

[Hansen]

Askarov would be our first or Lekkerimaki plus a piece plus Silovs IMO

And methinks Ian Clarke has donated his hips to Demko before calling it quits for on ice

 

[Wisp]

so when the Gillis Canucks fired Clarke in the 2010 offseason, it was because he wasn't traveling with the team on the road(due to family commitments?). Gut feeling its the same issue and Clarke remembering what happened last time approached Allvin to reconsider his role instead.

honestly guys, happens. I am not panicking. I doubt Demko misses much time, sounds like his rehab is progressing but slower than the team will like. Silovs has proven he can hold down the fort definitely for the short term and I think maybe the medium term if necessary. I tbh its better if Silov's role grows sooner than later. Marko Torenius is a Clarke hire and Clarke is still in the organization for him as a resource.

 

[Nucker101]

so when the Gillis Canucks fired Clarke in the 2010 offseason, it was because he wasn't traveling with the team on the road(due to family commitments?). Gut feeling its the same issue and Clarke remembering what happened last time approached Allvin to reconsider his role instead.

honestly guys, happens. I am not panicking. I doubt Demko misses much time, sounds like his rehab is progressing but slower than the team will like. Silovs has proven he can hold down the fort definitely for the short term and I think maybe the medium term if necessary. I tbh its better if Silov's role grows sooner than later. Marko Torenius is a Clarke hire and Clarke is still in the organization for him as a resource.

Woodley made it sound like Demko was trying to rehab the injury but it just want progressing well enough so now they might’ve opted for surgery.

Maybe I’m reading the between the lines incorrectly

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

Not good news on the goalie front the last two days.

 

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Apparently our new goalie coach was askarovs in the khl *fakerumorsintensify

 

[Burke's Evil Spirit]

I wonder if Clark's being pushed at all. He's notorious for how hard he works his goalies between games and Demko keeps breaking down. I can see old school Rutherford having enough of this - he didn't hire him after all.