Post-Game Talk: RETRO NIGHT - Flying Skate Canucks 2 vs. Wendel Clark Leafs 5

[timw33]

Double. Shift. The. Sedins.

At least that's what a good coach would do. Will take the loss happily as a sign to management that chasing the playoffs is a stupid proposition.

 

[WTG]

Play the top 3 lines and top 2 pairings wd we need goals not mentorship

 

[geebaan]

Why get better when the #1 pick is the goal?

For once I agree with you

 

[EpochLink]

Double shift the 2 lines to generate scoring chances

 

[Johnny Canucker]

Look at who we lost too..... If I hear anyone say "playoffs" from now until the end of the year I hope they remember this.

 

[Jimson Hogarth*]

Double. Shift. The. Sedins.

At least that's what a good coach would do. Will take the loss happily as a sign to management that chasing the playoffs is a stupid proposition.

Why do people who want to lose complain that the Sedins aren't playing enough? News flash, if you double shifted the Sedins you probably wouldn't have a loss here.

 

[Breakers]

Virtanen sucks.

He can only skate at max speed so he is so predictable.

Guy has zero patience with the puck in the offensive zone.

If he would just stop sometimes in the offensive zone he would realize no one is on him and he has time to make a better play instead of just shooting from a terrible angle.

 

[EpochLink]

Bad, terrible, god awful

 

[The Drop]

Why get better when the #1 pick is the goal?

So you're actually going to ask why cap space is important if you have an opportunity to improve the team?

And the goal is #1 now because of the **** show your beloved Benning created

 

[Zombotron]

Hey! Just came in to say that it's awesome to see you guys brought back the Halloween jerseys tonight! Always wanted to see the Sedins wearing those. It would have been even better if you could have painted the flying skate over Free Willy for the one evening too! Thx!

 

[tantalum]

We will have a ton of cap space this summer. We will lose almost 10 mil and no one due for a big raise. Vey, Etem and Baertschi should collectively come in under 4 mil.

And need a #3 dman, a #4 d-man, at least one top 6 winger...the boatloads of cap space isn't that much. Especially when you aren't a desirable destination. And you assume that with no playoffs and empty seats ownership will continue to spend to the cap.

 

[Steveorama]

Embarassing performance at home, versus the worst team in the league.
Desjardins really isn't an NHL coach. Getting schooled on matchups tonight by Babcock.

 

[Get North]

so you have no idea why we would have different expectations for a guy who got 30 last year, and is on pace for 20, then a guy making more than Hansen, who has been terrible in his "role"

I don't know what to say.

How has Dorsett been terrible? He's fought, he's played physical, he's killed penalties. The one who has been terrible is Vrbata. You're expecting Dorsett to play like Vrbata or something? He's a 4th liner, he plays in a 4th line role.

 

[VeteranNetPresence]

we just need an andrew ladd, he will lead us to the playoffs

 

[M2Beezy]

but that Sbisa, he's the bees knees

The what?

 

[Hansen]

Holy **** theyre smashing Willie about his line usage and playing guys badly, saying if you're Benning you have to be questioning yourself

Too big of a convo for me to catch it all

 

[clunk]

Why do people who want to lose complain that the Sedins aren't playing enough? News flash, if you double shifted the Sedins you probably wouldn't have a loss here.

So do you still want to win? Or is this game enough to convince you?

 

[VeteranNetPresence]

Virtanen sucks.

He can only skate at max speed so he is so predictable.

Guy has zero patience with the puck in the offensive zone.

If he would just stop sometimes in the offensive zone he would realize no one is on him and he has time to make a better play instead of just shooting from a terrible angle.

He will get his head taken off on day going behind the net like he did 10 min ago

 

[Samzilla]

I really hope we're buyers at the deadline. We're going to need to strengthen so we don't have more performances like tonight in the playoffs.

 

[pahlsson]

vey actually out there as an extra attacker

 

[bringerofrain10]

Omg. Benning is nothing if not blunt and honest. He wasn't playing both sides. He truly believed he improved the team a great deal. He didn't. Being in contention for a top 5 pick was never in the cards. Ever. He constructed a team with no depth, that wasn't good when healthy and has paid the price. He has mis-evaluated players every step of the way.

The management team with Benning has been shortsighted ignoring large amounts of data that showed this team last year was not a playoff team. Instead he believed the character additions of Sbisa, Dorsett etc made a difference, sold it and follow suit by adding more of the same, thinking that the young rookies are enough to add speed and skill. Now they are overwhelmed, the veterans are character players are checking out..and you get this product on a nightly basis.

 

[timw33]

"If I'm benning, it's not about icetime, it's about when, and the match up. You gotta be concerned about the matchup."

"He likes to get into a rhythm and pace, he just rolls."

"You can't score a goal though..."

 

[geebaan]

Holy **** theyre smashing Willie about his line usage and playing guys badly, saying if you're Benning you have to be questioning yourself

Too big of a convo for me to catch it all

Again, its nice to know the league is now starting to realize what a joke we are.

 

[canucksfan]

McCann would be better than Vey to have out there

 

[Jimson Hogarth*]

So do you still want to win? Or is this game enough to convince you?

I always want to win. I hate losing.