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Dogbert said:
You frequent the Canucks board. What have they been saying about Jovanovski all season?
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does that any relevance to what we're talking about here? unless i'm mistaken, we're talking about whether jovo would actually improve the squad over in turin. jovo's replacement, bouwmeester is the worst defenseman on the team.

who cares what canuck fans think.
 
Regehr played great with Blake late in the game, one obvious reason why Team Canada's d-core is struggling is because Quinn is shuffling them around constantly. Regehr played with four defenceman today...how are these guys supposed to get into any kind of rythm?

Pronger's skating is awful right now, Redden is making poor decisions, McCabe is turning the puck over, Bouwemeester is ineffective, Foote is barely even noticeable, and Blake hasn't been very effective on the point. Nobody has been anything better than average.
 
This is pretty rediculous...They played a good 2/3 of a game against Finland...they need to put together 60 minutes...but enough of this bashing. These are the world's elite no matter how you look at it...They aren't horrible or embarassing.

I have no doubt they will turn it around just as they did in 2002. They also aren't the only big team to be shocked this tournament.

When they win gold agian you'll all be back on the bandwagon, praising the play of Pronger, Regher etc.
 
roryb said:
This is pretty rediculous...They played a good 2/3 of a game against Finland...they need to put together 60 minutes...but enough of this bashing. These are the world's elite no matter how you look at it...They aren't horrible or embarassing.

I have no doubt they will turn it around just as they did in 2002. They also aren't the only big team to be shocked this tournament.

When they win gold agian you'll all be back on the bandwagon, praising the play of Pronger, Regher etc.
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If they play great from now on in, great. But the fact is, they have been pylons for the past 2 games.
 
Regehr has been weak the last two games. The first two game I though he played really well. Pronger has been bad all four games. He just keeps giving up the puck whenever he touches it. Blake played well against Finland but i wasn't impressed the first 3 games. Foote, Bouwmeester,and redden have all played pretty well so far. McCabe hasn't played well at all.
 
thenextone said:
Regehr is a player is made to look good within a system.

outside of that system he is being exposed for the player that he is: a good 2nd pairing defenseman on most good teams
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He is an Adam Foote style defenceman with a bit better offence. He is top pairing on almost any team in the league. He is a shutdown defenceman plain and simple. He is one of the toughest dmen in the corners.
 
He's played the same in all 4 games, it's just more noticable in the last few games. The Fins, and even the Swiss, are a step above the Italians and the Germans (considering who stayed behind with injuries). I said he didn't look good in the second (possibly first) GDT thread and got jumped on. I really hope he turns it around though, as Canada needs all the help they can get.
 
Flyguy_1ca said:
Everyone here has (rightfully so) ripped on McCabe for being as useless as useless can be. But what about Regehr? He hasn't been as bad as McCabe, but he's been very invisible out there. Colour me unimpressed.
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He's been far worse. McCabe hasn't made a mistake the last two games. In fact against the Finns McCabe had to cover up mistakes by Pronger and Redden. The last two games Reghr immobility has been a liability.

The Redden-Foote duo had all kinds of problems against the Finns in coverage. Luongo had to make his best saves when they were on the ice.

Blake let the puck go by him on the secong goal against the Finns and his partner JBo was turned inside out by Selanne a couple of times.
 
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thenextone said:
this D hurts without Jovo and Niedermayer
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I'd say mostly Niedermeyer and it doesn't help that Blake and Pronger are playing injrued either. Why doesn't Team Canada's coaching staff balance the ice time of the defensemen instead of playing Pronger/Blake half the game?
 
Big Mama said:
He's been far worse. McCabe hasn't made a mistake the last two games. In fact against the Finns McCabe had to cover up mistakes by Pronger and Redden. The last two games Reghr immobility has been a liability.

The Redden-Foote duo had all kinds of problems against the Finns in coverage. Luongo had to make his best saves when they were on the ice.

Blake let the puck go by him on the secong goal against the Finns and his partner JBo was turned inside out by Selanne a couple of times.
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I'll go along with this. In fact, McCabe's been on of the better Canadian defensemen so far.
Regehr, Blake and Pronger are having problems out there. :dunno:
 
Smyth2Hemsky said:
I'd say mostly Niedermeyer and it doesn't help that Blake and Pronger are playing injrued either. Why doesn't Team Canada's coaching staff balance the ice time of the defensemen instead of playing Pronger/Blake half the game?
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they are not smrt

to be fair, as bad a season as Jovanovski was having, he is better in a structured system (ie Olympics 2002), he screws up when Crawford decides to let him roam around freely.

He has a huge passion for the game, and you can never fault him for lack of effort.
 
Dogbert said:
Canucks fans are gonna laugh at this one. As bad as they are, they'd be worse with Jovo in there.
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Amen brother, Amen. You know Jovanovski is going to be the moron that tries to carry through the four sweaters lined up in the neutral zone without puck support, coughs it up, and the opposign team gets an oddman break. Or he's going to join the rest of team Canada in trying those long passes that either get cut off or gets iced.

Wrt to Regehr... he's been beaten a few times, but he's not the worst defenseman.
 
jtuzzi said:
they are not smrt

to be fair, as bad a season as Jovanovski was having, he is better in a structured system (ie Olympics 2002), he screws up when Crawford decides to let him roam around freely.

He has a huge passion for the game, and you can never fault him for lack of effort.
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I'm one of the Nucks fans who's been bashing Jovo all season because of his moronic plays, but I agree with you. Crawford does let the entire Canucks D run wild and hence Jovo is always looking for the offensive play instead of taking his responsbilities as a d-man first. I doubt Quinn would let his d-man run around in the offensive zone so freely.

Also, I can't think of one d-man on the Canadian squad who can outskate Jovo. Skating is huge on the big ice service and that's why Pronger has looked so awlful cause he's slow as hell. To boot, he takes dumb penalties. Jovo, at big games anyway, seems to be a lot smarter and can bring his A game. What team Canada's d-corps is missing are skating d-mens. Too bad their 2 best skating d-men are both out with injuries.
 
Regehr is there to play D and the Canadian GAA is not bad. If you want to rip on anyone start with the all star forwards that do not have a goal in 2 games.
 
I wouldn't say defense is the biggest concern for Canada. While they haven't been lights out, they have played good enough for their team to win every game. If the forwards did their part, Canada would be 4-0.
 
kolanos said:
Regehr played great with Blake late in the game, one obvious reason why Team Canada's d-core is struggling is because Quinn is shuffling them around constantly. Regehr played with four defenceman today...how are these guys supposed to get into any kind of rythm?

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Either Martin or Hitchcock is in charge of the defense pairings.
 
BlueAndWhite said:
It's Hitchcock that is apparently in charge of the defense pairings 5 on 5.
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I guess it's Quinn's fault for putting Hitchcock in charge!!
 
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