Strength, hard shot, stamina to log big minutes, etc.
I get the sense that the negotiations with Petterson are stalled in Vancouver for that exact reason. He sees how terrible the management and owner are and how bare the prospects are when they're supposed to be coming out of a "retool/rebuild". He knows in his heart the Canucks are not built to win. He wants a deal that walks him to UFA ASAP. The Canucks are trying to get their value instead of walking him to UFA too early.
Yes and if you look at the entire season it was pretty much the same. Take away the 4 game sweep of the devils when we played them in a row this team really was not in the playoff hunt. I think the defense in part was the issue but so was the offense. If you look at the 3 games above against the Islanders we got 1 goal in total. Shut out by Boston as well. Been saying good defensive teams can shut us down by eliminating open ice, cross ice passes and wait till we turn puck over and pounce. Once we fall behind its game over usually. Heck that even happened opening night. Part of the issue is the forecheck we have and system as well as the fact that our top 2 centers are more finesse that grit. That is why it is imperative that we get a solid 2 way center in as our number 2. Unfortunately things won't change much until we do.
We were the best of the worst... beat up on the bad teams, choked miserably against the playoff teams. context matters
Why are we taking away a four game sweep? Are we doing this for the teams we were competing with as well?
When you get shut out 3 times and score only 1 goal against the Islanders in 3 games its more than the defense. The offense was shut down big time when the good teams basically choke our style. We are not a team that can dump and fetch the puck. Our centers like to carry the puck in and inevitably cough it up. I still see all the cross ice passes and back passes leading to odd man rushes against us.
And this is Trouba’s fault? And LOL at the cherry picking here. Those 3 wins against Devils and Sabres would have totally been reversed if Trouba played...
A few weeks ago you were saying Buch was the best PK in the league. Last year you were saying ADA is a top pairing dmen. Blais is a worst skater than Reaves..
These takes man. They’re just full of total horse shit. You let your emotions see players differently. You often times go out of your way to blame Trouba on plays he clearly was not responsible for. It’s hard to take your opinion seriously when you’re so biased.
You just mocked people for bringing up the fact that Trouba’s advanced stats this past season were strong. But, you also repeatedly posted Buch’s advanced stats to try and justify why he was the best PK forward in the league.
Cmon man...
Before Trouba, people were penciling in DeAngelo, rookie Fox and Shattenkirk on the right side. Coach's dream.
But now you're cherry picking an even smaller sample size by picking out the bad teams they played when they also played the Bruins twice, Flyers twice & Capitals once. (Flyers were one of the best teams in the league that year, I know they fell off a cliff this year) It's not easy to go on 3 game winning streaks regardless of the teams your playing in todays parity league, I don't get why we would remove those from the record. So winning against bad teams doesn't count, but how do we determine who the good teams are? Should we take away all of the Caps, Pens & Bruins wins they have from beating up on those bottom teams too? Then they're just barely above average teams. Shouldn't we have been a bad team ourselves when our defence was a tirefire without Trouba? somehow we still steamrolled the bad teamsAnd this is Trouba’s fault? And LOL at the cherry picking here. Those 3 wins against Devils and Sabres would have totally been reversed if Trouba played...
A few weeks ago you were saying Buch was the best PK in the league. Last year you were saying ADA is a top pairing dmen. Blais is a worst skater than Reaves..
These takes man. They’re just full of total horse shit. You let your emotions see players differently. You often times go out of your way to blame Trouba on plays he clearly was not responsible for. It’s hard to take your opinion seriously when you’re so biased.
You just mocked people for bringing up the fact that Trouba’s advanced stats this past season were strong. But, you also repeatedly posted Buch’s advanced stats to try and justify why he was the best PK forward in the league.
Cmon man...
I've yet to see a single argument against Kravtsov at center other than "It's hard to switch positions". Like there are many players who have a skillset that doesn't match center, even Chytil who is a center; he has tunnel-vision and there are a lot of attributes that would make him a less than ideal. Kravtsov has all the ideal attributes you look for in a center
