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If it is for the second Hughes it might not be so sad....sadly, the rebuild starts when bo horvat is traded for picks
If it is for the second Hughes it might not be so sad....sadly, the rebuild starts when bo horvat is traded for picks
Where was he "far off the mark" ?..I thought the Hockey Guy was very rational in what he said,and backed up the reasons why....Explain?
Hockey Guy states right from the outset that he's just ball parking it,and these are not firm line combinations..I'm sure Pettersson will be shuffled around quite a bit (plus we have centers Sutter,Gaudette,Horvat and Gagner if he starts on the wing)Markström is an average goalie, his 5on5 s% shows that.
Pettersson going from playing 2 years mainly on the wing in lesser leagues to centering in the NHL.
He somehow doesnt see how we signing 30yr old bottom 6ers to untradeable long term deals is not exactly a rebuild move.
He doesnt realise we have created a log jam of bottom pairing d men & bottom 6 forwards on contracts that we will have a really hard time fitting in our young guys at any position.
Thinking Pettersson will play center right out of the gate he doesnt realise we will be icing prospects on the wings of Sutter and Beagle, if we will be icing youngsters at all that is. These guys do nothing in the o zone.
Thats a start.
Hockey Guy states right from the outset that he's just ball parking it,and these are not firm line combinations..I'm sure Pettersson will be shuffled around quite a bit (plus we have centers Sutter,Gaudette,Horvat and Gagner if he starts on the wing)
The new bottom 6 guys basically balance the team out..He states that our previous 4th line consisting of players like Granlund,Goldobin,Motte were completely miscast in this role (no checking,no leadership,no grit)..makes perfect sense to me,..The inclusion of these new signing benefits the younger prospects in the top 6...It helps the rebuild...The only players blocked by these signings are Archibald,Gaunce and Motte.(and possibly Leipsic and Granlund)
Why would any UFA play for the Vancouver Canucks unless they were overpaid ?..No contracts are 100% untradeable..There's always a way out,whether through trade ,being bought out ,or buried in the minors..These deals are small enough,so its not going to be 'that' much of an impact 2-3 years down the road.
If thats all you got for Hockey Guy being "way off the mark"...well okey dokey then.
The $ and term for the UFA'a was an overpayment..well documentedI think he's off-the-mark. I just got into 2:21 into the "How Bad Is It: The Vancouver Canucks". I don't see it playing out the way he thinks it will... and a future video will be explaining not where he was wrong, but what he failed to realize at the time what the grand plan was. Watching his video, to me, is like watching Kirk Cameron explain the existence of God through the perfection of a banana.
The Canucks are in an odd position, because the Canucks were positioned to be in an odd position. Being a bottom feeding playoff challenging team, is odd. It is not odd to be a rebuilding team... It is not odd to be a playoff challenging team. It is odd to be a playoff challenging team that is a bottom feeder.
This is not an obvious rebuild. This is an obvious bad team. A bad team does not equal a rebuilding team.
Getting Beagle and Rousell at the $ and term is awful GMing. It is horrible. It is really bad. The term, alone, can do no good. But, the money also sucks... and these players aren't tough, physical, grit. It's like saying Clendenning is a good skater... or that Prust is a good skater with great leadership qualities. It sounds great, but it is not true.
Benning has already said that acquiring Beagle frees up Sutter to be put in a more offensive role. Pencil in Sutter to be the 2nd line center. This has to be one of Green's first options. Green is NOT going to put Pettersson in a 2nd line role off the bat. Pettersson will need to play outstanding, much like Boeser, to jettison up to the top 6. Beginning of last season, Boeser couldn't even get into the line-up. Green has said Virtanen's development comes secondary to team winning. Green is going to dress a line-up that he feels gives the team the best opportunity to win. He's going to stick with simple and steady for as long as he can... and he's not going to experiment with rookies unless he needs to.
He says the Canucks didn't have grit and experience in the bottom 6. Who's fault is that? The Canucks have had grit and experience in the bottom 6. Richardson, Mattias, Kassian, Burrows, Hansen... and they were sent away, some for nothing. That's a lot of grit, experience (and some nice secondary skill). With this grit and experience (and skill), it is worth noting that the Canucks achieved the best result under Benning. Benning is on record saying that without Kassian (and Lack) down the stretch, he doesn't think the Canucks get into the playoffs... and Benning's right. Then we had Dorsett and Prust as grit and experience - explicit Culture Carriers. Benning's changes for grit and experience in the bottom 6 didn't make a lick of positive difference results-wise. We recently haven't had grit and experience in the bottom 6, because Dorsett retired and Benning pissed away much of the grit, experience (and skill) in the bottom 6 during "the purge", and failed to adequately replace it. His best bets, right now, are Virtanen, Gaunce and Archibald. Beagle and Rousell aren't going to make a lick of difference to the results. They aren't going to provide protection to the kids. The problem this team has is not a lack of grit and experience. The main problem this team has is that it's a poorly constructed ****ty team. There is no quick fix, $24 mil silver bullet solution. The only result will be blocking kids from playing to see what we've got in them. It's 4 years... the length of time Benning was first hired, until now. They are here for the long haul. Not sure what the kids are expected to be insulated against from these two. This is a bottom feeding team, with lots of losing on the horizon, if this team is filled with all kids, or all veterans. If there are to be kids on the roster, they are going to get exposed to losing.
4 year contracts are long term commitments. A 1 year deal, makes sense, IMO... for the reason of why not? This is an island of misfit toys so anyone can join and be accepted. Trade the contracts for picks at the deadline.
The $ and term for the UFA'a was an overpayment..well documented
How do you know that Green isn't going to start Pettersson on the 2nd line..?...He's a top 6 player..Pure offence.Where else are you going to play him..?...I think thats completely obvious.
Boeser tired out in the last two exhibition games last year ..He was scratched in the first two regular season games...Not a big deal,unless you want to make a big deal out of it?
Greens not going to experiment with rookies..?...Completely false..Goldoblin,Gaudette and others all got fair playing time..Boeser was a Calder runner-up..The coach really held him back didnt he?
Beagle and Roussel are not going to make a lick of difference..?..Maybe we should see how they play and fit in the team first before jumping to rash conclusions....Then you veered off into a Benning rant.
It almost seems like you really want the team to fail.....(you're not alone,there are others here that share your sentiment)
You haven't disproven anything that the Hockey Guy said at all..All you've really served up is dire speculation.
Now back to regular programming..When did the rebuild start?
I don't think that Pettersson can play anywhere else other than the top 6. ...It would not surprise me if he's on the 1st line by the end of the year...I do agree with you that he probably won't start at centre,but I don't see him in the bottom 6..OK. If Green starts Pettersson as 2nd line center in the regular season, I'll admit I was not right. If Green doesn't, you admit that you were wrong. It should be a reasonable bet that Pettersson isn't going to start as 2nd line center, imo.
I don't think I'm making a big deal of it... I just don't think it's realistic for Hockey Guy to be putting Pettersson in as 2nd line center on his whiteboard. It's wishful thinking, IMHO. He should be putting Sutter there.
Yeah, in time. Green is going to dress the team that he feels he can win with, above all else. Once the loses pile up, I'm sure that the younger players will get more time. But again, we'll see. I am open to admitting that I was not right... and I assume you'll be open to admitting that you were wrong.
Sure... we can wait. Again, me, not right... You, wrong.
You are wrong. I do not want them to fail. I want them to be the best team ever, in the history of teams. I do not follow the Canucks for any reason other than I want them to do well. But I just don't see it. I've been told to "wait and see" for 4 years. As a Canucks fan, what would be great is if years were like months.
I commented on what he said in about 2 minutes and 20 seconds. I'll see what he says later on. He hasn't said anything so far that can be proven or disproven. What specific issue or topic do you think he proves?
The rebuild didn't start. We're in re-tooling the re-tool stage.
Hockey Guy states right from the outset that he's just ball parking it,and these are not firm line combinations..I'm sure Pettersson will be shuffled around quite a bit (plus we have centers Sutter,Gaudette,Horvat and Gagner if he starts on the wing)
The new bottom 6 guys basically balance the team out..He states that our previous 4th line consisting of players like Granlund,Goldobin,Motte were completely miscast in this role (no checking,no leadership,no grit)..makes perfect sense to me,..The inclusion of these new signing benefits the younger prospects in the top 6...It helps the rebuild...The only players blocked by these signings are Archibald,Gaunce and Motte.(and possibly Leipsic and Granlund)
Why would any UFA play for the Vancouver Canucks unless they were overpaid ?..No contracts are 100% untradeable..There's always a way out,whether through trade ,being bought out ,or buried in the minors..These deals are small enough,so its not going to be 'that' much of an impact 2-3 years down the road.
If thats all you got for Hockey Guy being "way off the mark"...well okey dokey then.
People are really missing the fact that the Canucks are at a point where it is too late to properly rebuild. All but a couple of their home grown veterans are gone now and their asset value left with them long ago. This is very bad considering how critical it is for a rebuilding team to cash in these assets. Teams that dont cash in just throw away all the equity built into their franchise for nothing.
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I don't think that Pettersson can play anywhere else other than the top 6. ...It would not surprise me if he's on the 1st line by the end of the year...I do agree with you that he probably won't start at centre,but I don't see him in the bottom 6..
I'm also willing to admit that I am wrong if that is the case.
These are all moves designed to either compete or shortcut their way to "the next core". He is loading up on veterans. The fact that this so called "rebuilding" team may very likely only have one rookie in their starting line up come october should give you a clue.
- Bonino and Sbisa in the Kesler trade when he could have gone for prospects/pick along with that 1st
- A pick for Dorsett
- A pick for Vey
- Signing Miller
- Signing Vrbata
- Forsling for Clendenning
- A pick for Baertschi
- Signing Bartkowski
- Kassian + Pick for Prust
- Bonino and picks for Sutter and pick
- Shinkaruk for Granlund
- A pick for Larsen
- McCann + a pick for Gudbranson
- Signing Gagner
- Signing Del Zotto
- Signing Nilssson
- Signing Burmistrov
- Signing Vanek
- A pick for Pouliot
P.S.: It is freaking D-A-H-L-E-N. Its seriously not that difficult.
I been on this forum for years. Not sure why when a user disagree with another user. A lot of times they like to correct the user spelling as well. If you actually agree with him, I don't think you would even bother correcting that person spelling.
I totally agree.
I been on this forum for years. Not sure why when a user disagree with another user. A lot of times they like to correct the user spelling as well. If you actually agree with him, I don't think you would even bother correcting that person spelling.
No, I am doing it because I find that extremly annoying. There are people who brag about the greatest prospect pool the Canucks have ever seen and then cant even get the simplest names correct. In this particular case its even worse, there is a Dahlin who is the best prospect in the world and not Canucks property and then there is Dahlen who albeit a solid prospect ways away from the level of a Dahlin. Seriously, both of these guys have been in the (Canuck) news for months now. Dahlen because he is one of the bright spots in the farm system and Dahlin because the Canucks had a chance on the #1 overall pick. This is not just solely related to PoM - its just a thing that is freaking me out.
People are really missing the fact that the Canucks are at a point where it is too late to properly rebuild. All but a couple of their home grown veterans are gone now and their asset value left with them long ago. This is very bad considering how critical it is for a rebuilding team to cash in these assets. Teams that dont cash in just throw away all the equity built into their franchise for nothing.
The Canucks are basically at the equity level of a pre-Vegas expansion team right now. They have virtually nothing to show for anyone that they developed and has since moved on. Their roster even looks like an expansion team now when you consider how many players came from outside the organisation and how little value these players hold.
I find it extremely annoying when someone try to correct someone spelling. I find it extremely rude and childish as well.
Pretend if me and you were friends. You text me and I reply back and started to correct your spelling. Would you find that annoying?
Pretend a bunch of friends are having dinner and having a conversation. Someone started to correcting your grammar infront of everyone? Do you find that annoying?
No, I wouldnt. If I do something wrong, I d rather be corrected (so I can do better next time) than doing the same mistake over an over again because nobody tells me. We are talking about pretty basic things here, its not like it is a more complicated name like Nieuwendyk. Dahlen is one of the best Canuck prospects and mentioned a lot, dont you think at some point people should know how to spell that name?
I find it extremely annoying when someone try to correct someone spelling. I find it extremely rude and childish as well.
Pretend if me and you were friends. You text me and I reply back and started to correct your spelling. Would you find that annoying?
Pretend a bunch of friends are having dinner and having a conversation. Someone started to correcting your grammar infront of everyone? Do you find that annoying?
It depends. Some people can take being corrected others cant.