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Warning !!!!! War and Peace like post...
Kris Knoblauch.. ahh yes. The "nxt up" fella after Jay Woodcroft. The Canucks all year have been playing with house money. Not expected to win divsion let alone maybe a wild card spot. But RT has the boys playing a style they can win with in the playoffs. That is why we will win.
I remember when the oilers were 5-12-1, I do, it was because Woodcroft knew that while the Oil are a massive shooting goal machine with 3 superstars (putting Evan in there as well).. when the game changes in playoffs the Oil style just cannot getter done. So Jay tried 'zone defence,' or sometimes called a 'box-plus-one,' which is the most common system in the NHL. It relies on players to cover an assigned 'zone' on the ice versus being assigned a specific player like you would in a 'man-on-man'.
We know the results, he had a great record, why change!?! He knew, and I bet my last dollar the room said F**K this, would not play ball with him, tanked and got the Knobstar now.
Knobblauch suffers from expectations. He came in the team went NUCLEAR for him, they were back to scoring and playing how they wanted to, showing everyone they were the pride of the pacific. All the while putting more pressure on them to win in the playoffs, with a style that sucks and 2 D-men as a pairing whom I would rank like Ben Hutton & Gudbranson pairing. Somehow the two of them together seem to make the other worse. Knoblauch is CRACKING under the pressure, meanwhile seems every move Ricky boy does is gold.
Knob: Skinner gets flayed for 4 goals game 3, panicks and pulls him killing his confidence - Loss and Loser move.
Rick: Silvos gets roasted for 4 goals game 2, Tocky keeps him in says play throught it bois - Win
Knob: Ceci and Nurse not pulling their weight, really bad. - Does nothing doubles down since he can't piss off his stars (becuase we know he's not even the coach anyways) - Lose
Rick: Hoglander 24 goals, most even strength. But no points , PDG not there - Boom Aman and Karlsson in. No time to muck about pull your wieght or drop out - Win
This is why we should win, Knoblauch does not run the show, if he did I would assume he'd just say FUC* it but drop Ceci AND Nurse for Troy Stecher and Phillip Broberg. Anyways to kick guys in the teeth to wake up. Now Skinner the fall guy for the Oilers lack of any defensice system, with the I'm not the coach of the team Kobstar throwing in Pickard to the lions.... and he better pray it works. If not I don't think the Oilers staff, coaches and players have "the balls on their jerseys" to make the tough decesions. Pressure so high they be paralyzed.
Thanks... 4 to 3 Canucks again.