Jeremy Hronek Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 (edited) I'll be a bit unconventional and go with the following line-up: Miller-Kesler-Bertuzzi Jovanovski-Tanev R.Miller -To what extent can Kesler's superb defensive prowess compensate for Miller and Bertuzzi's defensive shortcomings? -To what extent can Tanev's superb defensive savviness compensate for "Special Ed?" -To what extent can Miller's playmaking abilities compensate for Kesler's lack of skill in this area? My gut says that all three of the above potential concerns would be solved........and you'd see a very dynamic, skilled, and physical element with these 5 men on the ice. Jovanovski leading and joining the rush with Tanev saving his bum + Bertuzzi crashing the net and creating a physical force while Kesler back-checks and bails Bertuzzi out defensively. Miller would be there sniping and/or playmaking and giving the offense just enough creativity. Unlike most Canucks' line-ups, this is the type of line that can also physically dominate out there and really set the tone. This would come in especially handy during the playoffs. It's going to be tough for teams to batter this line on the forecheck and this line would also be superb at Face-offs with Kesler and Miller there. Speaking of "the other Miller," while it's true that Ryan Miller was a little passed his prime when he got here, he was still a very solid goalie. Not a superstar by any means (while with us), but he was worth his contract in its entirety. Not a penny more. Not a penny less. Extremely good value at just $2. My other picks: #2 (my actual "real" first choice but I wanted to be creative and so I went with the above) Naslund-Morrison-Bertuzzi Hamhuis-Jovanovski McLean #3 Sedin-Sedin-Burrows Hamhuis-Bieksa McLean #2 and #3 are likely better than my #1 but I enjoyed creating #1 since it "goes against the grain" a little bit (and also has a lot of untapped hidden potential imo). Edited October 2, 2023 by Jeremy Hronek 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 Burrows-Kesler-Naslund Ohlund-Hamhuis McLean 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck You Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 Sedin Sedin Burr Bieksa Salo Demko 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-AJ- Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 I think I already said mine the last time the thread on this went up, but maybe that was on CDC. I can't remember it exactly, but let's go with this G - Miller - a steal at $2 D - Hughes - Too good to pass up D - Jovo - Probably our 2nd most skilled defenseman ever, so a steal at $3 RW - Bertuzzi - in his prime was basically as good as Naslund but $1 cheaper C - Kesler - Defensive acumen with offensive skill LW - Burrows - Kesler chemistry 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwarrior Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 Daniel - Henrik - Burrows Hamhuis - Bieksa Mclean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 Smyl Ronning Linden 2+1+4 Tanev Ohlund 3+4 McLean 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bounce000 Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 Daniel-Henrik-Bure don’t need defence when we have the puck the entire time 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoop Hogg Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 Bertuzzi-Ronning-Horvat Hughes-Ohlund Miller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Hronek Posted October 1, 2023 Author Share Posted October 1, 2023 (edited) Slight variation to my initial "out of the box" team. The Jovo-Tanev tandem stays in-tact while I upgrade in net from 'decent' 2014-2017 Ryan Miller to 'bubble' Demko (although I still like my Miller-Kesler-Bertuzzi / Jovo-Tanev / R.Miller team better). Miller-Horvat-Smyl Jovanovski-Tanev Demko Edited October 1, 2023 by Jeremy Hronek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down By the River Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 Bure - Ronning - Mogilny ($10) Lumme- Tanev ($5) Miller ($2) Bure and Mogilny are arguably the two most talented players in Canucks history. Miller is the 2nd best goalie out of the five listed. Lumme and Tanev are defensively responsible but also move the puck extremely well. Ronning the waterbug to dart around, be a decoy, etc . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Hronek Posted October 1, 2023 Author Share Posted October 1, 2023 10 minutes ago, Down By the River said: Bure - Ronning - Mogilny ($10) Lumme- Tanev ($5) Miller ($2) Bure and Mogilny are arguably the two most talented players in Canucks history. Miller is the 2nd best goalie out of the five listed. Lumme and Tanev are defensively responsible but also move the puck extremely well. Ronning the waterbug to dart around, be a decoy, etc . I'm going to use your Lumme-Tanev idea and create a non-flashy but solid 5-man group that play a smart and responsible two-way game. Burrows-Kesler-Linden Lumme-Tanev Demko Nothing "sexy" or dynamic with the above but a formidable and responsible group with little to no weaknesses. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elias Pettersson Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 Burrows Pettersson Bure Hughes Bieksa Cloutier I borrowed a dollar from my neighbour. It was worth it to see Petey, Huggy and Pavel all playing together at the same time... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremyCuddles Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 Hammer and Bieksa is far and away the best value blueline. Wow. Why is Tanev as much as both combined? Lol. Both players clear Tanev, and by a wide margin imo. Nazzy ($4) - Pettersson ($5) - Bertuzzi ($3) Hammer ($2) - Juice ($1) Miller ($2) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baratheon Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 Speed kills ladies and gentlemen! Williams (1), Kesler (3), Bure (5) Hughes (5), Bieksa (1) Miller (2) A truly nasty lineup to play against that can out skate anyone. Very dangerous offensively, very hard to score against and very little that you can do about it. (Unless you’d like to have words with Tiger while KB keeps your buddy in check) The rare time that you MIGHT have any kind of possession time will be spent trying to beat Ryan Miller while hoping that you don’t get burned the other way. I wish the rest of your lineups the best of luck! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBatch Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, JeremyCuddles said: Hammer and Bieksa is far and away the best value blueline. Wow. Why is Tanev as much as both combined? Lol. Both players clear Tanev, and by a wide margin imo. Nazzy ($4) - Pettersson ($5) - Bertuzzi ($3) Hammer ($2) - Juice ($1) Miller ($2) There are many bargain bin guys aside from them too. Aside from Cloutier, but 100% agree what the heck is Tanev even doing on here. Where are Kearns, Lanz, McCarthy, Lidster ... yikes. Best value is Ronning. Edited October 1, 2023 by IBatch 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremyCuddles Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 12 minutes ago, IBatch said: There are many bargain bin guys aside from them too. Aside from Cloutier, but 100% agree what the heck is Tanev even doing on here. Where are Kearns, Lanz, McCarthy, Lidster ... yikes. Best value is Ronning. Yeah, a lot of the 2 and 3 dollar guys are pretty great value. Minus Tanev. Sheesh. I love him, but I would easily take all the lower cost D over him. Hard not to take Miller at 3 dollars too. And you are 100% on Ronning being 1 dollar. Madness. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBatch Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 (edited) 9 minutes ago, JeremyCuddles said: Yeah, a lot of the 2 and 3 dollar guys are pretty great value. Minus Tanev. Sheesh. I love him, but I would easily take all the lower cost D over him. Hard not to take Miller at 3 dollars too. And you are 100% on Ronning being 1 dollar. Madness. Not to pick on Demko, but not sure why he's ahead of McLean either. There were some great goalies (HHOFers), he beat out as a Vezina finalist. And seriously, check out his 94 run...best stats so far by a Canuck goalie against some pretty insane competition (a lot of HHOFers, and fringe HHOFers) in the playoffs. Edited October 1, 2023 by IBatch 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamer4GM Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 4 hours ago, Bounce000 said: Daniel-Henrik-Bure don’t need defence or a goalie when we have the puck the entire time Fixed 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamer4GM Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 Pavel / Petey / Tiger Lumme / Bieksa McLean 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremyCuddles Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 12 minutes ago, IBatch said: Not to pick on Demko, but not sure why he's ahead of McLean either. There were some great goalies (HHOFers), he beat out as a Vezina finalist. And seriously, check out his 94 run...best stats so far by a Canuck goalie against some pretty insane competition (a lot of HHOFers, and fringe HHOFers) in the playoffs. Yeah we pretty much the exact same thoughts on the pricing. Lol. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foamys Ghost Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 Goal: McLean The most underrated player on that list other than possibly Ronning. Defense: Bieksa, Salo One has a little truculence, the other a tremendous point shot, both solid defensively. Forward line: Bure, Pettersson, Horvat Greatest goal scorer in team history, great two way players in Petey and Bo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanPer Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 I can even do for $16 Miller ($2) Hamhuis ($2) - Jovanovski ($3) Bure ($5) - Miller ($3) - Burrow ($1) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammertime Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 Miller $3 Kes $3 Bertuzzi$3 Hamhuis $2 Juice $1 Luongo $5 I wanted to try to build a team around Bure + Hughes speed but I think the team above destroys the team below. Bure $5 Kes $3 Burr $1 Hughes $5 Salo $1 Miller $2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-23 Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 Line 1 Bure ($5) - Kesler ($3) - Burrows ($1) Hughes ($5) - Salo ($1) Miller ($2) Line 2 Bure ($5) - Ronning ($1) - Bertuzzi ($3) Hughes ($5) - Salo ($1) Miller ($2) Line 3 Bure ($5) - Ronning ($1) - Miller ($3) Hughes ($5) - Salo ($1) Miller ($2) Can’t pass up on the opportunity of having Bure and Hughes playing together. Ronning, Salo, Miller (x2), Burrows all steals on the chart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Biestra Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 (edited) Demko is more expensive than McLean? What a joke. Linden - Ronning - Smyl Hughes - Bieksa McLean And I've still got a dollar left over. And I might put in Jovanovski for Hughes and have $3 left over. It's actually fairly cheap to put together the lineup that will get it done in the playoffs. And the best news... Dave Babych, Geoff Courtnall, Patrik Sundstrom, Thomas Gradin, Harold Snepsts and King Richard are apparently all free! Edited October 2, 2023 by Kevin Biestra 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.