Popular Post Roger Neilsons Towel Posted October 20, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted October 20, 2023 2 hours ago, TheGuardian said: Don't blame Myers, blame the coaches. 5 on 5 Myers is one of the best in the league this year so far. Myers big weakness, apart from plain getting older and slower, is playing on the PK. The coaches know Myers is not good on the PK but put him out there anyway. Why? So the simple fans have something to blame other than the fact the team is just not that good or has big problems still. Look how all the simple fans have fallen into line following the created narrative of "Blame it on Myers" without looking at a deeper cause for team, TEAM failure. Did one of you posters bother to look for yourself as to a deeper reason why he was in those positions to begin with? Why was that puck there in the first place? Why was there no outlet pass available? Where were the other Canuck penalty killers? (2, Outside the blue line), Why didn't Cole go towards the net when there was 3 Tampa players in front of Demko, on a PK? So a bad pass causes Demko to rim the puck, Cole fumbles the pick up and leaves Myers the ONLY Canuck behind with three Tampa players and Demko. Really look at the replay but also why Demko is playing the puck. Where are all the PK? Guess you’re just to smart for us simpletons. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Long Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 2 hours ago, TheGuardian said: Don't blame Myers, blame the coaches. 5 on 5 Myers is one of the best in the league this year so far. Myers big weakness, apart from plain getting older and slower, is playing on the PK. The coaches know Myers is not good on the PK but put him out there anyway. Why? So the simple fans have something to blame other than the fact the team is just not that good or has big problems still. Look how all the simple fans have fallen into line following the created narrative of "Blame it on Myers" without looking at a deeper cause for team, TEAM failure. Did one of you posters bother to look for yourself as to a deeper reason why he was in those positions to begin with? Why was that puck there in the first place? Why was there no outlet pass available? Where were the other Canuck penalty killers? (2, Outside the blue line), Why didn't Cole go towards the net when there was 3 Tampa players in front of Demko, on a PK? So a bad pass causes Demko to rim the puck, Cole fumbles the pick up and leaves Myers the ONLY Canuck behind with three Tampa players and Demko. Really look at the replay but also why Demko is playing the puck. Where are all the PK? So you think the coaches put him on the PK, because fans? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Crossbar Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 57 minutes ago, canuck73_3 said: I don't think he's the worst as you can see from the underlying numbers he's not playing all that bad overall, the issue is the mistakes he does make are catastrophic and ones someone of his experience should not be making. There's been a lot worse than Myers. When the team is off, his mistakes get amplified. The upside is this is all happening early. Hopefully Foote and Gonchar are putting in OT on him as we speak. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kilgore Posted October 21, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted October 21, 2023 3 hours ago, TheGuardian said: Don't blame Myers, blame the coaches. 5 on 5 Myers is one of the best in the league this year so far. Myers big weakness, apart from plain getting older and slower, is playing on the PK. The coaches know Myers is not good on the PK but put him out there anyway. Why? So the simple fans have something to blame other than the fact the team is just not that good or has big problems still. Look how all the simple fans have fallen into line following the created narrative of "Blame it on Myers" without looking at a deeper cause for team, TEAM failure. Did one of you posters bother to look for yourself as to a deeper reason why he was in those positions to begin with? Why was that puck there in the first place? Why was there no outlet pass available? Where were the other Canuck penalty killers? (2, Outside the blue line), Why didn't Cole go towards the net when there was 3 Tampa players in front of Demko, on a PK? So a bad pass causes Demko to rim the puck, Cole fumbles the pick up and leaves Myers the ONLY Canuck behind with three Tampa players and Demko. Really look at the replay but also why Demko is playing the puck. Where are all the PK? 4 minutes ago, Bob Long said: So you think the coaches put him on the PK, because fans? Okay, I see Bob already raised this in your post, but I have to wade in. WTF? "The coaches know Myers is not good on the PK but put him out there anyway. Why? So the simple fans have something to blame other than the fact the team is just not that good or has big problems still." That is a class one case of conspiracy theory deep dive I've heard on the board. So after a particularly bad game, the coaches go onto Canucks Twitter and take their punishment. Get angry. And then plan their revenge. "Let's put Myers on the PK! He'll screw it up garanteed, probably cause a short handed goal the other way lol. At least we're off the hook!" Is this part of the script for Slapshot 3? 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewbieCanuckFan Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 1 hour ago, Roger Neilsons Towel said: Guess you’re just to smart for us simpletons. For some reason, the following scene from The Simpsons came to mind when I read that: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westcoasting Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 22 hours ago, Alflives said: The sky isn’t falling. We played really well at evens. Our core is great. Six wins in a row coming up. Just be thankful we aren’t the Sabres! My Goodness they’re terrible. They do have Powers though. He’s their best player. That guy is good. And they have Dahlin on defense, he is great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 7 hours ago, HorvatToBaertschi said: Check any post about Hughes on social media. Are we talking xwitter...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kirk Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 The reffing out east is always biased against us. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HorvatToBaertschi Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 42 minutes ago, aGENT said: Are we talking xwitter...? Twitter, IG, Facebook, you name it... if it's a post from NHL or any hockey based account that isn't strictly from Vancouver, the IQ on Hughes is terrible. They honestly think he's a liability in his own zone lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 8 minutes ago, HorvatToBaertschi said: Twitter, IG, Facebook, you name it... if it's a post from NHL or any hockey based account that isn't strictly from Vancouver, the IQ on Hughes is terrible. They honestly think he's a liability in his own zone lol 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillipBlunt Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 5 hours ago, XxNaslundxX said: On one hand, we must not forget myers absolutely rocked duncan keith and forever has my gratitude. On the other hand, we must not forget myers tackled petey and is a defensive liability. And John Tavares, but he’s got little to no consistency in that department. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitarded Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 13 hours ago, Alflives said: Myers is trying to play second pairing minutes. He needs to play third pairing minutes. No he needs press box minutes. I pray they trade him inside the division. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 1 hour ago, Captain Kirk said: The reffing out east is always biased against us. Refs are biased against us because most of them come from eastern Canada. They grew up with parents telling them Vancouver was a hated city because of our weather and beautiful beaches. They all suffered in those cold, smelly east of the Rockies cities. Jealous losers. And cheatin’ little bastards. 4 minutes ago, Guitarded said: No he needs press box minutes. I pray they trade him inside the division. Soilers would be a perfect fit! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewbieCanuckFan Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 48 minutes ago, Alflives said: Refs are biased against us because most of them come from eastern Canada. Kelly Sutherland is from Richmond. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSVII Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 11 minutes ago, NewbieCanuckFan said: Kelly Sutherland is from Richmond. I resist the urge to just trash his jersey whenever we play beer league. It's displayed at richmond ice centre. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickenspear Posted October 21, 2023 Author Share Posted October 21, 2023 44 minutes ago, NewbieCanuckFan said: Kelly Sutherland is from Richmond. He's an honorary easterner... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickenspear Posted October 21, 2023 Author Share Posted October 21, 2023 33 minutes ago, DSVII said: I resist the urge to just trash his jersey whenever we play beer league. It's displayed at richmond ice centre. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 Bright side is coilers also lost to flyers?? Least we are still in the wild card hunt.. still good enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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I.AM.THE.WALRUS Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 22 hours ago, Canuckfanforlife82 said: Ya but really there are just too many holes on this ship and not enough assets to trade to fix them. We are in that no man's land because really what can they do? They don't have the players they need and have nothing that teams want to acquire them. It's hard when there is more than one piece that they need. I just feel this team lacks an overall toughness. It's embarassing how we get pushed around but again what really can management do without starting over? It feels like we are just wasting time. An impact physical power forward and an impact defensive tough dman. Those don't grow on trees. We haves lacked both of those for a while. I agree… on both points - we need team toughness - we might need to start again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownUndaCanuck Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 I said it before the season and I'll say it again - we needed another top defenceman. We should have gone hard after Hanifin or Pesce. Cole is a good top 4 guy. Hronek and Hughes are excellent. Soucy is a bottom pairing guy. That leaves a spot for a top 4 guy and a bottom pairing guy. We've got about 5 AHLers who rotate on the bottom pairing and it doesn't cost our team too much. But having Myers in that 4 spot burns us big time. That's supposed to be our shutdown pairing. I don't know why we don't roll our pairings like this: Hughes - Cole Soucy - Hronek Hirose/Wolanin - Myers Spread the love and also minimise our bad defencemen matching up against top players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spook007 Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 12 hours ago, Canuckfanforlife82 said: All you have to do is look at our wings and see the common theme and problem. Kuzmenko, Beau, Garland, Boeser. It's a bit redundant of a position. They are all small, not agressive enough and don't offer any physical attributes to the lineup. It's just too many of the same type of player. I am not sure why management hasn't seen that and changed it yet. They have likely tried but they are sort of stuck because of their contracts. Sad though. Yes you answered the question yourself... They can't rid themselves of the contracts... Last year they tried to off load Brock, but no takers, This year they've been trying to offload Garland but no takers... Beau is 100% gone next season, and so will Garland most likely be, so they are addressing the issue. If Kuz don't find his scoring soon, he will also be in the firing line... however think he'll come good, once we have Mika back... Rome wasn't build in a year, unfortunately, hopefully we can get this team turned fully around faster than that..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spook007 Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 17 hours ago, Bob Long said: I think you're a little premature on the cap calc's. Also Hronek at 8 mil? where does that come from? We can see Allvin can bring in the right style of support players at good value so I'm not concerned about filling in many of the spots. Hirose, Lafferty, Blueger, Sutter, etc. will all be in the good value range and likely more than willing to sign at good AAVs if they get 2 year deals. Where we need value is in our ELC/bridge kids. Podz in particular needs to step up and if he can make the jump should be excellent cap value. I also don't see Garland as part of things moving forward. We have a few waiting in the wings, Podz, Bains, maybe Willander and/or Lekki, Raty, Klim, Karlsson, Sasson etc... If a few, just a few of these can come in on ELCs it'll go a long way to help us out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Kneel Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 We should have grabbed Tryamkin instead of this ferris wheel of try out defenseman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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