Lupul unfit to play
- VANTEL

Failed his physical....to busy posing for magazine covers like "light in the loafers are us".

HockeyBuzz


Nuff said
- VANTEL

I don't think there are enough black coaches in the NHL. The league needs to answer for this.

Discuss.
- bloatedmosquito

......................oh wait -

I don't think there are enough black coaches in the NHL. The league needs to answer for this.

Discuss.
- bloatedmosquito

Isn't Torts Italian? That's pretty close.

Lupul unfit to play
- VANTEL

That's been my opinion for quite some time.

yes. lots. the guy is totally overrated and the fanboy coverage by the cbc makes me want to vomit on don cherry's head and have ron maclean eat it...
- kaptaan

I think you should just stop watching hockey ...maybe try cricket or darts or something

Isn't Torts Italian? That's pretty close.
- Canada Cup

reminds me of the Sicilian speech in True Romance between Hopper and Walken.

reminds me of the Sicilian speech in True Romance between Hopper and Walken.
- bloatedmosquito

Outstanding scene...one of the best.

Benning....as per Vantel's post.

"We wanted to add one more player and we looked at things, but they didn’t make sense,” Benning said Thursday at the annual Jake Milford Charity Invitational golf tournament. “But Sven is up to 195 pounds and he feels strong and fast, so we’re going to take a look at him in the No. 2 hole. If something makes sense and I get a call, we might still look at it (trade).

“But I feel good where we’re at now. We have more experience and depth.”

Outstanding scene...one of the best.
- LordHumungous

Tarantino knows how to write them.

Here’s a pre-camp Q&A with Benning:

Q: Erik Gudbranson had poor zone-start Corsi numbers last season and has just 11 goals in 309 career games. He’s lauded for toughness and was third in hits (150) and fourth in blocked shots (73) with Florida. What are you getting in the big blue-liner?

A: “We don’t measure him on offensive stats. He’s a character person and a leader, and it’s the intangibles that he’ll bring. We missed Kevin Bieksa’s leadership in the room last year and that physical presence. We weren’t hard to play against on the back end.”

Q: Everybody has a theory about ownership. What level of involvement, or interference, is in play as the franchise tries to get younger and faster while still pushing for a playoff spot?

A: “I can say this to set the record straight. Ownership has been great and has never put pressure on us to do anything we don’t want to do as a management team. There’s this misconception that they’re involved and tell us what to do. That couldn’t be further from the truth. They have questions, but they let us do what we need to do to get this going in the right direction.”

Q: There was acknowledgment from management that Willie Desjardins has to be better in certain coaching aspects. What are they and where is your level of faith in him?

A: “We’re going to be tighter when we don’t have the puck. And when we do have the puck, players are going to have the freedom to be creative. I think Willie has done an excellent job. He’s a players’ coach and they really like and respect him. Last year was hard on him and everybody because we had to play younger guys up the lineup.”

Q: There was acknowledgment from management that Willie Desjardins has to be better in certain coaching aspects. What are they and where is your level of faith in him?

A: “We’re going to be tighter when we don’t have the puck. And when we do have the puck, players are going to have the freedom to be creative. I think Willie has done an excellent job. He’s a players’ coach and they really like and respect him. Last year was hard on him and everybody because we had to play younger guys up the lineup.”
- LeftCoaster

Thanks for posting those, Lefty.

HockeyBuzz


Nuff said
- VANTEL

I agree 100% Vantel... i'd prefer to stick to hockey.

I think you should just stop watching hockey ...maybe try cricket or darts or something
- Redmile247

why are you here? arent' there enough flames fans in the flames thread??

I don't think there are enough black coaches in the NHL. The league needs to answer for this.

Discuss.
- bloatedmosquito

It's an outrage....perhaps Anson Carter can take over for Willie

He wasn't coaching an NHL caliber team, anyone can coach a stacked team, the real difficulty lies in coaching a team with only a handful of NHL players....who like I said, had a better goal differential than the Canucks.

For whatever reason Babcock gets the players to buy into their team system, their shifts are short, they accept their roles as laid out for them...that's his strength with a stack team like this.
- LeftCoaster

my initial post was taking into account that he was asked a question about coaching team Canada and he said that he ran the same system with the leafs and it works better with better players... he ended up 30th with the leafs, if he was so great a coach, why didn't he run a more appropriate system for the guys he had? why didn't he make the adjustments? Those are my questions/ points and why i think he's overrated...

some people like going with the majority opinion like sheep without questioning it. who trusts hockey canada to make rational decisions? why wasn't Q the coach, or sutter who have more cups in recent history than babcock...

I don't like following the majority on stuff like this cuz it doesn't make sense.

why are you here? arent' there enough flames fans in the flames thread??
- kaptaan

What are you having for lunch?

These are probably the most idiotic posts I've read in a long time.
- Canada Cup

don't worry, he'll out do himself shortly.

He wasn't coaching an NHL caliber team, anyone can coach a stacked team, the real difficulty lies in coaching a team with only a handful of NHL players....who like I said, had a better goal differential than the Canucks.

For whatever reason Babcock gets the players to buy into their team system, their shifts are short, they accept their roles as laid out for them...that's his strength with a stack team like this.
- LeftCoaster

something something sword and hand.

66 players on #Canucks training camp roster. 6 away at World Cup
37 forwards
22 Dmen
7 goalies

Tarantino knows how to write them.
- bloatedmosquito

He does. Unfortunately Hateful 8 was a tad disappointing it seems like Tarantino might be running out of ideas. Django was decent but not exceptional like Inglorious Basterds was. I hope he isn't hitting a rut...maybe his great run is over.

He does. Unfortunately Hateful 8 was a tad disappointing it seems like Tarantino might be running out of ideas. Django was decent but not exceptional like Inglorious Basterds was. I hope he isn't hitting a rut...maybe his great run is over.
- LordHumungous

I thought Hateful 8 was one of his best. Far better than Inglorious B.

These are probably the most idiotic posts I've read in a long time.
- Canada Cup