Michael Stuart: BREAKING: Lightning Name Rick Bowness Assistant Coach

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... to say, Good Move for RB.... who I thought his future rested in French Fries and drive-throughs. How he gets another job is fascinating.

Not a fan of his handling of the d-core at all.

Easier on younger players than AV.

Jesus. who's next, Barry Melrose and Jacques Demers?

the perpetual old boys club rolls on down the road

tell us what hes like, nucks fans

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... to say, Good Move for RB.... who I thought his future rested in French Fries and drive-throughs. How he gets another job is fascinating.
- Beatle_john

Oh how I miss pumpkin head

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... to say, Good Move for RB.... who I thought his future rested in French Fries and drive-throughs. How he gets another job is fascinating.
- Beatle_john

Winning (For the most part) track records in the NHL usually go a long way...

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... to say, Good Move for RB.... who I thought his future rested in French Fries and drive-throughs. How he gets another job is fascinating.
- Beatle_john

A winning track record and the Lightning needed experience behind the bench in a desperate way.

the perpetual old boys club rolls on down the road
- Phratz

Lightning needed an experienced guy behind the bench. Once Fleming left, the team had a huge void back behind the bench.

I made an account to post just so I could say how sloppy your defence is about to become. Canucks D-core never really looked like they knew how to play man to man, and had a tendency to be very hesitant when they had to do anything other than the structure they were given. Take that with the constant D-pairing changes, so nobody could get comfortable with each other, was also annoying. We had a great pairing of Tanev and Ballard, but apparently it was too effective, and as soon as Ballard got hurt for a stretch, it was never heard from again.

I made an account to post just so I could say how sloppy your defence is about to become. Canucks D-core never really looked like they knew how to play man to man, and had a tendency to be very hesitant when they had to do anything other than the structure they were given. Take that with the constant D-pairing changes, so nobody could get comfortable with each other, was also annoying. We had a great pairing of Tanev and Ballard, but apparently it was too effective, and as soon as Ballard got hurt for a stretch, it was never heard from again.
- geebaan

The lack of right handed shots was a big part of the D struggles.

I made an account to post just so I could say how sloppy your defence is about to become. Canucks D-core never really looked like they knew how to play man to man, and had a tendency to be very hesitant when they had to do anything other than the structure they were given. Take that with the constant D-pairing changes, so nobody could get comfortable with each other, was also annoying. We had a great pairing of Tanev and Ballard, but apparently it was too effective, and as soon as Ballard got hurt for a stretch, it was never heard from again.
- geebaan

if you've seen our D play, it can't get much sloppier

I made an account to post just so I could say how sloppy your defence is about to become. Canucks D-core never really looked like they knew how to play man to man, and had a tendency to be very hesitant when they had to do anything other than the structure they were given. Take that with the constant D-pairing changes, so nobody could get comfortable with each other, was also annoying. We had a great pairing of Tanev and Ballard, but apparently it was too effective, and as soon as Ballard got hurt for a stretch, it was never heard from again.
- geebaan

With all due respect, I think that the Ballard situation had more to do with Vigneault than it did with Bowness. You don't stick around in this league for long if you're really that bad. I understand that it was time for a change in Vancouver, but don't take away from all the great things that Bowness and Vigneault managed to do for that franchise. Coaches don't stick around for as long as those guys did. Clearly something was done right.

The lack of right handed shots was a big part of the D struggles.
- Mattjd123

- Michael_Stuart

We missed Salo.

We missed Salo.
- Mattjd123

We like Salo

Some numb-nut over on the Nucks thread said that it would take our 3rd overall and a prospect to get Edler!?!

Some numb-nut over on the Nucks thread said that it would take our 3rd overall and a prospect to get Edler!?!
- Artyukhin76

stay away!

Some numb-nut over on the Nucks thread said that it would take our 3rd overall and a prospect to get Edler!?!
- Artyukhin76

stay away!
- RileyB77

WTF?

WTF?
- Artyukhin76

stay away from the idea of trading our 3rd i hate it! idk who edler is lol
and stay away from that damn thread

Some numb-nut over on the Nucks thread said that it would take our 3rd overall and a prospect to get Edler!?!
- Artyukhin76

I read it, and found it quite amusing. While Edler is certainly full of potential, at 27 years of age it's hard to imagine that he will ever wrinkle out the inconsistencies that have absolutely plagued him over the last couple of seasons. He is certainly not worth a top three pick.

I read it, and found it quite amusing. While Edler is certainly full of potential, at 27 years of age it's hard to imagine that he will ever wrinkle out the inconsistencies that have absolutely plagued him over the last couple of seasons. He is certainly not worth a top three pick.
- Michael_Stuart

he even goes as far as saying edler is worth more than just the 3rd pick straight up lol....give us aulie!