Just saw the score...Miller and Lou...

I knew it...

Who is the 3 v 3 o/t for??
Because man, everyone on our team sucks at it.
- dbot

You have to leave the Sedins on the bench in OT.

You have to leave the Sedins on the bench in OT.
- VANTEL

Which at the beginning of the year was so odd because one would think the Sedins would have a field day in 3/3. But reality is they are just too slow and lack the defensive abilities to do it.

Just saw the score...Miller and Lou...

I knew it...


- LordHumungous

was the tale of two softies for sure.

Which at the beginning of the year was so odd because one would think the Sedins would have a field day in 3/3. But reality is they are just too slow and lack the defensive abilities to do it.
- LordHumungous

We really miss a solid faceoff guy that can win us the puck and give the team possession.

Add it to the wishlist of things we need for the team.

PMD
PP QB
Bruising Dman

heir apparent future 1C
PWF
secondary scoring

Vantel you're getting shutout in the pool, what's the deal?

I hope Miller is alright.

despite the SO loss it's great to see the scoring spread out over the team. Sven is starting to score! Hanson continues to score even on a different line.

pluses here aside from the point earned.

God I hate the SO tho.

despite the SO loss it's great to see the scoring spread out over the team. Sven is starting to score! Hanson continues to score even on a different line.

pluses here aside from the point earned.

God I hate the SO tho.
- SMBDragon

Shall we go beyond 60 minutes, the SO is our only chance. OT sure as hell hasnt achieved a (frank)ing thing.

Shall we go beyond 60 minutes, the SO is our only chance. OT sure as hell hasnt achieved a (frank)ing thing.
- vancity787

Wondering how much the team is practicing the 3v3?

There was some puck possession in ot but when they get hemmed into their own end and then run out of steam, don't know what they can do.

Wondering how much the team is practicing the 3v3?

There was some puck possession in ot but when they get hemmed into their own end and then run out of steam, don't know what they can do.
- hillbillydeluxe

Personally, I'd rather they practice their penalty kill, if you can call it that.

But I guess if you were to start listing the things they need to work on you'd be here awhile.

Personally, I'd rather they practice their penalty kill, if you can call it that.

But I guess if you were to start listing the things they need to work on you'd be here awhile.
- CubanBuffet

Some of the mistakes on the pk appear to be the dmen both going to one side or the corner, leaving a guy open at the side of the net or around there. We do have some inexperienced dmen.

and they likely don't have time to practice with all the travel and now holidays.

that was a weird game. some of the officiating, but that might just be the norm.

Some of the mistakes on the pk appear to be the dmen both going to one side or the corner, leaving a guy open at the side of the net or around there. We do have some inexperienced dmen.
- hillbillydeluxe

Yes I agree.

Although I wouldnt consider them inexperienced....more like somehow totally lost.

Shall we go beyond 60 minutes, the SO is our only chance. OT sure as hell hasnt achieved a (frank)ing thing.
- vancity787

You forgot to set your lineup today

Yes I agree.

Although I wouldnt consider them inexperienced....more like somehow totally lost.
- SMBDragon

PK always seems to be an adventure, someone goes to help someone else and they leave someone open. Guess they are trying to help but it often ends the same.

Vantel you're getting shutout in the pool, what's the deal?
- LeftCoaster

My team sucks

My team sucks
- VANTEL

It's amazing the gap between top and bottom in the pool. The top 6 are way ahead of the rest.

Borowiecki got me 20 pims today.
Hit looked clean to me, not sure why he got tossed.

90% of the time I have no idea what the f@ck I'm even talking about.
- thundachunk

You've come to the right place.

Our league is so bad that we lost today and still moved up 4 spots and into the playoffs.

Talk about a Sh1tty system

PK always seems to be an adventure, someone goes to help someone else and they leave someone open. Guess they are trying to help but it often ends the same.
- hillbillydeluxe

Thats right....and people wonder why I say the D has NO system in place.

and if Im wrong and there is, however made that crud up needs to be immediately canned, burned alive then peed on.

either way it's an incredible deficiency by the coaching staff. So they are to blame... either you installed no system and give players 0 instruction or the instructions given are brutally bad.

Lidster must go....And for those who didn't believe it when I said it last season, look at it now....D is far, far worse than last season. Give him the boot...Or possibly rotate the staffs assignments to someone new

Thats right....and people wonder why I say the D has NO system in place.

and if Im wrong and there is, however made that crud up needs to be immediately canned, burned alive then peed on.

either way it's an incredible deficiency by the coaching staff. So they are to blame... either you installed no system and give players 0 instruction or the instructions given are brutally bad.

Lidster must go....And for those who didn't believe it when I said it last season, look at it now....D is far, far worse than last season. Give him the boot...Or possibly rotate the staffs assignments to someone new
- SMBDragon

Maybe the problem is coaching, maybe it's the fact that the Cancucks have one of the least talented Ds in the league; probably it's both.

Maybe the problem is coaching, maybe it's the fact that the Cancucks have one of the least talented Ds in the league; probably it's both.
- CubanBuffet

Elder and Tanev are 3/4 Dman and we have them playing 1/2 . Just because they are our best doesn't make them 1/2. Same as Higgins in not a second liner and Hansen is not a first liner.

Maybe the problem is coaching, maybe it's the fact that the Cancucks have one of the least talented Ds in the league; probably it's both.
- CubanBuffet

A good coach can take less talented players and win with them. And esp w D it is so reliant on positioning and a well informed system of play. That is missing here on this team clearly. You need to know how to play around your goaltender, everyone should know where rebounds are expected to be directed to and expected to be picked up. We also have NO breakout plan, the worst for it in the NHL.

Some here blame the players but yet we have new players coming in every single year with the same consistent result. That comes from above....the system of play or lack there of in our case.

But yes, he do have a lack of better D here. So while it certainly helps to have better players, point is we could be doing way way better with what we have if we actually had a D blueprint onboard.

A good coach can take less talented players and win with them. And esp w D it is so reliant on positioning and a well informed system of play. That is missing here on this team clearly. You need to know how to play around your goaltender, everyone should know where rebounds are expected to be directed to and expected to be picked up. We also have NO breakout plan, the worst for it in the NHL.

Some here blame the players but yet we have new players coming in every single year with the same consistent result. That comes from above....the system of play or lack there of in our case.

But yes, he do have a lack of better D here. So while it certainly helps to have better players, point is we could be doing way way better with what we have if we actually had a D blueprint onboard.
- SMBDragon

Babcock is a good coach, but he's not doing much with less talented players. And I'm not sure how you can say the results have been the same year after year. If you mean we haven't one a cup, well yeah, I can't argue that. But other than the Torts year and this one, most likely, we've been a solid regular season team that was competitive in most games. And our PK has been consistently good other then this year, including under Lidster last season when it finished second in the league. That wasn't an accident.

I'm not defending Lidster, but it's too simplistic to lay all the blame at his feet. Benning deserves his share and the players as well. It's been a team effort, IMO.

Elder and Tanev are 3/4 Dman and we have them playing 1/2 . Just because they are our best doesn't make them 1/2. Same as Higgins in not a second liner and Hansen is not a first liner.
- VANTEL

It's bite the bullet year. There's too many holes and not enough assets to fill them. You could replace the underperformaning vets with guys from the farm and they wouldn't be worse and might even be better, but not better enough to make any real difference. Honestly, if you are rooting for a higher draft pick then Higgins should be your favourite player.