Should the Canucks become a more DEFENSIVE team?

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Re: Should the Canucks become a more DEFENSIVE team?

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Hockey Widow wrote:The team isn't slumping, they are not scoring. They are playing well, just not scoring.
I know I don't want to see where this team is when HW actually says they are slumping. Judging by this I hope it's next season because we will all but for sure being drafting Connor McDavid in that event.
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Re: Should the Canucks become a more DEFENSIVE team?

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Must be a brand new CBA rule that overruled the draft lottery put in place in 2012. The dude has been going on about the Canucks tanking for McDavid. Then again that could be all the crack and heroin talking too
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Re: Should the Canucks become a more DEFENSIVE team?

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Blob Mckenzie wrote:Must be a brand new CBA rule that overruled the draft lottery put in place in 2012. The dude has been going on about the Canucks tanking for McDavid. Then again that could be all the crack and heroin talking too
Hence the use of "all but for sure".....

I was implying some sarcasm there Blob, I'm pretty sure this is a slump that the team is in, not suggesting we tank intentionally. That's what you do when mid February rolls around and you are 25 points out of a playoff spot. :P
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Re: Should the Canucks become a more DEFENSIVE team?

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I never get to see a damn game anymore but from what it looks like from here this core is gone totally stale. They've lost the creative side of their game that had us within a game of the prize.When I watch I see the same, predictable moves that haven't fooled any defences for over 2 years.

Honestly, a house cleaning and fresh start is probably due.
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Re: Should the Canucks become a more DEFENSIVE team?

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Mëds wrote:They could fire 100 shots at the net and if they all hit the kid square in the chest, then the puck isn't going in unless the goaltender jumps out of the way.
Unless there's a deflection, or a puck bounces off a skate, or there's a rebound, etc..
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Re: Should the Canucks become a more DEFENSIVE team?

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dbr wrote:
Mëds wrote:They could fire 100 shots at the net and if they all hit the kid square in the chest, then the puck isn't going in unless the goaltender jumps out of the way.
Unless there's a deflection, or a puck bounces off a skate, or there's a rebound, etc..
Well we haven't been getting much for deflections, not enough guys at the net for that. The odd bounce off of a skate, but they have been very few, and most of the time those kind of bounces aren't going in anyways because goaltenders have become so good at sealing off the bottom of the net. Rebounds? Well we never have enough guys going to the net. It's always one man in front while the other two forwards are "supporting the puck" along the half-boards and in the corner or behind the net. Besides, pucks that hit goaltenders in the logo are generally swallowed up for a whistle.
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Re: Should the Canucks become a more DEFENSIVE team?

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The Brown Knight wrote:
Cookie La Rue wrote:SHUTOUT HOCKEY!!!!!!!!
pssst........you mean, SHUTDOWN HOCKEY. :P
No, i meant exactly what i was writing. No goals in your own net. Plain and simple. :mrgreen:
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Re: Should the Canucks become a more DEFENSIVE team?

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Canucks need a shooter tutor.

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Re: Should the Canucks become a more DEFENSIVE team?

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herb wrote:Canucks need a shooter tutor.
By the end of the first practice there would be a new hole, middle of the goalies chest, c/o Chris Higgins alone.
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Re: Should the Canucks become a more DEFENSIVE team?

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KeyserSoze wrote:By the end of the first practice there would be a new hole, middle of the goalies chest, c/o Chris Higgins alone.
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Re: Should the Canucks become a more DEFENSIVE team?

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Maybe this will make them go 5 hole

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Re: Should the Canucks become a more DEFENSIVE team?

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Arachnid wrote:Maybe this will make them go 5 hole

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It is the puck you want them shooting accurately, no?
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Re: Should the Canucks become a more DEFENSIVE team?

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Arachnid wrote:Maybe this will make them go 5 hole

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Pictures Arachnid getting his turn to take a few practice shots and hot chick laughing at his goatee.
BTW, NOT A FLAME ... JUST AN OBSERVATION ... :P
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Re: Should the Canucks become a more DEFENSIVE team?

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ODB wrote:
Arachnid wrote:Maybe this will make them go 5 hole

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Pictures Arachnid getting his turn to take a few practice shots and hot chick laughing at his goatee.
why the personal attack?

shouldn't you be talking about hockey here in the hf?

are you intellectually challenged? :(
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Re: Should the Canucks become a more DEFENSIVE team?

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Arachnid wrote:Maybe this will make them go 5 hole

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They say that more often than not players shoot for where they are looking.....so chances are they'll still be hitting the goalies in the chest after this practice......
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