SKYO wrote:Glad Luongo played well.
AV needs to be fired if he can't open his eyes and go with what works in terms of chemistry on his forward lines.
He's always mishmashing lines and hoping for the best a lot of the times.
Yeah. That has been one of the players knocks on him that we have heard about. It's getting more noticeable too. In 2010-11 ,and
some of the 2011-12 season, I think we saw the team buying in and playing the system together.....and it worked. But once the gameplan was old and tired and the secret of the Canucks playbook was out, the gameplan started to fail because opponents were ready for everything. The neutral drop pass was no longer effective, the little drop pass inside the blueline along the boards became predictable, where forwards would setup and where they would fill lanes became obvious and expected. But Vigneault held to his guns, "If we play our game and stick to the system we'll win and get it done". But it became harder and harder to do it, and good scoring chances became fewer and farther between, looks at the net stopped happening, shots got blocked more, the breakout was stuffed, the PP completely nullified.....and nothing changed. So the players started to try and adjust a bit themselves, a few of them anyhow. And when they did, they found some success, so then those players that were starting to generate chances, having good games, and getting some points, well they found themselves shuffled around the lineup in an attempt to spark the rest of the team. That failed in epic fashion as their new linemates were often in the wrong place for a pass, misreading each other, a disaster on ice as it were.
Tonight that was painfully obvious. Roy back on a line with Higgins. Well they have chemistry, but their other winger was lost most of the time. So many passes that would have generated a rush went into empty space because the intended recipient was elsewhere, gone on a change, skating up the other side, dropping back instead of attacking, it was a complete cluster-fuck. More and more you can see that these guys aren't getting much in the way of chemistry as consistent lines.
I also got a kick out of the presser with Roy the other day, when asked about fitting in to this team and their game his answer was beyond vague. It was like he didn't have a clue what to say other than "puck possession" and "score off of possession".....Gave the impression that a new player thinks this "system" makes no sense and nobody is sure exactly what they should be doing on offense.
AV's post-game was good too. "We have to be better". No shit. At least he acknowledged that the only goal they scored was pushed in by a San Jose player during a scrum. I wish reporters had the balls to pin him to the wall.
-Why aren't you getting players to the net for second shot opportunities? Why only the one man? No backdoor attacker....
-Why do the Sedins slow the PP down so much and give up golden looks at the net in favor of a pass?
-Why is Edler given so many chances to screw up with the puck?
-What exactly is plan B on the PP when the PK'ers take away the setup pass for Garrison's one-timer? Or is there one?
-Why have so many teams gotten some real good looks at the net against the PK?
-Why do you seem to have so much trouble getting your shots through to the net?
-Why can't you seem to coordinate a breakout under pressure? Why is the stretch pass continually forced when it's not there?
I'd love to see Chuckles squirm a little up there and finally end the presser.
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