Canucks News N Notes 26-27

[Cousin Strawberry]

You could see his game had taken a nosedive early on. I even posted that we likely have lost the ability to receive max return in trading that asset.

[donlever]

Should have moved him last year (like "maybe" to the Sharks for one of their draft assets).

Now...who might have brought that up?

And what was the consensus of the site at the time?

I'll wait....

[Ronning's Ghost]

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/777427 ... s-canucks/

Hronek is only 29. Seems odd to me for his puck recovery rate to drop so precipitously, but it would be adequately explained by an injury that he could play through without exacerbating, but that still impaired his play. I'm thinking maybe something like shoulder tendonitis, where the unimpeded motions still let him pass and make some kinds of shots, but there would be some some directions in which he could exert little force on his stick.

Have we got any sources on the Canucks' training staff?

I guess my alternative hypothesis would be that there was always some tactical weakness in his approach to puck battles, and now the rest of the League has the book on how to beat him. But I would have expected something like that to have come out much earlier.

[Tciso]

Hronek needs less ice time. 26 or 29 minutes a night is too much for him. I would say that is his #1 problem. Buium needs to step it up too. He isn't helping Hronek out much at all.

But, EP25 and Willander are both looking good.

[Picker of Cherries]

He has never been a great PK defensemen.
If he wasn’t first over the boards to kill penalties, he’d be playing better.
They just don’t have anyone else.
It’s a rebuild -

[Megaterio Llamas]

Fil has a full anchor this year and next. https://puckpedia.com/team/vancouver-canucks

In case anyone is getting any funny ideas about trading him.

[donlever]

If I am Fil and Pinky and the Brain with RJ come to me pre draft and ask me to waive for San Jose I'd call Brian Burke for a ride to the airport.

[Megaterio Llamas]

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/777427 ... s-canucks/

Hronek is only 29. Seems odd to me for his puck recovery rate to drop so precipitously, but it would be adequately explained by an injury that he could play through without exacerbating, but that still impaired his play. I'm thinking maybe something like shoulder tendonitis, where the unimpeded motions still let him pass and make some kinds of shots, but there would be some some directions in which he could exert little force on his stick.

Have we got any sources on the Canucks' training staff?

I guess my alternative hypothesis would be that there was always some tactical weakness in his approach to puck battles, and now the rest of the League has the book on how to beat him. But I would have expected something like that to have come out much earlier.

I don't really know Cliff, other than agreeing with Cisco that they're overplaying him. I don't know what his previous standard was.

Regarding the training syaff, the drop down menu for Canucks personnel on their website has been blank all season. Maybe they don't have trainers anymore.

[Cornuck]

Hronek needs less ice time. 26 or 29 minutes a night is too much for him. I would say that is his #1 problem. Buium needs to step it up too. He isn't helping Hronek out much at all.

But, EP25 and Willander are both looking good.

Has anyone seen Hronek's numbers when D-Petey was playing with him vs Buium?

I agree - cut his minutes (the pump and dump ain't working) - there's no reason to have him out there for 1/2 the game.