HAPPY BIRTHDAY REEFStrangelove wrote:So much for "gut instinct".olpaddy wrote:extra attacker Derek Dorsett... nuff said
BTW you drew the short stick, sorry ya gotta say 'Happy Birthday' to Reef big guy.







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HAPPY BIRTHDAY REEFStrangelove wrote:So much for "gut instinct".olpaddy wrote:extra attacker Derek Dorsett... nuff said
BTW you drew the short stick, sorry ya gotta say 'Happy Birthday' to Reef big guy.
C'mon wutchya talkin about. Lets put Gaunce with the Sedins now!Hockey Widow wrote:That's how you put a game away! Now I wonder if Jake will be back?
I felt the forwards, the sedins I believe, kind of abandoned him there - took off not leaving him options. If I'm not mistaken he had the other nucks defender behind him, but was basically staring four knights in the face closing in from the neutral zone. Second giveaway, just brutal. Edler-esque.Hockey Widow wrote:Wow, Pouliot. Two give always in a row and just like that. Feel sorry for him as he has played well.
Definitely a Willie d flashback. The new megna. Why do nuck coaches always fall in love with plugs? Coach V and glass. Willie d and vey/megna. Green and wat appears to be dorsett. Sutter vanek gagner dorsett to try to get back in the game? Not my first choice.olpaddy wrote:extra attacker Derek Dorsett... nuff said
Gagner, Sutter, Dorsette, so many options to sit someone out.SKYO wrote:About the only little thing you can change is taking Gaunce out and bringing in Virtanen.
And is it sacrilege to split the Sedins up or what, is it in their contracts stipulation that they can never be separated...christ.
Just a guess, but I suspect that it's because coaches are more often drawn from the ranks of former plugs than former gifted players. (It makes sense that plugs would wind up coaches more often because they have to really work at all the little details and understanding the game in order to stay in the lineup. Gretzky was not a successful coach.) They then see a little of their former selves in their chosen plug.Rocky Dennis wrote: The new megna. Why do nuck coaches always fall in love with plugs? Coach V and glass. Willie d and vey/megna. Green and wat appears to be dorsett.
Yet it doesn’t win hockey games.Ronning's Ghost wrote:Just a guess, but I suspect that it's because coaches are more often drawn from the ranks of former plugs than former gifted players. (It makes sense that plugs would wind up coaches more often because they have to really work at all the little details and understanding the game in order to stay in the lineup. Gretzky was not a successful coach.) They then see a little of their former selves in their chosen plug.Rocky Dennis wrote: The new megna. Why do nuck coaches always fall in love with plugs? Coach V and glass. Willie d and vey/megna. Green and wat appears to be dorsett.
Another (not necessarily mutually exclusive) possibility is that plugs are the ones who work hard in practice and do everything the coach asks (again, their only hope of getting into the lineup), and the coaches want to show that that sort of behaviour and attitude will be rewarded.
Dorsett Kills penalties, is the top hitter for Canucks forwards and oh yeah has more goals than both Sedins combined lol.Reefer2 wrote:Gagner, Sutter, Dorsette, so many options to sit someone out.SKYO wrote:About the only little thing you can change is taking Gaunce out and bringing in Virtanen.
And is it sacrilege to split the Sedins up or what, is it in their contracts stipulation that they can never be separated...christ.
But but but Dorsette kills penalties, who will do that on out 24th ranked pk.
OMG. Doesn't this just crop up when a coach needs an excuse to get rid of someone he doesn't like.Rocky Dennis wrote:Was just talking about this with the old man today when we heard he was sitting again. Neither of us quite understood why and then I added, unless of course something happened off-ice, perhaps a repeat of his supposed rookie season shenanigans. So not surprised to hear this...it definitely has the same feel as the phantom Kassian "injuries" and absences...although I suspect not quite as severe. Also Green actually alluded to lessons not being learned today while word was completely mum with Kassian situation.Hockey Widow wrote:You have to think, as a little birdie told me, there was an off ice incident. Minor, nothing to get excited about but enough for Green to get upset with a young guy like Virtanen. Really all I am hearing is a night on the road, a little too much alcohol, a little late back to the hotel and to bed, and got caught. Didn't miss practice or wasn't late for anything. Just a little late night. Perhaps a reminder of the take it for granted attitude Green tried to beat out of Jake in Utica?
I think with the attitude he and McCann had their rookie year the Canucks don't want to take any chances. Other than that people are mystified about what Jake did or did not do to earn the wrath of Green and Green is upset with him. I heard the talk about a week and a half ago that he was one foot in Utica.
Bingo ! and it must be illegal to bench a SedinSKYO wrote:About the only little thing you can change is taking Gaunce out and bringing in Virtanen.
And is it sacrilege to split the Sedins up or what, is it in their contracts stipulation that they can never be separated...christ.
On the 1st give away, forwards abandoned him and his partner went to the bench, second giveaway, everyone abandoned him. His real option was to turn and head back behind the net.Rocky Dennis wrote:I felt the forwards, the sedins I believe, kind of abandoned him there - took off not leaving him options. If I'm not mistaken he had the other nucks defender behind him, but was basically staring four knights in the face closing in from the neutral zone. Second giveaway, just brutal. Edler-esque.Hockey Widow wrote:Wow, Pouliot. Two give always in a row and just like that. Feel sorry for him as he has played well.