Canucks Special Teams
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- Cherry Picker
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Boeser, Hughes and Petterson around the outside on the power play is great. They form the top of the umbrella. Yet to be determined is who will be in the middle and who is the net front presence. I think in the middle could be Dahlen or Horvat which should be fine. The net front is more difficult. Horvat and Virtanen might be okay, but not ideal. Ideally, it may be Gadjovich if his skating picks up. It could be Tryamkin if he returns. He could do that Big Buff on Luongo routine all day long. At one time Eriksson used to be effective there but not recently. It will be interesting to see what they come up with. In a year or two this could be one of the best power plays in the league if they find an elite person in front of the net.
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Cherry Picker wrote: ↑Wed Jun 27, 2018 8:13 am At one time Eriksson used to be effective there but not recently.
Eriksson is still effective standing in front of the net. The problem was both Willie and Green did not deploy him there. Even if they did, only few point shots were getting through. Most of the time, the Canucks point men just aimed right at the PKers' shin pads.
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I wish he was but alas, UFA. Without him don't think the Caps win a cup. Talk about a pay hike!
Maybe the biggest this year.
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I thought I saw Eriksson score most of his goals this year from the garbage area right in front of the net.
I was a little surprised to see he had 0 pp goals, but he was 8th on the team for pp ice time amongst forwards, so maybe not so surprising.
I was a little surprised to see he had 0 pp goals, but he was 8th on the team for pp ice time amongst forwards, so maybe not so surprising.
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Yup Travis Green and Brown all ignored Eriksson's skillset he's shown throughout his career and with Boston a couple years ago netting 30 with 10 powerplay goals. HELL! even with Willie he got 5 powerplay goals.
Can the Canucks just win a Cup within the next 5 years.
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Agreed, could have got more out of him. TG and staff will have to develop right along with the players this year.
Eventually the heavy punishment routine will get old.
I know JV needed it but was it too much?
I know we can't even get a 3th or 4th round pick for Hutton now.
Ya, Travis has to learn special teams better. Not just who to play but understanding the situational needs, (the team your playing).
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2020-21 this team SHOULD have a deadly PP with Boeser, Petterson, Quinton, Bo and (insert wildcard) EK would be nice.
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I think Greener had better players and options on the PP last season (ie: Sedins/Vanek) and mostly used LE on the PK. With those guys gone, I expect LE will get some chances on the PP again.
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One could hope, Eriksson has proven he's capable of scoring 10 goals on the powerplay twice now (Stars, Bruins).Todd Bersnoozi wrote: ↑Wed Aug 08, 2018 2:16 pmI think Greener had better players and options on the PP last season (ie: Sedins/Vanek) and mostly used LE on the PK. With those guys gone, I expect LE will get some chances on the PP again.
Can the Canucks just win a Cup within the next 5 years.
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Years later and finally we got two deadly powerplay units, iirc #1 in the league in powerplay goals.
Solid drafting and key trades + UFA signings has significantly upgraded the special teams.
Not to mention when the vets (beags etc) are healthy our pk is much improved.
Solid drafting and key trades + UFA signings has significantly upgraded the special teams.
Not to mention when the vets (beags etc) are healthy our pk is much improved.
Can the Canucks just win a Cup within the next 5 years.