Virtanen skating with Cracknell & Dorsett.
McCann centring Burrows & Hansen.
- Marwood

Prust top 6?

Prust top 6?
- golfingsince

They are hoping Prust's production will rub off on Vrbata..

They are hoping Prust's production will rub off on Vrbata..
- hillbillydeluxe

He'll start scoring in bunches soon and then disappear for another stretch.

Prust top 6?
- golfingsince

I believe so, with Horvat & Vrbata.

They are hoping Prust's production will rub off on Vrbata..
- hillbillydeluxe

Let's really be honest....Sutter will be a valuable, contributing member of the team over the next four years in the form of, PP, PK, face-offs & he can move up and down the lineup at center or wing.
- LeftCoaster

Yup i love what he's added. Plays great positional defense as well. Always has his stick in passing lanes to disrupt plays. I love his versatility as well. An added bonus is that when he does play with the Sedins he frees up the Sedins from some of their defensive responsibilities and focus more of the offense. Plus the Sedins need puck possession to dominate and having a right handed faceoff guy in Sutter and a lefty in Hank allows them to mix and match and win faceoffs more often!

What the footage tells me is that Ferklund, Engelland and Bollig were allowed to run around like apes and do whatever they wanted under the guise of Hartley's dirty style of coaching (which he is known for). We did not have ONE answer for that. That is a team/personnel issue not being blatantly outcoached every shift.

I will agree that WD was outcoached in some minor capacity but no where near the level you are suggesting. And I do believe he has learned from it. WD is a champion at every level of coaching up to the NHL and you don't get there by being outcoached every playoff series regardless if its AHL, WHL or whatever.

A good example of extreme outcoaching was Vignault getting Schooled by Julien in 2011. We had a championship team that year and AV just couldn't outthink Julien or match his moves. But we were also screwed by the league so it wasn't all on AV but a large portion was.
- LordHumungous

While I feel we completely disagree on the WD part I completely see eye to eye w you on AV. And w getting screwed by the league. AV also got schooled 3 yrs in a row by coach Q.

I heard a WD interview on 1040 this morning saying that Baertschi was sitting.
- we_are_all_canucks

Prob the right thing to do.

Yup i love what he's added. Plays great positional defense as well. Always has his stick in passing lanes to disrupt plays. I love his versatility as well. An added bonus is that when he does play with the Sedins he frees up the Sedins from some of their defensive responsibilities and focus more of the offense. Plus the Sedins need puck possession to dominate and having a right handed faceoff guy in Sutter and a lefty in Hank allows them to mix and match and win faceoffs more often!
- Mungo

Ya its a good plan. Versatile player.

While I feel we completely disagree on the WD part I completely see eye to eye w you on AV. And w getting screwed by the league. AV also got schooled 3 yrs in a row by coach Q.
- SMBDragon

very true.

Game day blog. Sounds like Baertschi will sit and the kids will all play.

Watch out for rookie Colton Parayko tonight on the St. Louis blue line!

http://www.hockeybuzz.com...aertschi-to-Sit/194/71759