Thanks Carol! Arizona is the greatest place on Earth. Glad to see Jake was released. Off to tailgate for the broncos colts Thursday nighter - CanuckDon
Arizona is great if you like boring gated communities and golf. Costa Rica/Mexico>Zona any month of the year.
What the (frank) are you talking about poop for brains? I want the team ready. You think sitting the team is preparing them?
Drama queens are the ones who kept trying to turn it into a issue of wins and losses which I've not made a single comment on. Typical of you... - boonerbuck
Lol. They aren't doing it the way you want so it must be wrong.
Yes, I think sitting them is preparing them. Ever learn from watching?
Yes, players can learn by watching other players mistakes in a lopsided game...unless you're a stubborn drama queen who wants things just so. Then everything and everyone is just dumb. Boo hoo.
Yes, players can learn by watching other players mistakes in a lopsided game...unless you're a stubborn drama queen who wants things just so. Then everything and everyone is just dumb. Boo hoo. - Load Management
What a load of nonsense.
Bruce: "Instead of conditioning you guys for the season opener, I want you to watch these 16 minor leaguers get rolled by an NHL team while you eat popcorn and text your GF's and wives".
Team: "Ok coach"
After next game.. unconditioned players are announced "day to day".
Dipsh!t.
Look at least season. Hughes had no preseason games... a few practices and was out after 4 regular season games. Thank god they didnt condition him. Bright side was think how much he and Petey learned watching non NHLers in Minnesota(or was it Michigan?) scrum instead of them playing with their team while they waited for a contract.
What puzzles me is why is the rest of the league not following this brilliant idea? You know, those teams that beat the Canucks early in the season easily while we all agree the Canucks "weren't ready".?
Anyways... you brought this up when we had all moved on. I'm sure you'll try and spin that fact.
Possible I guess, even probable. I have the Canucks 2nd, but we’ll see.
Edit - someone get a box of Kleenex for Kman, it could get messy. - 1970vintage
Interesting they say Canucks could end up top 3 or 5th. They don’t have a read on this team. It seems no one knows what to expect. So better to say things don’t go well as it’s more likely then they do.
Preseason precautions? So many questions on D but if all healthy I think they start like this:
QH Poolman - big RSD
OEL Myers - worked before
Rathbone Shenn - mentor
I don’t think Poolman has impressed but Canucks like him if he’s healthy enough to play. Sometimes it’s about fit. Rathbone is also a question mark but he fits with Shenn. Like QH did to add the puck moving element to improve D play.
A pair of 22-year-old rookies, Nils Åman and Linus Karlsson, have made a significant impression on Canucks hockey operations leadership over the past few weeks.
They’re very different players. Åman has NHL-level hockey sense and pace, but a bottom-six skill level. Karlsson’s pace is a work in progress, but his skill level and offensive ceiling are intriguing.
That they’re both still hanging around at main camp, and even seemed to have an earmarked spot on a regular line at main group practice on Thursday, is enormously impressive for two players that have never played a professional game in North America.
The decision to cut or keep Åman and/or Karlsson wasn’t expected to be quite so difficult, but these two players have forced the hand of Canucks’ management and coaches. And it’s not just because of their skill level, it’s also because of the character and maturity that they’ve demonstrated to the organization.
Between the two, Karlsson is more likely to be re-assigned over the weekend, from what we can gather. We’re also hearing that Karlsson understands this, and – in a testament to his maturity as a player – actually thinks it’s for the best. There’s a sense among those close to the player, that he’d be best served playing a major role in Abbotsford to begin his North American professional career. There’s also a confidence that he’ll get his shot in the NHL level in short order.
For Åman, meanwhile, there’s increasing industry buzz — even expectation — that he’s done enough to cement himself as Vancouver’s opening day fourth-line centre. And while there’s senior voices internally that would prefer to see Åman play a bigger role in Abbotsford off of the bat, it’s now apparent that he’s not just getting a long look, at this point, he may actually be the front-runner to win the fourth-line centre job outright going into the final preseason game.
Åman’s combination of size, smarts and skating have obviously caught the Canucks’ eye, but there’s a core of steel behind the scenes that has the organization excited internally. In asking around, we were relayed a story about Åman, who broke his hip when he was 15, borrowing the keys to the local rink in Avesta from the manager. Every night as he rehabbed, he’d sneak into the rink and work on rebuilding his stride.
Seven years later, Åman seems to be on the verge of making his NHL debut.
