Somebody is running the power play? To me it looks like it is just happening.....without any success to speak of. Yet another Tortorelli bomb.
players sure get a free ride with you juan, everything is blamed on the coach. the coach cannot play
the game, you should remember that much. with all the injuries he has to figure out who can replace
whom.
when the coach can't depend on his high end players, and the secondary scorers stop scoring goals too,
it is their own fault, we can see them getting many chances out there, shooting wide, shooting at
the wrong times (kesler),again last night, i watched him, and unless he is on a power play, he can'[t
seem to see his linemates, and fault he has had for many years,) defencemen not able to hit the net, off the mark, players not around to
fight for rebounds.
take a good look at this team, torterella is trying to get middle of the road players, to play in
positions where 'better' players should be playing. the team isn't good enough, and as soon as the
high end 'few' players they have stop scoring, the talent falls way down immediately. injured players
coming back will help somewhat, but i'm afraid it is GILLIS' who has given torterella ordinary players,
and expect him, to go for the cup.
the twins and kesler aren't good enough 'offensively' any more, better players are needed on this team.
it is 'GILLIS' who is responsible for that.
it is normal for any team to begin to run out of 'elite' players, as they begin to become just good players,
and we shouldn't be expecting the same team they were two, three years ago, these players are starting to
lose that elite status, can't get blood from a stone, jeesh its easy to see when you watch the
twins play, they just can't be those players any more 5 on 5, but should do better on the power play.
take a much closer look at the 'players' and don't quickly blame the coach, as soon as the team can't
win, that is way too easy.
torterella can't change the way kesler plays, and can't change the way the twins play, it is too late
for that to happen.
the media is talking about the canucks being very interested in 'ryan o reilly' in colorado, who will
become a player colorado can trade, before the trade deadline comes along. gillis should go hard for
this player, and not trade young players like 'tanev', but good, older players, it will take a couple
of players, to get colorado interested, then canucks would have a real good real young forward to
put right on the team, and that would begin rebuilding, and with the good young players who might
make this team next year, along with frankie carrado, def. coming up, the team will have a good
start to improving, while the twins begin to fade a bit, but remain good second line players.
the games that canucks have lost lately, is because the so called top players, can't do anything
offensive, they aren't performing as expected, and to push all of those faults onto the coach, is
giving those players a free ride.
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anaheim playing in chicago tonight, two of the best teams in the NHL this season, should be a very
exciting game, and full of high end players, something canucks can only dream about.
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coyotes, martin hanzel, has been fine $5000.00 for high sticking 'david booth' last night.
he's lucky he only received one punishment.