08-04-2014, 01:04 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: SW Ontario
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Originally Posted by codynw
His stats with Buffalo were brilliant, considering it was Buffalo. He was even fine when he first joined St. Louis, he just crapped the bed late in the season and in the playoffs. Miller is still a great starting goalie.
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He is also a whiner and a hot head, lets see how he holds up in that fishbowl when the media start chewing him apart.
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08-04-2014, 01:06 PM
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#22
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by codynw
His stats with Buffalo were brilliant, considering it was Buffalo. He was even fine when he first joined St. Louis, he just crapped the bed late in the season and in the playoffs. Miller is still a great starting goalie.
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I think Miller is on the rapid tail-spin of his career personally. He had his chances and he missed them.
Vancouver will be fighting tooth and nail for 8th this year.
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08-04-2014, 01:11 PM
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#23
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Sunshine Coast
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I don't see Miller as an upgrade over Luongo, so I don't see any improvement in the Canucks other than the coach.
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08-04-2014, 01:13 PM
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Acerbic Cyberbully
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: back in Chilliwack
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Vulcan
I don't see Miller as an upgrade over Luongo, so I don't see any improvement in the Canucks other than the coach.
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And any improvement is not likely to have a significant impact given that the Canucks are arguably worse in goal, and absolutely worse up front sans Kesler. I think they are a 10th place team.
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08-04-2014, 01:30 PM
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Backup Goalie
Join Date: Jul 2011
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08-04-2014, 02:55 PM
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#1 Goaltender
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Vancouver is a goalie career graveyard... It will be especially bad for miller since he has the same issues as luongo always had... Cracks under pressure, prone to extended periods of poor play, and doesn't know when to keep his mouth shut with the media.
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08-04-2014, 03:00 PM
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#27
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: NYYC
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Vulcan
I think the Canucks fans are counting on a new coach re-invigorating the team but like most here, I don't think they have enough talent or mojo to do much.
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I hope the new coach does indeed re-invogorate the players, gives the fans a reason to dream about the Cup, and rockets the Canucks into 9th place.
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08-04-2014, 03:29 PM
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#28
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First Line Centre
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkGio
The writer is from Kelowna. He's probably a homer Canucks fan
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He isn't. He's an Oilers fan.
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08-04-2014, 07:32 PM
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#29
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First Line Centre
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Originally Posted by Red John
He isn't. He's an Oilers fan.
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Ah, that explains the signs of mental disability. As well as the grim future in his field of work.
Very sad.
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08-04-2014, 10:13 PM
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Red John
He isn't. He's an Oilers fan.
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That explains why he would think that losing one of the best two way centremen in the league would somehow make the Canucks centre ice depth better.
#backcheckingoverated #centremenonlyneedtoscorepoints #100footgame #selkeisforchumps #edmontonisnogood #vancouverisnogood
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08-04-2014, 10:45 PM
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#31
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A Fiddler Crab
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Chicago
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I think it's entirely reasonable to think Tortorella alone was directly responsible for at least 5 Canucks losses last season. Even if everything goes exactly the same, but they win those five games they make the playoffs.
Hell, if they only win thee of them and lose two in overtime/shootout they tie Dallas in points and only miss the playoffs based on ROW.
I think Vancouver is going to surprise a lot of people on this board who very much want them to be terrible. They're going to finish somewhere between 6th and 9th in the Conference next year.
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08-05-2014, 09:29 AM
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#32
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Textcritic
I think many Canucks fans are also convinced that the Sedins are still near point/game players. If one of them cracks the 70-point mark this season, then that will be a good year for him, and it still won't be enough to get the Canucks into the playoffs.
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This is something that hasn't really been talked about yet.
Sure, it is quite possible - maybe even likely - that last year was just an off year under Torterella.
However, this season, they are also going to be up against the fact that there will be no Kesler to take some of the attention away from them. In the past, other teams had to deal with 2 top centres when playing Vancouver. This year it will be all about focusing directly on the Sedins.
Other than maybe an improved PP, I think it could be a long season for the twins.
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08-05-2014, 09:33 AM
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#33
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Thunder Bay Ontario
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So "how the west will be won" is about the nucks. Have the oilers released anything about "how to come last place in the west" yet?
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08-05-2014, 09:36 AM
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#34
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Glastonbury
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I think he's on the right track with the importance of C's...but his conclusions are, for the most part, totally wrong.
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08-05-2014, 09:45 AM
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#35
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by driveway
I think it's entirely reasonable to think Tortorella alone was directly responsible for at least 5 Canucks losses last season. Even if everything goes exactly the same, but they win those five games they make the playoffs.
Hell, if they only win thee of them and lose two in overtime/shootout they tie Dallas in points and only miss the playoffs based on ROW.
I think Vancouver is going to surprise a lot of people on this board who very much want them to be terrible. They're going to finish somewhere between 6th and 9th in the Conference next year.
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If by 'between 6th and 9th' you mean 9th, then sure.
They are probably capable of improving by 8-10 points over last season, which gets them to about 9th.
But it would take another 8-10 points to get them to 6th, which is a completely different level.
I would love to hear how you think that's in any way a reasonable expectation.
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