I can just see the Canucks' organization saying, why the heck did we fire Alain Vigneault and hired Torts again???? Then they realized, why the heck did we hired Mike Gillis as a GM in the first place?? Duh!!!
I did not watched the game last night but I heard Lundqvist was awesome all game.
Yep, Gillis was the main problem but as usual the Canucks brass couldn't figure it out. Lundqvist was terrific in game 6, great recovery from game 5 where he was pulled. Tokarski gave the Habs quality goaltending.
Yikes. Guy Lafleur doesn't have kind words for Pacioretty and Vanek. This is translated by Google, but it still sounds rough.
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"Guys like (Thomas) Vanek and (Max) Pacioretty, you can not keep that in your team. They stay home if they are not willing to pay the price. Your team will never win with players like that that fade when there is adversity, "he adds.
Guy is always tough on the players. He had high expectations of himself and still has those expectations of those who play now. Bowman had to pick on some of the guys on those great 70's teams, Lafleur was never one of them. Always fully dressed, skates tight hours before game time.
guy is always tough on the players. He had high expectations of himself and still has those expectations of those who play now. Bowman had to pick on some of the guys on those great 70's teams, lafleur was never one of them. Always fully dressed, skates tight hours before game time...and just finishing his first pack of smokes
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Can't remember who said it, but I definitely agree - you need guys to get you to the playoffs, and you need guys to win in the playoffs... And they're not always the same guy.
Pacioretty scored 39 goals in the regular season. He was OK in playoffs. Was his first experience with extended playoffs. He might learn to be that guy. It's starts with stopping the diving. If he is never the guy you need to win in the playoffs, he is still valuable in getting you there. You can only have one of them though, I think.
Vanek is junk. Would not want him on the Flames at any price