Kes may be back but he is no where near close to mid season form.
Not even 3 games in, and he's already back to the same embarrassing stuff as last year. When is he going to learn? Cut the garbage and just play. He resorts to it every time isn't "in the game" or frustrated. And LOL at those few posters trying to criticize Schneider. The score would be an absolute blowout without his work.
It has certainly been a big part of what's making it so hard on the D.
On the topic of D, I thought Hamhuis was quietly the worst defenseman today. Horrible job moving the puck, very slow all around the ice, soft, doing absolutely nothing offensively. I could keep going...
He made some awful decisions to pinch... one lead to the the 2-on-1 with Stalberg taking the shot.
But the whole team's D played like garbage, they were a step too slow picking up their man and it led to all sorts of miscommunication and chances for the Hawks.
Just a brutal game that they stole the point from.
Absolutely shouldn't be. It should be beyond painfully obvious that Hansen was reaching for the puck and accidentally clipped Hossa in the head with his elbow.
The main boards is so hell-bent on making it look like Hansen Cooke'd Hossa that no one made a thread about the Hawks tying the Ducks' no-regulation-loss streak.
Kesler instantly made Raymond and Hansen useless. The only reason why Hansen was noticeable was because of his ferocious forechecking.
Hamhuis was awful. Bieksa was even worse than awful. The rest were mediocre.
Thought Hamhuis was actually worse than Bieksa and the worst D by a big margin. He didn't have as many brainfarts, but he was just awful, with no redeeming qualities, the whole night.
Hope Raymond and Hansen are back with Schroeder. That line was flying and dominating at ES.
Yeah, Schneider was far and away the best player on the ice - for either team - in this game. The only reason we really had a point.
It's nice that the Canucks were able to bury a couple of pucks to get to overtime, but the level of defense (or lack thereof) they played in this game is embarrassing. The first period, at least, was played with effort. The second and third were pretty awful.
team clearly won't go anywhere in the playoffs unless
1) d gets their heads out of their *****
2) kesler starts playing like a top 6 forward again
Jeez people, Kesler literally just came back, and we're already on his case?How about we wait until he gets into midseason form before judging.
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Originally Posted by Mr. Canucklehead
Absolutely shouldn't be. It should be beyond painfully obvious that Hansen was reaching for the puck and accidentally clipped Hossa in the head with his elbow.
IIRC, Hansen has no history, so if it is a suspension, it should be one or two games AT MOST.
That game could have EASILY been 8+ GA. The fact that they escaped with a point is nothing short of a miracle.
Chicago could have scored five seconds into OT and I'd be okay with it because Vancouver stole a point out of a game they should have been absolutely annihilated in.
It has certainly been a big part of what's making it so hard on the D.
On the topic of D, I thought Hamhuis was quietly the worst defenseman today. Horrible job moving the puck, very slow all around the ice, soft, doing absolutely nothing offensively. I could keep going...
Agreed. Plus he was caught out of position and aimlessly chasing the play far to often.
Kesler instantly made Raymond and Hansen useless. The only reason why Hansen was noticeable was because of his ferocious forechecking.
Hamhuis was awful. Bieksa was even worse than awful. The rest were mediocre.
AV is a ****ing idiot. hansen raymond and schroeder were playing great together, but he completely ****ed that up tonight in our biggest game of the season. The coach is the problem. They've played like crap since the boston regular season game. No motivation to end that regular season and none in the playoffs. MG should have fired AV at the end of the season, but all he did was throw Lu under the bus. Great job, AV.
Absolutely shouldn't be. It should be beyond painfully obvious that Hansen was reaching for the puck and accidentally clipped Hossa in the head with his elbow.
TSN Insiders were immediately calling for 1-2 games
He lost them last January and really hasn't gotten them back since. There have been stretches (i.e. start of this year) but htey are falling apart again. Constantly blowing leads, horrible defense, general laziness.
This. AV needs to ****ing go.
Chicago is scary good but I still don't think their goaltending will stay as good as they're playing right now. Still hate them
The Team seriously needs to upgrade their D. I just don't understand how nearly every single Chicago player tries and is able to dance across layers of our D (doesn't really matter which D man they face).
Jeez people, Kesler literally just came back, and we're already on his case?How about we wait until he gets into midseason form before judging.
Agreed, but surely you have to conceed that it is frustrating for the fans that this team is quite a bit worse at the moment with him back. Ironic, considering how much we were all whining about how we wouldn't make the playoffs without him, and how we didn't even want the lookout to be over if he wasn't playing.
Jeez people, Kesler literally just came back, and we're already on his case?How about we wait until he gets into midseason form before judging.
IIRC, Hansen has no history, so if it is a suspension, it should be one or two games AT MOST.
Watch them throw the book at Hansen. I'm sure Ron MacLean will have a nice video montage of Hansen where he repeatedly shows the clip of Hansen crosschecking the ref.
Goaltending is the least of this team's worries, not sure how anyone can say Schneider played poorly tonight.
Luongo and Schneider have been covering up a lot of our warts for while now. This team has some pretty impressive personnel but we're not playing like it.
I keep suggesting that and people immediately flame me with 'oh, why would you put a Selke winner on a rookie's wing?'
Because otherwise he's a black hole offensively? I could give him a break if it looked like he was going to actually start cycling or get a new move, like passing the puck.
