Comments on: Canucks struggling with the man advantage http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/05/canucks-struggling-with-the-man-advantage/ ProHockeyTalk on NBCSports.com Tue, 21 May 2013 15:03:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: haterzgonahate http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/05/canucks-struggling-with-the-man-advantage/comment-page-1/#comment-43729 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 00:56:33 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=102243#comment-43729 getting to game 7 of the SCF is hardly a choke, and a couple of car fires is hardly “burning down the city” but whatever.. hater’s gonna hate!!

]]> By: upyoursnfu http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/05/canucks-struggling-with-the-man-advantage/comment-page-1/#comment-43702 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 22:58:12 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=102243#comment-43702 When they choke again in the playoffs, their ignorant fans will burn their city down again. What clowns.

]]> By: taytay099 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/05/canucks-struggling-with-the-man-advantage/comment-page-1/#comment-43689 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 21:51:20 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=102243#comment-43689 Penalties seem to be going down league wide lately. I personally like it since I really hate those lame hooking, slashing and interference calls that they started making since the lockout.

]]> By: hsnepts http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/05/canucks-struggling-with-the-man-advantage/comment-page-1/#comment-43680 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 21:27:45 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=102243#comment-43680 I dont think the zone entry is the problem – the nucks are actually good at getting set up.

heres my breakdown of the PP issues.

Henrik is dangerous from behind the net, with Danny and Kes cruising in circles. So the defenders let the nucks to set up with Henrik on the right boards. They basically give the right boards to Henrik. Kes goes in front, and Danny takes his usual spot on the left boards.

but:
Henrik (shoots left) doesnt shoot very much. He wants to set up from there.
Danny (shoots left also) is now on his off-wing, so can’t one time the puck. its gotta be tap-ins.
So that leaves the 2 dmen as the only effective shooters. if the defenders aggresively cover the 2 points, they will effectively eliminate all of Vancouver’s one-time slapshot options. it leaves hank on the right boards with 3 inferior options:
try and dish the puck through the slot for danny to tap it in
try a short feed into kes in the slot
shoot

some fixes:
try and get henrik to run the PP from the left boards (on his backhand).
take danny off, put burrows in front, and let kes sit in the hole in the left (he shoots right). yeah take danny off… that doesnt make sense to me either.
tell salo to get into the hole on the left, and let danny play at the back. that opens up 3 shooters. danny on the point… it worked against detroit.

thoughts?

]]> By: kitshky http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/05/canucks-struggling-with-the-man-advantage/comment-page-1/#comment-43642 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 19:10:53 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=102243#comment-43642 ..or at least switch it up once and awhile so it’s not so bloody predictable.

]]> By: haterzgonahate http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/05/canucks-struggling-with-the-man-advantage/comment-page-1/#comment-43634 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 18:38:13 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=102243#comment-43634 it’s easy to struggle on the man advantage when you don’t get the man advantage as often as you used to. either the opposing teams are getting smarter against them or the officials are gearing up for the – anything goes, so let’s put the whistle away – playoff mode. probably a little bit of both

]]> By: mj6rings http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/05/canucks-struggling-with-the-man-advantage/comment-page-1/#comment-43633 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 18:34:43 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=102243#comment-43633 They need to get rid of the drop pass when they are trying to get set up

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