The RPM Line needs to pick it up as well
by Sean Zandberg on Feb 25, 2009 11:24 PM PST
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PrintI hacked on the "Unemployment Line" for it's lack of productivity, and I think that was justified. Alas, lost amongst all of the wins the Canucks have accomplished recently is a bit of futility from the RPM Line as well.
Mats Sundin
Scoring a goal in a shootout to beat his former team was a treat, but that masks the fact that Sundin has had the sniffles for about a week or so and that he hasn't been producing consistently. Mats has only 2 assists in his last 7 games, including 11 shots in that span. Take some damned advil Mats, and get going!
View Sundin's game-by-game stats here.
Ryan Kesler
It's hard to knock Kesler, because he's a great defensive player and he gives his all seemingly every moment that he's on the ice. In his past 7 games, Kes-god has 3 goals, no assists and 23 shots. Yeah, 23 shots. There's the effort factor.
View Kesler's game-by-game stats here.
Pavol Demitra
Pavol has 2 goals and 2 assists in his last 7 games. He has 14 shots. Not too bad, Demo.
Now we wait for the prognosis on his broken finger.
View Demitra's game-by-game stats here.
The RPM Line is not running on all cylinders.
So I guess that would mean that the Sedins and Burrows are doing the brunt of the scoring.
Alex Burrows: 2 goals and 5 assists in his last 7 games.
Daniel Sedin: 2 goals and 6 assists in his last 7 games.
Henrik Sedin: 3 goals and 6 assists in his last 7 games.
The Canucks have scored 21 goals in that span.
Prior to the 7 mentioned games, the RPM line was red hot for the span of 4 games, where they combined for 25 points. Now they have fallen silent on the score sheet. It's time for them to get going. The Sedins-Burrows line can't remain hot forever, but bless their damned hearts for producing lately, or we wouldn't be enjoying as much success.
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I just finished watching the Montreal game…and while the shot count was good and they ran up against a hot goalie, it seems painful to watch, in NBA terms, the 1/2 court offense. Be it PP or even strength, the Canucks offense just grinds to a halt when they have to do anything with a ‘set’ sort of offense.
Where am I going with this…well, they play an NBA style offense. They allow the point (the guards) to take the puck (ball) at the blue line (back court) and then feed it down to the center for either the pinball chance in hell it goes in, or a quick shot on a covered goal. No movement by the forwards. Everyone finds a spot and stands there.
I’m not a coach and I am no where near a strategist for the game of hockey (never played a proper game on ice in my life)…but, my guess is, if you create an offensive flow through constant movement of the forwards by circling and switching, it will create more chaos for the defense, hence, open up more chances down low. For three years, I haven’t seen this from Viggy.
The result of the NBA style offense is streakiness. Sometimes you will catch a D-man sleeping…sometimes the pinball machine scores you points…and sometimes the D-man figures it out and the pinball machine just keeps bouncing off the rubber guards that give you no points.
Let’s just hope the streakiness doesn’t go the way it did last year in the final months of the season…
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