Luongo And Vigneault Not Quite Seeing Eye To Eye On Canucks' Style Of Play
by Sean Zandberg on Mar 18, 2010 1:55 AM PDT
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PrintRoberto Luongo has been pulled 4 times in his last 13 games started. What did he have to say about that?
"We are playing a different brand of hockey this year and it's been more offensive. We are not as conservative as we used to be."
Coach Vigneault did not agree.
"I think maybe what has happened, especially during this (recent) road trip, when you give up early goals you have to press, you have to try and make the ground up," he said. "When you are pressing, obviously you are going to give up more chances and a lot of those chances are going to be rush chances because you are pressing. But as far as the style of play that we are playing since I have been here, it's the exact same thing. The skill level has changed, but the style of play is the same."
There isn't a war brewing here. But I'll tell you what I think. I say Luongo is not playing as well as he can AND the Canucks are not playing as well defensively. It's kind of hard to complain when the team is sitting in 3rd spot in the West. More on this at the Vancouver Sun.
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Luongo just needs to stop Shitting the Bed (tm) sometimes.
And we should be fine.
And hey, if he doesn’t do that, at least the Flames probably won’t make the playoffs! HIGH FIVES ALL AROUND! NEXT ROUND IS ON ME FOLKS!
"But yeah…like CC…I harbour no ill will." - VancityDan
by Chuckles Canuckles on Mar 18, 2010 2:47 AM PDT reply actions
This is just the media being bored on an off day. Next week they’ll be planning a parade route.
Ignore it, everything is fine.
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Fuck I hate the writers in this town.
Zeimer is the same tool that was all over the boys for wanting to spend an hour or two with families they never got to see much of during the Games…with his bitchy little article about how Luongo should have been in the closing ceremonies because Miller was. When he would have had to leave GM Place, and get into the holding area for 2-3 hours.
So Miller got in. So what?
This same tool tries to build up a “controversy” story. The media in this town are fucking idiots. All of them. They all have swelled heads and think they are bigger than the team they write about. They all think because they get asked to talk on the radio for 15 minutes, a couple times a week…that their opinions are suddenly important.
Fucking douches.
OK…sorry Mike…I couldn’t just ignore it like you. I will shove the soapbox under the desk and ignore it.
Is it any wonder that most smart fans come to places like SBNation…and then read these silly rantings…the sad thing is..the fuckers get paid to be douches…
Let it go Dan…deep breath…ahhh…thats better.
Murphy ; "You finished with the Twins against Nashville, and AV elected to keep you guys together for today, were you happy with the decision?"
Mikael Samuelsson ; " I was happy with it...Oh yeah. Sure"
I hear ya Dan. Why are those guys drumming that shit up? Because controversy creates cash.
by Sean Zandberg on Mar 18, 2010 10:03 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh yeah…I get it.
I just don’t like it. It treats us fans like idiots. The lowest common denominator, and all that.
When in truth, most of us have played, some coached, all watched the game all our lives. I dare say we know a LOT about the game. Hell, those that have never strapped the blades on know a ton about the game too. Talk to us like we know something about it…
Talk to us like we do know our shit, rather than going for simplistic stories. It sells a few papers, but in the long run, it makes your writer look like…well…a douche.
Murphy ; "You finished with the Twins against Nashville, and AV elected to keep you guys together for today, were you happy with the decision?"
Mikael Samuelsson ; " I was happy with it...Oh yeah. Sure"
Most of it is just pandering to the part-time fan who can’t decide whether or not they like the color of the bandwagon.
If they actually have to get a discussion about hockey with someone, it gives them somethng to talk about.
“well, I read an article by Gallagher that said, blah blah blah” At this point I punch myself in the face until I become unconscious.
Leave my name alone Botchford...get your own.
Every town has them and a Canadian city will have it amplified. Not all of them are bad, but a select few are. Personally I’m not over the “trade Luongo crap” 30 seconds after being ousted by Chicago.
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by Yankee Canuck on Mar 18, 2010 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions
I am not sure the style being the same as last year. May be from the coaches perspective, he may have the same philosophy, but more scoring talent.
But the result is a far cry from being the same. They seem to focus on scoring and neglect defense – at least lately. I find the defense very shaky, and have no trust in it, at the moment.
It is exciting hockey, but come the playoffs, things will change. The scoring will drop considerably, and the defense will need to tighten up big time. I hope the coach will put a lof of effort to fix that.
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Sometimes the team’s overall back and forechecking is consistent and sublime and they wind up winning those games. But often there are holes. They’ve got to play consistently in that aspect of the game and trust that if they concentrate on shutting down the opposition, the goals on the other end will come.
Second or third in goals for, 4 overall in the league, getting closer to yet another division title, it can’t be that bad. It’s funny how the media in this town is SO reactionary.
I imagine if a member of the local Vancouver press corps overheard Luongo sneeze and then asked AV about it an he laughed it off the headline in the next days paper would be something like, “Swine Flu strikes Luongo, Vigneault says suck it up pussy!!”
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by Section 312 on Mar 18, 2010 10:15 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
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Love it…Swine Flu…made me laugh!
Murphy ; "You finished with the Twins against Nashville, and AV elected to keep you guys together for today, were you happy with the decision?"
Mikael Samuelsson ; " I was happy with it...Oh yeah. Sure"
I say Luongo is not playing as well as he can AND the Canucks are not playing as well defensively.
I agree completely with this.
Lu just seems a bit “off” most of this season. The team definitely seems to focus more on offense this year as the personnel is a bit different, they are spending more time in the offensive zone than I’ve seen in a while.
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Typical Luongo
almost incapable of taking any blame himself, always making excuses, usually involving throwing his teammates under the bus.
That he is supposedly the captain of this team makes me sick at times.
Everybody knows
That the world is full of stupid people
Well I got the pistols so I'll keep the Pesos
Yeah that seems fair
Well that’s not entirely true. He was crying during an interview after getting hooked after a first period recently.
Crying is captain material. Just ask Ryan Smyth or Wayne Gretzky
by Sean Zandberg on Mar 18, 2010 10:02 PM PDT up reply actions
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