WWYDW: The Luxurious Defense
7 years ago
It’s been a surprisingly busy news week for the Canucks. Not only did the club announce Travis Green as their next head coach, but Nikita Tryamkin also indicated he will return to his native Russia next season and will not re-sign with the Canucks.
Last week’s edition of WWYDW focused on the former, and this week we’ll focus on the latter. With Tryamkin and Larsen gone next season, and the possibility of losing Biega or Sbisa in the expansion draft, what should the defense look like next season? Feel free to propose trades.
Last week I asked: Who would you like to see the Canucks hire as their new head coach?
Youppi KiYay:
If I were hiring a coach I’d go for a second time guy, like Kevin Dineen or Paul MacLean. Ralph Kreuger would be ideal in some sort of coach/AGM capacity, too, if he’s interested in leaving the EPL. This is not to say Travis Green is a poor candidate. Just that following an inexperienced HC like Desjardins with another one has never seemed likely to me.
Forever1915:
Todd Reirdon, the associate coach for the Washington Capitals. He is responsible for Washington’s top-ranked power play and for developing their defencemen. It would be great for him to develop two PP units based around the young guys and then the Sedins. It would also be a boon for him to develop a Top 4 D-corp around Stecher, Tryamkin, Juolevi, Hutton.
Steamer:
Coach? Easy: ABC ( anybody but Crawford ). No way Kreuger is coming unless SFC gets ‘blitzed’ – I’d give the reins to Green, like how he’s kept mediocrity’s nostrils above the water line more often than not.
RoCkFaThEr:
Crawford all the way.
We desperately need an entertaining brand of hockey in the Vancouver Market which we’ve been sorely missing for many many years.
What strikes me funny is that everyone talks about how Crawford didn’t have goaltending, but people don’t remember that Crawford didn’t have anything when he first coached. He made the speed, he made the West Coast express, he even made hockey fun to watch again after the Dismal Keanan years…..
I read the comments here all the time and it’s funny to me how not one person has made reference to Markus Granlund being the next Naslund. Remember, Naslund wasn’t projected to be any more than a fourth line Winger and to me, the similarities are astounding.
The Canucks need a coach who can get the best out of the youth and create them to be the next future Superstars and selling tickets and putting fans in the seats.
We desperately need an entertaining brand of hockey in the Vancouver Market which we’ve been sorely missing for many many years.
What strikes me funny is that everyone talks about how Crawford didn’t have goaltending, but people don’t remember that Crawford didn’t have anything when he first coached. He made the speed, he made the West Coast express, he even made hockey fun to watch again after the Dismal Keanan years…..
I read the comments here all the time and it’s funny to me how not one person has made reference to Markus Granlund being the next Naslund. Remember, Naslund wasn’t projected to be any more than a fourth line Winger and to me, the similarities are astounding.
The Canucks need a coach who can get the best out of the youth and create them to be the next future Superstars and selling tickets and putting fans in the seats.
TD:
The Canucks are going to be bad for the next couple of years. So get a coach that can teach while still playing an entertaining brand of hockey. Willie seemed to be coaching overly defensively in order to keep games close for a possible third period come back. It meant the first two periods were very boring to watch. If the Canucks are going to suck, at least let us watch them lose while trying to score.
Spiel:
Gordon Bombay.
