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Mar 24, 04
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Canucks Goaltending Crisis
I am not jumping off the canucks bandwagon, but I have seen way too many games being lost due to poor goaltending. We all know how tough it is for a goalie to play here in Vancouver, and we always had goalies who played their Ups-and-Downs games. Cloutier has proven (at least to me) he is a backup goalie :070: . I figured with the likes of CuJo our Canucks team has a way better chance of succeeding down the road. However with the price tag labelled on Joseph, it would be highly unlikely Curtis will land on our home pad.
 I have been more than happy if the Canucks introduced Alex Auld more often to the NHL level. Seriously, he does not play as often and what more fresh aggressive blood would help to spur the struggling Vancouver team than a backup to a backup goalie in helping the canucks win! Alex was held in the minors for too long. I say bring him up to play more, it's spring and things should at least start to blossom. :317: What do we think of this? 
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Mar 24, 04
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i still say alex auld is a backup goalie for now give him a few more years to get his goalie perfection together. regardless he is an ample goalie. I have seen him p lay the last two years, he isn't a bad goalie, but still young and all.
the columbus game our defensive coverage was the reason we lost. n ot really the goaltending, chicago game the first 3 goals, especially the first was goaltending. Common hedberg? in the columbus game if we have pla yed the get the puck dump it down the ice kinda game we prob could have won, but instead our coverage right down l ow in front of tyhe net. and by the faceo ff circles was terrible. Terribel
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Mar 24, 04
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it may also be another reason that our defence is killing us. Is it possible that they are jumping too much into the play and not focussing on the defence as much? I think so. Care to ellaborate on this anyone?? :010:
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Mar 24, 04
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^ ya that is one good theory.
Well since the canucks forwards aren't scoring very much these days the defense is trying to make up for it, but the thing is in the beginning of the season were getting scores of 6-2 and 4-1 because our defense and forwards would both score goals
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Mar 24, 04
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I bet the people who were screaming at Crawford to make Hedberg the #1 goalie (based on his back to back shutouts a few weeks ago) are singing a different tune now.
I wouldn't mind Alex Auld getting a shot at some point. But I don't see it as anything other than a desperate grasp for a solution.
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Mar 25, 04
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goaltender crisis? The uncertainty of goalies going into the playoffs runs mroe then jsut the Canucks.
Colorado with abby and Salo are both unproven Dallas with an uncertainty as he is not proven in the playoffs Detroit with Legace and cujo are both unproven in playoffs Canucks also with Clout and Hedberg Sanjose as well Calgary as well Nasville as well Edmonton as well in east Philly has 2 unproven goalies Ottawa, Lalime has been solid last 2 post seasons but he has been shaky this year Toronto - belfour has a bad back and "could" fuck him up in playoffs and theirt back up Trevor Kidd was said by TSn the other day to be the worst goalie in the league lol New Jersey - very proven goalie Tampa - no proven netminding either Boston with Raycroft who has been great but he is still a rookie going into his 1st postseason i wont go on. in the stanley cup playoffs we all know goaltending is very very inportant but with all the uncertainty of teams goalies it seems wide open to me.
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Mar 27, 04
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^ i think tampa is gonna do fine this year with Khabibulan and Graham in net to back him up, though it could go the other way.
Detroit i believe is gonna start with Cujo and if he fucks up their gonna replace him with lagace for the ramainder of the playoff's Toronto: Belfour has been having an up and down last few weeks. Wins a game, than gets blown away 7-2 the next game. Questionable but potential to win is there. Same deal with Lalime, the talent is their questionable again though., Philly: Sean Burke is definetly not a unproven goalie, he has loads of experience to give out. Its one reason why philly picked him up. but yes the west teams are all weak in the goalie situation going into the playoffs. Probably detroit has the possible best playoff goalie situation out of the west, possibly
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Mar 27, 04
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basically put, its like this.
canucks need to get timely scoring from the forwards, and occasionally defensve, can't jump up as much for the likely hood of a turnover can be great in the playoffs. The defensive coverage wil have to be top notch by all, i mean look at the past few years of playoff's for the canucks. -8 for naslund aloty of players in the minues. You just can't do that in the playoff's. Bertuzzi took alot of penalties last year. Which brings me to mmy next point. The canucks will have to remain more disciplened than last year. We need our special teams when we get the chances for powerplays we gotta at least get some shots through, try and make it easy. Shoot the puck ON NET and go and crash the net for a rebound. Not the keep it out of the perimeter and look for the perfect passing play. Shorthanded were pretty good at this but we got killed last year by minnesota on the powerplay so be warned anyways. Lastly goaltending. We need timely goaltending, occasionally maybe we will need clouts or the moose to steal a game for us. Kirk Mclean did it for us in 94, and it builds momentum when you can steal a game or two
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Mar 27, 04
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Mar 27, 04
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:070: ^ you should talk
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