What To Look For In Game 3
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<img src="http://cdn.nhl.com/canucks/images/upload/2010/04/apr0110_lak_raymond2_t.jpg" class="imageFloatRightFramed">While Game 2 was hardly a disaster (only the outcome was - the effort wasn't bad at all), there are some things that the Canucks need to work on for Game 3.
First up, the penalty kill. It's GOT to be more effective than it has been in the first two games. Keeping Andrew Alberts off the ice, and thus, out of the penalty box, would be a good start. I know that it's not always simple, but the first rule on the PK should always be, "if it touches your stick, slap the thing down the ice". Or flip it out, as high as you can. Try and hit the frigging scoreboard. Just get it out. Please.
Alex Burrows needs to focus on picking up the points, and not just yapping with Drew Doughty. It's good to see Burr getting involved in that way, but goals and assists are what win the games, not arguing. Both he and the Sedins were off a little in Game 2. Nothing they can't change, but still...
And speaking of Doughty. Someone needs to go out there and knock that kid down a couple of times, and wipe that grin off his face. He's having way too much fun out there on the ice, and that ain't good. He's going to be a great defenceman, but someone needs to put a little fear into the boy, and soon. Rypien? O'B? Bieksa? Anyone?
Discipline is another thing the Canucks need to work on. Despite what Alain Vigneault might have said the other night about the too-many-men call, CBC had indisputable proof. The Canucks had *7* skaters on the ice when the penalty was called. And as Don Cherry has famously said before, "A too many men call is ALWAYS the coach's fault". Even if they were trying to get players off the ice, Rob Scuderi has already admitted that he saw the Canucks had too many skaters and shot the puck towards the bench, trying to hit one of them, so the penalty would be called. Cheap? Yeah. Smart, though? Hell, yeah. Doesn't matter, though. What's done is done, and as long as it doesn't happen again, things will be better.
Finally, Ryan Kesler needs to get a bit of luck. He played better in Game 2, but just didn't have things bounce the right way for him. If the Sedins and Burrows start scoring again, and Kes and Demo start getting points like Mikael Samuelsson, this thing will be over early.
And that would definitely be a good thing.
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