Sugar baby watermelon Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 As the heading says, which team is the scariest come playoff time to play against the Canucks?? (meaning which do you think will make the most noise) I know alot of you will say any team heading into the playoffs will be a tough test but I want to know which you find scary to play against when the playoffs start. It doesn't really matter what round either. I find Nashville very intimidating in their stingy defense but what gets me is that they are scoring a bunch now. They have the red hot Rinne behind their pillars Suter & Weber. With their addition of Kostitsyn they now have been playing even better after the trade deadline. They were very good last year in the playoffs but had the goal scoring machine known as Joel Ward, who is now on the Caps, well he is gone. With Rinne posting career stats heading into the post season, do you think this will tire him out heading into the playoffs? St. Louis is also pretty scary too, they have two goaltenders who are up to the task and they also play stingy defense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Gotta be St.Louis because we seem to have trouble against trap teams, and they seem to have had our number in the past. Although we did sweep them in 08/09, but obviously they're a much different team now. If Halak does what he did for the Canadiens a couple seasons ago, they could be real scary. Other teams like Detroit, Nashville, and Chicago may be longer series and they would be close, but I still think we can beat them. Dallas, Phoenix, Colorado, and even San Jose would be more favourable mathups for us IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lychees Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 To be honest.... the only team I'd want to play against (and there's not a huge chance) is Calgary or Colorado. The rest of the teams can give us a run for our money. The western conference is just too damn strong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodee Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 It is hard to tell...........mainly because we have hardly ever engaged higher than 2nd gear so far this season. When we did we silenced Boston and ended Detroit's record run.............both away from home. Frankly, I don't fear any of the other teams. I only fear whether we can now consistently play to the high tempo we have occasionally shown and the spectre of bad injury. I am not being disrespectful here but I go back to the format of the competition. It may be admirable to beat us once (in truth, often against the run of play) but doing it 4 out of 7 is going to be something out of the reach of most of these teams. Detroit and the Preds will be difficult and StL will be a challenge but I maintain we ARE better prepared, deeper, and more experienced. Our team is probably still hurting that they failed, in all probability, because of injury last year and that will be a great motivator when the "Big Show" gets underway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostdivision Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Nashville. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bd71 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Dallas and Phoenix scare the crap out of me in the first round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dura_mater Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Dallas and Phoenix scare the crap out of me in the first round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dura_mater Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 As the heading says, which team is the scariest come playoff time to play against the Canucks?? (meaning which do you think will make the most noise) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire_Spiky Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 I think with Radulov coming back Nashville will be a tough team to beat. Otherwise I'll still go with Chicago, alays makes for a good series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLumme Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Detroit, and maybe Nashville. Don't worry about St Louis guys, they'll be out in the first round. They're really not a very good team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeky Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Nashville. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crime911 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 I go with Nashville and then St. louis. Nashville is like another canucks team. They have good defense and now they are generating offense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimito Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 nux still the team to beat. The only thing stopping them is themselves. if they play out of this recent slump and stay healthy, I still like nux chances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bd71 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canucksgyal Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Nashville. After the trade deadline, as mentioned before, they have gotten better especially offencely. Paul Gustaud 5 games, 3 points A. Kostitsyn, 6 games, 6 points. Also, the addition of Hal Gill will be very beneficial. It was the right time to add a vet D to strengthen their already strong D. They already have Pekka Rinne who was amazing in last years series and who can forget Weber and Suter? Strong team, might give us trouble. St Louis is a close second and LA would be third on my list. LA has Quick and a VERY scary team on paper. Of course, this is if LA make the playoffs. I am hoping they do not Against Detroit, Chicago, SJ, Dallas and the other teams, if we play our game, we can take them though some may be long series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pears Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Nashville. Even more if they get Radulov back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift-4 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Gotta be St.Louis because we seem to have trouble against trap teams, and they seem to have had our number in the past. Although we did sweep them in 08/09, but obviously they're a much different team now. If Halak does what he did for the Canadiens a couple seasons ago, they could be real scary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Looking at the numbers, why does it seem like we're destined to face Chicago again in the first round? Unless we snap these bad habits and get a winning streak going so we can stay in 2nd in the conference. Nashville will be tough. Dallas is getting hot at the right time. St. Louis with Hitch is a stifling defensive team that has given us problems in the regular season. If AV has no answers to break that, we could be in trouble facing them. Even the 7th and 8th seeds will be no pushovers. I just hope if we get to the finals the Canucks won't be too beaten up again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lui's Knob Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Dallas, Phoenix and Nashville. I think Nashville did the right moves to bolster.... We did not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingfreako Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 St. Louis. Their defence and PK has been dominant. Pair that with our recent scoring slump and struggling PP and things look scary. Also, keep in mind that we haven't been able to beat Dallas yet. Here's hoping we turn that around next week! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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