PowerAids Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Niemi had never played a playoff game in any league before he won the cup with CHI.... just sayin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tru_Knyte Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Something tells me goaltending won't be the reason we win or lose this series. Our offense needs to get out of it's funk, Daniel isn't going to come back and rescue them anytime soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kesler_smash Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Are you saying there aren't blind Luongo haters? It works both ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviewonder20 Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Confirmed by AV. Canucks twitter: #Canucks coach Alain Vigneault confirms Cory Schneider starts in Game 3. Also Weise in for Ebbett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hafizzle Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Thank god. No offence to Lu as he has played well but this team needs a spark and Schneids just might be it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tofitian Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 I don't get why some of you are so surprised... If they were going to play Luongo every game in the playoffs Schneider would've been traded at the deadline. He's part of the plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canucks.girl1 Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 If you've watched the games, you'd see that Quick has been vastly superior to Luongo. His 0.946 save% speaks for itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimpcurtly Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Schneids for Conn Smythe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PONCHE Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 yup, confirmed by dan murphy and farhan lalji's twitter. AV is going all in here, Lu did a great job in there the first two games but ... lets's GO Schneids!!! Go Canucks Go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodluckCanuck Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Good luck Cory! Lou's been playing well, i will give him that. However, if the Canucks need a spark, we obviously can't switch out every player on the team. Plus Daniel's out which doesn't help our cause. Every loss hasn't been Lou's fault, it comes down to SHGs by LA and the fact that we can't seem to score on Quick. I hope we win tonight. GO CANUCKS GO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canucks.girl1 Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 No, Gamasutra is correct. Luongo has not been as good as people are claiming. Regardless of how bad the D has been, .891 save percentage is not good enough at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vwnuck Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 and lets hope AV has also banned drop passes. Lu clearly wasn't the problem but Go Schneids!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlas=d Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 doesnt matter who is in goal if the canucks play like they have in the first 2 games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vwnuck Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 i also think i would have sat eldler out for this one... put rome or alberts in... cause edler has been the cause of a lot of the kings goals so far... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectacular Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 This. We've made Quick look better than he is. He really hasn't had to make any outstanding saves. Personally, I take the stats on both goaltenders with a grain of salt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kesler_smash Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 i also think i would have sat eldler out for this one... put rome or alberts in... cause edler has been the cause of a lot of the kings goals so far... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vwnuck Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 I'm not saying you're wrong but I just don't see the coaching staff benching Edler for Rome or Alberts. Edler has definitely made a few super costly mistakes but if he plays well his upside is exponentially more than Rome or Alberts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argon Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 I don't get it... when Lu imploded in other years, they refused to switch. Now that Luongo is one of the few guys that isn't a problem, he's out and Schneider is in? Don't get me wrong, I love Schneider, but that just doesn't make sense to me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesman60 Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 I am happy that Schneider gets a chance to turn this around. Maybe now the team will respond. Luongo wasn't the reason for the 2 losses but I sure wish he would stop doing that belly flop like on the 2nd goal. When you put yourself in that position, you have no options if your defense don't clear the loose puck or the bodies from in front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggs Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 This start for Schneider in no way should be viewed as a criticism of Luongo's play thus far. His stats aren't stellar but the team in front of him has been absolutely horrendous in front of him. He has been their best player throughout the first 2 games of this series but he can't be expected to score goals at the other end. The Canucks are doing what they did in the regular season: you lose a few games so you switch your goaltender and hope your team wakes up and realizes they are the reason this had to be done. The Canucks need to stop putting unneccessary pressure on themselves by giving up boneheaded shorthanded goals. They were easily the better team at 5-on-5 in Game 2 but basically gave the game to the Kings with that embarassing excuse for a powerplay. I was going through game logs for Vancouver over the past year and it's amazing how many times their powerplay bailed them out with even a single goal. If Brown can figure out a way to counter the Kings' pressure on their PK, this series can be turned around in a hurry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.