Adarsh Sant Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 The past few years, the Canucks have been getting pushed around by the Bay Area teams. They haven't been able to keep up in speed or size or goaltending or scoring or defense. With the additions of Gudbranson and Eriksson, the return of Sutter, and the help of Virtanen's size, do you think the Canucks will be able to keep up this year? Or are we in for another year of 0-3 road trips against the California teams. Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maniwaki Canuck Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 Yes, and Tryamkin is another reason why. They were already much better with them last year actually. I'm thinking they'll be around .500 with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathew Barzal Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 Not really worried about the Ducks or Kings. Both those teams got worse. San Jose is the only one I'd be weary of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beary Sweet Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 Yes, with ease. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naslund.is.king Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 CALIFORNIA LOVE ...DUN DUN DUN DUN. California.. knows how to party.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GettinGuddyWithIt Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 Yes cuz they're just California girls.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grape Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 35 minutes ago, Adarsh Sant said: The past few years, the Canucks have been getting pushed around by the Bay Area teams keep up in speed or size or goaltending or scoring or defense. With the additions of Gudbranson and Eriksson, the return of Sutter, and the help of Virtanen's size, do you think the Canucks will be able to keep up this year? Or are we in for another year of 0-3 road trips against the California teams. Thoughts? I know what you mean but the Bay area only has one team and that's SJS haha. ANA and LAK are Southern Cali. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaBamba Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 Not after losing Linden Vey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cramarossa Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 Canucks are I believe 6-0 in their last 6 in SJ…they swept the Cali teams to (finally) build a three-game win streak towards the end of the season…I'm not too worried about the road trips. I am a little worried to see how they'll battle back at home. I'm the most worried about SJ; ANA and LAK are starting their declines. 17 minutes ago, naslund.is.king said: CALIFORNIA LOVE ...DUN DUN DUN DUN. California.. knows how to party.. 15 minutes ago, GettinGuddyWithIt said: Yes cuz they're just California girls.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddhahoodlum Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 42 minutes ago, Mathew Barzal said: Not really worried about the Ducks or Kings. Both those teams got worse. San Jose is the only one I'd be weary of. Agreed. I'm very tired of the San Jose Sharks too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adarsh Sant Posted July 10, 2016 Author Share Posted July 10, 2016 22 minutes ago, Grape said: I know what you mean but the Bay area only has one team and that's SJS haha. ANA and LAK are Southern Cali. Ok yeah that's true. I dont know my California geography hahaha. But yes I mean all 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanuck Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 This may be the first year in quite some time that the Cali teams think twice about coming up to Western Canada expecting 6pts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nex is my ex Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 We've been getting gradually better against the Cali teams over the past 3 years so I'd say yes we will be able to handle them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
appleboy Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 Will they be able to deal with us? We need to be a leader not a follower. We have enough size in the right spots. I am happy with as much speed up front as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wai_lai416 Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 not sure why some of you think we'll do better against the cali team than before.. LA other than losing Lucic not much changed.. and they were pushing us around well before Lucic.. Anaheim lost Andersen, but it's not like Gibson is a downgrade.. other than they got a year older.. so pray their core all of a sudden on a mass decline and suck don't see any change.. SJ? their new core look as strong as ever.. with the addition of Gudbranson the other team might crash the net a little less... don't see how it stop the big speedy teams from pushing us around.. Virtanen? we had virtanen last year.. didn't make any difference.. and for all we know he'll likely start in the AHL due to roster spot anyways unless he massively out plays other for the spot. Overall our defense got a little bigger.. but the forwards are pretty much the same.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-DLC- Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 I wonder if people even WATCH the games who start these threads?? Oct. 12/15 - Vancouver beat Anaheim 2-1 Oct. 13/15 - Vancouver beat LA 3-0 Nov. 30/15 - 4-0 Anaheim Dec. 1/15 - We picked up a point in a 2-1 OT loss to the Kings Dec. 28/15 - LA whopped us 5-0 (I was at that lackluster game) Jan. 1/16 - We beat Anaheim 2-0 Feb 18/16 - Anaheim beat us 5-2 Feb. 28/16 - SJS beat us 4-1 Mar. 3//16 - SJS beat us 3-2 Mar. 5/16 - We beat SJS 4-2 Mar. 7/16 - LA beat us 5-1` Mar. 29/16 - SJS beat us 4-1 Mar. 31/16 - We beat the Sharks 4-2 April 1/16 - 3-2 Van over Anaheim Apr. 4/16 - 3-2 Van over LA We've dealt with them just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItsMillerTime Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 6 minutes ago, debluvscanucks said: I wonder if people even WATCH the games who start these threads?? Oct. 12/15 - Vancouver beat Anaheim 2-1 Oct. 13/15 - Vancouver beat LA 3-0 Dec. 1/15 - We picked up a point in a 2-1 OT loss to the Kings Dec. 28/15 - LA whopped us 5-0 (I was at that lackluster game) Jan. 1/16 - We beat Anaheim 2-0 Feb 18/16 - Anaheim beat us 5-2 Mar. 28/16 - SJS beat us 4-1 Mar. 31/16 - We beat the Sharks 4-2 April 1/16 - 3-2 Van over Anaheim Apr. 4/16 - 3-2 Van over LA We've dealt with them just fine. 13,700 like on your reputation :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
literaphile Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 6 minutes ago, debluvscanucks said: I wonder if people even WATCH the games who start these threads?? Oct. 12/15 - Vancouver beat Anaheim 2-1 Oct. 13/15 - Vancouver beat LA 3-0 Nov. 30/15 - 4-0 Anaheim Dec. 1/15 - We picked up a point in a 2-1 OT loss to the Kings Dec. 28/15 - LA whopped us 5-0 (I was at that lackluster game) Jan. 1/16 - We beat Anaheim 2-0 Feb 18/16 - Anaheim beat us 5-2 Mar. 28/16 - SJS beat us 4-1 Mar. 31/16 - We beat the Sharks 4-2 April 1/16 - 3-2 Van over Anaheim Apr. 4/16 - 3-2 Van over LA We've dealt with them just fine. Except you didn't list all of the games. Canucks played 15 games against those three teams, not just the 10 you listed, and had a 7-7-1 record over those 15. While I agree that it's not a terrible record, .500 hockey isn't something to brag about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-DLC- Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 3 minutes ago, literaphile said: Except you didn't list all of the games. Canucks played 15 games against those three teams, not just the 10 you listed, and had a 7-7-1 record over those 15. While I agree that it's not a terrible record, .500 hockey isn't something to brag about. Yes I see that...fixed it. They are tough teams and we had injuries and a bunch of young kids in the line up. And we still picked up 16 out of 30 possible points. So it's not like they've got our number and we can't beat them, which is what this thread hints at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocksterh8 Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 It's summertime ppl, give it a rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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