BCNeil Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 I know the season just started, but this will be the first time we host a game between division leaders, since realignment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis15 Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 2 games. 4 points. There's lots of time for us to get 61 more points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaudette Celly Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 1 hour ago, FijianCanuck said: Umm they predicted us to get 66pts. You still win games to get 66 pts bruh. If they said we got zero pts this season then we have already out done ourselves. By definition, when considered the worst team you are the underdog going into every single game (injuries and such notwithstanding) thus any victories are playing above your level. Case in point, both Calgary and Carolina are considered better teams, so we upset them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NHL97OneTimer Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 6 hours ago, ABNuck said: I understand the folks on here who want to be a bit conservative in their enthusiasm at this early juncture of the season...BUT...let's not forget how the so-called "expert" critics (ie/ uber Eastern-biased parrots) have us doing so poorly this year. Contrast that with the fact that many of us who follow the Canuck's players regularly (and more in-depth) would love to shove a hockey stick up their collective nether regions, and it's easy to see why we're pretty excited this early on. Typically it is the younger average aged teams that seem to get off to quicker starts, so to see our veteran team stickin' it to those younger teams early on does give one a basis for some hope...just imagine how good the Tre-Kronor line will look after the 20 game mark! Obviously the single biggest factor for the Canucks success this year lies with the Sutter line (see below)...will that line give us a 2nd scoring line that takes the pressure off of the Swedish triplets. Add in BoHo's line and we might actually have 3 scoring lines (balanced attack)...something that we didn't have last year and obviously something that the "experts" didn't count on when they "counted" us out so early on. So inasmuch as our fanbase is hoping for a positive season based on just a couple of games I feel the "critics" will be eating some crow based on their assumptions of our team long before the season even started. So back to Sutter...he's our X-Factor this season. As one analyst described him: "he's like a free UFA pickup for the Canucks this season in that they didn't have his services for much of last season"...so again, the "critics" have made some pretty big assumptions about the failings of the Canucks without answering some basic roster questions first: 1/ Impact of Gudbranson 2/ Effectiveness of Eriksson 3/ Resurgence of Sutter 4/ Stability of the Miller/Markstrom tandem 5/ Sedin twin's conditioning/compete level at their age (no one has seen them play yet at their age = new territory) And finally 6/ Anton Rodin...we haven't even seen him play yet so how can we know what his overall contribution will be. In my books that's FAR TOO MANY what-ifs on the season thus far to even begin to realize how this is going to play out. But again we have to understand the enthusiasm of so many many based upon the negativity surrounding this year going in...I for one am with the positive crowd...I think we can make the playoffs this year and then from there...well who knows? You forgot Stecher......a second or third round playoff team now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danjr Posted October 18, 2016 Author Share Posted October 18, 2016 You know people on these forums get so pissy about seeing the same old topics over and over again. Then I post something that goes in a totally different direction and you still end up getting some hate. Some of the fans here really shouldn't post. I find that if you have to post negatively, then it reflects your own life. You must not be happy within your own life. Ok on to other things, thanks for the great discussions. I thought this thread would get a few looks but not three pages of talk. Cool beans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonaldBrashear Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Colorado lost. Arizona is about to lose Tampa Bay or Florida is about to lose AND THEN THERE WERE 3!! If we beat St Louis tonight, it will just be us and Florida/Tampa Bay left Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danjr Posted October 19, 2016 Author Share Posted October 19, 2016 Woohoo. What a start to the season! Can't wait til the final scores to edit the main post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonaldBrashear Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 VANCOUVER and TAMPA BAY are now the only 2 teams that havent lost a game. Suck it EA sports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danjr Posted October 19, 2016 Author Share Posted October 19, 2016 hahaha I know right. I love what one guy posted in the GDT. We are already at 10% of our predicted total...after three games. (then added suck it EA lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guesswhere Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 10 hours ago, danjr said: You know people on these forums get so pissy about seeing the same old topics over and over again. Then I post something that goes in a totally different direction and you still end up getting some hate. Some of the fans here really shouldn't post. I find that if you have to post negatively, then it reflects your own life. You must not be happy within your own life. Ok on to other things, thanks for the great discussions. I thought this thread would get a few looks but not three pages of talk. Cool beans Good call, cool thread, and... AWESOME start to the season! Just loving seeing the flashes of Sedinery: playing keep away and breaking through with the tying goal in game one; gwg in OT in this one. All three games come from behind wins too. Isn't that about how many we had all last season? Ok unlikely, I know, but sure would love to see the Sedins go out in style by taking the team from dead last (per professional airhead prognosticators) and leading them all the way to Stan-gri-la... Oh well, for now just got to love the positive vibes for a change! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSnipeshow91 Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Good chance we beat buffalo, considering they're missing Eichel and Kane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insomniac604 Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 a great finish but crap start. coming back to win is incredible. being down in 3 games is crappy. it's awesome we have resilience and confidence early on. coming back to win games is very important. but we also need to lead. this luck won't last forever. need to start playing the odds and score some quick goals early on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danjr Posted October 19, 2016 Author Share Posted October 19, 2016 1 hour ago, guesswhere said: Good call, cool thread, and... AWESOME start to the season! Just loving seeing the flashes of Sedinery: playing keep away and breaking through with the tying goal in game one; gwg in OT in this one. All three games come from behind wins too. Isn't that about how many we had all last season? Ok unlikely, I know, but sure would love to see the Sedins go out in style by taking the team from dead last (per professional airhead prognosticators) and leading them all the way to Stan-gri-la... Oh well, for now just got to love the positive vibes for a change! I LOVE that. So great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck_Fan_52 Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Next step, the ONLY 100% NHL team! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hlinkas wrister Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Loving the effort from the boys but if my memory serves me correct we started last year 3-0-1, so I'll keep the superlatives in check for now. Bloody exciting third periods though and I haven't felt this at ease about going into O.T. since we had Sami on the point! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FijianCanuck Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 2 minutes ago, hlinkas wrister said: Loving the effort from the boys but if my memory serves me correct we started last year 3-0-1, so I'll keep the superlatives in check for now. Bloody exciting third periods though and I haven't felt this at ease about going into O.T. since we had Sami on the point! Yea that's why I wait for atleast 20 games before judging the team this year. I'll never forget the year under torts. We started out flying and I bought into the whole "torts toughness" coaching but we know how that ended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Losing With Pride Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 3/82 3.65% of games played. It's a long season! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift-4 Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Clearly this means we can start the magic number thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoseTruckWasIt Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 On 10/18/2016 at 8:48 AM, Shift-4 said: dumb thread is dumb iiiit get shut down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis15 Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 54 minutes ago, Shift-4 said: Clearly this means we can start the magic number thread What for? We'll clinch with a perfect record anyway, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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