billabong Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Always nice to watch your team get all the bounces around the net blues have some good players but none push the pace. They are the 2014 version of the Canucks. old, slow and resisting the inevitable rebuild. They could turn that team around so fast with the haul they could get for pietrangelo, Tarasenko, oreilly, schenn, parayko or edmundson. They would easily get a 1st rounder for each of those guys +++ whatever else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rob_Zepp Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 2 hours ago, FijianCanuck said: Sounds like something a career backup tendy would say. Sounds like a post someone looking for some negativity out of a great win would make. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putgolzin Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 40 minutes ago, ruilin96 said: EP (30 points) currently outscores Patrick (10 points) and Hishier (17 points) combined. EP (30 points) is also tracking to have more points than any rookie since Crosby (points, not points per game) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-DLC- Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 28 minutes ago, FedorFedorov said: Hopefully. Bit early to say that. Early for what? What a ridiculous statement. In the here and now, something very special is taking place. Are you in or out? Make up your mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieChan Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Strong game by everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khay Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 26 minutes ago, spook007 said: You know it gonna happen.... Noooooooooooo!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogersTowell Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 I'm generally pretty positive about the Canucks and optimistic about the future. Still, I think we should not get too excited about today's game. The Blues weren't really on their game, especially goal tending. We got some good bounces that resulted in lucky goals. Markstromm was either really good or really lucky. I'm going to optimistically say he just had a good game and he's got some more in him. We're only short two starters now. So this is what happens when we play a bottom dwelling team when they have a bad game and almost everything goes our way. My initial reaction was to jump off my couch and shout "THE CUP IS OURS" at the top of my lungs, but now that I've had a few rum and cokes, reality is setting in and I realise that, while Bo, Brock and Petey are a great start to our new core, we're probably not cup contenders quite yet. If we look at the pre-season predictions many of us were making, the script is being followed pretty accurately. Strong out of the gate, winning early when healthy, but dropping a lot in the standings when injuries pile up. Sure, this was a lot of injuries even for the Canucks, but for whatever reason, this is the way things go in Vancouver. I think we'll probably miss the playoffs (7-3 odds imho) but not by a lot. If that happened and we won in the draft lottery, it might be time to start gathering up supplies for the parade. Until then, I'll enjoy every game like this we are blessed with. In Petey we trust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khay Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 1 hour ago, cyoung said: We are just too good I think (if healthy) to finish that low. Yeah. I think we are finishing 20-25. But Winnipeg got lucky. Philly got lucky. It could happen to us. Believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-DLC- Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 16 minutes ago, nzan said: I’ve been done with that since his Burrows “editorial” More like a predatorial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Zepp Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 1 hour ago, khay said: Lot of the times, they are not even asking questions. "It's hard to get 5 points in the NHL." That's a statement, not a question. How should anyone respond to that? These media members aren't really reporters in the traditional sense, at least they don't look like they received proper training to be reporters. "Does getting five points make you want to go back to Sweden?". Surprised that one didn't show up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gameburn Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 2 hours ago, Cramarossa said: I love how Petey literally never looks excited, even when he has an unreal five-point game. What a pro. My fear is that he's had many of them before this, lol. He does need people who can play close enough to his level to allow for playmaking and opening up the ice. He's not quite Mario yet. More like Gretzky or even Crosby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FijianCanuck Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Wow how much respect do the Canucks get around the league? The blues just recalled their ahl goalie immediately after the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-DLC- Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 11 minutes ago, RogersTowell said: I'm generally pretty positive about the Canucks and optimistic about the future. Still, I think we should not get too excited about today's game. The Blues weren't really on their game, especially goal tending. We got some good bounces that resulted in lucky goals. Markstromm was either really good or really lucky. I'm going to optimistically say he just had a good game and he's got some more in him. We're only short two starters now. So this is what happens when we play a bottom dwelling team when they have a bad game and almost everything goes our way. My initial reaction was to jump off my couch and shout "THE CUP IS OURS" at the top of my lungs, but now that I've had a few rum and cokes, reality is setting in and I realise that, while Bo, Brock and Petey are a great start to our new core, we're probably not cup contenders quite yet. If we look at the pre-season predictions many of us were making, the script is being followed pretty accurately. Strong out of the gate, winning early when healthy, but dropping a lot in the standings when injuries pile up. Sure, this was a lot of injuries even for the Canucks, but for whatever reason, this is the way things go in Vancouver. I think we'll probably miss the playoffs (7-3 odds imho) but not by a lot. If that happened and we won in the draft lottery, it might be time to start gathering up supplies for the parade. Until then, I'll enjoy every game like this we are blessed with. In Petey we trust. I honestly can't do this....not be excited because someone's waiting in the wings to do an "aha, see??? proven wrong" at the end of it all. I don't care about that. I watch hockey TO be excited and entertained...on a game by game basis. And, for as many we've had to walk away with a loss because that shot by Brock hit a crossbar rather than going in, I'm going to celebrate the ones that we do (for whatever reason) win. This was a great performance and if you take away anything other than that, you may be doing it wrong. Analyzing rather than celebrating seems a little pointless to me. Sure, we likely will finish around the middle. But I am seeing a team that's starting to really gel and have some fun. I'm joining in with that, rather than waiting for the other shoe to drop. It seems some would rather hold their breath because it won't last. It's suffocating. I like the breath of fresh air that this team is when they win (and even, for me, when they lose). Also: it's Markstrom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drakrami Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 14 minutes ago, billabong said: Always nice to watch your team get all the bounces around the net blues have some good players but none push the pace. They are the 2014 version of the Canucks. old, slow and resisting the inevitable rebuild. They could turn that team around so fast with the haul they could get for pietrangelo, Tarasenko, oreilly, schenn, parayko or edmundson. They would easily get a 1st rounder for each of those guys +++ whatever else how are the blues old... tarasenko is 26, newly added schenn is 27, newly added o reilly is 27, parayako is 25, pietrangelo is 28. people on here just post without using their brain most of the time, seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BertaNuck Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 What the hell kind of game did I miss. Damn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BertaNuck Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Where do you think Peterson horvat boeser go in there draft years if they were to be re done now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duodenum Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Big boys cleaned house today, loved Leivo's net front presence, hopefully he can be an answer to the left wing position next to Pettersson. Granlund brutal on the pk again but, luckily, Blues didn't score on his screw ups. Get him out of there. Signing a winger for Horvat should be a priority in the offseason. If we can get Mark Stone that would be amazing but a huge long shot and expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Just now, Duodenum said: Big boys cleaned house today, loved Leivo's net front presence, hopefully he can be an answer to the left wing position next to Pettersson. Granlund brutal on the pk again but, luckily, Blues didn't score on his screw ups. Get him out of there. Signing a winger for Horvat should be a priority in the offseason. If we can get Mark Stone that would be amazing but a huge long shot and expensive. Love Stone, but we have Jake, so don’t need Stone. Rather we get EK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duodenum Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 1 minute ago, Alflives said: Love Stone, but we have Jake, so don’t need Stone. Rather we get EK. Stone plays right wing. Virtanen is probably best suited long term on the left wing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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