NO! Not until all communications in the chain of command which is necessary from top to bottom has been established.
Right down to the Captan and his mates.
Well it’s really good for his confidence and finally! I mean everyone is clicking on this team now.
And in spectacular fashion, he does a Forsberg to win the game with a goal in a shootout. Third time’s the charm.
I saw the same face that I saw when he scored his first goal as a Canuck. That of a happy, confident and impressive young man.
Something happened to that room. Even Miller has as much intensity but looks less angry and more determined.
“Play like the player you think you are”
- Bruce Boudreau
Basic fact is, Rutherford is in the room.
Like in television writing rooms where you’re “in the room”, you are surrounded by the regulars who “are” the room.
As far as hockey men go, Rutherford is in the room.
I know all of this doesn’t look good… but when is the last time the Canucks outworked a team leaving two opposition players bent down in pain in front of their own goaltender?