cowboy644

Jesus this reminds me of the last 5 seasons.Run around hemmed in their own end,bank it off the glass,a bit of running around in the o zone and back in their end again.Don't get me started on Virtanen on the first line.

Frikin winner winner chicken dinner.Camman.Were all watching like this.

Bo Horvat is where the powerplay is going to die.Besides winning faceoffs this dude is doing nothing.

Hey.Ill tell you what.Lets put Leivo out again to do diddley except be out for another goal.He just keeps grinding pucks behind the net and giving it up.Greene needs to shake up his lines a little.

All the western sportnet channels are not available for some strange reason

Why are the stars on this team passing off when they should shoot.Horvat dead center of the net and passes it off.No shot.Petterson is guilty too.

You guys in Vancouver are lucky.I pay for center ice here in Calgary and the only feed we got was Sportsnet Ontario.Millen is doing color.I think he has the tape to mark out the parade.

I think Bo needs to sit a game.I am hoping his ineptitude 5 on 5 or killing penalties is due to his being overplayed.

What,7 shots in 2 periods.This game reminds me of the last 5 years.All the play was right against the boards.Bumped and turn it over.Petey and Boeser were god awful all night.The D held the puck like it was their newborn all night.Dump and chase was dump and turn over for all 60 minutes.I'm not holding hope as each game comes along this road trip.

Take out the powerplays do the canucks even have 10 shots 5 on 5.

Old Petey boy needs to get his head out of his colon and shoot more and get in front of the damn net more.He reminds of the perimeter twins at the end.

If I was Aqualini I would have lined up Benning, Weisbrod and the entire coaching staff and told them if this team does not have a .550 winning percentage as of December 31st then the firings start with Jim followed by all coaches.

Where the hell is our is our first line.Maybr]e the idiot coach should reuinite miller with petey and boeser.

Yay.Have him in my pool, 8 points just for a hat trick.11 points going into the 3rd.

Jeezus Edler is crap tonightt

Looks like the same hockey as last year.15 seconds in the o zone and out.Defense just banging the puck out.Canuck players holding the puck way to long.This team gets buried this month in the standings and the coaching should get a looking at.Also putting Leivo on the top line is hurting not helping.I think Petey is not happy.

1st line with its collective heads up their backside

For now this is not a trade Jake for who ever discussion.I could probably have titled it "What happens if Ferland doesn't become a top 6 player?" discussion as well.Lets start with the assumption neither Ferland or Jake just don't gel on the second line and and Pearson and Bo are fixtures there.Bo sure as hell doesn't deserve the throw every one at his line and see who sticks.It is paramount to find a permanent winger for him.Lets say Jake is playing decent like he is on the third line but Greene still doesn't want him on the second line and Roussel comes back.Roussel is great on the third line and to damn good for the fourth.It will be toward the Christmas break when Roussel comes back according to his timeline.There will be teams by this point that know what they have and what would improve their team.Do the Canucks try and trade Jake and maybe package him with maybe a Goldobin .I think they hold on to Baertchi for injury call up.I know there's concerns on this site that Jake could go to another team and kill it but that may be the risk the Canucks have to take to solidify the 2nd line.Bo deserves it and for this team to take another step it may become necessary.

I think this season I would rather not post and rant because at this point we can all just copy and paste everything that pi**ed us off last year about the team and coaching staff and save the typing,I'm going to just put down a stat.If this team's winning percentage is below .550 by Christmas then Benning should be out of a job.He doesn't get a whole season.A new Gm would see exactly what this coaching staff is and will remove them to get a new coaching system in place to start his systems.All things being equal the team would miss the playoffs and get a good draft pick in a strong draft year.Maybe a pipe dream but an empty arena this year and the structure of Bennings contract tells me Aqualini is giving this group a short leash this year.Hopefully Christmas.

Green and his bloody line matching is absolutely ridiculous.His 1980's mentality makes me cringe.This loss falls to him.Add to that Gaudette would have not sat on the bench like Jake.

Well lookie lookie lookie.Same crap as last year.D just throwing the puck up the boards selling out the forwards.The team playing the whole period 3 feet from the boardsTthe oilers moving the puck out into the scoring areas.Gotta love the coaching style still being employed.Is Boeser playing?

I think it behooves Vancouver to develope Demko this year to take over..Wouldn't the optimum to be have Demko ready to be the starter when Markstrom becomes a UFA after this year.Whats the point of re-signing Marky if the risk is having Seattle take him the next season in the expansion draft.The optimum would be that Demko takes over and the Canucks sign a backup next summer for 1 to 2 seasons depending on where Depietro is in h[s devolopement.Also if Markstrom still has a strong season even with less games played he would be a hell of a trade chip at the deadline.

If the defense improves its play by 20 percent and Markstrom still working with Clark I can see his save percentage going up by quite a few points.If Demko is rolled in 1 out of every 4 games and plays well then Marky could be traded out for the lost first rounder.A proven quality starting goalie has significant value by January for a desperate team.Definitely by the trade deadline.

The Canucks may not get out from under the recapture but would it hurt to go the league and see if they can spread it out over 5 years instead of 3.It will clear up a million a year and when the cap goes up it will be less of a penalty.Helps the Canucks and lets the league save face by applying the penalty and allowing some help to a team that should not even have been penalized in the first place.

I don't think Virtanen will be that power forward everyone believes. He lacks the one thing guys like Bertuzzi and Tkachuk have.They are mean and nasty.They don't give a eff about their apponent.They would or will put you thru the boards into the first row just to get the puck.They succeded or succeed through sheer intimidation and truculence.Jake is not nor will ever be that guy.It is something that you bring to the league.It's in your DNA and it's in your character.It can't be taught or learned.Please stop thinking Jake is basically anymore than he is.He really hasn't changed since he came to the league.If he becomes a consistant 20 goal guy then be happy with that.