NHTyrany

I can stomach a loss to Calgary but what the fans are seeing from the Nucks on home ice is unacceptable, even Bo and Miller agree. Problem is, JB built a soft team and Horvat is making it even softer despite his size, despite being the captain.

We are seeing the result of Ten years of retooling without a proper rebuild that includes being in the basement for a while and stock piling. The owners never wanted a full rebuild because of the bottom line. Now it's coming back to haunt them and will be even more detrimental to the bottom line. I fear we are turning into Toronto. The Devils have a much brighter future than what I envision for the Nucks over the next 5 years. This will be a long painful road back to contention. Hope JR lives until he's 100. No more short cuts please.

Nucks management has never been strategic with draft position. Have cared more about useless road wins when out of the play-offs to pad the W stats. Kept riding Hank and Dank to move up in draft position, lol. Perhaps the new crew will be better.

i'm tired of your words Bo. Show us you have the quality to be a captain on the ice. You are playing soft for your size and skill set. The Motto line is the only line with heart.

Just way too soft at home. Familiar refrain for this team. Home record is pathetic.

Who plays softer?

Yes, the Lames should go further than the Laffs, unless one of their goalies actually steps up and starts playing elite. I still hold out hope that the Nucks will meet the Lames in the play-offs, although Thursday's performance took most of the wind from my sails. Here's hoping Horvat and Brock start using their weight to throw some hits. Enough of this soft hockey. GCG.

2 - 1 Nucks Miller

IDK, I saw many fly-by's. The Nucks don't intimidate anyone this year, especially at home. Need a couple nasty and big forwards for the top 9.

I think you are confused. The Wings out hit the nucks 25 to 18. So much for a hard to play against home identity. They did get many shots though from outside the slot.

A few hits and showing the crowd you care would help. The team was out hit by Detroit by a wide margin. Need a new identity. This being soft at home to play against is pathetic. Nucks' home record sucks. Players too busy worrying about their lifestyle such as hair appointments or some other crap, not focussing on the game or making play-offs. OK, time to time-out for a bit, I'm rattled by the performance. I can only imagine what BB is thinking.

Nice way to show some home ice identity Nucks. Miller had the most hits at 3... Where was everyone else? I guess dreaming about a tea party tomorrow. That was beyond embarrassing. The Nucks poor home record has everything to do with being a soft team. Let's makes some moves if we can for more grit and heart.

We need to do something with Brock, he is not contributing in way measurable way. Slow, inaccurate shooting, soft, and good to look at.

No words to explain this.

4 - 2 Nucks Garland

A great win and yet, I still think Brock needs to up his game. If you're not getting scoring chances, at least throw the odd hit... GCG

The Nucks still don't have any answer to big hitting teams. That's their sad identity. That first period was played perfectly by Tampa. Hit hard and play hard and you will rattle the soft Nucks. With no identity at home and no bad ass bruisers, the Nucks let the other team control the rough play, hence the first period. Because teams can't keep such a pace for the full 60, the Nucks try to come back with finesse goals. Almost worked tonight but it's a losing play-off strategy. If we make any moves, let's get tougher.

out of town score board looking great. let's stop dwelling on the past and focus on the present. this will be a huge win for the nucks. GCG

4 - 2 Nucks Miller

Yup, often teams need to find a way despite the reffs. This was one of those games where puck luck and officiating were against the Nucks, but they still found a way to earn a point. A little more truculence and this team will surprise in the post season. Game management sucks but it's here to stay and some markets benefit more than others. That's Bettman's way.

Don't waste your time with reason. Alf is baiting CDC, must be an attention thing.

And more push back from the forwards too. I'd like to see a little less finesse and more North/South crease crashing grit. Washington's big boys rattled the Nucks from puck drop until the mid way through the 3rd and we had little answer. If Brock doesn't want to use his big body to check, I say let's upgrade on the size and speed chart--if we can. Anyway, it was a fun yet frustrating game to watch. Meaningful games in March is awesome. GCG

Boys need to be able to respond to the rough aggressive play at puck drop. Great third period but they were rattled for the first half of the game. Need more like Schene. Perhaps a big fast guy to replace Brock. Or at least give Brock a chance, "start hitting or see ya later". The point was huge, keep it going and frak the reffs, they were biased in favor of Washington and OV was a whinny biotch.

don't they need to pass Edmonton first?

that's a great idea, it's friday night and the nucks are playing...