Schmautzie

Was just going to say that. Wouldn’t mind seeing Juolevi for a game or two.

I’d like to see Hogz and Hughes play as forwards together in O/T with Schmidt on defence.

I’m guessing Green is hesitant to put Hogz out there because he’s worried about him knowing his defensive responsibilities. Green seems to only trust his vets.

Canucks do this ALL THE TIME. Drives me crazy.

Great backcheck by Vesey. Like that line.

Lost both faceoffs on that PK and the puck never left the zone.

Hopefully we keep up the forechecking and don’t just go into a defensive shell.

This is the best Roussel has looked all season.

Motte and Hawryluk are great together. Real pains to play against.

We must lead the league in American players now no?

If Montreal had scored on half their great chances off of giveaways this game would be over already. Why do the Canucks insist on turning back into their own end and trying to skate through the forecheckers from behind their own net? It inevitably leads to turnovers and high danger scoring chances. I can’t believe this is what the coaches want but it’s what happens every game.

Anyone else being driven crazy by the Canucks play in their own zone? Successful teams make quick zone exits when they gain possession. The Canucks more often then not skate themselves into trouble, get outnumbered and lose the puck leading to scoring chances against. The entire defence corps do this routinely. Even the forwards often turn back at their own blue line and skate into danger. And don’t get me started on the blind back passes in front of their own net. It may be our team is just too slow and gets forechecked too easily. If it’s the system though coaching changes need to be made. Happy to see them win again but Demko can’t be depended on to stand on his head every game.

Loved the effort after the no-show last game against the Habs. And I think we need to re-sign Alex Edler after the expansion draft.

All Canuck home games used to start at 8:00 in the 1970’s.

So apparently Pettersson was the problem!

More Kudos to Craig Button for his Brayden Point ranking that year. He had him rated as the 17th overall pick while most others had him much lower. He ended up going 79th overall. Maybe Button should be considered to replace Judd Brackett.

Actually Craig Button did. He didn’t have Virtanen as a first round pick in that draft. I’ve had respect for Button’s opinions ever since.

I was really hoping that the Canucks would choose Ehlers in that draft and said so on this board at the time. He was a +65 in his last year of junior which was by far the best in his draft class. I’m sure that Virtanen was picked because he was a local kid with size. Ehlers was rated much higher on almost all prospect lists. Watch Ehlers in tomorrow’s game and try and picture him in our top six.

Would anyone consider a Virtanen and Jack Rathbone trade to Anaheim for Trevor Zegras? Would Anaheim?

Linesman missed an offside call on the Oilers seconds before the Roussel penalty.

Except Benning added Holtby at the same salary Toffoli signed for. Who would you rather have on the team now ?

Anyone seen Gerard Gallant in town this week?

Been watching this team for 51 years now and I have to agree. I can’t remember ever being this embarrassed to be a Canuck fan.

Mike Gillis and Gerard Gallant for next game?

Not to nitpick because I agree with much of your post but Boeser was not picked instead of Pasternak as they were in different draft years. The Canucks actually passed over Pasternak twice in 2014, choosing both Virtanen and McCann over him in the first round.