eagleeyedak

Anyone remember the last shot we had in the high slot, period?

Fortunately, this PP is as bad, if not worse than ours...

Unfreakingreal

Canucks 3-1 Daniel Garrison Kesler

Well, CAPGEEK says we estimate having nearly $6mil in annual average cap room available at the Trade Deadline. So, Tanev, alone, would be more than compliant. Still, Higgins would make sense, aside from his NTC and resigning last spring, from the standpoint of sending a potential Top6/definite Top9 over to replace RoR. For us, Higgins drops to 3rd line duties, pray God if RoR came over, making him relatively expendable...both left sticks, too...

Higgins? Tanev, Higgins and a middling pick?

More I think about it...more it'd have to be Tanev. RFA for RFA. It'd take Tanev, a body and a high pick.

Any chance they'd take Hansen, Corrado and a pick? I just don't see MG moving Edler in this sort of deal, considering the risk of resigning and what he presumably turned down from DET last summer.

Paul Devorski should lose his playoff call this season for his lack of professionalism these two games...plain and simple...embarassing.

About to get Devorski'd one last time...

Least Mode

That moment summed up Corey Perry perfectly...what a p*ss...

Goodness....David Booth has been our best player tonight, by far... Go to the net...look for a rebound...its so fracking simple sometimes...yet, we hardly ever do it...

Devorski'd .... again .... what a pro

Hansen needs a night in the Pressbox...well, most of the guys do, but someone is going to sit tomorrow and he's as good a candidate as any.

This is amazing....

Devorski'd...again... Henrik run from behind without the puck...no call...

Wow....Hansen....can't believe Torts will think much of that when he sees the film...

Not that this will surprise anyone here, but Garry may have (finaly) found Torts' Doghouse ...3:04 of ice time in the period, the least of all D....

Step down from the ledge...harsh result being down 2 right now...we deserve better, and we'll get a break here...

Take it one step further, I don't think its that we "can't", its more of a mindset of not taking risks with the puck in the offensive zone. A significant number of "dangerous" chances come in the slot from a relatively low-percentage pass. Case in point...Daniel drove the zone from the left side with about 8:00 left, and had a chance to drop pass/center...*if* someone is driving net from behind, it may have created such a chance...but, Daniel wouldn't do it...he took the puck below the goalline, then tried to spin and find a "high percentage" chance to create. But, they just aren't there in this league nowadays. In contrast, the Ducks (and the Kings are really good at this), just center the puck at will, "hoping" someone will be following the play from behind into the slot and be there for the chance. This is coaching. In particular, the Sedins neutralize themselves trying to make the A+++ pass right now instead of finding the open space, putting the puck there and hoping someone fills in from the point. Seen some hopeful signs that we're getting out of it. The first series after the 9 min PP at Staples we were doing this (and hit a post). Kesler has had two chances tonight moving toward the slot. But, we need more of it.

We don't drive the net, and center the puck enough...Kesler had the once chance...otherwise, all of our shots come from angles and at distance...

Brutal being down 2-0 the period we've played...

Man...perhaps they did give David Booth the "last chance" speech...

Well, at least we have a chance with the other ref on the ice....