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    [GDT/PGT] Vancouver Canucks @ Winnipeg Jets l May 11, 5 p.m. l SNP

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    54 minutes ago, Devron44 said:

    People make it sound like it’s only the Canucks that keep trying to win when they are out of the playoffs. All teams are trying to win. It would be bad form not to. Every bottom feeder has strung some wins together here. 

    We are not special 

    there's a whole lot of young players, bottom 6 journeymen, and backup goalies who are playing for jobs

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    [GDT/PGT] Vancouver Canucks @ Winnipeg Jets l May 10, 5 p.m. l SNP

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    32 minutes ago, wallstreetamigo said:

    It seems interesting to me that the team looks much better now that some young guys are in the lineup.

     

    Next game I want to see:

     

    Hoglander-Miller-Boeser

    Pearson-Horvat-Gadjovich

    MacEwan-Graovac-Lind

    Highmore-Boyd-Hawryluk

     

    Hughes-Hamonic

    Juolevi-Schmidt

    Rathbone-Myers

     

    I mean, why not.

    Doesn't surprise me.   Back when we had the regular lineup in Jan-Feb i couldn't believe how everyone but Ottawa made us look so slow

    [GDT/PGT] Vancouver Canucks @ Edmonton Oilers l May 6, 6 p.m. l SNP | ROAD TO 100 EDITION

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    2 minutes ago, IBatch said:

     Yes the game has changed.  Yes McDavid and Mathews are the current Mario and Brett Hull.   Leagues got 31 teams soon 32.  Not 21.  Not 16 and certainly not 6.   It's diluted talent.   Half the guys in today's game wouldn't play in the 70's.   And like i've already said, so many times, it's very simple to go back era to era just by how the guys in their 30-35 range played against the crop of new stars in their 20-25 range. 

    Completely disagree.   In the 70's the league had a very small pool of players to pull from compared to amount of countries that have become regular contributors due to how the sport has grown globally.   The 70's guys were smoking during intermission... there's no way most of them could keep up with the way today's players (from so many countries) are developed and train from teens up.  Training camp used to be for getting in shape, now if you're not in peak shape when it starts you're cut.

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    [GDT/PGT] Vancouver Canucks @ Edmonton Oilers l May 6, 6 p.m. l SNP | ROAD TO 100 EDITION

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    5 minutes ago, VancouverHabitant said:

    That's true, people overestimate the importance of sports athletes. 

    Unique situation though...  people have been dealing with a lot of mental stress in their own circumstances and losses over the last 14 months (i've worked from home for over a year while my wife has been overworked as part of our public health unit).  Everyone is simply coping with isolation through all of these lockdowns.  There's a reason why mental health is being stressed all over the place (and rightly so).  This is taxing and outlets/entertainment/distractions are necessary.

     

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    [GDT/PGT] Vancouver Canucks @ Edmonton Oilers l May 6, 6 p.m. l SNP | ROAD TO 100 EDITION

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    2 minutes ago, Devron44 said:

    Wanna see a Lind goal now. And see Gadj. Horvat is due, could still get 20.

     

    Like to see Demko end the season with confidence. 
     

    Yeah a couple more wins would be nice 

    Yeah i don't get the folks complaining about this win.   Just think of what losing out for the rest of the year would have done to the team's confidence.  They're overcoming a huge obstacle, missing key players, battling for each other, integrating youth, and showing some really good signs (just not complete 60 games yet but i feel like those are coming).

     

    I thought it said a lot when i saw how Holtby hugged Rathbone afterwards.  There's been a lot of turnover this year and the deadline guys and the new guys are starting to gel and build chemistry.

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    [GDT/PGT] Vancouver Canucks @ Toronto Maple Leafs l April 29, 4:30 p.m. l SNP

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    8 minutes ago, wallstreetamigo said:

    Ya i actually said last night i figured he would have fought Simmonds after and tuned a weaker Leafs player as retribution.

     

    I stand corrected. And disappointed tbh.

     

    I think Bieksa is realizing that his path to moving up the media ladder hinges on developing an ability to absolve Leaf players of any responsibility. I have heard him say before that tough guys should not go after weaker guys but take on the other teams tough guys to settle "the code". 

     

    Just gotta try to figure out which version of Bieksa to believe i guess.

    I agree with this as i've heard over and over again over the years that it's classless for tough guys/fighters to go after guys that don't fight.

     

    Reminds me though how disappointing it was that Matt Cooke was the guy that challenged Moore for the Naslund hit.   Not one of our tough guys yet Moore still got credit for answering the bell and the media thought that it should've been settled with that.

     

    Was Bieksa asked about the suspension being punishment enough ?

     

     

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    [GDT/PGT] Vancouver Canucks @ Toronto Maple Leafs l April 29, 4:30 p.m. l SNP

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    6 minutes ago, lmm said:

    speaking of Hoglander

    he could have stopped the Mathews goal if he tried backcheckng

    Looks like he has been playing with Miller too long

     

    Speaking of Miller, did anyone check to make sure that wasn't Jimmy Vesey wearing old number 9?

     

    6 minutes ago, lmm said:

    speaking of Hoglander

    he could have stopped the Mathews goal if he tried backcheckng

    Looks like he has been playing with Miller too long

     

    Speaking of Miller, did anyone check to make sure that wasn't Jimmy Vesey wearing old number 9?

    JT is definitely not looking right since the break.   Terrible decisions (not just by him either)

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