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  1. Looking back, I think perhaps he was overwhelmed in the bubble playoffs by Vegas' hard-hitting attack by the forwards. He retreated into some kind of frozen turtle-shell thing, trying to hold onto a zero goal lead or something, you tell me, what was that? After that, he hasn't had the confidence that BB just shucks off his shoulders with zero hesitations.
  2. Wouldn't he be the first Sutter of his generation though? Benning thought or at least said, he was foundational, and part of that may have been family, idk. Uncle (I think) Sutter now boss in Cowtown; JR to decide if he wants a Sutter in the fold.
  3. If he'd bought a house with his first contract, he'd have nothing to worry about as far as housing costs go. It is a sad tale; I loved the guy.
  4. Yeah, its par for the course; rem the moaning for every single borderline player we moved on from. It goes way back but there was Shinkaruk, Hutton, Del Zotto, just off the top of my head.
  5. From the NHL Canucks website: GAME DAY | Canucks vs. Hurricanes Presented by Bud Light Seltzer by Canucks Communication @Canucks / Vancouver Canucks 7:15 AM CANUCKS VS HURRICANES PREVIEW TV: Sportsnet Pacific Radio: SN650 MATCH-UP INFO Tonight marks the first of two meetings between the Canucks and Hurricanes this season: Dec. 12 (home), Jan. 15 (road). Vancouver is 5-4-1 in their last 10 games vs Carolina (1-3-1 in their last 5). The Canucks have a 38-29-11-1 all-time record in 79 games against the Hurricanes. Vancouver holds a 23-11-6-0 record at home against Carolina. Among active Canucks skaters J.T. Miller leads the team in career points vs Carolina with 12 points (4-8-12) in 21 games. Thatcher Demko has faced the Hurricanes once in his career (0-0-1), posting a .906 SV% and a 2.77 GAA. Jaroslav Halak has faced the Hurricanes 14 times in his career (6-6-1), owning a .921 SV% and a 2.61 GAA. QUICK NUMBERS Brock Boeser has five points (2-3-5) in his last seven games. Bo Horvat has five points (1-4-5) in his last six games. J.T. Miller has eight points (2-6-8) in his last six games. Quinn Hughes has eight points (0-8-8) in his last eight games. Conor Garland has eight points (6-2-8) in his last 12 games. Thatcher Demko has posted a .939 SV% and 1.99 GAA in his last 10 games (6-4-0). LAST MEETING - FEB. 2/20: VAN 3 at CAR 4 (SO) Elias Pettersson notched his team-leading 22nd goal of the season at 4:25 in the first period, assisted by Chris Tanev and Quinn Hughes...Tyler Myers tied the game at 14:12 in the second period, assisted by Brandon Sutter and Oscar Fantenberg...Elias Pettersson added his second goal of the game at 9:06 in the third period to force overtime...J.T. Miller and Oscar Fantenberg recorded the assists...Elias Pettersson led the team in shots (6) and scored a shootout goal...Quinn Hughes led the team in TOI (24:40)...Bo Horvat won 12 face-offs...Thatcher Demko faced 32 shots. LAST GAME PLAYED - DEC. 10/21: VAN 4 vs WPG 3 (SO) Nils Höglander opened the scoring at 6:29 in the first period, assisted by Bo Horvat and Quinn Hughes...He then added his second goal of the game at 19:40 in the first period, with Bo Horvat collecting his second assist of the night...Conor Garland restored Vancouver's lead at 7:06 in the second period, tying J.T. Miller for the team-lead in goals...J.T. Miller assisted on the play...Elias Pettersson scored the lone shootout goal to give Vancouver a season- high three-game win streak...Each Cancuks skater registered at least one shot on goal...Quinn Hughes led all skaters in TOI (26:34)...Luke Schenn registered five hits...Thatcher Demko made 34 saves and denied three shootout shots faced. RECENT TRANSACTIONS • Noah Juulsen recalled from Abbotsford, Dec. 9 • Travis Hamonic placed on injured reserve, Dec. 9 SHOOUTOUT SPECIALIST Netting the game-deciding goal in the shootout on Dec. 10 vs WPG, Elias Pettersson now has nine career shootout goals on 22 attempts, which is third-most in club history behind Alex Burrows (16) and Ryan Kesler (11). His shootout shooting percentage (40.9%) also ranks second in team history (min. 15 shots), behind only Kyle Wellwood (43.8%). BRUCE ALMIGHTY Joining the Canucks as the 20th Head Coach in franchise history on Dec. 5, Bruce Boudreau became just the second coach in team history to start his Canucks tenure with a 3-0-0 record following a 4-3 shootout win on Dec. 10 vs WPG, joining Willie Desjardins (2014.15). On Dec. 8 vs BOS, Boudreau set a personal record when he started 2-0-0 with a team for the first time in his coaching career. BROCK STAR Brock Boeser collected his 13th career game-winning goal on Dec. 6, tying him behind 5 other notable names for most franchise GWG: Tony Tanti (26), Pavel Bure (26), Trevor Linden (22), Patrik Sundstrom (14), and Bo Horvat (14). MULTI-POINT MILLER Recording three points (1-2-3) during a 6-2 win on Dec. 1 at OTT, J.T. Miller registered his team-leading 10th three-point effort since 2019.20, in which the Canucks are 8-1-1. QUINN'S CAREER NIGHT Quinn Hughes collected a career-high in points (4) and assists (4) on Dec. 1 at OTT, becoming just the fifth defenceman in franchise history to record four assists in a game, and the first since Jeff Brown (0-5-5) on Feb. 20/95. Hughes now ranks t-6th all time among NHL defencemen for most games (8) with three or more assists before the age of 23. HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS The Canucks play their fifth of 10 home games in December on Sunday when they host the Hurricanes, matching a franchise record for most home games played in the month of December (2017, 2019). ONE HUNDRED HELPERS Assisting on Elias Pettersson's power play goal on Nov. 29 at MTL, Quinn Hughes recorded his 100th career assist in his 151st career game, tying Brian Leetch for sixth-fewest games required by a defenceman to reach the milestone in NHL history. He also became the second-fastest Canuck of any position to reach 100 assists, behind only Barry Pederson (147 GP). AT FACE VALUE Bo Horvat leads all NHL skaters in face-offs taken (683), face-off wins (387) and even strength face-off wins (289) so far this season. Among centremen with at least 300 face-offs taken, Horvat's face-off percentage (56.7%) ranks t-9th League-wide. RECENT CANUCKS MILESTONES Quinn Hughes recorded his 100th career assist, Nov. 29 at MTL Kyle Burroughs scored his 1st career NHL goal, Nov. 19 vs WPG Juho Lammikko appeared in his 100th career game, Nov. 14 @ ANA
  6. CANUCKS SET TO RIDE WAVE OF CHANGE SURFING THROUGH THEIR TUNNEL OF PREVIOUS PITFALLS COMING OUT THE OTHER SIDE ON TOP OF THE HURRICANES THAT JUST PETERED OUT TRYING TO GET OVER THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. These Canes are ripe for th' pick'n. Long road trip, 3 games in 4 nights, hopefully overconfident (after beating our divisional rivals, thank you very much). They are not ready for These Nux who are renewed, and refusing to lose to anyone; they see the Light at the end of the tunnel and are racing towards that Light. Like Bruce Lee tasting his own blood, this team has tasted success, and will stop at nothing to Drink From The Cup! News from the future: Cap Bo caps an Aho! Petey breaks KK's ankles (and eats them raw, because, as we all know by now, revenge is best eaten cold). Miller buries a hatful of those 96 mph slappers to lead the team to Victory in Vancouver with 3 goals and 1 assist. Gar takes bait and beats some big goof to a slobbering mess, draws the penalty, and comes out of the box to score the sickest goal ever. Pod has new-found love for this team, continues his fine play, and is rewarded with 2 apples and a ripper top corner. 'Nuff of that, here're the lineups (even if dated): The GOOD: Last update: December 10, 2021 @ 1:35 PM Source: Brendan Batchelor LW C RW JASON DICKINSON BO HORVAT NILS HOGLANDER TANNER PEARSON J.T. MILLER BROCK BOESER VASILY PODKOLZIN ELIAS PETTERSSON CONOR GARLAND TYLER MOTTE JUHO LAMMIKKO ALEX CHIASSON DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS QUINN HUGHES LUKE SCHENN TUCKER POOLMAN TYLER MYERS BRAD HUNT KYLE BURROUGHS 1ST POWERPLAY UNIT ALEX CHIASSON VASILY PODKOLZIN ELIAS PETTERSSON CONOR GARLAND QUINN HUGHES 2ND POWERPLAY UNIT TANNER PEARSON BROCK BOESER J.T. MILLER BO HORVAT BRAD HUNT 1ST PENALTY KILL UNIT BO HORVAT JASON DICKINSON LUKE SCHENN TYLER MYERS 2ND PENALTY KILL UNIT J.T. MILLER TYLER MOTTE QUINN HUGHES TUCKER POOLMAN GOALIES THATCHER DEMKO JAROSLAV HALAK INJURIES IR BRANDON SUTTER IR MATTHEW HIGHMORE IR TRAVIS HAMONIC DTD OLIVER EKMAN-LARSSON Badges explained: ⚠ : Game-time Decision IR : Injured Reserve list DTD : Day-to-Day OUT : Out The BAD: Last update: December 11, 2021 @ 2:29 PM Source: Natural Stat Trick LW C RW NINO NIEDERREITER SEBASTIAN AHO TEUVO TERAVAINEN ANDREI SVECHNIKOV JORDAN STAAL JESPER FAST SETH JARVIS VINCENT TROCHECK MARTIN NECAS DEREK STEPAN JESPERI KOTKANIEMI STEVEN LORENTZ DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS JACCOB SLAVIN IAN COLE BRADY SKJEI JALEN CHATFIELD BRENDAN SMITH ⚠ ETHAN BEAR 1ST POWERPLAY UNIT VINCENT TROCHECK SEBASTIAN AHO ANDREI SVECHNIKOV JACCOB SLAVIN TEUVO TERAVAINEN 2ND POWERPLAY UNIT NINO NIEDERREITER JORDAN STAAL SETH JARVIS ⚠ ETHAN BEAR MARTIN NECAS 1ST PENALTY KILL UNIT JORDAN STAAL VINCENT TROCHECK BRENDAN SMITH JACCOB SLAVIN 2ND PENALTY KILL UNIT SEBASTIAN AHO TEUVO TERAVAINEN BRADY SKJEI IAN COLE GOALIES FREDERIK ANDERSEN ANTTI RAANTA INJURIES IR JAKE GARDINER IR TONY DEANGELO IR BRETT PESCE DTD JORDAN MARTINOOK Badges explained: ⚠ : Game-time Decision IR : Injured Reserve list DTD : Day-to-Day OUT : Out Here's the early morning action talk from Vegas, if interested: NHL Odds, Preview, Prediction: Hurricanes vs. Canucks (Dec. 12) NHL Credit: Jeff Vinnick/NHLI via Getty Images. Pictured: Elias Pettersson. Nicholas Martin Updated: Dec 11, 2021, 08:35 PM EST Download App Hurricanes vs. Canucks Odds Hurricanes Odds -130 Canucks Odds +110 Over/Under 5.5 Time 10 p.m. ET TV ESPN+ Odds via DraftKings. Get up-to-the-minute NHL Odds here. The Vancouver Canucks continue their home stand Sunday night as they play host to a strong Carolina Hurricanes group, looking to move their record to 4-0 under new head coach Bruce Boudreau. Carolina will skate Saturday night in Edmonton with the chance to move back into first place atop the Metropolitan Division. It will therefore be grinding through a third game in four nights in Vancouver, almost certainly skating with backup goaltender Antti Raanta in. Can Vancouver take advantage of a favorable scheduling spot against an elite Hurricanes group here? Canucks Continue Strong Play Under Boudreau The addition of Bruce Boudreau has paid immediate dividends for the Canucks, and the energy around the team seems to be growing with each outing so far this week. Their 3-0 record has come with some good luck, as the Bruins and Jets shootout wins certainly could’ve gone either way, and a 50.16 xGF% over the three wins also comments towards the closeness of the games. But you can certainly feel that the team expects to win right now. The Canucks are playing with an aggressive mentality, looking to take the play to the opposition, compared to the attitude at the end of Travis Green’s tenure which clearly had the feel that the team was always playing simply not to lose. A 2.70 xGF/60 and 2.69 xGA/60 over that small sample indicates that as expected, the team is playing a more up-tempo style than we saw under Green. The talent is there upfront, even though several key pieces like Elias Pettersson and Brock Boeser have notably underperformed so far this season. I believe Vasily Podkolzin and Nils Hoglander both still figure to be strong offensive forces in the NHL sooner rather than later. However, to expect several of those skilled forwards to continue to show better under Boudreau, who is well known for his offensive attention to detail and ability to squeeze production from his stars, would be very reasonable, and I feel that all four players have shown notably better this week. Thatcher Demko will likely be given a chance to continue his dominant run of play, and altogether this season he now holds a .915 save percentage and a +4.3 goals saved above expected (GSAx) rating. OWNLOAD NOW Hurricanes In Tough Scheduling Spot There isn’t a lot to go dig into with regards to the Carolina Hurricanes roster here, and much of my belief towards this game centers around the scheduling spot they will be in, playing short some key pieces on the back end. Carolina is undoubtedly one of the league’s deeper lineups, holding a ton of depth on the backend and some serious scoring punch behind two of the league’s top talents in Sebastien Aho and Andrei Svechnikov. The Hurricanes currently sit ranked ninth in goals for per game, but I believe the talent littered among this core will allow them to push towards an even greater output as the season rolls along. A top-ranked 3.44 xGF/60 over their last eight games suggests as such. Backup Antti Raanta will draw the start here for Coach Rod Brind’Amour, and he has posted solid numbers with a .904 save percentage and a +1.4 GSAx rating across seven games this season. Canucks vs. Hurricanes Pick The Canucks’ data under former coach Travis Green is obviously significantly less relevant now, and I believe that under Boudreau we will see the Canucks continue to play more of an up-tempo style, allowing several of the club’s skilled forwards more of a chance to shine. We should see a notable increase in Vancouver’s goals for per game rate as the season rolls along, and I think it has a better chance than it may normally have against Carolina to fill the cage here. The Canucks are catching the Canes without their star netminder in Frederik Andersen, playing in a back-to-back situation and third contest in four nights, and without two excellent defenders in Brett Pesce and Tony DeAngelo. Carolina is undoubtedly a more talented team altogether, but Vancouver could be catching it at a good time among its recent surge and in a great scheduling spot. I think Vancouver mainly wins here only if it can post a strong offensive output, but I would be surprised to see the Canucks contain this Carolina team to a total below two. Therefore I am going to try an aggressive look for just half a unit, and I’ll play Vancouver’s moneyline parlayed with the total to go over 5.5. Taking the over tonight will likely hold the most value, as I have consistently found lines do not move in anticipation of backup situations the night before, but we can safely bank on the Canes not riding Andersen for the third time in four nights here. That's all I've got folks. You pays your money and you takes your chances. Please don't gamble; spend your money on Nux tickets, swag, etc., and show Frankie & Co we like what he's got goin' on. GO CANUCKS GO! (Now lets get this thing up and running.)
  7. Jeez, if we get Staal and Schenn on the Canucks at the same time, I might just .. trip back in time and Win The Cup in my mind. To get serious and move the team up to contention, we need lots of good guys, and the value of these senior players is underpaid at this time, imo.
  8. This is very good, thank you. There are a number of us who are expecting a stiffening, if you will; it is way too long overdue, imo. Smyl is still tough as nails (and don't you young folk make the mistake of thinking old guys who used to 'mix it up' are feeble) and was laying it out for 'Walks', as BB called him, to end this nonsense. Think Pat Quinn. Entering a room. 'Nuff said. I, for one, am willing to part with a lot of 'assets' to build a team that commands respect.
  9. That ain't work'n That's the way you do it Yer money for noth'n 'n yer chicks fer free
  10. That shot, right at the top of the shoulder bone, goalie's handcuffed, Go Podz!
  11. Please forward this to John Shorthouse. See Joey put the statistics in the text. Please Shorty, love ya, but quit analyzing stats while the GAME IS ON! Anybody interested can read the stats all week long. Call The Play when the GAME IS ON. (Please and thank you; sorry if rude.) Think Jim Robson, be objective and respectful, and CALL THE PLAY. That's what we're all here for, not stats.
  12. Heja Alf, I would like to hear a tape of the conversations Hughes, Brady, Petey, the parents, the agents, and the Canucks had in the last weeks before signing. "I'm only gonna end up with what?"
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