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  1. Current records: Edm 17 - 11 - 0 Cal 11 - 12 - 3 Vcr 12 - 16 - 2 Van plays Edm 6 more times and Cal 4 more times. My point. If Van goes 5 and 1 vs Edm and 3 and 1 vs Cal then ignoring all other games the team's records would be as follows: Edm 18 - 16 -0 Cal 12 - 15 - 3 Vcr 20 - 18 - 2 All I have said is if the Canucks go 5 and 1 vs Edm and 3 and 1 vs Cal the rest of the way they will be in a playoff race with those two teams for the last playoff spot right down to the end of the season. Is it likely? Maybe not. Is it a path to the playoffs that has not yet closed? Of course.
  2. It is clear from what you are saying that it comes down to our remaining series with Edm and Calgary . Tor, Mtl and Wpg are uncatchable. Canucks have 6 games remaining against Edm and 4 against Calgary. If they go 5 - 1 vs Edm and 3 - 1 vs Cal they will be in a race for the 4th and final playoff spot until the end of the season. However, that is no easy feat. Their start put them behind the eight ball - but there is still a path remaining. Let's see what happens Saturday vs Edm. It is the first of 10 games vs Edm and Cal that will ultimately determine the Canucks playoff fortunes for this year. People who are not math majors have made prognostications that are faulty. This year with 9 and 10 games against each division rival it is not a year where winning percentages up to a point in time mean a whole lot. It is the series against the teams battling for the 4th playoff spot that count. Those series have not yet been settled.
  3. Sutter's career peaked earlier this year with his hat trick. He won't be back next year. He's been about a 6 out of 10 his whole time here. So it's ok to move on.
  4. Oh well this is a loss. We were lousy tonight. We have won three in a row so I guess it's not the end of the world. But I have one question which is, would a better coach have had this team ready to go and hungrier or is this a question of lack of talent vs a better team? I don't know. But my gut is this has to do with coaching. Breakouts were lousy, pp lousy, not ready to start the game. Demko held us in but man. If this isn't about coaching then this team is in real trouble. I hope that JB changes the coach this summer. My position is what is so special about Green that you don't roll the dice and assume that an experienced coach can do a better job? Why hold on to a guy who has won nothing? Aren't we just hoping that he can blossom where he has had 4 years to do so and has not accomplished anything yet? I would really like to see an experienced coach come in this summer and start a three year climb to being a contending team as money comes off and young players develop and move up. i really do not want to see us resign Green and have him fail and have us playing like this 3 years from now. He has accomplished nothing in the NHL. let's take a chance on a coach who has a good track record. There are a few out there now and probably a couple more by the summer to choose from.
  5. I'm putting 5 bucks on the long shot Canucks come back and win this one. Lol. I would love it! (shout out to George Costanza).
  6. I agree with you. The great news is Demko has arrived as a number one and he looks good. The bad news is JB intends to resign Green and Demko is playing so well it just might happen.
  7. Don't forget we only played them twice a year. Once on a trip east and once at home with 60% of the fans in the building cheering for Montreal.
  8. Michaelis 3 1/2 games 0 points minus 3. Bad penalty just cost us big time. But Green sticks with him cuz Mac's mom called him out. Blah.
  9. Ok Green. Earn your paycheck and possible new contract. Get these guys ready to start period 2. They were absolutely brutal in period 1 but Demko saved them and they are only down by 1. North south. Hard forecheck. Play physical and finish checks. Play like you deserve to win this and want to send a message to Montreal that their early dominance of us is over. Montreal had their way in the first. Time to end that and send these guys packing with two losses. Let's go!!
  10. It is never the coaches according to some on CDC.. PPlay that looks like ECHL , outshot 16 to 4, not ready to play, out hustled, out hit. Ya it's the players all at once quitting. I've often wondered what the point of coaches is anyways. They have no impact on the game at all. It's just up to the players so why not save the salary and go without a coach at all?
  11. Tonight's game plan is rope a dope. (That's for all the old guys to understand and the young guys to go huh?)
  12. Yes. And he is not a bank GIC. He is a young kid who is stuck without an opportunity to play games for over a year as part of the Canuck organization while all around him his peers are getting an opportunity to play. There is a big emotional toll to that. Gotta fix this.
  13. What a world where reporting is just made up nonsense. Elliotte says it sounds like there's interest in Tyler Motte. No quote. Doesn't say by who. Nothing to back it up. Then he says he thinks Canucks were asked about Nate Schmidt. Here he doesn't even say that it happened, just that he thinks it happened. Then finally he just says he wonders if there is interest in Hamonic. No quote. No source just his own mind thinking out loud. THIS IS SUCH CRAP. Nothing here is substantiated in any way. Don't waste your time on this nonsense.
  14. Of course it is an uphill climb to make the playoffs after such a poor start. But why OP do you beat this drum? What is the point of this thread and your repeatedly going back to say the same thing over and over? Are you going to turn the franchise around with your negative take? What is your point partner? And BTW Canucks play Edm 6 times coming up. Win 5 of those and you could turn out to be wrong chicken little. This is a great example of a "selfie" thread. ( Look at me). (Here let me pose for you). You wanted to make a point that you called the end of the season early. And your pride makes you stick to that proposition and defend it now. You are now cheering for the Canucks to lose so you can be right. Am I right? Though so. You write like you are a smart guy. Would be so much better if you put your talents and effort towards something that benefits the team and other fans instead of just doing a "selfie".
  15. That's beautiful. But Demko having better GAA and Save pct than Markstrom is absolute bliss...
  16. Nice somebody finally knocked over Toffoli. Lol it was Pearson. C'mon boys let's get one for Demko.
  17. What? We are down 1 to 0 after two because of a lousy 5 on 3 and a bad change. That's about it. Let's give Demko a chance to steal this one...
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