TOMapleLaughs Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 We can count how many times we've beat a playoff team this season on one hand. (Outside of St. Louis, who we seem to own.) We required a shootout to beat Florida and Winnipeg. Nashville cannot score and they're in full tank mode like we should be. We're behind in tie-breakers vs. Phoenix and Dallas. Phoenix has 3 games in hand. Dallas has 4 games in hand. We'll likely win 3 out of the remaining 10 games in the season. Burrows likely has a broken hand. Sedin's out. Tanev's out. Kesler's out.We're locked into the Moons gravitational pull, what do we do?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kassquatchian Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Hey...believe all you want...but to call the people who are looking at this from a VERY realistic standpoint "morons" is ridiculous. The percentages don't lie, no matter how much fanboys like you "believe"...realistically only a MORON would put his hopes on something that has less than a 5% chance of happening, but looking at your nickname and avatar it all makes sense... Lmao. Ok. Do the math. 19% chance of getting in the playoffs..if we go 9-2 in the final 11. We won lastnight. Fairweather fans can beat it imo. How is having a chance at getting in a bad thing? Daniel, kesler and tanev will all be ready to go in a few weeks, if we do get in they will be fresh! You "fans"(sarcasm) writing the season off.."tank for picks" wtf??? Go cheer for the flames or an eastern team. Your all "pros" with your guessing and estimating as to what can happen?? I think not. My belief over some of the most moronic responses to losses as well as wins will always prevail. Good luck on the nux "tanking". My "pro" guess is that we will win at least 7 in regulation. Im also estimating a10 pt finish to the season for dallas and phoenix, both of them struggling as we surge on. We will get in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plaguez Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Verbal diarrhea. Basically what I got from this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnews Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Lets all try to gather some perspective. This team won the Presidents trophy ..........and won a single playoff game. 1-0 . To add insult to injury, we draft 26th. We then win our division............and proceed to get blown off the playoff map. To add insult to injury, we have to draft 24th. Trying to gather heroics .............all to get blown out of the playoffs in 4 straight, will only serve to net us a lousy draft pick yet again. Lets not. We need to rebuild. Again like when though? The latest picks the team had in the last decade.... 2004 - 26th Cory Schneider 2011 - 29th Nicklas Jensen 2012 - 26th Brendan Gaunce 2013 that 'insult to injury' pick was Shinkaruk. Moving up a few spots in this years draft does not make or break a retool imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theilluminati Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Lmao. Ok. Do the math. 19% chance of getting in the playoffs..if we go 9-2 in the final 11. We won lastnight. Fairweather fans can beat it imo. How is having a chance at getting in a bad thing? Daniel, kesler and tanev will all be ready to go in a few weeks, if we do get in they will be fresh! You "fans"(sarcasm) writing the season off.."tank for picks" wtf??? Go cheer for the flames or an eastern team. Your all "pros" with your guessing and estimating as to what can happen?? I think not. My belief over some of the most moronic responses to losses as well as wins will always prevail. Good luck on the nux "tanking". My "pro" guess is that we will win at least 7 in regulation. Im also estimating a10 pt finish to the season for dallas and phoenix, both of them struggling as we surge on. We will get in! Well you're definitely living up to the "moron" classification...the %5 I gave is RIGHT NOW...TODAY...not IF the Canucks win 9 of their last 10...its not just some # I made up...I never said anything about tanking or anything like that, that's all in your warped, fanboy mind...you can cheer the last 10 games all you want...but like I said before ACTUAL percentages don't lie, when you add a HUGE IF then the percentages can make little boys like you cheer until the Canucks are mathematically eliminated...your sad little brain just hasn't processed it yet...sometime around the Ranger game on April Fools Day will be when a total fool like you can finally put your playoff fantasy to bed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AppleJack Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 If we make it we go in on a winning streak, we would actually have confidence, Jensen is on a row and Burrow and Hank are finally starting to gel the way they should be. Kesler and Tanev would be coming back from injury. Please someone tell me why they think that if we make the playoffs,on a winning streak with out best players playing the way they should, we would LOSE? I rather we tried and made a push for the playoffs then we lost on purpose. screw tanking. GO Canucks Go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForsbergTheGreat Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 What is happening to the Canucks now is what happened to the Leafs a number of times in the 9 year playoff absence. Team would be out of it but put on a valiant run with a young goaltender and lots of AHL players only to miss out on the last weekend of the season. Team drafts 11-14 and doesn't get the impact player that is needed.The other factor is that they really aren't on much of a roll yet. Just playing a more entertaining brand of hockey. It's good to see young players perform well and I think players naturally relax when the pressure is off. I think there has been a general sense that this team won't make the playoffs so now they are just playing again. It's pretty common. Once they stop gripping the sticks everything gets easier.First of all, So your saying players picked 8-10 are going to be that much more of an impact compared to the players picked 11-14. Difference between the players picked at 8-10 to 11-14 is a lot smaller than you think. A good WJ touney or a bad playoff game.Second of all your theory about TO is completely false, TO's last 9 (actually only 7 + one lock out year) years of playoffless drafting they pick "once" in that 11-14th range. In 2006 when they picked jiri Tlusty which was not bad considering Sheppard, Frolik, and Brassard were picked in the 8-10.2006 13th overall2007 traded away2008 5th overall2009 7th overall2010 traded away2011 traded away2012 5th overallSometimes things sound right in your head but it's always best to go back and do your reseach before you throw out statements and proclaim them as facts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMohammadman Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Go Canucks Go! I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForsbergTheGreat Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Who's enjoyed our last 2 playoff showings? 3 if you include the 2011 Final.So if by some miracle we squeeze into the playoffs next month and then what happens? This team isn't as good as last year, it's noticeably worse than the year before that, it's not the team that played in the Final, and there would be no home ice advantage this year. What are we all expecting from this group? You cant really expect more than what we've gotten in the last 3 series' we've played.There is no way this team wins more than 1 playoff round, and that would have to be a monumental upset considering any team we faced first would be a juggernaut. We are not a contender so what's the point? This season is blown, they ought to be trying for the higher pick now and with any luck the necessary changes will be made for next season. Maybe then we could take a run at it.I’ll put it a way you can relate to, Which goalie played the majority of the games in those last 3 series? He’s no longer on this team or a cancer in the dressing room. haSecond, the early exit against the kings had nothing to do with a poor showing, We were just the unlucky team to face the kings in the first round. It didn’t matter if we faced them in the conference final, we still weren’t beating them. But I guess if that did happen we would stop hearing all the talk about an early exit that year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theilluminati Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 I’ll put it a way you can relate to, Which goalie played the majority of the games in those last 3 series? He’s no longer on this team or a cancer in the dressing room. ha Second, the early exit against the kings had nothing to do with a poor showing, We were just the unlucky team to face the kings in the first round. It didn’t matter if we faced them in the conference final, we still weren’t beating them. But I guess if that did happen we would stop hearing all the talk about an early exit that year. Uh yeah...scoring 8 goals in 5 games was "unlucky"...Sometimes things sound right in your head but it's always best to take off your fanboy glasses before you throw out statements and proclaim them as facts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForsbergTheGreat Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Uh yeah...scoring 8 goals in 5 games was "unlucky"...Sometimes things sound right in your head but it's always best to take off your fanboy glasses before you throw out statements and proclaim them as facts.We atleast took the kings to 5 gamesWhat other team did better in the west??Would it made you feel better if we lost to the king in 5 games in the conference finals?But you had a good day tho...NEXT please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogbyte Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Getting sick of these believe in the team whiners. You don't ever "give" up in sports but for people that have been diehard Canuck fans for decades I think they have the right to hope for a good draft pick after following this horrible season. Yeah, we might make it, but we probably won't ... get over it. It would be different if there was 3 games left and we needed to win all 3 with help but we are virtually done with 10 games left, on an injury riddled team, that was lacking completeness to begin with. Stop criticizing people for using common sense. Please. see that's what i don't understand cause lets assume we win the next 5 games going 5-0 our record 77 gp and 84 points and at the same time PHX goes 3-5 losing the 5 against, nyr, njd, bos, fla, pit record 77 gp and 83 points DAL goes 4-5 losing against losing against, PHI, OTT, WSH, CAR, TAMPA record 77 gp and 83 points doesn't this mean we're in the race? That's very true. The thing people don't get is that those percentage numbers don't really mean anything. If you win a game or two and the other teams lose a game or two your percentages change drastically and then that old percentage is meaningless. It also doesn't properly account for all the ties or the fact that hockey isn't random and can't be predicted in such a fashion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colts_14 Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Phoenix is 5 points up and has 4 games in hand, lets face it, there's no chance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VMR Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 How sad, that we have to use math to give ourselves hope. What the heck happened?, pulling the right threads and making changes over the last few years should have kept our competition level better than we have now. I love this team, but I feel that it has been poorly managed. Owners or GM need to change there mindset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riffraff Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Glad to see the boys haven't laid down. I think they realize that there is more at stake than just the playoffs. Agreed. You would hope pride and respect is a greater motivator than job security. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForsbergTheGreat Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Phoenix is 5 points up and has 4 games in hand, lets face it, there's no chancePHX 69 GP 77 PVAN 72 GP 74 P72-69 = 377-74 = 3Phoenix is 3 points up and has 3 games In hand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogbyte Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Lmao. Ok. Do the math. 19% chance of getting in the playoffs..if we go 9-2 in the final 11. We won lastnight. Fairweather fans can beat it imo. How is having a chance at getting in a bad thing? Daniel, kesler and tanev will all be ready to go in a few weeks, if we do get in they will be fresh! You "fans"(sarcasm) writing the season off.."tank for picks" wtf??? Go cheer for the flames or an eastern team. Your all "pros" with your guessing and estimating as to what can happen?? I think not. My belief over some of the most moronic responses to losses as well as wins will always prevail. Good luck on the nux "tanking". My "pro" guess is that we will win at least 7 in regulation. Im also estimating a10 pt finish to the season for dallas and phoenix, both of them struggling as we surge on. We will get in! I counted up the other day, I've played in the vicinity of 80 full Hockey, Rugby, and Soccer seasons, add to that the 36 years I've been following the Canucks and I know as well as anyone that it's not over until it's over. However, I'm not a player and I'm getting a little tired of holding out hope when the chances are so slim. Combine that with our last couple years, the state of the team, the benefit of a high draft pick, and then missing the playoffs is not that bad, nor does it make you a bad fan. If you're a 20 year old punk you're damn right you should be holding out hope until the very end. When you go through more adversity in your life and have the experience that the rest of us do then you can afford to be realistic and accept your fate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazzy Desjardins Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 We have a few days off here for other teams to catch up in GP. By Sunday we will really know just how far out we are. I hope the boys finish strong regardless, I don't believe in tanking on purpose, it sends the wrong message. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnews Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 PHX 69 GP 77 P VAN 72 GP 74 P 72-69 = 3 77-74 = 3 Phoenix is 3 points up and has 3 games In hand I find the whole '1.3%, 2%' etc thing exceedingly stupid tbh. In the real world, teams sometimes go on 3 or 4 game winning or losing streaks. A 3 game Phoenix/Dallas losing streak, and a 3 game Canucks win streak, and we're looking at pretty even odds. Stranger things have happened. You never know - that's why it's absolutely essential to keep pushing every game until a team is literally out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 The difference is that Aliens are far more possible. Tell that to Fermi. Canucks have over a 2% chance at making it and yes, we need help to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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