Baggins Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 People love bringing up LA the underdog. They won all their games 2-1 3-1 all year long. They were one of the best defensive teams in the league. Oh then there's Kopitar Richards Stoll And Quick. They needed Dallas to lose their final game of the season just to make the playoffs. Getting into the playoffs that way and going on to win the cup is pretty much the definition of a Cinderella story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sean Monahan Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 the rise in the standings is huge yeah but they also played much of last season with a hurting Rinne or without him completely. Remove James Neal and the current prominence of Filip Forsberg, along with the depth they've added, and it would be a cinderella story but as it stands Nashville's roster is among the best in the league, especially with their latest additions. as for what you said crabby...I'm just going to assume you're trolling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorvat Posted February 24, 2015 Author Share Posted February 24, 2015 the rise in the standings is huge yeah but they also played much of last season with a hurting Rinne or without him completely. Remove James Neal and the current prominence of Filip Forsberg, along with the depth they've added, and it would be a cinderella story but as it stands Nashville's roster is among the best in the league, especially with their latest additions. as for what you said crabby...I'm just going to assume you're trolling. What is a troll? Someone who has a different opinion than you? I swear everytime someone disagrees with someone their a troll lol. Seriously i understand preds got a very good team. But out of kings. Ducks. Blackhawks.and preds. The preds will be the team id wanna see us face. IMO (or is that the troll in me?) Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter.S-Kerouac Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Think back to that Winnipeg game we won now imagine we had to win 3 more of them. They would have ground us to a pulp in 7 games. Now imagine somehow we managed to win. Would there be enough in the tank to take on Anaheim or LA? I'm not super optimistic but I don't care about winning as long as we can loose like champions. as Rocky said "its not about how hard you can hit its about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward that's how winning is done." Thats the winning culture we bring our youth movement into. Not tanking for nobody. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rollieo Del Fuego Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 The Cindy slipper seems to fit...they just put it on for the Islanders and even the ref's where on the Canucks side...good voodoo for a change.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outsiders Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 I believe but lets be realistic here. As soon as we play a big physical team WE ARE DONE. As soon as Tryamkin and Pedan get into there prime we are contenders again in the playoffs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apollo Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Think back to that Winnipeg game we won now imagine we had to win 3 more of them. They would have ground us to a pulp in 7 games. Now imagine somehow we managed to win. Would there be enough in the tank to take on Anaheim or LA? I'm not super optimistic but I don't care about winning as long as we can loose like champions. as Rocky said "its not about how hard you can hit its about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward that's how winning is done." Thats the winning culture we bring our youth movement into. Not tanking for nobody. Yea I thought about it... We sweep Winnipeg or 5 games max. That bone headed team spends most their time in the penalty box. The powerplay would eventually click. Winnipeg is overrated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliesStache14 Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 They needed Dallas to lose their final game of the season just to make the playoffs. Getting into the playoffs that way and going on to win the cup is pretty much the definition of a Cinderella story. they were the best team in the league after the all-star break, that 8th seed position was misleading as frack they were way better than an 8th seed team, and they showed it. they destroyed us in the first round and did the same to everyone else after Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeGillis58 Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Cinderella teams are good. They usually make it to the Stanley Cup Final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanucksFan2323 Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 i Think we will win the Stanley cup this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Money Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 The last 2 true Cinderella teams were the 2010 Flyers and 2006 Oilers. Neither team played exceptionally well down the stretch. Oilers and us kept trading losses. Flyers sneaked in on winning a shootout on the last game. But when the playoffs started, they surprised everyone. So yeah, once you're in, if you get excellent goaltending, anything can happen. However, there is one thing that those two teams had that the 2015 Canucks don't... ...Chris Mother-effing Pronger!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messier's_elbow Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Here is what I'm thinking. If we catch LA in round 1 and beat them, this team will start believing they can beat anyone, and once they start believing, I know how good they can be. You never know, thats why the games are played. That would be nice, but LA is a sleeping giant. We will be happy just to get to the dance. It is a good environment for the young guys. In Edmonton a guy like Kassian would probably go off the rails. Here they are pushing the right buttons and hopefully get this guy to his projection as a 2nd line powerhouse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messier's_elbow Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 I'm not sure about that, but it would be nice to see the Sedins win the cup before they reitre. They deserve it. They are playing inspired hockey thats for sure. They need to play like this in the playoffs for us to have any chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Kenobi Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Let's make it first. Cinderella's also aren't looking at a 4 seed either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soshified Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 I believe we have the ability to beat any team in the west. The only one i'm truly not optimistic about and worried are the LA Kings... They always seem to have our numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Monahan Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 What is a troll? Someone who has a different opinion than you? I swear everytime someone disagrees with someone their a troll lol. Seriously i understand preds got a very good team. But out of kings. Ducks. Blackhawks.and preds. The preds will be the team id wanna see us face. IMO (or is that the troll in me?) Lol Honestly those 4 teams are a matter of pick your poison. Maybe you think the Preds offer the most favourable matchup but nonetheless I still don't like the Canucks chances in a seven game series with them. Maybe somebody can correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't it very possible we play SJ or Cgy in the first round? I'll take our chances in that series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VANcanucks92 Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Imo a Kings series would be closer than people think this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seven pounds soft Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 We absolutely could go on a huge run if everything clicks for us at the right time. Hot goalie + confident team = cup The LA kings know this and use it too their advantage come po time. Let's see what we have : Veteran leadership that've been to the finals. Opportunistic goaltending Killer rookies Good coaching Good depth Wolfman Kass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownUndaCanuck Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Realistically, unlikely. Way too many injuries and fragile players. Hamhuis looks like he's still playing a bit injured based on how bad he's been (uncharacteristically bad, suggesting injury) lately, and then just about half our veterans are injured whereas lots of young kids aren't. Just another reason we need to move on from our older core... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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