yes we can nucks Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 4 pts out of first in the division behind Edmonton, with a game in hand! And the teams are trending in opposite directions... Canucks 6-3-1, Oilers 3-6-1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRAZY_4_NAZZY Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 With a healthy lineup this team will do much better. having four full dependable lines will really make this team hard to play against. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Spector Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 3 minutes ago, oldnews said: You're getting what you asked for - stimulus from the back end (no pun intended). He gets that every night. He just hasn't told his wife yet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Anybody else surprised how much better Granlund looks this year? Hes got better hands than I thought. He could have 3 more goals this year with zingers labelled for the top of the net but they end up hitting the cross bar... Special thanks to the Lames... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 2 minutes ago, Mad_Duck said: I think Montreal. I was just wondering if Burr did much tonight, because I only got to see most of the t'ird. Burrows had a solid game, perhaps not as noticeable in the madness that was this game, but still a good game for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beni Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Great job by the young guys. Was fun listening via radio. Hope tanev returns soon. If the boys continue to have success in the next few games I hope they may overlook Edler on #1PP. Edler with the twins is not doing them any favors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattrek Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 16 minutes ago, LaBamba said: Blame WD when we lose, completely forget about him when we win. Give credit where credit is due. This is a complete 180. Good Job nervous Willie!! Love our mobility on the blue line through the lineup. Great game to watch. I'm not afraid to give credit when credit is due. I've been hard on him, but the past two games have been coached really well. Part of me wonders if it would be the same with the veterans here, but regardless given the cards he had Willie did a great job turning it into a jackpot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Spector Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Just now, yes we can nucks said: 4 pts out of first in the division behind Edmonton, with a game in hand! And the teams are trending in opposite directions... Canucks 6-3-1, Oilers 3-6-1. But they have McJesus and Cam Neely 2.0. They should be at least 20 points ahead of us really... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sxqhfeh Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 31 minutes ago, DownUndaCanuck said: Called the score. The Sedins and Sutter were absolutely buzzing tonight and started the show. Sutter really understands the twins now with some of his passing to open areas, lets keep that line as long as possible. They're generating tonnes of chances every game now. Brilliant PP movement and goals too, and hopefully Henrik will now realise that when you take the puck to the net and get greasy you get goals. Far more goals scored tonight and we did it with dirty rebounds and crease-presences. That's unfortunately how you score nowadays. Eriksson and Granlund looked great again, another nice goal but plenty of nice chances against some very good defenders one-on-one. Chaput looked nice out there two, some good chances and could have had 2 goals easily but has AHL finish. He deserves the chances he's getting. As for Eriksson, he was always bound to start heating up and now he is finally contributing. Burrows, Horvat and Baertschi were brilliant again tonight. Obviously with the goals they scored from nice tips and net presences, but they generated chances on the rush as well against some very good Wild defenders. Fourth line was essentially invisible. Fair enough that WD doesn't want to play them in such a tight 3rd period but we can't rely on our top-3 lines this much in today's NHL. They certainly didn't get enough ice-time and Gaunce and Skille had a solid, safe game again tonight anyway. On defence, what a mess. Ladies and gentlemen who want to trade Edler, this is what you'd have to deal with for the rest of the season. We're immediately seeing the effects of this team before and after Edler, we saw it at the end of last year when we got shredded and it's going to happen every single game for the next 4-6 weeks. Sbisa, Tryamkin and Hutton are all terrible defencemen compared to what we need and quite frankly our defence was flat-out embarassed tonight. Dispicable game on defence defensively from everyone except Larsen, Stecher and Tryamkin. We'll start from the top. Sbisa starts the game with an absolute pizza. Call it nerves,call it rust, call it what you want but that was a stupid play and not the safe play to try and stop the cross-ice pass, then he doesn't even clear the rebound. Two mistakes one after the other and we're down 1-0 instantly thanks to Sbisa. He is good at 18 minutes a night, average at 20 minutes a night but CANNOT be asked to be our top left handed defenceman for 1 month. Apart from the early pizza he played pretty well, didn't get too many shots through and it's pretty scary to see him try and make any play at the blueline but there's obviously a MASSIVE drop off in talent from Edler to Sbisa and we're going to see if first hand on a nightly basis now. Sbisa was average tonight. Definitely not our worst, but far from what he needs to be. Stecher on the "top pairing" on the other hand played brilliantly. Hate to say it but he's BY FAR our best defenceman, both on the defensive and offensive sides of things. Most importantly, when he makes defensive mistakes, they're either recoverable or he covers up them himself, they're not leading to goals against. He's quick on his feet, but its his great passing in all zones that helps him out the most. Then offensively he's an absolute dynamite. We haven't had a defenceman like Stecher in a long time who can get pucks through to the net and it directly resulted in the GWG and another goal. This is the difference between the Canucks last year and this year - his ability to sift pucks through and shoot hard. Absolutely brilliant game by the kid who is probably going to be our MVP with Edler out. Looks like he might be able to play a few more minutes too because he certainly wasn't cracking. More than anything, his game got better as the game got along and with another monster shot in the final minutes, that's a few pretty damn clutch goals he's lead to. Stecher is an absolute gem, he plays well and safe defensively, skates well, and is our best offensive defenceman, and more importantly is coming up clutch and playing top pairing minutes as a rookie, despite being paired with Sbisa of all players. Cannot sing this kid's praises enough. Pay the kid, lock him down, he's looking like a foundational defenceman if he keeps this up. Then there was our 2nd pairing. Hutton was for the most part BRUTAL tonight. Nice goal, sure, but he didn't do much else. Some terrible zone entries on the PP, terribly risky plays at the line and got caught on the rush badly. He was flailing defensively all night long and I think Hutton is one of the more overated Canucks for sure. He's good at 20 minutes again, like Sbisa, and is being asked to do a lot right now, and the more we lean on him the more he bends. The kid needs to learn how to play defence, he's such a wild-card out there and doesn't have the best strength or stability defensively. His partner really isn't helping out. Gudbranson was terrible tonight too. No really good plays, could barely keep the puck in offensively and defensively he struggled and was often caught. Then there was that turning point of a 4-3 goal that he really muffed up, and he was responsible for the 4-4 goal too. We know he's not a perfect shutdown defenceman but he HAS to be better, especially with Edler out, as a sort of leader on the blueline right now. As for Tryamkin, he was very solid and should definitely be given more minutes because he can shoulder them and never seems to get tired or make massive mistakes. He played solid physically, zero offence but didn't have a problem with board fights defensively or getting the puck out, and he cleared the crease better than anyone on this team - there was rarely a crowd in front of Miller when Tryamkin was on the ice. Get this kid more ice-time. He's a lefty, we can't overload Hutton and Sbisa, so we should almost go with a 22 (Hutton) - 20 (Sbisa) - 18 (Tryamkin) split for minutes and creep Tryamkin closer to 20 minutes and see how he goes because he can probably handle it better than the other shaky 2 defencemen on the left. Larsen had a pretty solid game, didn't play much, didn't do much offensively or defensively but didn't make mistakes which is all you can really ask. Ryan Miller had a really up and down game too. Made a game-saver right at the end but let in some soft goals and to be fair didn't get much defensive help, which is why it's hard to evaluate his play today. TL;DR - The defence is a mess. Stecher is saving this team right now, Tryamkin needs more minutes to shelter Sbisa and Hutton who are hopeless when they play too much, Gudbranson needs to emerge as a leader but offensively we've got some nice partnerships developing and we're really clicking offensively. nice one. Hutton-Gudbranson should play 3rd pair d-man, they are both struggling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DS4quality Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 he's slowly becoming my Second Fav. After Jannik Hansen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1-d Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 3 minutes ago, Qwags said: For those wondering, Lastname's name is pronounced Last-ah-may. Very European. Sign that guy to a long term contract, JB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormriders Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 I am so impressed with Stecher, . . . incredible for a rookie who is an undersized defenseman. He had two assists tonight, should have had three [not sure how he doesn't get an assist on the 4th goal, Sutter to Stecher to Sbisa to Bo - how does Sutter get an assist?]. But it wasn't his points, it was his compete level. He wins so many battles, has so much composure, and really makes the PP work. He's like Mighty Mouse out there. Did you see how happy his teammates were with him on his last assist. We are so lucky he chose us ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Just now, Harvey Spector said: But they have McJesus and Cam Neely 2.0. They should be at least 20 points ahead of us really... its a 400hp engine with a 5 litre gas tank. Gas runs out pretty quick in the race. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RakuRaku Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 We gotta keep Chaput and send Gaunce down..... once Rodin is healthy again!! Gaunce and Skille are just not doing much! I like Megna... he's got great skills and skates great.... deserves to be in NHL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DS4quality Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 3 minutes ago, Darius71 said: Anybody else surprised how much better Granlund looks this year? Hes got better hands than I thought. He could have 3 more goals this year with zingers labelled for the top of the net but they end up hitting the cross bar... Special thanks to the Lames... He's slowly becoming my second fav. After Hansen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Spector Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 4 minutes ago, HerrDrFunk said: At this rate they really do need to sign him sooner rather than later. It really could be the difference in a couple of million a year. BO ain't signing diddly until the summer. He's gonna get his money... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnews Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 The team kind of reflected their goaltender tonight - a bit scrambly, fighting it at times, but it's sure nice to be able to outscore a few mistakes and bad bounces. As much pressure as they were under, they're able to turn that around and apply it at the other end. Pretty promising. They really needed Baertschi, Eriksson, and Sutter to get the monkeys off their back, but now that they have, they have a shot of winning on any given night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaBamba Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 1 minute ago, oldnews said: I disagree with that. This team has played better than their record reflects. They have the worst pdo in the league right now, 20pts off last year's horrendous season. They are a lot better than most people realized. I have already explained my theory. Everything changed when stecher started doing something with the puck. The coaching staff built on it. It was infectious towards Hutton and even Sbisa's game. Our D wasn't a threat and the opposition D-fence boxed out the net. All the forwards were under pressure down low and could not get to the front of the net for the dirty goals. The mobility on the back end stretches out the defence and opens up more lanes. Stecher has singlehandedly changed our offence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinny in Vancouver Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 And just like that, the Swedish Samson has 6 goals in the past 10 games. I guess he just needed to get his hair long enough to get going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad_Duck Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Just now, DS4quality said: He's slowly becoming my second fav. After Hansen but-but-but muh Shinkaruk... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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