JamesB Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 7 minutes ago, Green⌃Arrow said: Good game for the Canucks. Great effort, great goaltending, and sweet goals all around. A+ overall. 7 minutes ago, Incursio said: Liking Burmistrov, Boeser and Baer together. 5 minutes ago, Father Ryan said: Great to see the effort rewarded with a win! Boeser & Burmy each with 2 points, hmm...may have something going here? My takeaways. 1. Nilsson did something in his first game that Markstrom has not yet achieved with the Canucks: record an NHL shutout. I think the contest for #1 is wide open. 2. Boeser and Burmi looked good, as did Baertschi. That line looked better with Burmi in the middle than it did with Bo. 3. It is not a question of "vets vs. kids". It is a question of playing the best players. And that means giving Boeser lots of ice time. Boeser leads the team in scoring (despite not playing 2 of the 5 games), led the team in scoring in the pre-season and was excellent in the last 9 games last year. He is a point a game player in the 17 games he has played (17 pts in those 17 games). No one else is close. Still a fairly small sample, but not that small. 4. Almost everyone likes the way Guddy looks out there. It nice to have a guy who is big, strong, cannot be pushed around or intimidated by anyone and makes tough guys on the other teams think twice about taking liberties. He is also very good on the PK and good on defensive positioning. He does not handle the puck well and is never going to provide any offence to speak of. But it is good to have a guy like that on what would otherwise be a very soft team. 5. Tanev was quietly good (again) and MDZ was good also. Hutton was better as well. The D gave up "only" 32 shots tonight despite leading on the scoreboard all night (making the other team shoot more).. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Nuxfanabroad Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 3 minutes ago, Ghostsof1915 said: Wonder if Winnipeg will trade us a 1st rounder for Markstrom, and just ride Nilsson all season. We could have a 13' Swedish Wall that makes Trump green with envy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down by the River Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 3 minutes ago, Green Building said: I say start him till he loses, then switch, then do the same. What's the harm in that, I wonder? I think they'll sit him for the next game so that he can face Buffalo in the back-to-back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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logic Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Hutton was very noticable for me tonight, did an excellent job of moving the puck out of the d zone tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilduce39 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Boeser does look like the Brock of the Walk out there... totally the real deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucksfansince91 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 I was at the game tonight. Guys that stood out the most were Brock, Burmi, Nilsson, Tanev, Gudbranson, Horvat, Baer. Even Virtanen showed a lot of hustle and Gagner seemed to be buzzing every shift. Boeser was the best canuck on the ice. I was wearing my Bure jersey so I was noticeably the odd man out so I got a ton of questions and all I got from fans was about Brock. Burmi I was surprised how good he played with Baer and Brock. He’s a keeper. Speed and his offensive mind is very noticeable. Nilsson was on fire in the first period and held his own the rest of the way. I would have to say that Pouliet is garbage, he was clearly the worst defensman on the ice every shift and made some bad plays. in person I haven’t seen the Sedins since last year when they came to Ottawa. They are definitely a step slower and it’s sad for me to say because I do love them...they need to be 3rd line and 2nd line PP. they just can’t keep up in most 5 on 5 situation (defensively and transition game). With the man advantage they can still do there thing. Go Canucks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 16 minutes ago, PhillipBlunt said: That defense was impressive tonight. Hutton looked like a completely different player. Gudbranson was a warrior as usual. Tanev his smooth, brilliant self, Del Zotto a minute munching marvel. Stecher and Pouliot make a decent pairing to top it off. Take it easy, Edler. No rushing back now. he's not giving DP too much to handle either.... man if that pans out Jim's going to get the title of "Mr. Reclamation" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great Granny Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Is Boeser already the Canucks best player? Noooo!!! He has sssoooo much to learn. It will ssserve him well to watch from above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riprypien Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Couldn't catch the game. What were the lineups? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.I.A.H.N Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Rick Dhaliwal @DhaliwalSports Corey Hirsch on the SN 650 post game show : "I do not think Nilsson is a backup after watching that." #Canucks 7:19 PM - Oct 17, 2017 Goalie Controversy.........what goalie Controversy? LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down by the River Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Gaunce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Building Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 19 minutes ago, Great Granny said: The next three games are on SN360. Get ready for some piss poor TV ratings. Don't know one person who pays for that channel. Yeah, but obviously the exact same MLB playoff game has to be shown on 2 SP channels. /s I don't have 360HD either, just the included SD which I will watch, however reluctantly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texx Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 16 minutes ago, PhillipBlunt said: Hutton looked much more composed in this game. I think he played pretty well. Well don't get me wrong the Canucks need a player like him but they could really use the potential he shows flashes of... He went in deep a couple times and rather than drive it in or make a pass seemed to just lose the puck (in head scratching fashion as well) and it turned into odd man rushes... He was decent in his own zone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillipBlunt Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 I found Gudbranson's supposedly horrible puck handling fairly decent tonight. When he wasn't flattening Senators, he was playing a composed game, initiating great outlet passes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilduce39 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 2 minutes ago, Great Granny said: Is Boeser already the Canucks best player? Noooo!!! He has sssoooo much to learn. It will ssserve him well to watch from above. Brock's fantastic but if Green reduces his minutes or, heaven forbid, sits him for a game I'll give the coach the benefit of the doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillipBlunt Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Just now, Texx said: Well don't get me wrong the Canucks need a player like him but they could really use the potential he shows flashes of... He went in deep a couple times and rather than drive it in or make a pass seemed to just lose the puck (in head scratching fashion as well) and it turned into odd man rushes... He was decent in his own zone. He wasn't perfect, but he has made a couple of steps up from the erratic, sloppy play he's had in the last couple of games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Building Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 5 minutes ago, Down by the River said: I think they'll sit him for the next game so that he can face Buffalo in the back-to-back. Yeah, he might have some extra motivation against his former club. If that means anything to him, then sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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