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[PGT] Chicago Blackhawks at Vancouver Canucks | Jan. 02, 2020

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35 minutes ago, arsenalian said:

Can’t tell if you’re joking or not? But he was: leading rookie, an NHL all-star, and played for Canada in the ‘72 Russia summit series. So

he’s quite well known to some of us old timers

I had the Team Canada poster on my bedroom wall as an 8 year old, good memories of idolizing hockey players as a youngster :)

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42 minutes ago, Petey Castiglione said:

We also have Podz, Rafferty, Lind, Juolevi, Demko, DiPietro and other prospects doing well.  This could shape up to be one hell of a decade for this franchise.  

 

 

And Hoglander

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1 hour ago, hobart16 said:

Hawks played well but just not deep enough of a team and they got bounced around after the timeout. Beagle and Gaudette lines started taking the body. Those top players for Chicago are still legit.  Canucks were sloppy but effort was there at all times. Erickson solid again. Not so sure about Schaller. Virtanen gets to the puck and carries it well but he is still turnover prone. If he can clean that up watch out. 

 

Fantenberg struggled. Let him rest up and get Benn back out there.  

He had 4 takeaways no? and only one giveaway?

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What an entertaining game !!!

Celebrating the 6 winning streak !!!

Guys have confidence, trust and back-up each other. They created lots of chemistry.

Give Green credit - the timeout is really the turning point.

 

Lastly, I personally think that Coaches need to find a way to improve our D-zone working.

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What a game that was. So proud of our guys. Down 4-2 but never felt like we we're done.

 

Even after the BS Kane tying goal we stuck with it, and what a play by Horvat at the end to block the shot & seal the deal, that's a captain right there. 

Feels like this group is coming together. After a stretch where we all wondered if it was going down the same old road, we're finding ways to win night in & night out.

 

Can't remember the last time it was this fun to be a fan of the Canucks. Lets keep this momentum going!! 

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So, the month of November and half of December were 6 weeks to forget. We we struggled quite bad.... yet.... we are only 11 points back of first in the league. Its only the midway mark, but we sucked for almost 2 months and we are only that far back. There are some triggers to be pulled soon, come trade deadline. We could take another noticeable step forward late in the season and take first of our division, which we have 3 games at hand currently.

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27 minutes ago, JamesB said:

 

 

1. Wow. That was an exciting game. Great to see the Canucks come back from down 2 after giving up 3 goals early in the second. 

 

2. Shorty was saying what a great game Horvat had. He did. I would have made him first star. Here is the reason. Horvat was playing shutdown against both Toews and Kane (they sometimes played together but usually did not). He logged more 5-on-5 time than any other forward against Kane AND against Toews. Despite that, Horvat led the team in Corsi and most other stats regarding 5-on-5 play. He went 9 and 6 in faceoff dot (facing Toews much of the time). And of course he got on the scoreboard with 3 points. And, by the eye-test, Horvat was excellent.  He also had three blocked shots. 

 

3. In fact, once again, the Horvat-Pearson-Eriksson line was excellent. Even if Leivo was healthy, I would keep Eriksson on that line, which has developed great defensive chemistry and of course Horvat and Pearson are also putting points on the board. The injury to Leivo has turned into a reclamation project for Eriksson, who has been transformed from deadweight into a very useful player. 

 

4. The Pettersson, Miller, Boeser line was obviously excellent. The Miller trade continues to pay dividends. And I loved the Gaudette goal. (And he was 6 and 3 in the faceoff circle and played well generally.)

 

5. Edler is not getting a lot of attention on CDC but he had another excellent game and logged big minutes against Kane and Toews, as did Tanev.

 

6. Here is a trick question. Which Canuck D logged the most 5-on-5 time against Toews? Answer -- Hughes. Hughes had another great game. I continue to be amazed by how well he skates the puck out of trouble -- not just carrying the puck, both also skating to the puck to get there first and on a safe angle to keep the puck out of trouble. And he was able to skate with Kane, which not many Ds around the league can do. 

 

7. And, as J-23 says, credit to Green for using his timeout effectively.  

 

8. So, with all these great performances, why was the game so close. What went wrong? Here are a few things. First, Markstrom did not have a great game, letting in a couple more goals than he should have. Yes, he made some good saves -- but every goalie makes some good saves pretty much every game. Markstrom has been great this season, but not tonight. 

 

9. Fantenberg had a bad game. He had by far the worst Corsi on the D (and was -2) despite getting limited minutes and relatively protected minutes. And the first Chicago goal was due largely to a Fantenberg giveaway. Fantenberg did well when he first came in for Benn, but I think it is time to give Benn another shot. A lot of coaches don't like to make changes in a winning streak, but I expect Benn to come in for Fantenberg after the next Canuck loss (which I hope is a long way off).  Fantenberg played mostly with Myers and Myers was not great either.  

 

10. Also, I have made this comment after the last two games and it is true again today. The Beagle line is getting crushed in Corsi. They are giving up a lot of high danger chances and generating very few. Someone commented after the last game that this is okay because Beagle is like Malhotra back in 2011 - soaking up tough minutes so you expect a negative Corsi. That argument is not true. The guy soaking up the tough minutes is Horvat. The current Canuck situation is more like the pre-Malhotra Canucks when the Kesler line played shutdown and put up points. I am not saying that Green has better options for the 4th line right now, but I am saying that they generate very little offence and give up a lot more than the Horvat line defensively. Their most valuable role right now is that all three guys -- Beagle, Motte, and Schaller -- play well on the PK. That means that Horvat and Pearson and Miller do not need to play PK, which is a big help. 

 

11. It was a great character win. Really hope the Canucks can keep the win streak going. The team as a whole is looking good right now. I really like the top-4 D and the top-9 forwards, and of course the goaltending has generally been very good. The Canucks certainly have to be favored to make the playoffs as of right now. 

 

 

Beagle isn’t fast enough or quick enough imo.  Fortunately Motte can wheel for that line. 

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22 minutes ago, the_impersonator13 said:

What did that A$$ Hat say? I blocked seeing anything from that idiot on Twitter cause he is such a d bag. 

I believe it was his comments about how bad a trade it was for Vancouver acquiring Miller. He even doubled down saying he doesn't care how many points Miller gets it is still a bad trade for Vancouver, even if they make the playoffs.

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1 minute ago, Rick Blight said:

I believe it was his comments about how bad a trade it was for Vancouver acquiring Miller. He even doubled down saying he doesn't care how many points Miller gets it is still a bad trade for Vancouver, even if they make the playoffs.

 what a dummy ,  bad trade if we make the playoffs  :picard:    , isn't the point to be in the playoffs , should we be like Edmonton then?  lol

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