Popular Post singing chef Posted January 3, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 3, 2020 43 minutes ago, FijianCanuck said: Unfortunately hughes will shatter this in a few years. Why "unfortunately" ? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BCNate Posted January 3, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 3, 2020 2 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. I’d say right now is the brightest future the Canucks have ever had. Other than maybe the avs, no team is better set up in the west for the long haul than we are. 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Moose Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 Rangers are gunna be tough. They'll be hungry after losing two in a row Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CRAZY_4_NAZZY Posted January 3, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 3, 2020 Was at the game: Bo was a freaking horse. Best game I've seen him play, his puck handling and passing was sublime tonight, he looked like the Bo Horvat of old and super confident in his game. He was flying out there with speed, which I think is a by product of them scaling back his minutes too. He was defensively sound and making much smarter reads, he was great tonight and it was fitting he scored 2 big goals for us to seal it. JT Miller reminds me a Mats Sundin in the fact that he just seems to have revolutionized the top six in providing such versatility but just straight up leadership. He was hounding pucks left and right, making key pivotal plays, and simply is pushing Petey and Brock to elevate their compete level to his. Reminds me how Sundin pushed Kesler and the twins to elevate their game and take their play to the next level. Pearson quietly again...finds a way to contribute. He is sneaky good offensively, but his relentless forecheck and defensive conscientiousness really compliments that shutdown line with Bo. Really impressed how the puck finds his stick and he makes really smart plays with it. Marky was shaky tonight but he has been bailing the team out for far too often this season that I wasn't all that upset that he was. He came up with some huge saves though when we needed him to be. Defense was like watching two high-schoolers break up, get back together, break up again, and get back together again. It was painful, silly, and irritating throughout the game. They need to breakout better as a unit and stop these cute little stupid passes. The forwards too at times made stupid drop passes, pass back into the zones, or throwing it up the middle for no reason. That was the worst I've seen the Dcore in this win streak. 1 9 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Roger Neilsons Towel Posted January 3, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 3, 2020 36 minutes ago, chon derry said: 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post AlwaysACanuckFan Posted January 3, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 3, 2020 19 minutes ago, PhillipBlunt said: After believing that Green’s days might have been numbered, I’ve got a meal to attend to. Looks like the plate needed some seasoning. 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Roger Neilsons Towel Posted January 3, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 3, 2020 22 minutes ago, PhillipBlunt said: After believing that Green’s days might have been numbered, I’ve got a meal to attend to. Table for two please. 1 11 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCNate Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 1 minute ago, xereau said: Would you rather have him or Boldy right now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ruilin96 Posted January 3, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 3, 2020 Just got back from the game! Amazing atmosphere! IMG_0874.MP4 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10pavelbure96 Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 5 minutes ago, xereau said: Top 10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post -Moose Posted January 3, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 3, 2020 33 minutes ago, PhillipBlunt said: After believing that Green’s days might have been numbered, I’ve got a meal to attend to. save some for me 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kushman Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 35 minutes ago, PistolPete13 said: Yes, really funny. Two weeks ago, you couldn’t shut them up. Now....... it’s crickets. I was one that was loudly critical about Green and the coaching staff. I still don't like Nolan baumgartner, our defense has looked awful for a long time, a lot of this winning streak has been on the back of Markstrom. I'm happy For Green and was even hoping he'd make the allstar team for the experience. As a fan we all have opinions, I don't understand those that want someone to fail for the sake of being right, that's just ego. It's a long season yet, but in the mean time... Philip, do you happen to have an extra plate of crow? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Roger Neilsons Towel Posted January 3, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 3, 2020 1 minute ago, KeslerWho? said: save some for me Damn. We’re going to need a bigger table. Maybe we should have made reservations. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JamesB Posted January 3, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 3, 2020 40 minutes ago, J-23 said: Green learning from his mistakes, good time to call the timeout. 37 minutes ago, Tracksuit said: Crazy. big fan of gaudette and he’s only going to get better... 34 minutes ago, Jaimito said: Still room for improvement. D is still too porous. But a win is a win. That was fun... 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. 5 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JM_ Posted January 3, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 3, 2020 it was nice not seeing too many Hawks jerseys in the building tonight. Although, and I can't be completely sure on this, the ones I saw all seemed to be mouth breathers. It was interesting getting a look at Boqvist vs Hughes tonight. Amazing how much more developed Hughes is already, given that many were not sure there was that much separation between them on draft day. 1 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SergioMomesso Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 12 minutes ago, 10pavelbure96 said: Top 10 First overall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrwipeout Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 Awesome game. Awesome win.....first line combined for 8 points in total. & in a row and Bo and petey were stellar tonight. Were on a roll now.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6string Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 (edited) See ya Saturday!! Edited January 3, 2020 by 6string 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_impersonator13 Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 1 hour ago, Silky mitts said: &^@# you JD burke just because you are a massive douche What did that A$$ Hat say? I blocked seeing anything from that idiot on Twitter cause he is such a d bag. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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