[GDT] Vancouver Canucks vs. Minnesota Wild | August 4th, 2020 | 7:45pm PT, SNP | SCQ Game #2

[Squamfan]

 

[EP Phone Home]

If we are going to tame the Wild and get back into this series we need more from the captain to lead. From Cortes Island wishing the boys to show up tonight and make this a best of 3. LETS #!€*ing GO!

[Chris12345]

Why is Pearson on the ice? Shouldn't he be practicing getting out of the box?

[brownky]

28 minutes ago, Rush17 said:

Eriksson is the king of garbage goals. Most of his goals in Boston were infront of the net. I'd like to see Zack in there too with Jake. 

Playoff games, and series, are often won on garbage goals.

 

If he gets garbage goals I'd be happy.

[Green Building]

6 minutes ago, IBatch said:

Don’t worry he’s not going to see any time at all unless our L side thins out a lot..  

Completely agree with you. 

[Green Building]

4 minutes ago, Chris12345 said:

Why is Pearson on the ice? Shouldn't he be practicing getting out of the box?

Where are you when you exit the box?

[Green Building]

8 minutes ago, Squamfan said:

 

8-1 Nucks

[Chris12345]

1 minute ago, Green Building said:

Where are you when you exit the box?

Nailed to the pine....Well technically I'm in the liquor store because if you take a penalty on my team you buy a round.

Edited August 4, 2020 by Chris12345

[bree2]

54 minutes ago, -Vintage Canuck- said:

So, Virtanen and Eriksson? Wonder if he has the guts to slot in Juolevi in place of Fantenberg.

i hope so, Juolevi is better then Fantenberg

[IBatch]

Just now, Chris12345 said:

That is exactly what I would do.

 

Either Pearson/Motte and Gaud out. Fanta out.

 

I'd also roll Hughes at least 24 minutes tonight and I would double shift him early with the top 2 lines. I'd roll the top 2 lines out hard early.  Obviously not that easy have to react to the other team and faceoff locations.

Why?  He’s not ready.   Fanta was fine and we still have Benn.   He’s not going to get any games unless guys go down. And he’s not the better option until he’s proven himself which 6.5 minutes isn’t going to do.    If your really interested in what sort of player OJ is scout some of his Utica games. 

 

24 minutes ago, Googlie said:

Blindingly obvious  - pair him with Rafferty ... they can't effectively forecheck both at the same time

Ha ha .  Rafferty is possibly a downgrade on Stetcher...we won’t know about that until next year so don’t overthink it.   Personally I think he’s a mild upgrade but not right away.   It’s only one game why don’t we wait until tonight is over before we freak completely out.   Maybe we should also change TT with Lind because he was almost invisible while we are at it. 

[bree2]

30 minutes ago, Green Building said:

Why would he put Juolevi in? That's a reaction to a problem that doesn't exist. Our problem wasn't in front of the net, it was our top 6 not getting quality chances. 

our defense was not that good , Fantenberg and Stecher  awful, why not give Juolevi a chance he played ok against the Jets

[Silent Man]

1 hour ago, GritGrinder said:

I'm sure this has been posted, but just in case anyone missed it or for the younger fans who don't remember the 5 game first round series of the 70's and 80's. 56 times in NHL history a team has gone down 2-0 in a 5 game series and their series record is 1-55. This is as close to a must win as you can get.

I think this statistics is not really applicable in today's NHL. In today's NHL teams are much more even thanks to the spending restrictions.

But, having said that, going 0-2 would create a huge problem for Canucks given then way Wild is playing. Today is a must win game for sure.

[Googlie]

My comment was tongue in cheek -  but isn't Lind still skating back in Vancouver with Rathbone et al, or have they now gone their separate ways?

[Nuxfanabroad]

No yappin..tell Roussel to clam up(give them nuthin!)

 

Hit & skate hard, but keep sticks down.

 

Stoic, focused & determined is needed here.

[Davathor]

#freejake

[spur1]

2 hours ago, kingofsurrey said:

Fans that criticize refs.... are only failing to critique their own team / players.

 

The solution for our club is to play better.. whining about the refs is a waste of time.

 

Suck it up... and play harder.     If our clubs plays well, the refs can impact the game enough to steal a victory from us. 

That’s exactly what are problem with the refs is. They can impact the game enough to steal a victory (and a series) from us. 

[Rush17]

 

 

It's all about the little things. 

 

Edited August 4, 2020 by Rush17

[Chris12345]

1 hour ago, GritGrinder said:

I'm sure this has been posted, but just in case anyone missed it or for the younger fans who don't remember the 5 game first round series of the 70's and 80's. 56 times in NHL history a team has gone down 2-0 in a 5 game series and their series record is 1-55. This is as close to a must win as you can get.

No one has ever won game 1 of an elimination series in August and closed out a series!

[khay]

42 minutes ago, Green Building said:

In the playoffs there is no such thing

Ah I guess you are right but I think there is a fine line. Petey needs to score for us to win so, he's gotta just fight through those and find a way to focus on scoring.

[UKNuck96]

1 hour ago, grandmaster said:

What’s with this late start? I don’t like it. 7:45pm is ridiculous. 

It’s 3:45 am start for me over here!

 

the morning game on Thursday for you guys is a 7:30pm start for me