[PGT] Vancouver Canucks at Minnesota Wild | Aug. 07, 2020 | Canucks win series 3-1

[SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME]

Whether we’d won or lost, this series has already paid dividends. Quinn Hughes coming out party as a playoff beast and one of the NHL’s premiere #1Ds. We’ve never had a player like Q. Almost every Stanley Cup winner has a true #1D, and now we have one of the best in the world. Boys coming together and overcoming adversity. Pushing through bad reffing, winning when Marky doesn’t carry us, chipping away at leads when down, working it to OT, and coming through with the series clincher. Kids leading the way, and vets stepping up and supporting the kids (even Sutter actually looking “foundational”). Team toughness and guys standing up for each other, and punishing the opponent when they try to take liberties. Never quitting. Just so much for this young team to build on, moving forward. Of course, still lots of room to grow and improve, but this group, especially the youngsters, is starting to learn how to win in the postseason. I’m excited to see how deep we can go this year, but even more excited about what these kids can accomplish in years to come.

Edited August 8, 2020 by SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME

[AlwaysACanuckFan]

12 minutes ago, 250Integra said:

Our hero right there!

[Ghostsof1915]

1 minute ago, awalk said:

 

Use the Force Chris.....

[Shift-4]

I hope Beagle is ok

I don't think I saw him return to ice after that blocked shot

[BMorrison 7]

[Devron]

1 minute ago, Hairy Kneel said:

3 points 

Clutch 

[Screw]

2 minutes ago, debluvscanucks said:

 

Haha Green! 

[Smashian Kassian]

Lmao Markstrom postgame

[WHL rocks]

Just now, Jaimito said:

No easy teams.  Although I would love to see Avs v Nux.  

Thats the last team you wanna play IF you want a chance to win...

AVS are a supercharged version of DAL.

 

And VGK is firing on all cylinders right now.. 

 

Playing DAL is our best hope to advance another round..

 

[1-d]

1 minute ago, Jaimito said:

No easy teams.  Although I would love to see Avs v Nux.  

Avs' team speed is a bit too much. We'll end up chasing them around all night long.

[Green Building]

The thing to love here is now that the sh***y Wild are done the Nucks young guns get some real 7 game playoff experience.

[-NucksFan]

2 minutes ago, awalk said:

 

Omg I just laughed so hard

[Toyotasfan]

I'm so impressed with how physically imposing the Canucks were in this series, they haven’t played that way in more than 10 years. They should be running in a higher gear than their next opponent at the start of the next series.

[Jaimito]

Bo and Tanev 3 pts each 

[BPA]

13 minutes ago, b3. said:

JUOLEVI LOOKED GREAT

In limited minutes.  Think he will be ready for the big club next year.

[naslund.is.king]

I also am enjoying that the players who were hated on/trade discussed on this site  were some of the most critical players to get us in the playoffs

BB

Pearson

Tanev

Sutter 

[Smashian Kassian]

Quinn Hughes is god. He was a monster again tonight

[canuck2288]

It was kind of sad to see how many turned on Marky 

 

Yes he had a shaky game but the guy stood on his head this season for us 

 

this is his playoff run 

 

he is not coming out of the net nor should he 

[DownUndaCanuck]

Probably one of the closest, tightest-checking series of the playoffs so far. Minnesota played a gritty, tough game but at the end of the day our star power and clutch players really shined.

 

1) Our top line was decent tonight, not fantastic, and they've been checked to death this series. No Sutter opened up play a bit more for them tonight but all 3 of the guys had a decent game. Was nice to see Pettersson and Boeser develop some nice chances and of course Miller's little things wins us the game (the screen).

 

2) Pearson was a monster tonight, I knew this would come as soon as we signed him but he's a playoff warrior, knows what it takes to win, scores us some big clutch goals and a huge play to tie the game that was all him. Obviously Bo didn't look that flashy but ends the night with a solid 3 points and couldn't be more clutch to tie it. As for Eriksson he was surprisingly useful tonight, had a lot of jump in his step and might fly under the radar here in the playoffs where experience will certainly help.

 

3) Our tertiary players have been outstanding this series. I think Sutter's been one of if not our best forward this series. Everyone was hating on him during the regular season but JB knows what he's doing, this guy is a tried-and-tested playoff performer and he really performed tonight. Huge goal to get us back in the game when the game was on a turning point and he's had about 7 A-grade scoring chances in the last 2 games just born out of hustle. He's a true warrior playing with 4th liners and he's getting the job done in all respects. This is what you want from your "foundational player" - such a solid 3rd line center.

 

Motte had another strong game, Virtanen was good at times then quiet in others, hope Beagle's alright but had a hell of a strong game as well and I thought Zac was really generating some good offensive pressure and zone time, not only with his big body but nice quick hands in tight really help. We've got a really solid 4th line out there (as long as Beagle's alright). Roussel wasn't too noticeable tonight.

 

4) Edler, Stecher, Tanev and Juolevi all had a very solid game. Any time you don't notice the defencemen, that's a good game for them. Shame that Green basically shortened our bench to 4 defencemen, we can't keep that up in the future but at least there's a bit of a break now. 2 games in a row and we played our top-4 hard.

 

5) Myers obviously was atrocious going to the penalty box so many times but I agree in that it's not his fault, the refs were just calling everything, hardly playoff-worthy. Next round will be interesting and of course he should have learned after the first 2 penalties of the series to keep his hands down, but he made a hell of a play when Hughes made a huge mistake in a pivotal point in the game. Solid defenceman, just needs to clean up the penalties but in all honesty I think that was just specific to this round for some reason.

 

6) Obviously Hughes was a monster again tonight for us, plays around 27 minutes and scores a huge goal and an assist for us to get us back in a game that could have gone away from us when momentum was really swinging against us. This is when you need these stone-cold guys, and in the past in the playoffs this is where our team has been blown out. Hughes is by far our MVP so far this post-season and hopefully it continues.

 

7) Markstrom really had a rough night, he almost cost us the game on several occasions, including the time he went out to play the puck and should have been scored on to be fair. Poor guy will beat himself up but he and the goalie coaching staff have to address that short-side because you know the next team will pray on that. He's been so good for us so far so it's only fair his team bail him out for a night.

 

On the whole I'm very impressed with what Green has managed to do against an extremely stingy defensive team. If the Canucks can blow a solid-Stalock and Minnesota defence open the way they did today, they can score on just about anyone. This special teams has been huge for us, the PP is clearly a weapon and if we keep having 5+ PP nights, we'll beat any team. We have all the components to go far this playoffs, if our PP is clicking, bottom-6 stay solid and goalie stays hot then we're in with a good chance!

[SilentSam]

1 minute ago, Shift-4 said:

I hope Beagle is ok

I don't think I saw him return to ice after that blocked shot

I don’t think it was his drinking hand.