Whalespray Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Had to know the defending champs weren't just gonna lie down and get steamrolled. We're in a dog fight now. This is exactly what the kids need. How they respond tomorrow will be very telling. I think we gotta get Gaudette back in. Virtanen wasn't terrible but he hasn't been good enough he should be %@#$'n dominating with the weakest defensive matchups as the Blues hands are full shutting down our top 2 lines. The loss of Myers was very evident tonight. Myers haters take notice. Miller Pete Boeser Pearson Bo Loui Motte Sutter Gaudette Roussel Beag MacE Hughes Tanev Edler Stetcher Benn Rafferty As long as we keep them defending we're winning we simply can't shut them down so we must stay on the attack. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runtzguy Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 3 minutes ago, UKNuck96 said: Take a look at the TOI http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20192020/TH030183.HTM Fanta and Ben gorbgood minutes and there isn’t enough to take Edler below 20 mins available there. You complaining about a problem and providing a solution that isn’t possible Let me clarify. I mean Edler should not go over 20 minutes for a normal 3 period game. If it goes overtime then yes the 20 minute suggestion cannot be followed but the idea of it can. This means that Edler should play at most 6.66 minutes per period. I see that he plays more than that each period and that is when he gets into trouble b/c he is getting too tired. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckleheads fan Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 I had a few issues with this game. My only real complaint about officiating was the matching minors for Stretch and Perron. Perron went after Stech first and continued the assault into the net. Stech responded. It should have been two for Stech and four for Peron. No problem with the penalty to Jake, it was a blatant slew foot. Stech had a rough game, his lack of size is a detriment against a team like St. Louis. I thought St. Louis did an excellent job taking away open ice. They also really clamped down on Bo's line. I don't understand Travis not trying to keep Petey's line away from O'Reilly. I think TG needs to sit LE and Virt next game. Jake was awful. He made one good play kicking the puck lose on the post creating a chance, but why isn't he throwing that fat body around. Fantenberg played great and was hitting everything that moved. I thought Jake's calling card was his physical game, but the only time he tried to run somebody tonight, he missed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.I.A.H.N Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 1 minute ago, Devron44 said: Honestly not sure. Noticed him a lot the first 2 games. Not sure why Green wasn’t playing him. There was nothing that I saw that made me think there was a reason. Do you know why? Do you think he played poorly this game. When was his last shift? Honestly, I think we signed him to be a warrior with a non-stop motor and to get under peoples skin........... He certainly is not a finesse player, so what is he? IMO, he is suppose to do more...... Like I say...he is suppose to be a Perron type player I am not seeing that...........in no way, shape or form 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Devron Posted August 17, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 17, 2020 1 minute ago, Whalespray said: Had to know the defending champs weren't just gonna lie down and get steamrolled. We're in a dog fight now. This is exactly what the kids need. How they respond tomorrow will be very telling. I think we gotta get Gaudette back in. Virtanen wasn't terrible but he hasn't been good enough he should be %@#$'n dominating with the weakest defensive matchups as the Blues hands are full shutting down our top 2 lines. The loss of Myers was very evident tonight. Myers haters take notice. Miller Pete Boeser Pearson Bo Loui Motte Sutter Gaudette Roussel Beag MacE Hughes Tanev Edler Stetcher Benn Rafferty As long as we keep them defending we're winning we simply can't shut them down so we must stay on the attack. Dude Fanta was our best Dman tonight easily Myers is a huge loss 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smashian Kassian Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 At the very least - if they really come back in this series, I hope we take someone down with us (Perron or Schenn). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devron Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 2 minutes ago, janisahockeynut said: Honestly, I think we signed him to be a warrior with a non-stop motor and to get under peoples skin........... He certainly is not a finesse player, so what is he? IMO, he is suppose to do more...... Like I say...he is suppose to be a Perron type player I am not seeing that...........in no way, shape or form Yes fair points. I get what your saying. I guess I was looking for mistakes and couldn’t recall but you’re right we should expect more from him. Kinda like what Sutter has been bringing to the table. Different roles but Sutter is delivering on what he was brought in for 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddyguy Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 1 hour ago, DonaldBrashear said: This was a character loss. If that makes sense. We needed to lose, and losing game 3 made the most sense. Going up 3-0 in the series and losing game 4 would be worse IMO. Then you start to get nervous like Blackhawks in 2011. Also, if you are going to lose a game, it is best to lose this one because we play them again in 20 hours. We don't have to sit and dwell for 2 days. Go sleep, wake up and play again. Quick revenge. I say the Canucks go up 3-1 and then finish them off 4-1 series on Friday night! Wednesday* 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKNuck96 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 5 minutes ago, Whalespray said: Had to know the defending champs weren't just gonna lie down and get steamrolled. We're in a dog fight now. This is exactly what the kids need. How they respond tomorrow will be very telling. I think we gotta get Gaudette back in. Virtanen wasn't terrible but he hasn't been good enough he should be %@#$'n dominating with the weakest defensive matchups as the Blues hands are full shutting down our top 2 lines. The loss of Myers was very evident tonight. Myers haters take notice. Miller Pete Boeser Pearson Bo Loui Motte Sutter Gaudette Roussel Beag MacE Hughes Tanev Edler Stetcher Benn Rafferty As long as we keep them defending we're winning we simply can't shut them down so we must stay on the attack. One of the problems was Myers missing, Fanta played well out there. You don’t sit a defensive D out to put another offensive D in when we are already short in that department. Rafferty comes in will mean more ice time for the top 4 which are already pushed past breaking point 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viking mama Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, Bitter Melon said: Agreed, as long as Stecher is the one getting blatantly elbowed in the head its A-Ok. Yup. In the BCHL Schenn would have been ejected 2 or 3 times over for “blows to the head“....in this post-season, but in the NHL it goes unpenalized. Gifted freebies for a former Stanley Cup Champion, I suppose, ‘cuz that’s how Jeremy Jacobs/ Bettman want their truculent hockey to roll. Any ref with a # 13 or below on their stripes is a suspicious old-school enabler of the “Mark Messier” style of leadership, where elbows, spears or attempts at head-hunting will hopefully beget more violence, excitement, passion, emotion & drama. When will they truly start to care about protecting the classier up & coming generation of skilled players? The rest of the world does, but at play-off time the NHL still lags behind. Edited August 17, 2020 by viking mama Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyacry Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 18 minutes ago, Smashian Kassian said: So many random thoughts right now. - Concerned with how the Blues have been leaning on us all series. - Canucks have been playing with more heart + determination - Blues we're better overall tonight, yet we had better chances in OT & were a shot away from 3-0. (Great sign normally no?) - Believe these guys are chapped and going to be ready to play tomorrow. I don't know. Being a Canucks fan its hard not to expect the worst but this team has so much heart. I think we have a chance to win in 6 or this goes 7. Was a bit upset after the game, but thought to myself, I didn't even expected them to be in the playoffs 10 months ago, and we still have the series lead, even if they lose, I shouldn't be upset or angry. They'll get better and understand what it's like to be in a hard fought series! No matter the end result, gonna be fun going forward! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smashian Kassian Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 1 minute ago, cyacry said: Was a bit upset after the game, but thought to myself, I didn't even expected them to be in the playoffs 10 months ago, and we still have the series lead, even if they lose, I shouldn't be upset or angry. They'll get better and understand what it's like to be in a hard fought series! No matter the end result, gonna be fun going forward! No doubt. Would suck losing this though - really feel like we can win. But Myers is a major loss especially against this team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Building Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 9 minutes ago, buddyguy said: I think both Pearson and Boeser are a bit banged up. Both guys looked off. Boeser is getting checked pretty tightly, but I could only partially focus on the game as there were a lot of people working around me tonight and I was trying to stealth-watch the game. Hope we come out tomorrow like we started today. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coho8888 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 1 minute ago, viking mama said: Yup. In the BCHL Schenn would have been ejected 2 or 3 times over for “blows to the head“....in this post-season, but in the NHL it goes unpenalized. Gifted freebies for a former Stanley Cup Champion, I suppose, ‘cuz that’s how Jeremy Jacobs/ Bettman want their truculent hockey to roll. Any ref with a # below 13 is a suspicious old-school enabler of the “Mark Messier” style of leadership, where frequent elbows, spears & head-hunting will hopeful beget more violence, excitement, passion, emotion & drama. When will they truly start to care about protecting the classier up & coming generation of skilled players? The rest of the world does, but at play-off time the NHL still lags behind. That's the way the league wants it though. They want the winner of the cup to be a team that survives a war. Not necessarily the most skilled team but the biggest, grittiest toughest team out there. That's why they allow all this crap. If you aren't battered and bruised, you aren't worthy of winning the cup. That's why if the canucks aren't in the playoffs, I only really watch the first or second round. After that the hockey becomes unwatchable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyacry Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Smashian Kassian said: No doubt. Would suck losing this though - really feel like we can win. But Myers is a major loss especially against this team. I got us winning in six! Edited August 17, 2020 by cyacry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whalespray Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 7 minutes ago, Devron44 said: Dude Fanta was our best Dman tonight easily Myers is a huge loss I agree Fanta was good tonight I think scratching Benn really ups Edlers work load tho as literally the only guy who can let Markstom see shots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Building Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 1 hour ago, stawns said: no, you're right in your first thought. Stetchersjob is to hold the wall, covering for HUghes is not his responsibility. He was focused on the puck and trusted that a fwd was covering. Two goals tonight on terrible coverage by the fwds. Finally some people not blaming Stech for not being in 2 places at once. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-DLC- Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 The guys fought a hard fought battle. All we can ask. I'm proud of their performance and we'll get it back tomorrow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
250Integra Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 (edited) The state of the forum tonight. Did you guys really think we would roll over the Stanley Cup Champions by going 4-0? Heck there are probably some people here that believe we were supposed to go 16-0 We took the defending champs to OT while getting outplayed. We’re still up 2-1 in the series with the chance to go up 3-1 tomorrow. Relax, sleep, and get ready for the game tomorrow. The boys will be buzzing as they look to avenge the loss. Edited August 17, 2020 by 250Integra 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pure961089 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 32 minutes ago, Me_ said: Gaudette was a schizo-epileptic deer on acid in head lights in the first game he played. Would he be any worse that MacEwen? Virtanen is being under utilized. You can’t expect him to be a 4th line plugger in this series after an entire regular season playing on a point producing line. I think Green should give Guadette another chance, he’s been playing with Virtanen all year and Sutter is a black hole where scoring opportunities go to die. High octane, run and gun style with 3 scoring lines is our best chance. We out score our mistakes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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