[GDT/PGT] Vancouver Canucks @ Winnipeg Jets | January 30, 2021 | 7 p.m. PT | NHLN, CBC, SN, TVAS2

[King Heffy]

3 minutes ago, debluvscanucks said:

There'll never be another Bure.

Ovechkin comes pretty close for me.

[Coconuts]

Burke is still relevant, I don't always agree with him but I respect the time he's put in and his insight 

[apollo]

Burkie = daddy 

 

(only when John Garret isn't on off course) 

[gregthehockeynut]

6 minutes ago, Elias Pettersson said:

Virtanen couldn’t hold Bertuzzi or Neely’s jockstrap.  I wouldn’t worry too much about Jake turning into one of those guys.  

 I agree he is not that caliber of player but big Bert didn't break out until his fifth year as pro.

So this year and next Jake needs to rev up or he won't make it to a decent middle six player.

I do wonder if this compressed schedule with so many back to backs might have him nursing an injury.

[Dumb Nuck]

9 minutes ago, ChuckNORRIS4Cup said:

Could Hoglander be the next Bure like thing in Vancouver.... Bure was an exciting player to watch, Hoglander is looking like an exciting player to watch as well.... Wait until Hoglander pulls the behind the net goal  maybe it happens tonight 

No!

[Sharpshooter]

4 minutes ago, J-23 said:

I only want to hear Burke talk.

[Hairy Kneel]

Benn and Smit gotta use the boards they are not Hughes. Gotta stop the giveaways

[King Heffy]

1 minute ago, Coconuts said:

Burke is still relevant, I don't always agree with him but I respect the time he's put in and his insight 

I really enjoy his takes even if I don't agree with them. His book was also excellent if you haven't read it.  You can tell how much Pat Quinn influenced him.

Edited January 31, 2021 by King Heffy

[DS4quality]

I saw schmidt put Myers in some poor positions there, and not one of our forwards could win a puck battle. 

It's easy to blame Myers because he's the biggest guy on the ice usually, which makes his mistakes look bigger

 

Edited January 31, 2021 by DS4quality

[GetFocht]

Win da 2nd

[Dr. Crossbar]

If we score more goals than Jets, I'm good.

[Sharpshooter]

5 minutes ago, debluvscanucks said:

There'll never be another Bure.

But there was a Burr.

[dKs89]

2 minutes ago, Smashian Kassian said:

In fairness to us, Winnipeg is the most aggressive team we've played with how they pressure the breakout. Hopefully the coaching staff will have some helpful adjustments for the 2nd.

I mean it sure feels like every team we play against is "the most aggressive team" because even against the Sens....they still struggled to get the puck out of the zone. It's been like this for years now. Don't think the coaching staff has the magic solution after this one period, when this one period happens most periods every game.

[Sedintwinpowersactivate]

#96 is cursed in Vancouver.  Time for Gaudette to pick a new number.

[King Heffy]

Just now, Sharpshooter said:

But there was a Burr.

And a Bert.

[rychicken]

4 minutes ago, King Heffy said:

I really enjoy his takes even if I don't agree with them. His book was also excellent if you haven't read it.

I'm reading his book now...about halfway through and it is great

[drdeath]

Just now, Sedintwinpowersactivate said:

#96 is cursed in Vancouver.  Time for Gaudette to pick a new number.

Just needs to reverse those numbers. And change the name on the back of his sweater to hockey_gaud

[Smashian Kassian]

4 minutes ago, MikeyD said:

From a coaching perspective, this is our best period defensively all season from the aspect of player coverage. The only reason why it sucked is because we had a boatload of unforced turnovers from the back end. You clear that up and they lose half of their shots. 

 

Stat wise, defense looked horrible, but it's a huge improvement from 5 games ago. Absolutely huge. Demko had one, maybe two difficult saves (one ultimately led to a goal) and that was off a bad faceoff setup but overall Winnepeg is playing well offensively and we are stifling their good chances. 

 

Coverage is a million times better. 

 

Now if we can just get the self-inflicted turnover thingy figured out we'll be rollin

[King Heffy]

Rotten Ronnie seriously thought that goal was in the Swedish league while they're wearing the national team jerseys.  Not only is he an unprofessional dirtbag, he's also stupid as hell.  How does Sportsnet justify letting this piece of garbage disgrace his country on national tv?

[RomanP]

10 minutes ago, DIBdaQUIB said:

Multiple different professional vets over a few years with the same results...yes, it is the system. 

Haven’t seen this amount of giveaways on D in previous seasons