[GDT/PGT] Vancouver Canucks @ Montreal Canadiens | February 2, 2021 | 4 p.m. PT | SNP

[Canuckfanforlife82]

1 minute ago, Silky mitts said:

JV contract looking like another garbage one . 

Just add it to the pile. Aquillinis must love giving away free money.

Edited February 3, 2021 by Canuckfanforlife82

[Me_]

1 minute ago, Odd. said:

4-1.

OMG that’s right!

With 4 games left to play in the series... what great news this is!

[Barbarian]

2 minutes ago, TNucks1 said:

well the refs been calling softys all over the league this year for w.e reason.

I wonder whether refs are calling softer penalties because of how frequently teams will be playing each other. They might be purposely trying to prevent bad blood from escalating by handing out penalties so players dont 'seek justice.' Just a thought

[J-23]

1 minute ago, Smashian Kassian said:

 

The sad part is I bet they would've last year. 

From what I heard early this year he's actually been playing really well.

[WHL rocks]

6 minutes ago, Smashian Kassian said:

I don't know if anyone is watching this game, but if Edmonton would consider Pulju for Virtanen I'd do it yesterday. 

So would JB but Kenny Holand is no fool. No way Oilers do that deal..

[Me_]

3 minutes ago, canuck73_3 said:

You should check Höglander’s ice time, oh wait that doesn't suit your narrative. 

...and that’s how it went down.

[Smashian Kassian]

Just now, J-23 said:

From what I heard early this year he's actually been playing really well.

 

Yup. Just scored a really nice goal sticking with it around the net - something I don't think Virtanen has ever done.

[Smashian Kassian]

I'm actually surprised Virtanen didn't play tonight though.

 

Kinda wondered if they might be working out a trade, & didn't want to risk injury.

[TNucks1]

4 minutes ago, Barbarian said:

I wonder whether refs are calling softer penalties because of how frequently teams will be playing each other. They might be purposely trying to prevent bad blood from escalating by handing out penalties so players dont 'seek justice.' Just a thought

yeah thats possible i thought maybe bettman told em too just to make the games goals for and against higher.

[Curmudgeon]

1 hour ago, GoCanucks16 said:

why do the kids call him by his last name

True story: Because the character in the commercial was named so that the chant could work in both of Canada's official languages. In the Francophone version of the commercial, the fans chanted al-BARE, al-BARE. 

[Sapper]

I love the canucks but fir the first time in 30 years I turned the TV off and didn't watch any 9f it after they went down 4-1.

 

I don't profess to know how to fix them but it's clear this team has a major problem. They have far to much talent to play this horribly in 7 games out of 13.

 

Maybe it's a cancer in the locker room and there is team.chemistry problems, maybe the players have tuned out the coach ?

 

In any event barring a miraculous turn around this is another draft lottery year so the one thing they got right was giving up last year's first.

 

Still love.the canucks but they look horrible on the ice and something is going on

[WHL rocks]

4 minutes ago, Smashian Kassian said:

 

The sad part is I bet they would've last year. 

Doubt it. Pulju asked for a trade from Oilers but Kenny Holland said he's not trading him.. just refused the trade request. 

 

Holland set the tone and showed who's boss.. didnt want to set a precedence and fold to a guy who holds out.. 

 

Going back to Scandinavia was best thing to happen for Pulju. Much better player now.

 

 

[davidgoliath]

38 minutes ago, TNucks1 said:

who were the refs these past two games, they called some soft ass calls for both teams.

On Roussel’s kneeing call, the Montreal player’s knee looked as far out as AR but I don’t feel aggrieved by the reffing tonight.

[Silky mitts]

Virtanen going to request a trade pretty soon 

[Cromeslab]

Bo needs to take the boys out for beer ,team meeting or something.

[canuck2288]

14 minutes ago, Devron44 said:

You wouldn’t be saying that if this was 2 years ago and we just lost to the Canadiens with Benn in the line up LOL.

Hes probably playing a little further up then he should I agree but there was literally no reason at all to take him out of the lineup up until this point 

If you think Benn is an nhl quality top 6 guy you are sadly mistaken 

 

i am not pinning the game on him at all

 

we need OJ to develop, Benn is what he is

[Smashian Kassian]

3 minutes ago, WHL rocks said:

Doubt it. Pulju asked for a trade from Oilers but Kenny Holland said he's not trading him.. just refused the trade request. 

 

Holland set the tone and showed who's boss.. didnt want to set a precedence and fold to a guy who holds out.. 

 

Going back to Scandinavia was best thing to happen for Pulju. Much better player now.

 

 

 

Maybe not, although I thought Edmonton liked Virtanen at one point. 

[PhillipBlunt]

16 minutes ago, mll said:

Barry Trotz says defensive structure is the easiest thing to fix.  He says playing defense is not skill-based but about character and hard work.  NYI was one of the worse defensive teams when he took over and that 1st season they were the only team that allowed less than 200 goals.  

Green is no Trotz. 

[PhillipBlunt]

14 minutes ago, Barbarian said:

I wonder whether refs are calling softer penalties because of how frequently teams will be playing each other. They might be purposely trying to prevent bad blood from escalating by handing out penalties so players dont 'seek justice.' Just a thought

I think it’s purely because the refs are absolute trash and couldn’t do their job if their lives depended on it. 

[1-d]

2 minutes ago, Cromeslab said:

Bo needs to take the boys out for beer ,team meeting or something.

Have a bottle of beer delivered to each player's hotel room and fire up a Zoom call.