[PGT] Columbus Blue Jackets at Vancouver Canucks | Dec. 14, 2021

[Patel Bure]

12 minutes ago, wallstreetamigo said:

If one of OEL, Hughes, or Chychrun could be converted to the right side without any issues I would be all in for him. As all left side guys though? Doesn’t make much sense. 

Hughes can play the right side from what I understand.  He's had extensive experience on that side in juniors if I understand correctly.  

 

As far as Chych goes, I think the asking price will be too high for us.

[wallstreetamigo]

Just now, Patel Bure said:

Hughes can play the right side from what I understand.  He's had extensive experience on that side in juniors if I understand correctly.  

 

As far as Chych goes, I think the asking price will be too high for us.

I don’t think Hughes game would need to change all that much to be effective on the right. It does change the passing angles being a lefty on the right though so there would be a bit of an adjustment there. But I think he could do it.

[mll]

4 minutes ago, wallstreetamigo said:

Brackett wasn’t in charge for some of those early picks. He was in charge for the later ones. The GM always has the final decision making authority on the draft though. It just comes down to how much they went with their scouts recommendations and how much they overruled them. No one really knows that mix. 
 

Lots of good players came from Brackett’s individual area of scouting focus though. Boeser, Demko, Rathbone, etc so he clearly knew who he wanted and it seems the organization agreed.

Brackett wanted Hughes too - it was visible in the behind the scenes clip of the 2018 draft.

 

Benning asks: Zadina or Hughes?

Weisbrod:  Hughes?

and Brackett says:  Hughes.

The segment was published by the Canucks with subtitles.

[khay]

31 minutes ago, DownUndaCanuck said:

Unreal game, Halak really sucked today but boy did the Canucks dominate from the 2nd period onwards in a way I don't think we've seen for years. 

 

Garland and Hughes were absolutely buzzing, they were 2 or 3 steps ahead of the play, winning battles and seeing passes before anyone else on the ice. Garland generates so much offence out of nothing by winning those battles down and near the net. This was a game for Hughes though, Colombus just didn't know how to defend him dropping down and skating behind their net.

 

Good to see Horvat and Petey's lines both end up with 2 goals and this was a classic Boudreau game of dominating offence shutting down their offence after the 2nd. We had around 30 shots in the final 2 periods and they barely had 10.

 

Massive character win, we're still well out of a playoff spot but have to keep rolling with these wins, even if they are marginal. Sometimes you see cracks in a win streak and Halak really dented this one but back to Demko for SJS and give Halak the Arizona game coming up.

There were many in-game adjustments by us and also by CBJ.

 

For example, in the latter part of the 2nd period, CBJ changed their forechecking to be more aggressive so as to prevent our defence any time to make plays.

 

That would have suffocated the Green coached Canucks and we would have lost the game 3-1. And it looked like it was going to work for parts of the 2nd.

 

But then, in the 3rd, the CBJ stopped deploying it. Maybe it was because they were up 3-1 or maybe Boudreau changed some stuff up and was easily breaking out.

 

Anyhow, there was a lot of in game adjustments going on. Something I can't say was the case under Green. It was a very exciting game to watch.

 

 

 

[DeltaSwede]

3 hours ago, Elias Pettersson said:

@-SN-

 

Let's get rid of the Loui emoticon and add one for Demko, BO and Miller...  

We need a Bruce there it is!

[Patel Bure]

7 minutes ago, mll said:

Brackett wanted Hughes too - it was visible in the behind the scenes clip of the 2018 draft.

 

Benning asks: Zadina or Hughes?

Weisbrod:  Hughes?

and Brackett says:  Hughes.

The segment was published by the Canucks with subtitles.

Are you sure Benning asked, "Zadina or Hughes?"

 

There's a video out there that shows Benning being very pleasantly surprised that the Wings chose Zadina over Hughes.  

 

I think the Nucks wanted Hughes all along and were quite shocked when he dropped to them.  

[Patel Bure]

21 minutes ago, DeltaSwede said:

We need a Bruce there it is!

 

@Roger Neilsons Towel @Vintage Canuck  @-DLC-  @-SN-

 

maybe this could be our new 'Bruce there it is!' reaction smilie? :-p

Edited December 15, 2021 by Patel Bure

[mll]

4 minutes ago, Patel Bure said:

Are you sure Benning asked, "Zadina or Hughes?"

 

There's a video out there that shows Benning being very pleasantly surprised that the Wings chose Zadina over Hughes.  

 

I think the Nucks wanted Hughes all along and were quite shocked when he dropped to them.  

 

Must be the same video.  Brackett was for Hughes too.  

[JamesB]

3 hours ago, J.I.A.H.N said:

Huge applause to Myers and Hughes

 

Big applause!

 

3 hours ago, GB5 said:

Glad to see his team push back to get him his first win.

Halak has been solid this year and has deserved to win  before now.

Coming in with some late comments.

 

Had the privilege of being at the game tonight (first time this year).

 

Fantastic game to be at, Certainly the most exciting game of the year so far. Here are a few points.

 

1. The Canucks had a bad first period. They flat and on their heals. And Halak let in a couple of pretty soft goals. After the first period I was thinking that with with Demko in the Canucks might be down 1-0 instead of 3-0 and still be in the game,

 

2. Turned out the Canucks were still in the game anyway. The 2nd and 3rd periods were as good a 2-period stretch I have seen from the Canucks in a long time. They completely dominated in the second period and were unlucky to still be down 3-1 after 2. Over the second and third periods together they were ahead on "high danger chances" 9-2 according to Natural Stat Trick. 

 

3. Fantastic third period with a lot of energy in the arena and among the players. It felt great to be part of it.

 

4. After Poolman had to leave due to a positive Covid test in the first period, the D was really tested, And Burroughs did not look good, especially on the first Columbus goal where he made an ill-advised move in for the blueline with the puck and made a bad pass toward the blueline, allowing a 2 on 1 rush.  Hughes, OEL. and Myers all played big minutes and were all very good. There is a lot of talk in this thread about Hughes and Myers, deservedly, but I was very impressed with OEL as well, as he has just come back from injury. And I was pleasantly surprised by Juulsen. He had a pretty good game.

 

5. As for the forwards, Horvat had a great game, but EP was also excellent, playing hard at both ends of the ice, including getting 2 more hits (!) and a shot block. He was skating great as well and making a lot of good plays, as well as picking up a crucial goal. Boeser, Miller, Podlkolzin and Garland were also very good. When Garland dropped his gloves early in the second it seemed to be an emotional spark.

 

6. It was not all rainbows and ponies, though. I though Pearson looked slow. On the 1st and 3rd Columbus goals his lack of speed were very costly. I think a faster skater might have prevented both those goals. (On the third goal he just seemed to give up, leaving it to Hughes to chase.)

 

7. Finally, good to see Halak get the win. As @GB5 said, he deserved a win. He had a bad 1st period but showed a lot of character in coming back and playing well in the 2nd and 3rd periods. That has to give him confidence and will be important going forward. Demko seemed to be really happy for him as well.

 

Great win. 

[Hamhuis Hip Check]

4 hours ago, -Vintage Canuck- said:

 

I was actually at that game, we saw a big group from ubc (i think) as well. It almost felt like a home game with how loud us canuck fans were that night

[StanleyCupOneDay]

3 hours ago, SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME said:

It’s interesting how it’s only the new players getting infected.

 

Makes you wonder if the combination of natural immunity (from last season’s infections) plus the vaccines has given the returning players some sort of extra resistance?

I think it’s more likely those who went through COVID hell are taking far more precautions (masks, social distancing etc) then the new guys who didn’t experience that cluster&^@# last year. That being said I’m extremely worried those 4 aren’t going to be the only positives. If I were a betting man I’d also unfortunately put my money on some of our games being postponed. Too much close contact with those possibly infected for just these players in isolation to be the worst of it. I really hope I’m wrong here.

 

One thing for sure though is that the protocols surrounding COVID for all teams needs to be completely redone. It’s quite obvious the current rules aren’t working as intended. There was a Flyers player pulled off the ice in another game from a COVID test too, so this situation is definitely getting worse and needs substantial changes.

Edited December 15, 2021 by StanleyCupOneDay

[Patel Bure]

Looking at our schedule, I think the Canucks should be able to take their next 4 of 6 games at minimum.

 

-Sharks twice

-Leafs

-Coyotes

-Kraken

-Ducks

 

Take care of the sharks twice, Kraken, and Coyotes, and I think we start to look pretty.

 

What I think will happen?  We split with the Sharks, lose to Toronto, and defeat the Coyotes, Kraken, and Ducks.

[Schmutzhaken]

So I live in the Eastern time zone, and went to sleep after the 1st at 3-0 Jackets. I was honestly sort of expecting to see 5-0 or 5-2 Jackets when I woke up. Force of habit I guess, I’m probably not alone there lol

 

SURPRISE MOTHER BUCKET! What a win, on a FILTHY game winner. What a feed from JT. Let’s roll 

[EddieVedder]

2 hours ago, Patel Bure said:

Definitely a heck of a player but I think the book on him at the time as the years went by was that he was basically a forward out of position.  People last season tried to give Hughes the same stigma/label.  Glad that Hughes is putting those guys in their places.

Ozolinsh dominated everytime he was on the ice.  What a special player.  

Hughes basically is a forward playing d. 

[RU SERIOUS]

WOW - JUST WOW !   Haven't seen a second effort like that from the canucks in years. Amazing comeback and goes to show what happens when change is made!   

 

 Great job tonight - very - very impressive !

[ShawnAntoski]

1 hour ago, khay said:

There were many in-game adjustments by us and also by CBJ.

 

For example, in the latter part of the 2nd period, CBJ changed their forechecking to be more aggressive so as to prevent our defence any time to make plays.

 

That would have suffocated the Green coached Canucks and we would have lost the game 3-1. And it looked like it was going to work for parts of the 2nd.

 

But then, in the 3rd, the CBJ stopped deploying it. Maybe it was because they were up 3-1 or maybe Boudreau changed some stuff up and was easily breaking out.

 

Anyhow, there was a lot of in game adjustments going on. Something I can't say was the case under Green. It was a very exciting game to watch.

 

 

 

With Green, the word adjustment - simply, means line blending.

[Timråfan]

2 hours ago, mll said:

Brackett wanted Hughes too - it was visible in the behind the scenes clip of the 2018 draft.

 

Benning asks: Zadina or Hughes?

Weisbrod:  Hughes?

and Brackett says:  Hughes.

The segment was published by the Canucks with subtitles.

What would people here said if Weisbroad said Zadina and Benning took that player instead…

[ShawnAntoski]

27 minutes ago, EddieVedder said:

Ozolinsh dominated everytime he was on the ice.  What a special player.  

Hughes basically is a forward playing d. 

Haven't heard, the name Ozolnish - for a loooong time.

[spook007]

Just finished watching the game... WOW JUST WOW...

 

Covid disruption - no problem

3-0 down - no problem

Defender down - no problem

 

What a gutsy effort by the team... If this is a dream, please don't wake me up...

 

Would have loved to be a fly on the wall during intermissions... Wonder what Bruce said to the boys... 

 

This team believes again.... Merry Christmas...

[Timråfan]

1 hour ago, Patel Bure said:

Are you sure Benning asked, "Zadina or Hughes?"

 

There's a video out there that shows Benning being very pleasantly surprised that the Wings chose Zadina over Hughes.  

 

I think the Nucks wanted Hughes all along and were quite shocked when he dropped to them.  

Think about it … Benning had to ask as a GM. 
If I ”think” also that clip shows that Brackett is the draft expert of the three.