grandmaster Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 https://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/2434542 Three games into the season, the Vancouver Canucks are already pulling out all the stops to try and get back on track. The Canucks held a players-only meeting following Monday's 6-4 loss to the Washington Capitals, head coach Bruce Boudreau said postgame. Vancouver set a dubious mark in the defeat, becoming the first team in NHL history to lose its first three games of the season while blowing multi-goal leads in each contest, per Sportsnet. GAMEOPPONENTLEADFINAL SCORE 1Oilers3-05-3 2Flyers2-03-2 3Capitals4-26-4 "I keep saying we have to learn from it, but enough's enough," said captain Bo Horvat postgame. Boudreau believes his team's inability to close out games is due to its poor mentality. "I think right now, 'mentally weak' would be a good assessment," Boudreau said. "When you're on a roll, you're waiting for good things to happen. When you're in something like this, you're waiting for something bad to happen." Horvat echoed his coach's comments, calling Vancouver's performances "unacceptable." "We can't be mentally weak, either. … It feels like we're getting down on ourselves when they score one," Horvat said. "We still had the lead. It's how we bounce back the next shift. When they get another one, you get down on yourselves even more - and you can't do that in this league." Boudreau acknowledged improvements are also needed with the penalty kill, which allowed the Capitals' power play to convert twice. Vancouver's penalty kill is operating at just 50% on the season, allowing six goals on 12 opportunities. "There’s definitely something wrong," Boudreau said. "I must have the wrong guys out there, because they're scoring in the first 15 seconds all the time." Penalty-killing woes aren't a new development for the Canucks, who ranked 30th in the league in that department a year ago at 74.9%. "We got great penalty killers in this room," Horvat said. "I have full faith in this team that we're going to bounce back from this, and it starts tomorrow night." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post goalie13 Posted October 18, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 18, 2022 19 minutes ago, grandmaster said: Vancouver set a dubious mark in the defeat, becoming the first team in NHL history to lose its first three games of the season while blowing multi-goal leads in each contest, per Sportsnet. I suppose that's better than losing the first three games of the season without ever having the lead. 1 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinky-Winky Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 8 minutes ago, Warhippy said: Trying to figure out who gets Bedard as a roomie no doubt DOnt need to tank for bedard, they tryting so hard and still losing, easy sauce for bedard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apples Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 Canucks Civil War: Bo vs Miller 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanucks25 Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 Who cares, It means nothing. 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naslund.is.king Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 10 minutes ago, Apples said: Canucks Civil War: Bo vs Miller The real leader is non existent in the middle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crabcakes Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 41 minutes ago, goalie13 said: I suppose that's better than losing the first three games of the season without ever having the lead. They have the talent to be a good team. They proved it last season and they have proved it in each of the 3 games so far this year when they have held multi goal leads. The issue is mental. They need to learn how to win or how to hold a lead. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanucksCountry Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 this team needs a sports psychologist badly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
combover Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 51 minutes ago, naslund.is.king said: The real leader is non existent in the middle Looks like Louie Erickson is sitting in the middle. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wai_lai416 Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 this team whenever it gets a lead they change the way they play lol they literally just chill and lay back when they have a lead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DS4quality Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 1 hour ago, Apples said: Canucks Civil War: Bo vs Miller It's a tie... They both lose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iinatcc Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 13 minutes ago, combover said: Looks like Louie Erickson is sitting in the middle. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sylas Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 Something is rotten in Canucks land. big 2 points tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank einstein Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 1 hour ago, grandmaster said: https://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/2434542 Three games into the season, the Vancouver Canucks are already pulling out all the stops to try and get back on track. The Canucks held a players-only meeting following Monday's 6-4 loss to the Washington Capitals, head coach Bruce Boudreau said postgame. Vancouver set a dubious mark in the defeat, becoming the first team in NHL history to lose its first three games of the season while blowing multi-goal leads in each contest, per Sportsnet. GAMEOPPONENTLEADFINAL SCORE 1Oilers3-05-3 2Flyers2-03-2 3Capitals4-26-4 "I keep saying we have to learn from it, but enough's enough," said captain Bo Horvat postgame. Boudreau believes his team's inability to close out games is due to its poor mentality. "I think right now, 'mentally weak' would be a good assessment," Boudreau said. "When you're on a roll, you're waiting for good things to happen. When you're in something like this, you're waiting for something bad to happen." Horvat echoed his coach's comments, calling Vancouver's performances "unacceptable." "We can't be mentally weak, either. … It feels like we're getting down on ourselves when they score one," Horvat said. "We still had the lead. It's how we bounce back the next shift. When they get another one, you get down on yourselves even more - and you can't do that in this league." Boudreau acknowledged improvements are also needed with the penalty kill, which allowed the Capitals' power play to convert twice. Vancouver's penalty kill is operating at just 50% on the season, allowing six goals on 12 opportunities. "There’s definitely something wrong," Boudreau said. "I must have the wrong guys out there, because they're scoring in the first 15 seconds all the time." Penalty-killing woes aren't a new development for the Canucks, who ranked 30th in the league in that department a year ago at 74.9%. "We got great penalty killers in this room," Horvat said. "I have full faith in this team that we're going to bounce back from this, and it starts tomorrow night." They should have re-signed Motte. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jester13 Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 Learning how to overcome adversity helps build championship teams. They just better learn fast before it's too late again and this team gets dismantled. Maybe that's a good thing, but I don't think this teams wants that to happen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrago Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 24 minutes ago, Jester13 said: Learning how to overcome adversity helps build championship teams. They just better learn fast before it's too late again and this team gets dismantled. Maybe that's a good thing, but I don't think this teams wants that to happen. I'd keep Petey, Podz, Hughes and Kuzmenko, as far as I'm concerned the rest of them can go. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iinatcc Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 2 hours ago, Warhippy said: Trying to figure out who gets Bedard as a roomie no doubt Let's say the Canucks do perform poorly this season. Like most draft lottery seasons Canucks will probably go like 3-1-1 in their last 5 games and move 3 sports in the standings 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_impersonator13 Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 44 minutes ago, Jester13 said: Learning how to overcome adversity helps build championship teams. They just better learn fast before it's too late again and this team gets dismantled. Maybe that's a good thing, but I don't think this teams wants that to happen. You hit the nail on the head. I've coached sports for almost 25 years and the mental side of the game is often what makes players / teams great and is very tough to coach but one I've always focused on. They need to figure out how to rid themselves of the "Whoa is me / Here we go again" mentality. If Bruce can't coach that side of the game, bring in a specialist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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