Post-Game Talk: Avs def. Canucks - 4-3 (OT) (Miller, Mikheyev, Zadorov) | Swear words.

[Mr. Canucklehead]

Dagnabit, tarnation, and f***!

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[kanucks25]

Canucks started playing like shit from about midway through the 2nd period.

That hooking call was ridiculous and led to a big goal but that was early in the 3rd and we were playing like ass well before that and continued to play like ass for the rest of the game.

I'd be a lot more concerned about a rested team getting outworked and outexecuted in the 2nd half of a game against a team on a B2B than one bad call.

 

[EpochLink]

Can't blame this on the refs, we were up 3-0.
Take advantage of what you got, if you don't you end up with 1 point instead of 2.
Onto the next.

 

[DimitriL07]

The barrage of Makar>Hughes incoming from Avs fans even though he was horrid tonight.

 

[SillyRabbit]

Miller's post game presser right now really makes me feel like he should be Captain.

No slight against Hughes, but Miller is the vocal and emotional leader of the team.

And it's no surprise he's always the first person interviewed. Holding the team accountable, no excuses.

 

[TruKnyte]

Guy has two fore checkers on the blue line waiting for a turnover when we have the lead. When the game is tied or we’re behind one of the two pursues the puck carrier and the second man tries to pick the outlet pass. Clearly an intentional strategy when we have the lead to sit back, which might work against weaker competition but is playing with fire against a team like the Avs.

 

[Joe Rogan]

Lindholm and Blueger were both ass tonight. Not worth resigning. This 3rd period was full on Travis Green hockey, a 20 minute PK

 

[PG Canuck]

Blaming the refs is weak.

 

[Baby Pettersson]

I just hope we meet them in the playoffs because that would be fun.

 

[SillyRabbit]

The barrage of Makar>Hughes incoming from Avs fans even though he was horrid tonight.

Step 1) Play with superstar player who has 42 more points than you.

Step 2) Get lots of PP's.

Step 3) Give superstar the puck.

Step 4) Let him create points for you.

Step 5) Win 2024 Norris.

 

[TruKnyte]

Can't blame this on the refs, we were up 3-0.
Take advantage of what you got, if you don't you end up with 1 point instead of 2.
Onto the next.

This, I’m done blaming the refs. Team needs to figure their shit out. They had enough opportunities to win this game on the Pp themselves

 

[Jimnastic]

There are sure some awful Canucks fans. We owned the game for 39 minutes. They fluke a goal in the last minute of the second. From then on the game was determined by bad refereeing. As everyone has pointed out there were at least five unequal calls going the Avs way in the last 20 minutes. And you are going to criticise the Canucks because the they couldn't change the flow of the game with that crap going on. Soucy has been excellent and that puck was millimeters from being fine. A bad result and sulking Canucks fans want to burn the town down just like 2011. You are a bunch of whining babies. You know who you are.

 

[Scumbag Frank]

Lindholm and Blueger were both ass tonight. Not worth resigning. This 3rd period was full on Travis Green hockey, a 20 minute PK

Juulsen too
When Myers comes back it's gotta be Juulsen to the press box permanently

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

f*** Travis Green man.

Good: I really liked Bae and Horvat tonight.

Bad: Loui Eriksson f***ing sucks. I cannot wait for the day when Gudbranson is gone!

Starting to think Benning sucks as GM.

(Just trying to comfort myself here)

 

[Bgav]

not the refs fault we lost... but , Raymond is the worst ref in the nhl and its not even close. Every game he refs is so poorly officiated

 

[MS]

Guy has two fore checkers on the blue line waiting for a turnover when we have the lead. When the game is tied or we’re behind one of the two pursues the puck carrier and the second man tries to pick the outlet pass. Clearly an intentional strategy when we have the lead to sit back, which might work against weaker competition but is playing with fire against a team like the Avs.

Literally every team does this.

 

[LemonSauceD]

The barrage of Makar>Hughes incoming from Avs fans even though he was horrid tonight.

Avs fans shit talk the most about Makar on their boards but will cream their pants about him every where else. It’s kinda funny.

 

[Orca Smash]

You go into a defensive shell when your completely controlling the game against a team like the avs you will lose. Might work against teams with less firepower but avs like to attack in waves.

 

[valkynax]

And again...Cole Bluger and Juulsen in OT opener while under penalty...

why...WHY?

 

[Baby Pettersson]

Miller's post game presser right now really makes me feel like he should be Captain.

No slight against Hughes, but Miller is the vocal and emotional leader of the team.

And it's no surprise he's always the first person interviewed. Holding the team accountable, no excuses.

Would make sense why he has the "A"!

I see your point though and often wonder the same.

 

[Pogotheclown]

Terrible game by the nucks, it's like they didn't want to win.
Pettersson is looking like a soft fourth-liner.
Powerplay is worse then 5-5.

Blah.....

 

[Pastor Of Muppetz]

I thought the Canucks played a fantastic game for two periods minus one second..nobody looked looked particularly bad.

 

[Petey O]

I'd be a lot more concerned about a rested team getting outworked and outexecuted in the 2nd half of a game against a team on a B2B than one bad call.

I agree, the team should have won that despite the bs 5 on 3 call, but gifting a team like the Avs a 5 on 3 in a game they're trailing is like taking a hammer to any momentum the Canucks could muster as it's pretty much a guaranteed goal every time.

Hockey is all a game of momentum, and when you have refs handing teams 5 on 3s on weak shit, you can't be surprised when your team struggles to regain momentum as a result.

 

[Bourne Endeavor]

Again, the coach isn't going to change a defensive system that has undoubtably worked wonders this season just because the Avs are good offensively. More often than not, you can close games out playing that way, but that last second lucky goal by the Avs and then Mack's embellishment for the 5 on 3 (which usually always switches momentum) was the difference.

In a game like that, you need star play from guys like Pettersson to pull their team out of the pit they're falling into. Pettersson was a ghost offensively. You can't argue otherwise. He needs to be figured out.

We don't. I'm putting blame on everyone. Like I said in my post, Pettersson was terrible tonight but I doubt the team collectively decided to turtle up for 20 minutes and hope they could survive. Likewise, we haven't changed a single thing about our powerplay structure and it's costing us games. That's on the coaching staff.

There's plenty of blame to go around for us completely folding. A poor call shouldn't lead to us getting outshot 20-3.

Something else to keep in mind. This defensive system hasn't worked against the Avs all season. Again, I'm not saying change it but we absolutely can't be turtling up in the playoffs.

 

[TruKnyte]

Literally every team does this.

Doing what every other team does doesn’t mean it’s always effective. Make adjustments when it doesn’t work.