Post-Game Talk: Canucks lose 10-7 (Miller x3, Pettersson, Boeser, Zadorov, Cole)

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[Gormo]

Canucks were saving Demko for Colorado tomorrow, otherwise DeSmith would have come out.

My thinking was that it could have been a big statement win after (4 or 5?) 5 on 3s, but I think youre right.

It was an awful way to lose and Im sore about it lol

 

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[Mr. Canucklehead]

My thinking was that it could have been a big statement win after (4 or 5?) 5 on 3s, but I think youre right.

It was an awful way to lose and Im sore about it lol

Even with the officiating, if DeSmith was passable in the early 3rd, we win this one. 5 on 3 goals are tough, but I did not like goals 6-8 for Minnesota. Thought they were all kinds of stoppable. But he was clearly rattled early in the third and fell to pieces - and for about two to five minutes, so did the Canucks. Actually felt we had a reasonable push back after that, scored two and damn near tied it, but the damage was done at that point. Still a way better note to end on than if we had just folded after they made it 8-5.

 

[RichLittle]

My thinking was that it could have been a big statement win after (4 or 5?) 5 on 3s, but I think youre right.

It was an awful way to lose and Im sore about it lol

They had a 1.5 min 5-3, a one minute 5-3 and a broken up one between period 2 and 3, so maybe 30s? Where do you get 5 5on3s from?

 

[Brock Boeser Laser Show]

not a huge fan of DeSmith style. Always seems unsettled and scrambly. lot of goals let In along the ice tonight (and in recent starts) due to poor technique.

 

[Baby Pettersson]

Edmonton Will pass us soon. I think they can be 3 back if they win their games in hand and they don’t lose many these days.

Also f*** them.

If we win all our games to end the season we finish 1st!

In other words anything can happen. Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Oilers ain't catching us.

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

Jets Game - reffing was the issue
Wild game - reffing was the issue
Avs game - can already see what’s coming

 

[DimitriL07]

If you call that Lindholm play a penalty. There should have been penalties every 10 seconds for the rest of the game.

 

[PavelBure10]

I missed the game because I taken my kids to a reptile refuge for family day. I am watching it right now knowing the score and everything. Two minutes into the third and all I can say is Oh My. DeSmith looks like Swiss cheese but I think that goal which was under his legs should of been blown down.

This is ugly

 

[AzNightmare]

Every strong team has one of these bad games................ yep.

 

[PG Canuck]

Every strong team has one of these bad games................ yep.

Did they also have four 5 on 3’s to kill off?

Let me know.

 

[LordBacon]

Glad I missed this one. Looks like it’s a complete shit show

 

[DimitriL07]

Even when we lose like this I have this dirty urge to check the Oilers thread. I need help

 

[EpochLink]

New game tomorrow, regroup.

It’s Demko or bust

 

[AzNightmare]

Did they also have four 5 on 3’s to kill off?

Let me know.

Great, we'll just use excuses like we've been doing the past few games.
In my head, the Canucks already won the Stanley Cup a few times in the past decade, but you know, officiating.

 

[PavelBure10]

The reffing is becoming more and more of a problem. The Canucks played well 5 on 5, even out playing the Wild for a majority of the game. There was a couple of plays such as Miller puck over the glass where it's a penalty regardless, but a lot of questionable calls in this game.

I don't trust the integrity of this league from the upper management. 2011 Stanley Cup final loss, to the Stephane Auger incident to Tim Peel. You can't tell me game management doesn't exist in this league.

Also DeSmith was brutal in this game. Hasn't looked good forever.

 

[AzNightmare]

Honestly this is one of the few times a back to back may be beneficial. Boys will be hungry tomorrow.

Colorado is so ****ed.

If it's not the refs, the excuse tomorrow will be tired team coming off a back to back.

But I would love for your sarcasm to be proven true though. A bounce back win against a legit strong team is exactly what can turn this team back on the right track.

 

[VanJack]

DeSmith has been a nice story this season, but was a sieve in this one. He's a UFA at the end of the season, and the Canucks will either be in the market for an experienced backup or might elevate Silovs from Abbotsford.

Believe it or not, the Canucks had a 5-2 lead at one point in the second period. But three consecutive five on three pp's and suddenly they were behind in the third period.

I guess in an 82-game schedule there's going to be an ugly one like this once and awhile. But sets up tomorrow night in Denver as a real tough one.

Not sure the Canucks have had a three-game losing streak all season.....but on paper, this one seems almost 'unwinable'.

 

[F86puck]

Goaltending cost the Oilers at least one if not two Stanley Cups the past 2 seasons when McJesus was just out of this world. Seems they improved in the net this year. And let's hope we don't repeat that trend. No goaltending, no Stanley (except maybe Edmonton of the 1980s - Fuhr was good but not great).

 

[beachcomber]

In other news how's Garland?

Yup, he's a cap dump.

 

[Reverend Mayhem]

Honestly and not to throw anyone under the bus but this game reminds me of a time I asked my one friend about this goalie he had on his team and he said “usually when you score 11 goals that meant you won…”

As far as evaluating goes, just burn the tape and move on.

 

[Reverend Mayhem]

Goaltending cost the Oilers at least one if not two Stanley Cups the past 2 seasons when McJesus was just out of this world. Seems they improved in the net this year. And let's hope we don't repeat that trend. No goaltending, no Stanley (except maybe Edmonton of the 1980s - Fuhr was good but not great).

Can they win with their current goaltending? I think so, there is precedence but it’s extremely rare and not easy.

Their D while it has names on it, I find their only truly reliable defender is Ekholm. Nurse and Bouchard are prone to soft play and bad judgment calls. Usually paired with average goaltending I call that a paper tiger but they have McDrai so who knows.