Mr. Canucklehead
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Horvat was a beast on faceoffs last night, winning 8 out of 10. He's been steadily improving in this regard; in the first Edmonton game he won 2 of 9 (22%), in the second he won 9 of 16 (56%).
Post-Game Talk: Canucks spank Coyotes 6-1 (Higgins, Hansen, Weber, Santorelli, Sestito, Garrison)
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He had a pretty good game in my eyes too. No shame in admitting it, we have no reason to hope for him to play poorly. He got behind the defence on one occasion early but slipped up as he crossed the blue line, and looked dangerous towards the end of the game in Vancouver's zone.
I didn't go into this game looking for him but he was definitely noticeable. At 9 I wouldn't have taken him but I was high on him before the draft and would have been happy to take him in the mid to late teens.
King of Anarchy
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Pip
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I found him quiet in the first, but very strong in the second and third. This is also playing on a team tab was struggling last night. Domi, Rundblad and OEL were really the only bright spots for the Yotes last night imo. I don't know if he necessarily played better than Horvat, nor do I care because Dom's development has little to do with our success
Pip
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Why can we not just settle on "Love Shack" by the B-52's? Gillis, are you even listening??!
Win One Before I Die
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Good game but Phoenix looked like ****. I dont think Ribeiro and Doan would have made too much more of a difference. Maybe its 6-2 or 6-3.
Canucker
Go Hawks!
Well we would've been killing penalties all game if Mike Smith was flopping in net.
coolcanucksfan
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I thought Greiss was one of their best players, especially in the first period where it could've easily gotten out of hand quickly.
NuxFan09
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Tonight's game against the Sharks will be really interesting. They're pretty much icing their full roster minus only those who are injured (Havlat, Torres, Stuart) and perhaps their 3 best forward prospects are playing (Hertl, Nieto, Hamilton). Niemi will be in net as well.
Barney Gumble
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Over-under for Sharks gifted power plays?
Still think it was a BS power play given to them that broke the tie game in the previous pre-season game with them. Some things never change...
Samzilla
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Yeah, nothing's changed with the reffing. I curse the day Burrows held that press conference. Ridiculous that we're still paying for that, especially since even the NHL knew Auger was **** since they forced him into retirement.
The refs need to grow up and be ****ing professionals and stop holding a grudge against us.
stevecanuck16
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Looks to me like Shinkaruk is next in line to keep up that tradition. Lots of non-calls against him last night. The body slam in the corner sticks out in my mind.
The ticky tack calls are driving me crazy, especially when they only get called one way.
Consistency is way too much to ask for in this league.
Proto
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Tortorella will slowly teach the Canucks to stop giving the opportunities for refs to even make those calls, I think. He's done it everywhere else. It might take awhile, given the lack of discipline the Canucks have repeatedly shown over the past decade, but it will happen.
Also looks like they want a right-hander on the top line.
Burrows and Kesler looked good last night.
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