Reign Nateo
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It's actually pretty insane to go down 3-0 and not get a PP. The Canucks are hated from the top down it seems.
It's actually pretty insane to go down 3-0 and not get a PP. The Canucks are hated from the top down it seems.
The difference? Luongo would have let that swell to 7 or 8. At least Schneider gave the team a chance to come back
Oh please guys. This clearly isn't a goaltending problem, it's a team problem. We let in one goal and everyone loses their minds. I don't why but it is what it is. Schneider, Luongo it's irrelevant. I don't care who you are, we are letting in 3 in that span with the way the team played in front of him.
Guess it's easy to blame just one guy though.
Did you watch the game or are just saying that? The Canucks didn't earn any penalties, there was nothing missed. It's nothing about being hated or the usual nonsense the tinfoil hat crowd believes.
No I didn't watch the game. I was too busy constructing a new tin foil hat and looking for aliens in the sky.
Normally when a team goes down by 3 goals they don't even have to earn a PP and are gifted a few. I felt the Canucks did earn a couple. I'm not blaming the refs for the game as it shouldn't come down to that, just pointing out an anomoly that stuck out after 25+ years watching the NHL.
It is my opinion that the referees aren't to keen on the Canucks. Starting from Burke/Gillis calling them out, to the diving/pests, to Burrows/Auger, as well as the general sentiment of dislike that the average hockey fan holds towards the Canucks, they have reason to not do us any favors. I don't think it takes a leap of faith to beleive that the Canucks are not the refs favourites. They're only human and I wouldn't really blame them actually.
No I didn't watch the game. I was too busy constructing a new tin foil hat and looking for aliens in the sky.
Normally when a team goes down by 3 goals they don't even have to earn a PP and are gifted a few. I felt the Canucks did earn a couple. I'm not blaming the refs for the game as it shouldn't come down to that, just pointing out an anomoly that stuck out after 25+ years watching the NHL.
It is my opinion that the referees aren't to keen on the Canucks. Starting from Burke/Gillis calling them out, to the diving/pests, to Burrows/Auger, as well as the general sentiment of dislike that the average hockey fan holds towards the Canucks, they have reason to not do us any favors. I don't think it takes a leap of faith to beleive that the Canucks are not the refs favourites. They're only human and I wouldn't really blame them actually.
canucks rank 7th in the nhl in overall pp time and 4th in total 5 on 4 time which pretty much negates everything you just said
they didnt get any pp's tonight because they didnt play hard enough to earn any...again, the bottom pp teams in the league right now are winnipeg, columbus, buffalo, vancouver and carolina, so its pretty baffling to see fans take the tony gallagher league conspiracy route when all focus on canucks special teams should be pointed inwards
canucks rank 7th in the nhl in overall pp time and 4th in total 5 on 4 time which pretty much negates everything you just said
they didnt get any pp's tonight because they didnt play hard enough to earn any...again, the bottom pp teams in the league right now are winnipeg, columbus, buffalo, vancouver and carolina, so its pretty baffling to see fans take the tony gallagher league conspiracy route when all focus on canucks special teams should be pointed inwards
Seriously... "always"???
Like the previous 6 game winning streak lacked structure?
Like in 2010 when the Canucks iced the best statistical team in almost every major category in modern NHL history?
Like the past 5 years where the Canucks have been one of the top goal differential teams in the league?
Like the past two seasons where we won the Presidents trophy?
ALWAYS????
Some people need to do some memory exercises around here so they can recall how DOMINANT this team has been over the last 3-5 years.
Yes, this year has been a nightmare in regards to the level we're comparing ourselves against AND I think we can all agree that a change is needed, maybe even a major roster move (a Kesler/Edler + goalie level move), but to start re-writing history is really pushing it too far at this point.
I just didn't see anything that warranted a penalty. It's too easy to just make a blanket statement asking for PPs.
The lack of 'structure' has always been there?
If anything...i'd say it's the opposite. At times, this team has been stifled by an overbearing reliance on 'structure'. Right now, we're seeing what happens to 'structure' when you have a lot of players who aren't capable of executing that structure with consistency...and it's really ugly. But i wouldn't pin the ineptitude of players on the backcheck like tonight, on a 'lack of structure'. It's a lack of ability to execute that structure under duress. And in the case of our abysmal powerplay...it's an insistence on 'structure' and scheming and set-play preparing our way out of a hole, over natural organic creative play.
Did you watch the game or are just saying that? The Canucks didn't earn any penalties, there was nothing missed. It's nothing about being hated or the usual nonsense the tinfoil hat crowd believes.
The difference? Luongo would have let that swell to 7 or 8. At least Schneider gave the team a chance to come back
Bottom line is this team is fully dependent on the goaltending right now. I'm surprised they have a playoff spot with how they have looked this year, just hoping they hang on enough to keep a spot. Don't think they have it in them this year anyways (unless Schneider is lights out) so I wouldn't mind a better draft pick