It's funny because I don't have anything against the Canucks as a team these days, other than Burrows who's obviously a piece of ****, but their fans are so incredibly whiny and obnoxious that beating them feels almost better than beating the Habs. I thought that goalie interference call was right but if I was on the other side I'd probably be upset about it. The penalty Burrows took on Phaneuf was also iffy but it was canceled out by the call Hansen drew on Parenteau so that point is moot as well. At the end of the day the Canucks were undone by 45-50 minutes of sloppy play full of turnovers, and couldn't turn it around in the final 10 minutes despite their best efforts. They played like **** and deserved to lose.
As for the Leafs, I thought the first 50 minutes were excellent but the final 10 were cause for major concern, as we protected that lead pretty much exactly like we did in the Carlyle days: sit back and pray. Prior to that I thought the forecheck from the first line in particular was very strong and we were getting a lot of traffic in front of the net, which really made the night hard on Miller when combined with the giveaways generated from the constant pressure. If we clean up that final 10 minutes it would have been an A+ outing but as it stands I'll give the Leafs a B tonight.
