GDT: WCQF GM02 | Vancouver Canucks vs. Nashville Predators | Tue. Apr 23rd | 7:00PM PST | SNP/CBC | Great State of Dakota

[EpochLink]

Watching the Canucks 2011 replay.

lol Glenn Healy really hated the Canucks

And where is that bum now?

 

[LordBacon]

Going in the playoffs without Demko gives me bad vibes

 

[Canuckle1970]

Knowing how gutted we feel as fans, I can't imagine how Demko must be feeling, after looking forward to playoffs on home ice.

Wishing you a speedy recovery, Demmer.

 

[Vector]

And where is that bum now?

He’s actually doing great work with the NHLPA by creating a confidential mental health support system for active and former players.

 

[ziploc]

Have we considered turning Demko off and then back on again?

Or maybe putting him in a bag of rice?

 

[Nucker101]

I mean DeSmith isn’t any better he’s only played one playoff game.

He’s much more experienced though. NHL players value that

 

[ProviesGhost]

DeSmith will have a short leash I bet. He was good after his re-set, so let’s hope for the good version. Typical Canuck luck LOL.

 

[mossey3535]

Woodley's not associated with the Canucks. He's 100 percent guessing.

I’m not a big fan of woodley. He is prone to presenting his speculation as fact

What exact speculation has he presented as fact before?

Whatever you think of him, he has a direct line to either every team's goalies and/or their goalie coach.

He also talks to Clark a lot. So.....

 

[biturbo19]

Anyone watching this "rewind" game vs the Sharks and having some great nostalgia times?

And/or seeing what it is about Dan Boyle that Tom Willander kind of reminds me of?

 

[David71]

Will he ready for training camp ..

doubt it. speculation on my part. maybe surgery on the same knee.? goalies go down alot more during 82 games. part could be tocchetts fault for starting him too many games.

 

[mossey3535]

I posted in the other thread, but Kevin Woodley, I think accidentally, revealed that it’s unlikely that Thatcher is back in the playoffs.

Just listened to it, is it because he said "we don't expect that this series and .... beyond..."?

Coming to this story late, lots of articles say he won't be back before the end of this series so Woodley didn't really say much.

 

[Vector]

We don’t know anything. There’s so much speculation that’s leading to a lot of wild ideas, angry, and fear.

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

You can maybe get a pick and a B level prospect in return which does f*** all for us. We have no legit goaltender in the pipeline nor have a core D that can limit high danger scoring chances.

you can get a 1st + a great prospect

 

[The Optimist]

Desmith was okay when he was rested. Which he currently is. But there is no way he has the conditioning to play the necessary amount of games required of the playoffs.

 

[Bourne Endeavor]

Desmith was okay when he was rested. Which he currently is. But there is no way he has the conditioning to play the necessary amount of games required of the playoffs.

Best case scenario now is we try to wrap up Nashville quickly to give Demko the most amount of rest. Which means the boys, especially Pettersson, better come out firing on all cylinders. A win tonight suddenly became huge.

 

[EpochLink]

He’s actually doing great work with the NHLPA by creating a confidential mental health support system for active and former players.

That's fine but if he changed his tone back then when his anger was towards the Canucks, maybe I wouldn't be so **** on him.

But since he WAS a bum, whatever.

 

[ziploc]

We don’t know anything. There’s so much speculation that’s leading to a lot of wild ideas, angry, and fear.

 

[LordBacon]

Hope the fans cheer loud enough to hype up the backups
Must be pretty hard for them too now that the weight of the team is our their shoulders

 

[mossey3535]

If this is true ( only the management will know) then you have to consider trading him this off season

Could be a lot of things. I tore my MCL on a similar play but I had also put my skate on the net skirt by accident.

A prominent goalie coach calls every drop in the RVH "taking one out of the bank", insinuating that your hip can only withstand so many repetitions of a move that puts a lot of load on your hips.

That's another reason I don't like the Clark automatic trackdown and you've seen both goalies moving away from it this season. In this case, the Preds guy is on his backhand and has our defender right on him. There's no imminent danger, no backdoor play. So there's no need to go to your knees in the RVH there. It's a bit of a fluke that he gets injured but this kind of unnecessary movement has been in Demko's game for the entire Clark era. And they do supposedly countless repetitions trying to get the right movement to the post during practice.

 

[biturbo19]

Difficult to imagine a worse turn of events.

Trying not to be too pessimistic but it’s hard. We aren’t going on a deep run with DeSmith in net.

Yeah. This is just so deflating. After the season they've had...it could all come down to a weird little tweaked something injury from Demko.

DeSmith has been a rock solid backup this year...but the team simply does not, and cannot play the same way, with the same confidence in front of him. Hopefully can keep them afloat until Demko is back, but it's hard not to let the mind go to the worst case here...


If this is at all long-term...they'll basically need Silovs to suddenly rediscover his Latvian Hero of the Republic form or something.

 

[Reverend Mayhem]

326 checking in

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

Why the f*** is this not on Hockey Night In Canada?

Streaming it is now going to be a giant pain.

 

[ziploc]

Yeah. This is just so deflating. After the season they've had...it could all come down to a weird little tweaked something injury from Demko.

DeSmith has been a rock solid backup this year...but the team simply does not, and cannot play the same way, with the same confidence in front of him. Hopefully can keep them afloat until Demko is back, but it's hard not to let the mind go to the worst case here...


If this is at all long-term...they'll basically need Silovs to suddenly rediscover his Latvian Hero of the Republic form or something.

Viņš to var!

 

[innitfam]

The boys rally around Casey.

4

Miller
Hoglander
Garland
Zadorov

1

Forsberg

 

[geebaan]

We still got this, at least versus the Preds. I believe. The Benning stink is gone and it’s a new day. Deaaaaathhhhh!!!!