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

[dez]

For anyone who was too young to remember the 03 Wild-Canucks series...This is exactly how these games went.

WCE teams were very run and gun, this version of the nucks are defensive oriented.

 

[Tinhorn1]

To me Petterson played better than Miller that period, honestly. Obviously fighting it but also blasting away and not turning it over as much as Miller. Both need to play better.

 

[Regal]

I don't even really know what to say about that period other than...they should be up at least a couple goals already. Dominated play for the most part and controlled the game. They're just...not getting there.

The thing is that’s been a common theme for probably 2/3 of the games or more since the All Star break. The lack of execution/finish when they get their looks is a concern.

 

[calnuck]

Quite different, that series was just Cloutier giving up goals from weak shots

That was his M.O in the playoffs. Ill never forget the center ice goal against detroit

 

[Petey O]

That's how I felt during the playoffs with Clouts.

I was trying to think of when I felt this feeling before and Cloutier is exactly it.

 

[M2Beezy]

f*** the Preds

We got this

Man I love this team

 

[mossey3535]

I'm ok with it. We dominated every phase. Played the neutral zone well and didn't give them anything. Goal against was a lucky bounce.

Yeah we're missing the net. Everyone is missing the net. But playoffs is like 50% harder to get shots through and they have to adjust to that. The important process thing to note is those shots are from the danger area in the middle of the ice, not too many perimeter shots which they were starting to rely on too much at the end of the season.

 

[Jay26]

For anyone who was too young to remember the 03 Wild-Canucks series...This is exactly how these games went.

Just missed that series. I became a fan during the 04 series against the Flames. I remember going mental when Morrison scored in triple OT and when Cooke tied it up in Game 7!

 

[ephmrl]

The woe-is-me loser behavior in here from a few posters is nauseating. The Canucks are controlling the game completely. If they keep this up, they're going to win the game. We finally get proper playoff hockey again for the first time in 9 years, relax and enjoy it.

 

[Flik]

plz be the hero we need u 2 be

 

[Jay26]

To me Petterson played better than Miller that period, honestly. Obviously fighting it but also blasting away and not turning it over as much as Miller. Both need to play better.

Yep, I agree. It's just that he's completely mentally shattered and everyone can tell.

 

[MS]

It's just absurd at this point. It's clearly just a mental thing and he can't seem to shake it. $11M players aren't supposed to be "mercurial" and have bouts where they can't get their own focus straight in the biggest moments of big games.

Like I've said here before, I wouldn't be surprised if Pettersson scored 110 points next year and I also wouldn't be surprised if he sulked his way to 60 points. Strangest person/player in franchise history.

It's like having a 1978 Lambourghini in your garage that is sometimes absolutely f***ing fantastic but is mostly expensive and broken.

 

[wonton15]

need a Petter boy sson goal assisted by Hoggy boy lander in the second period

 

[Chaos Giraffe]

I need a post from @Baby Pettersson to calm my nerves.

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

Quite different, that series was just Cloutier giving up goals from weak shots

I meant in terms of the team having zero confidence in front of their goaltender and suffering low confidence in their zone along with a total lack of confidence in the offensive zone.

Also I highly suspect DeSmith will put up a .850SV% if he faces more shots.

 

[Petey O]

plz be the hero we need u 2 be

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Brayen save us

 

[Tonystretcher]

Pettersson needs an ayahuasca trip this summer

 

[mossey3535]

I was trying to think of when I felt this feeling before and Cloutier is exactly it.

I kept thinking Cloutier would turn it around because I liked him in wjc but obviously I was dead wrong.

 

[Flik]

Brayen save us

We are all Brayens

 

[arttk]

I'm ok with it. We dominated every phase. Played the neutral zone well and didn't give them anything. Goal against was a lucky bounce.

Yeah we're missing the net. Everyone is missing the net. But playoffs is like 50% harder to get shots through and they have to adjust to that. The important process thing to note is those shots are from the danger area in the middle of the ice, not too many perimeter shots which they were starting to rely on too much at the end of the season.

I think we are being too methodical, switched to the Avs Jets game for a sec and the Avs are spamming shots. We need to find a better balance. You never shoot then you don’t get a feel for the net

 

[AlainVigneaultsGum]

We are all Brayens

Hopin and Brayen

 

[LickTheEnvelope]

To me Petterson played better than Miller that period, honestly. Obviously fighting it but also blasting away and not turning it over as much as Miller. Both need to play better.

? Peterrsson gave away the puck on the goal against, saucered a pass into traffic with a wide open net to shoot at, then fired a puck 2 feet wide on a wiiiiide open net.

 

[biturbo19]

So I was thinking that Hughes would be even deadlier if we had good ice but I looked up his splits and he has 10 more points at home vs the road. I guess that home cooking makes up for it.

Also, Rogers ice does suck. I was lucky enough to play a game at maple leaf gardens before they turned it into a Loblaws and it was much much better.

I had a pretty extensive conversation with @Reverend Mayhem about this a while back. It's kind of embarrassing. It seems like it's pretty widely accepted around the league as some of the worst ice.

Which i get that humidity is hard to deal with. But there's still really no excuse there. This isn't a poverty franchise. There's money to be thrown at the problem. And the reality is...better ice would suit this particular team so much better. For basically as long as guys like Hughes and Pettersson are the core.


It also makes me wonder a little bit about some of the injury problems we constantly have. Lots of other factors...but trash ice does not help either.

 

[Angry Little Elf]

plz be the hero we need u 2 be

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Ah yes my favourite player lgvsts

 

[Bourne Endeavor]

They cut Kes off haha