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

[Bonham]

Team needs Myers back in for Juulsen.

Hopefully he's in for game 3.

 

[aquaweenie]

Pettersson looks lost

 

[canuckslover10]

lol Pettersson is our new loungo

 

[biturbo19]

Kelly Hrudey is actually fully irritating me tonight. Not to speak kindly of Forsberg...but he's one of the most elegant players in the league. I honestly don't know what the f*** he's been talking about for any of the segments tonight.

 

[Regal]

Again, isolating it to one player is myopic. You've just shifted the lens from DeSmith to Pettersson.

They lack shooting talent throughout their line-up. It's what happens when you overpay 3rd liners and fill out with defensive defenders. They try to play the game to a stand still while they're top5 set is not on the ice and that simply isn't good enough in terms of offense.

Who are the overpaid 3rd liners? Mikheyev is the only one.

 

[AzNightmare]

I didn't understand this at all either. Wtf are we going to do when we're 1 goal down in game 7 of the Stanley cup finals, run the play down?

You would figure our best skater would do everything he could to get the puck down the ice fast.

Exactly why you could hear the fans booing.

 

[HockeyWooot]

This team looks rattled by the Demko injury and compounded by that early goal.

While they’ve played well they have a. It of tentativeness instead of taking charge and winning this thing.

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

Who are the overpaid 3rd liners? Mikheyev is the only one.

Boeser and Pettersson are looking like overpaid bottom 6 players.

 

[Petey O]

Again, isolating it to one player is myopic. You've just shifted the lens from DeSmith to Pettersson.

They lack shooting talent throughout their line-up. It's what happens when you overpay 3rd liners and fill out with defensive defenders. They try to play the game to a stand still while they're top5 set is not on the ice and that simply isn't good enough in terms of offense.

I don't know why it's so hard for people to understand that when you have your 1C playing like an offensive black hole, it significantly affects the flow of the entire team. This is a guy getting top minutes as well.

If Pettersson is playing up to his price tag, he is a consistent threat every time he is on the ice, and teams have to adjust for that, freeing up other guys for better scoring opportunities. More offense will naturally flow not only from increased scoring numbers from your 1C, but confidence in guys around him, and more space as well.

This is one player (a player with top minutes and top PP1 time) negatively impacting the team. End of story. This is the biggest issue with the Canucks right now.

 

[ForecheckBackcheck]

Just throw the third line plus Hughes out there for the PP, with one of Hronek/Zaddy to toss bombs at the net with a screen. Make it a non-negotiable goal of getting 3+ shots on net minimum per powerplay.

 

[Bobby9]

You can just tell EP40 gets all his protein from SOY

 

[logan5]

Yeah only 12 shots or whatever, but if Demko is in net, this is a 1-1 game. Probly even 1-0 Van

 

[Brock Boeser Laser Show]

We'd be winning with demko in net

And if Petey could hit an open net.

Team is basically down two core players. One is injured and the other is a complete mental midget right now

 

[mdobbs]

Unless we somehow pull out a win tonight, you simply can't go back to DeSmith in Game 3. Silovs should get a chance to show his mettle. DeSmith is playing rattled.

Disagree, silovs has had some bad starts. Desmith has been ok tonight, a couple of the goals were brutal plays by his team

 

[Regal]

Boeser and Pettersson are looking like overpaid bottom 6 players.

I mean fair but they’re obviously not that overall

 

[AzNightmare]

lol Pettersson is our new loungo

I hate my contract, it sucks.

But for reals, even worse version of Lu is not comparable to worst version of Petey.

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

It's the body language right now. They look like they don't think they can win without Demko.

 

[SillyRabbit]

DeSmith should not be held anywhere near the standard of Pettersson.

DeSmith is a 32-year-old career backup goaltender.

The second goal was just a sick shot by Forsberg. Very few goaltenders stop that.

 

[VanillaCoke]

I know its an unpopular opinion but I wouldn't be upset if ep quietly asks for a trade this summer

 

[Kryten]

We'd be winning with demko in net

Well it might be tied

 

[Red]

"pettersson ready to break out"

lol ok

 

[coastal_nuck]

Kelly Hrudey is actually fully irritating me tonight. Not to speak kindly of Forsberg...but he's one of the most elegant players in the league. I honestly don't know what the f*** he's been talking about for any of the segments tonight.

I'd rather listen to Kelly than Cassie Campbell on ESPN (no Sportsnet for us living in the US). She's been talking about Nashville like they've been playing infallible hockey all night long.

 

[MikeK]

Even if we lose tonight I still think Vancouver is on another level compared to Nashville. They've completely controlled this game, in my opinion.

 

[SillyRabbit]

"pettersson ready to break out"

lol ok

"This guy who's struggling, well, surely he will stop struggling right? He will just stop doing the wrong things and start doing the right things"

 

[VanillaCoke]

Well it might be tied

Might be tied with silovs