When DeSmith moves side to side he reminds me of the cartoon dog yelling "squirrel" to himself.
McDavid getting cross checked in the back and the face at the same time was hilarious
.733 save % was his best game? Then he is garbage.Also, on Stuart Skinner -
Vogue to rip on him, and he's definitely their weak link, but actually thought Game 3 was possibly his best one. Hard to pinpoint any of the goals he should have had, but the issue with him isn't so much the goals that beat him, but you need your starting goalie to stop 1 or more sure-thing-goals per game in order to win. And he's not doing much of that.
.733 save % was his best game? Then he is garbage.
I agree. I just don't like to admit it.Hate Marchand but I would be fuming that Bennett scored the tying goal on a questionable play when he should have also been suspended.
The press box in Edmonton is huge. I’ve never seen such a large press corpslol that's a lot of media
I assumed his foot was broken from the play, but surprisingly, he got up and was fined.Maybe the league can also look at the major dive McDavid took to get that one powerplay. As soon as the stick tapped his skate he flew into the air like superman.
It s a series so things change, but Oilers top dogs have been overplayed and could start to run out of runway at some point. Especially given the physicality you guys are giving them.I don't think I can recall a series where the Canucks have been outplayed for so many stretches of each game, but still own a 2-1 series lead. It speaks to the importance of 'goaltending' at either end of the ice.
My concern is that sooner or later the 'breaks' will even out. Unfortunately, at least one of these upcoming games will feature a parade to the penalty box by the Canucks. You can bank on it, And we all know the success rate in killing off Oiler PP's.
I prefer to say "territorially challenged"I don't think I can recall a series where the Canucks have been outplayed for so many stretches of each game
I don't think I can recall a series where the Canucks have been outplayed for so many stretches of each game, but still own a 2-1 series lead.
After Zadorov, Juulsen might be the most physical d-man the Canucks have. In fact if they also dressed Podkolzin for this game, they'd be definitely upping 'the punishment meter' in both the offensive and defensive zones.Welp I guess Juulsen is entering the lineup he hasn’t been terrible this season and can also lay the body. I want him to think defense first though at times he gets out of position to throw a check other than that he should be fine.
We've been consistently better at even strength other than the 3rd period of game 2 where the completely absurd officiating shell shocked the boys into being too scared to even play their game.I don't think I can recall a series where the Canucks have been outplayed for so many stretches of each game, but still own a 2-1 series lead. It speaks to the importance of 'goaltending' at either end of the ice.
My concern is that sooner or later the 'breaks' will even out. Unfortunately, at least one of these upcoming games will feature a parade to the penalty box by the Canucks. You can bank on it, And we all know the success rate in killing off Oiler PP's.
One was so hard that it left the zone and put all the Oilers offside...Once again, Silovs has the finest of Latvian goalposts.