Post-Game Talk: 11/18/17 | Blues 4 @ Canucks 3 | OTL

[Megaterio Llamas]

St. Louis had control of the puck, it's simple.

That goal SHOULD NOT have counted.

Grabbing the puck out of the air and throwing into an opponents' feet doesn't really constitute control, possession or anything of the like. Not really.

 

[Ozone]

Aw well... time to move on. Onwards and downwards..

 

[M2Beezy]

Well at least the Leafs CLOBBERED the Habs 6-0

 

[JanBulisPiggyBack]

It's a sad sad day when I can honestly say I enjoy Dorset and hate watching the Sedins

 

[EpochLink]

Off to the state of Pennsylvania, on a back to back no less.

 

[Captain Bowie]

You make me sick

Cool.

 

[BassMason]

Our defense simply can't move the puck out. When you look at the blues defense and ours, its night and day.

Both Edler and Gudbranson are major anchors. 2 out of 3 pairings have a pylon. Its not a surprise we can't move the puck out.

The fact this was a 3-3 game shows how good our young players like Boeser/Baertschi are playing.

Boeser can be so much better with a better playmaker at C, and a competent defense who can transition the puck.

Tanev/Stecher comes back sit Edler/Gudbranson and this team can compete with any team even with the twins on major decline.

Can't wait for Stecher to come back.

 

[Zombotron]

Off to the state of Pennsylvania, on a back to back no less.

Quaker State Virtanen

 

[Megaterio Llamas]

Aw well... time to move on. Onwards and downwards..

A single point loss is the kind of thing everybody can like a little bit.

 

[cc]

Possession is puck on stick, not puck on hand. Blown call

The entire Canucks defense has looked like crap that relies more on goalie bailouts since tanev went down with injury. Its hard to target any one dman this game because they've all made some really bad defensive zone plays and had trouble getting the puck out of the zone

 

[M2Beezy]

Off to the state of Pennsylvania, on a back to back no less.

Yeah a humiliating loss like this which will go down as probably the worst effort of the season they dam well better be prepared for this BIG road trip coming up. I think Coach Green will make some smart ajustments and we will see a different team on the road trip. Im predicting 4 wins on this 6 game trip

Man I love this team!

 

[polarbearcub]

Time to move gudbranson. If the leafs want him.. give them guddy.

 

[Ozone]

A single point loss is the kind of thing everybody can like a little bit.

I hear ya, as we did play a better game against a very good team.

I just seriously dislike loser points though.

 

[VanJack]

Canucks had horseshoes up the ying-yang stealing a point in this one....without six or seven 10-bell saves from Nilsson and they'd have been buried.....took Green way too long to break up that disastrous Edler-Pouliot pairing.....just not convinced that Edler can play Green's pressure=style defense.....he's just a pylon in his own zone these days......getting walked constantly by Blues forwards.....they desperately need Tanev back.....and three more years of Gagner....Yikes!

 

[Ozone]

Too many old plugs on this team... darn you Benning, trying to save your job!

 

[MS]

Played a strong first period, then gradually got swamped by a better St. Louis team. Getting a break on that Vanek goal would have helped, but again I think that was getting unlucky on a 50/50 call as opposed to a blown call.

- best Canuck was Ben Hutton for the 2nd straight game. Carried the pair taking the toughest matchups next to a very mediocre partner and did a terrific job getting the puck out of trouble and up to forwards through the neutral zone all night. Gudbranson was - admittedly - better tonight than in his disaster game against Vegas. Hope scouts were watching this one.

- Alex Biega was terrific as well pushing the play forward all night. Suspect his corsi numbers will be off the charts. Skated miles.

- Del Zotto and Edler ended up together and both were ... meh tonight.

- Pouliot now a -5 in the last two games. Had some really rough sequences tonight and was brutally soft on the OT goal. Showing why he needs to be so heavily sheltered.

- Boeser was all-world in the first period although he faded a bit as the game went on and had a couple ugly turnovers. Still is oozing confidence right now. Horvat and Baertschi were also solid but Boeser's talent is what's driving the production of that line.

- Sutter line was solid defensively but generated nothing again. If you clocked the distance Dorsett is skating in games now vs. the first 10 games, I bet it's down 25%. Predictably hasn't been able to sustain his energy level. Gagner is trying really hard but looks slow, weak, and impotent offensively.

- Sedins-Virtanen were great in the first and then barely played the rest of the way. Did have ugly defensive zone coverage on two of the goals.

- Vanek battled hard and was dangerous tonight. Same with Eriksson who had one of his best games as a Canuck. Granlund was probably the weak link there at ES but flashed great hands on the SH goal.

- Nilsson wasn't bad and the shots that beat him were tough, well-placed shots ... but on balance one or two probably should have been stopped.

 

[Nuckles]

Liked it enough to play him 9 minutes

 

[Megaterio Llamas]

Boeser is getting Oaked right on the post game show. Who allowed that to happen?

 

[Dab]

Exciting game... Canucks were on their heels for the most part but considering the Blues are an excellent team and the Canucks are rebuilding that isn’t a bad result in terms of snaking a point and quantity of excitement for fans.

 

[orcatown]

Vanek's goal should have counted but still the better team won. Thought it was good effort by the team but game got taken over by Blues in the third

Good

Horvat - puck possession was good and that helped create a lot of o-zone time with the puck.

Boeser - shot is so dangerous. Forced Allen into a number of good saves. Again smart with the puck

Sutter - work horse once again. Too bad he can't score but his focus on defense is admirable

Bad

Sedins - no offense. Tragic in their own end.

Virtanen - heading into the twilight zone. Just can't get anything completed. Got some one-off plays but then went to sleep at times. Seems like he is so concerned about positioning, getting on and off the ice and such. Wish he would just flat out play.

Gagner - so tired of watching him mishandles passes. Play always dies on his stick

Ugly

Pouliot - dilly-dallied with puck and constantly moved off it. Just too slow in everything. Got way over reaching on the winner and turned inside out. All he had to do was take the body and forget the puck. Think you could say he was the main reason we lost. Pittsburg is a great organization and you had to know they had reasons for moving Pouliot.

Others

Eriksson - not calling him good but he was much better in this game. Plays like this and he may be worth about a 1/4 of his salary (generous here). Did think he was effective tonight. Also thought Vanek, despite is awkward skating, was producing good chances.

Edler had an improved game. Still not good, but at least better.

Seemed like the Blues exploited Nilsson low on the stick side. Maybe that's the book on Nilsson.

Hope loser point doesn't hurt our draft. In my book if you are going to lose (and miss the playoffs) then just lose.

 

[cc]

I'd rather the Canucks didn't earn the loser point. Either win or lose in a close game.
Its not as if they will be fighting for a playoff spot when all is said and done and will need those loser points

 

[drivier]

Sorry for those hoping for a surprise win. The Canucks are winless in 5 games I have attended. I am going tomorrow. Bet accordingly.

(Unless the freshly signed Stecher Jersey has some mojo).

I'm sorry. The record has now moved to 0-4-2. Clearly all my fault.

 

[EpochLink]

Could be worse, we could be in what Montreal is going through right now.

 

[Catamarca Livin]

Time to move gudbranson. If the leafs want him.. give them guddy.

He played well tonight overall. Huge hit on Scheen skated well. Better than recent games.

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

Went to the game. Boeser is great offensively but very weak defensively and very slow. Hopefully he can work on his skating