Post-Game Talk: Apparently no one else is making one edition.
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I fear this is the truth.
If our guys are gased at game 30 - we are in trouble.
I don't care about being on the road.
The playoffs are a war. If we can't handle a few games on the east coast early in the regular season, we are in dire straits.
biturbo19
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Interesting reading the Willie D quotes postgame regarding the Bonino/Bo swap late...more a demotion for Higgy and Burr than a demotion/promotion for the Centers.
Sounds like we're not the only ones who have noticed that 2nd line going into the deep freeze of late. Burrows kind of bungling his responsibilities on the winner probably isn't going to help earn any brownie points back with the coaches either.
Need to get the 2nd line going in this homestand coming up...whoever ends up being on it. Can only get so far with "depth scoring" if your 2nd line is a non-entity and the top-line is slumping.
Sounds like we're not the only ones who have noticed that 2nd line going into the deep freeze of late. Burrows kind of bungling his responsibilities on the winner probably isn't going to help earn any brownie points back with the coaches either.
Need to get the 2nd line going in this homestand coming up...whoever ends up being on it. Can only get so far with "depth scoring" if your 2nd line is a non-entity and the top-line is slumping.
PetterssonSimp
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Try Jensen with Bonino and move Burrows down to 4LW and Hansen to 3RW. Burrows Horvat Dorsett could be a solid checking line.
Bonino might be able to get Jensen the looks with the puck to shoot. At least some potential there and maybe he can lift the puck more the. 3" off the ice
Bonino might be able to get Jensen the looks with the puck to shoot. At least some potential there and maybe he can lift the puck more the. 3" off the ice
Amazing how people change their minds from game to game.
The Canucks just played 3 games in 4 nights, having to travel between each game, and have some serious injury issues to deal with. The Hamhuis injury is starting to catch up, particularly with a tired defence.
The loss of Kassian and Matthias have really hurt our bottom two lines. Good news is that they should both be back relatively soon.
I didn't get to actually watch much of the game, just the majority of the third period. Jensen looks like he belongs.
Every team goes through a bad stretch or two.
Montreal, who many people liked coming out of the east, had just lost 6 of 7, and their injury problems aren't nearly as bad as ours.
LA has lost their last two, including tonight against Buffalo.
We're going to be fine. After a couple wins in a row, people will be right back on the Canucks bandwagon. We just finished a long 7 game in 12 day roadtrip, playing without some important players, and now we're back at home where we could rattle off 4 in a row and have both Kassian and Matthias back before we play the California teams again .
The Canucks just played 3 games in 4 nights, having to travel between each game, and have some serious injury issues to deal with. The Hamhuis injury is starting to catch up, particularly with a tired defence.
The loss of Kassian and Matthias have really hurt our bottom two lines. Good news is that they should both be back relatively soon.
I didn't get to actually watch much of the game, just the majority of the third period. Jensen looks like he belongs.
Every team goes through a bad stretch or two.
Montreal, who many people liked coming out of the east, had just lost 6 of 7, and their injury problems aren't nearly as bad as ours.
LA has lost their last two, including tonight against Buffalo.
We're going to be fine. After a couple wins in a row, people will be right back on the Canucks bandwagon. We just finished a long 7 game in 12 day roadtrip, playing without some important players, and now we're back at home where we could rattle off 4 in a row and have both Kassian and Matthias back before we play the California teams again .
Vankiller Whale
Fire Benning
On a slightly unrelated note Andrighetto is a gem. I desperately wanted us to draft him in 2013 with our 3rd.
DL44
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Eeeeeeewwwwwwwwww......
That's all. Well and... Miller. Feel good for the guy for THAT performance...
The Biggest thing that struck me about our team when it comes to crunch time :
What do you guys notice here? Players on the ice with the goalie pulled...
Sedins, Vrbata, Bonino, Edler, Bieksa....
WHERE'S THE SPEED UPFRONT?
There was a shoot around and Bonino was the guy chasing... Good luck.
Virtanen is going to be a gorgeous piece for us one day.
That's all. Well and... Miller. Feel good for the guy for THAT performance...
The Biggest thing that struck me about our team when it comes to crunch time :
What do you guys notice here? Players on the ice with the goalie pulled...
Sedins, Vrbata, Bonino, Edler, Bieksa....
WHERE'S THE SPEED UPFRONT?
There was a shoot around and Bonino was the guy chasing... Good luck.
Virtanen is going to be a gorgeous piece for us one day.
JuniorNelson
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The Canucks older players all looked tired as hell. Miller is in this group. So are the Sedins. Desjardins will have to manage minutes closely if he doesn't want burn out. That seems like an emerging issue.
Hamhuis absence has pushed the defense down to mid pack.
Eddie Lack should be drawing in more when the team is outside Pacific Standard Time. Early starts and jet lag simply affect younger guys less.
Hamhuis absence has pushed the defense down to mid pack.
Eddie Lack should be drawing in more when the team is outside Pacific Standard Time. Early starts and jet lag simply affect younger guys less.
Reverend Mayhem
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Agreed. Good thing we have 3 games in 12 nights now so we can get some rest. But it is fairly concerning the team looked so tuckered out the last two games this early in the season.
Our goaltending is something we are going to need to lean on in the near future I think unfortunately the streak of high goal support is about to end.
vanuck
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Just going to continue from the GDT...
Dat awkward moment when you have to check the thread title just to make sure.
Assuming you're not a dolphin, I'll believe you on that.
I could see myself doing that too. It comes down to whether you really want to switch or not... but I don't even drink much pop anymore so what the hell.
Dat awkward moment when you have to check the thread title just to make sure.
Assuming you're not a dolphin, I'll believe you on that.
I could see myself doing that too. It comes down to whether you really want to switch or not... but I don't even drink much pop anymore so what the hell.
Couldn't agree more....acid test for the Canucks will be the Jan-Feb period....that's when the 'Nucks ran out of gas last year....everybody blamed Torts for over-using his top players, but core is well on the north side of 30 in a young man's league....before the season is over I'd like to see the likes of Kenins, De Fazio, Sanguinetti or Biega elevated from Utica....can't believe they could be any worse than our blueline and some of our forwards right now
According to Botchford we got a point!?
http://blogs.theprovince.com/2014/1...sses-his-chin-and-everyone-misses-the-sedins/
http://blogs.theprovince.com/2014/1...sses-his-chin-and-everyone-misses-the-sedins/
Wilch
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Bourne Endeavor
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The bi-polar swing around here really gets tiresome. We are going to go through low points during the season. Two weeks ago Chicago wasn't even a playoff team while San Jose is still struggling to cling to eighth. Montreal just won their first game after losing six out of seven. It happens, especially when you are forced to play Edler and Tanev well beyond reasonably respectable minutes due to Hamhuis' injury.
My only concern is the nonexistence of our second line lately. It had made shutting down the Sedins not only the opposition's focal point, but a goal easily accomplished. We need to shift things around because apparently Higgins/Bonino/Burrows aren't.
My only concern is the nonexistence of our second line lately. It had made shutting down the Sedins not only the opposition's focal point, but a goal easily accomplished. We need to shift things around because apparently Higgins/Bonino/Burrows aren't.
The Stig
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This so much. I've never seen anything quite like it. The way people burn the team down is incredible. We just went 3-3-1 on a tough, long roadtrip and people think thats it, seasons over.
Jimson Hogarth*
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Last few games have been tough to watch as a fan. Any time you lose in the two biggest hockey city's in the world its pretty crappy. For the team it also sucks leaving easy Eastern conference points on the table.
Been said enough but we need more out of the 2nd line. with few other options it appears once again the coaching staff is going to have to be patient. I don't see any demotions happening on the roster, although I think Hansen could use time on the 2nd line and that might be an option. they've got to do what they can to get bonino going, however. he's the catalyst on that line. Probably need to be getting him more time on the PP than 1:05
Vey blanked out despite 2:47 of PP time. Can't help but think Bonino needs 45 of those seconds on that unit.
Sbisa is really a player that makes you cringe until you shudder when he has the puck
The habs are a good face off team so i was interested in the head to head match up.
At 9/16 Henrik led the way and was very strong in the circle. He went 4/6 against Plecanec and 2/2 against malholtra, two terrific feats.
Richardson was decent at 8/17.
Bonino went 4/9
Horvat had a tough night, going 2/8- getting skooled a bit by Plekanec.
Vey took 1 draw and lost it to Malholtra
Been said enough but we need more out of the 2nd line. with few other options it appears once again the coaching staff is going to have to be patient. I don't see any demotions happening on the roster, although I think Hansen could use time on the 2nd line and that might be an option. they've got to do what they can to get bonino going, however. he's the catalyst on that line. Probably need to be getting him more time on the PP than 1:05
Vey blanked out despite 2:47 of PP time. Can't help but think Bonino needs 45 of those seconds on that unit.
Sbisa is really a player that makes you cringe until you shudder when he has the puck
The habs are a good face off team so i was interested in the head to head match up.
At 9/16 Henrik led the way and was very strong in the circle. He went 4/6 against Plecanec and 2/2 against malholtra, two terrific feats.
Richardson was decent at 8/17.
Bonino went 4/9
Horvat had a tough night, going 2/8- getting skooled a bit by Plekanec.
Vey took 1 draw and lost it to Malholtra
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