Pre-Game Talk: Blues vs. Canucks — Is there a switch to flick?

[The Note]

Match up set. Could be a short stay in the bubble unless the Blues figure things out quick, fast, and in a hurry.

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[mk80]

If the pre-virus pause Blues show up: My prediction is Blues in 6

If the round robin Blues show up: Canucks in 5

 

[mw2noobbuster]

There's no switch. You don't simply flick a switch overnight and learn how to pass and shoot better. Like I said earlier, the lack of effort isn't the only problem this team is having.

 

[Josepho]

wishing my 2019 bandwagon brothers a fun and healthy series.

 

[AjaxManifesto]

Canucks in 4.

The Switch is a myth. The Blues wasted their COVID time off.

 

[Angry Little Elf]

Canucks fan here in peace. Hope for a good, fun series. Always liked the blues. Good luck, blues bros

 

[Canucks LB]

Just an incredibly fun match up.
Will most likely be the most entertaining series in the 1st round of the playoffs.
Blues are a team I really admire, they slowly got better and eventually pushed and won the cup, fantastic stuff.
The fans have mostly been awesome also, pretty down to earth.
Quinn Hughes is a treat by the way, I hope you enjoy watching him, truly fascinating player.

I hope we both have a great series, should be a complete war.
Cheers and GL!

 

[mk80]

Have you seen this team? Missing since March 11, 2020

 

[BlueOil]

blues in 5

 

[TheDizee]

normally the blues win in 6

way we are playing now with so many passengers? I think we are lucky to make it to a 5th game.

 

[Bobby Orrtuzzo]

Just an incredibly fun match up.
Will most likely be the most entertaining series in the 1st round of the playoffs.
Blues are a team I really admire, they slowly got better and eventually pushed and won the cup, fantastic stuff.
The fans have mostly been awesome also, pretty down to earth.
Quinn Hughes is a treat by the way, I hope you enjoy watching him, truly fascinating player.

I hope we both have a great series, should be a complete war.
Cheers and GL!

My only question to you is, does the guy with the players names spelled backwards as his HF name (forget which players they are) still hate us?

If so I’m sure he’s gonna have a field day in this series lol

 

[simon IC]

My only question to you is, does the guy with the players names spelled backwards as his HF name (forget which players they are) still hate us?

If so I’m sure he’s gonna have a field day in this series lol

No, he actually came on our board and apologized after we won the Cup. He was pretty cool.

 

[simon IC]

Blues in 6. They lose the first two, get mad, and win four straight. Binnington leading the way.

 

[Bobby Orrtuzzo]

No, he actually came on our board and apologized after we won the Cup. He was pretty cool.

You’re righttttt, forgot about that lol

 

[Mike Liut]

Missing Barbie and possibly Blais will hurt. Their physicality are vital

 

[Canucks LB]

No, he actually came on our board and apologized after we won the Cup. He was pretty cool.

This is the most non playoff "rivalry" battle on the site so far.
Blues and Canucks fans legit chilling in each-other's boards
Getting along, talking about music, food, and movies lmao

 

[AjaxManifesto]

Watching Toronto vs CBJ right now for their final qualifier (Game #5). We are nowhere near that speed or synchonization.

We wasted training camp and the round robin trying to get our guys into shape. They coasted. We are doomed.

 

[simon IC]

1-0 Jackets!

 

[simon IC]

Oops, wrong thread!Robb'd it.

 

[Em etah Eh]

Canucks in 4.

The Switch is a myth. The Blues wasted their COVID time off.

The sky has fallen again I see...

Blues in 7.

 

[AjaxManifesto]

The sky has fallen again I see...

Blues in 7.

Maybe its a Vancouver sky that falls (I hope)...but based on what I've seen thus far I can't see us winning much...

 

[Em etah Eh]

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Maybe its a Vancouver sky that falls (I hope)...but based on what I've seen thus far I can't see us winning much...

I don’t like the way we’ve played thus far but I don’t think Vancouver are world beaters either.

 

[mk80]

Just watching the other qualifying round games, and round robin teams. There's no way we are any less conditioned or less skilled, than these other teams so for me our play so far comes down to two options:

1. We purposely just didn't take the round robin seriously and decided to coast through the games and are going to look completely opposite in the playoff games.

2. With the way the year has played out there are guys who have their focus on everything happening outside of hockey right now regarding the virus, and their families, etc. And even for the Stanley Cup just aren't up to playing hockey right now.

I'm disappointed with our play in the round robin, and would have liked to get a win against Dallas, and as I've said in many other posts, I think we have what it takes to beat Vancouver. But we just have to come ready to play our A game every game for a full 60 minutes.

 

[Stupendous Yappi]

I do think Vancouver will discover pretty quickly that they aren’t playing Minnesota any more.

 

[oPlaiD]

Everyone is so incredibly negative and it's understandable considering what we've seen in the only 4 games our team has played in the past what almost 5 months, but all it takes is one good game to change that.

And yeah, we really sucked, but we were less than one minute from a 1-1-1 round robin record and maybe 2-1 while playing like absolute crap. In a lot of ways that doesn't feel relevant, but The Blues remained competitive despite playing terrible bad... so it could be worse. You can credit that to goaltending entirely if you want, but that's a great thing for a team to have going into the playoffs.

I think the Blues will reach a higher level, but the question is if it will be soon enough or high enough.

And one thing I'm worried about is a bit out of their control. The refs are calling tons of stuff in both bubbles and it's not just from players being sloppy after a long break. When players feel like they may be punished for some of the incidental contact that comes with playing a physical game that makes it tough to be physical against some of these younger and faster teams.