Post-Game Talk: Canucks 3 @ Hurricanes 5 | Sorry, Jyrki21

[M2Beezy]

6-4 Canes, our goals: 3 by Boeser , 1 by Virtanen

 

[Ori]

Anyway thanks for the discussion @Boom Boom Apathy - maybe I was wrong and they are better, and it`s difficult to evaluate sometimes. I voted on Carolina, because we were on the road with a young team, but enjoy the game for sure!

 

[Fire Benning]

It's a bit of a weird road trip. Start in Calgary, down to NC and Florida, Pittsburgh, then Winnipeg.

 

[Hit the post]

Anyway thanks for the discussion @Boom Boom Apathy - maybe I was wrong and they are better, and it`s difficult to evaluate sometimes. I voted on Carolina, because we were on the road with a young team, but enjoy the game for sure!

They're also a team that can't really spend to the cap (and then some) like the Canucks. Course, depending on the GM - being restricted from bidding on high priced free agents might not be a bad thing....

Still, you have to take that into account (especially since free agent D's - especially the top 4 ones that happen to reach free agency are always going to cost you a fair bit of money).

Anyhow....time for some Gregory Helms:

 

[pahlsson]

when you still have to wait 1 more day to see petey boy score again

 

[timbermen]

Boeser is living proof of the sophomore jinx.I hope he can get the monkey off his back soon.

 

[Horse McHindu]

Boeser is living proof of the sophomore jinx.I hope he can get the monkey off his back soon.

He will. I think it's a combination of many things:

1) Natural sophomore slump
2) Not having a full off season to train
3) Ill advised training program where he bulked up and sacrificed speed (youth stupidity)
4) As the new top pairing and not having the Sedins' deflect pressure, Brock faces all of the Top lines and defensemen of other teams.

I called it before the season started.

1) Brock will have a sophomore slump.
2) The Media and the Chicken Littles' will panic and will start to question Boeser and possibly attack Benning and/or (illogically) criticise Green's usage of him.

The end game in all of this will be Boeser having an excellent come back next year, or even the year after, and shutting everyone up. But yeah - this year will be a struggle for him in my opinion.

 

[absolute garbage]

Pettersson reminds me a bit of Aho actually. They have the same kind of shiftyness and smartness. The way they fake going the other way and go the other is very similar. Pettersson is not as fast and smooth of a skater as Aho but more crafty with the puck and in tight spaces.

 

[krutovsdonut]

Greetings from Raleigh, everyone!

Half the breakfast room of my hotel was decked out in Rangers’ gear, and one woman was wearing her Eric Staal Canes jersey the next day... which is weird.

I’m in a Hartford Whalers shirt.

i ruined my whalers jersey for a halloween zombie costume in the early 90s.

regret

 

[krutovsdonut]

canes seem like the biggest disconnect between on paper and on the ice in the league. i'd feel more bad for them if it weren't for that cup.

 

[TruGr1t]

Let's hope this means Del Zotto is scratched. Can't believe this guy's a staple in the lineup.

 

[krutovsdonut]

Let's hope this means Del Zotto is scratched. Can't believe this guy's a staple in the lineup.

might mean they plan to platoon guys on that side.

 

[tantalum]

Motte sure didn't earn himself a lot of rope. Good in all the pre-season he saw. Good in game 1. Uninspired in Game 2. Scratched Game 3.

 

[Hit the post]

canes seem like the biggest disconnect between on paper and on the ice in the league. i'd feel more bad for them if it weren't for that cup.

It ain't much solace but at least you can take some comfort that they beat the Oilers in the Finals.

 

[BROCK HUGHES]

Let's hope this means Del Zotto is scratched. Can't believe this guy's a staple in the lineup.

Wow Baertschi demoted allready.Playing Pouliet and Gudbranson together..is Travis wanti g us to loose this game...

 

[JT Milker]

Those are actually decent lines. Baertschi on that line could be a good fit and Leipsic, being a train wreck defensively, was miscast in the bottom 6. MDZ scratched is joy inducing, hopefully Gudbranson and Pouliot are in the crosshairs too.

 

[BlueGreen]

Boeser is living proof of the sophomore jinx.I hope he can get the monkey off his back soon.

He might be playing injured. He doesn’t look like the same player we saw last year so far. He’s slower and not making the best decisions with the puck. Even his shot looks off.

 

[kanuck87]

Let's hope this means Del Zotto is scratched. Can't believe this guy's a staple in the lineup.

It could also mean both Stecher and Hutton are scratched and Biega draws in tomorrow. Considering Stecher only played around 12 minutes on Saturday and Hutton is forever in Green's doghouse, this is a real possibility.

 

[Melvin]

It could also mean both Stecher and Hutton are scratched and Biega draws in tomorrow. Considering Stecher only played around 12 minutes on Saturday and Huttonis forever in Green's doghouse, this is a real possibility.

This is exactly what I think is happening.

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

It could also mean both Stecher and Hutton are scratched and Biega draws in tomorrow. Considering Stecher only played around 12 minutes on Saturday and Hutton is forever in Green's doghouse, this is a real possibility.

This is what is happening, I’m sure of it. Biega will bring his usual 110% effort, but the rest of the D corps is basically trying to use toy buckets and shovels to bail out the Titanic.

 

[ProstheticConscience]

He might be playing injured. He doesn’t look like the same player we saw last year so far. He’s slower and not making the best decisions with the puck. Even his shot looks off.

He's admitted his back still isn't 100%. I hate this team's medical staff so much.

It could also mean both Stecher and Hutton are scratched and Biega draws in tomorrow. Considering Stecher only played around 12 minutes on Saturday and Hutton is forever in Green's doghouse, this is a real possibility.

Would be easily believable as Stecher was I thought really good last game. Broke up some really dangerous Calgary rushes into the zone, was using his stick well and wasn't being shoved around like he usually is. Naturally that puts him in the crosshairs for healthy scratching in the Bizarro World we currently live in. Hutton's obviously a marked man on Green's team.

 

[Pastor Of Muppetz]

Wow Baertschi demoted allready.Playing Pouliet and Gudbranson together..is Travis wanti g us to loose this game...

As per usual every year,Baertschi looks anonymous at the start of the year..He's a streaky scorer,so I expect him to start scoring sooner than later...If not,he will be a healthy scratch (Green did it last year,I'm sure he wouldn't hesitate to do it again)...That whole first line really needs to kick it up a notch.

Pouliot and Gudbranson were a pairing in both games against the Flames..I don't think that they have been scored on yet..The Stecher/MDZ pairing has looked like more of a liability out there.

 

[Addison Rae]

Carolina’s defense is disgustingly good, please just stop.

 

[Kryten]

Wow Baertschi demoted allready.Playing Pouliet and Gudbranson together..is Travis wanti g us to loose this game...

Dont text while driving friend

 

[M2Beezy]

Let's hope this means Del Zotto is scratched. Can't believe this guy's a staple in the lineup.

Good for Lipesic he deserves it. And quite seriously Baertchi has looked INVISIBLE. Should have traded him well he had some value cause right now with Boeser and Horvat slightly struggling offensively Baertchi looks USELESS. Maybe he will pick it up HIMSELF too we will see. Hopefully

Good for the Huttster to get back in there too, hopefully he shows he deserves to be there cause i think most of us know he does over some of the other options