Post-Game Talk: Canucks def. Ducks - 8-5 (Kuzmenko x3, Horvat x2, Pettersson, Miller, Joshua)
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Hoping to see Burroughs in for next game, but fully expect Boudreau will ironically state he doesn't want to change a winning lineup.
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nothing other than market outrage and optics
they’ve chosen a near impossible path with no flexibility and - at this point - have not shown a willingness to make tough moves
it will take miracles to accumulate the prospects we need to while getting better and younger without giving up much if anything
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Can't give a great game review because I spent most of the game:
a) peeing because my bladder anytime beer hits it, game over.
b) there was chip emergency at carve and my wife won't eat coleslaw as a side.
But it was fun to cheer for all the goals. And to watch my step mom, shitfaced, talk to literally everyone that crossed her path.
a) peeing because my bladder anytime beer hits it, game over.
b) there was chip emergency at carve and my wife won't eat coleslaw as a side.
But it was fun to cheer for all the goals. And to watch my step mom, shitfaced, talk to literally everyone that crossed her path.
One of those games were the Canucks were able to outscore their defense and PK problems.
Good
Pettersson - both offensively and defensively. Looked like a superstar in this one. Team like the Ducks gave him some room and if you do that he can eat you up
Horvat - real force in this game. Carried his line as neither Miller or Garland were particularly good. Shouldn't be on the PK although did ok on the late penalty kill
Kuzmenko - got the touch. Problem is how do we pay him with Boeser hanging around.. If they can get Mikheyev finishing anything, this line might be real trouble for anyone.
Joshua. - seems to have some skill around the net. Helped set up some good chances and puck management was good through neutral zone.
Bad
Stillman - (aptly named given his glacial skating pace) Was absolute trash in this one. Boudreau needs to give his head a shake. Burroughs has looked way better. Stillman is backed in on everything, way behind the play coming out of his end and slow at both blue lines. Really hated BB putting him right back out after his terrible coverage on the third goal against (I think it was the third). Like it was going to make his skating better or somehow make him playable??? Throw in on the getting rid of the Dickinson contract deal who has middling minor league written all over him. Should be out of here pronto.
Others
Hughes - not playing up to potential. Shot from the point is simply too soft and readable.
Myers - poor start but picked it up as game went on. Still he is not strong enough to carry Stillman
Aman - had the one good shift on the Joshua goal but he is beginning to labor. Showed little finish with passing or shot.
Studnicka - better. However so far has shown little upper level skill.
Martin - didn't help that the game got as ragged as it did but this was his worse performance as a Canuck IMO. Gave up too much net and stopped challenging shooters. Instead started falling back in his net, Got things to work on.
Bear - showing he has wheels. Couple of give-aways in his end but not so many as other defensemen. Could see him moving into a top four position although that says more about the state of our defense.
Win and nice that Kuzmenko showed so well. But as far as the League goes this was a toilet bowl type game with two the worse teams in the League. Canucks continued to illustrate some desperate confusion at times and you can't have a couple of players carrying the team..
Good
Pettersson - both offensively and defensively. Looked like a superstar in this one. Team like the Ducks gave him some room and if you do that he can eat you up
Horvat - real force in this game. Carried his line as neither Miller or Garland were particularly good. Shouldn't be on the PK although did ok on the late penalty kill
Kuzmenko - got the touch. Problem is how do we pay him with Boeser hanging around.. If they can get Mikheyev finishing anything, this line might be real trouble for anyone.
Joshua. - seems to have some skill around the net. Helped set up some good chances and puck management was good through neutral zone.
Bad
Stillman - (aptly named given his glacial skating pace) Was absolute trash in this one. Boudreau needs to give his head a shake. Burroughs has looked way better. Stillman is backed in on everything, way behind the play coming out of his end and slow at both blue lines. Really hated BB putting him right back out after his terrible coverage on the third goal against (I think it was the third). Like it was going to make his skating better or somehow make him playable??? Throw in on the getting rid of the Dickinson contract deal who has middling minor league written all over him. Should be out of here pronto.
Others
Hughes - not playing up to potential. Shot from the point is simply too soft and readable.
Myers - poor start but picked it up as game went on. Still he is not strong enough to carry Stillman
Aman - had the one good shift on the Joshua goal but he is beginning to labor. Showed little finish with passing or shot.
Studnicka - better. However so far has shown little upper level skill.
Martin - didn't help that the game got as ragged as it did but this was his worse performance as a Canuck IMO. Gave up too much net and stopped challenging shooters. Instead started falling back in his net, Got things to work on.
Bear - showing he has wheels. Couple of give-aways in his end but not so many as other defensemen. Could see him moving into a top four position although that says more about the state of our defense.
Win and nice that Kuzmenko showed so well. But as far as the League goes this was a toilet bowl type game with two the worse teams in the League. Canucks continued to illustrate some desperate confusion at times and you can't have a couple of players carrying the team..
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Signing Miller to that contract was a pretty damn tough move.
This was the best Mikheyev has looked and I still want him off that line. Put someone at RW who has an idea how to play in the offensive zone and that line will be money.
According to Rick Dhaliwal, Boudreau loves Burroughs - his kind of player.
But, PA traded for Stillman and Bear, so you play with the new toys until they break. I completely understand keeping Bear in, but after the last 2 games, Bruce will be justified playing Burroughs over Stillman.
But, PA traded for Stillman and Bear, so you play with the new toys until they break. I completely understand keeping Bear in, but after the last 2 games, Bruce will be justified playing Burroughs over Stillman.
Well, that was interesting. Crazy game. Score probably flatters Anaheim who were terrible and really not full value for the 5 goals. We probably could have had 10.
- Pettersson line was massive. Absolutely dominant. Just ripped them to shreds, probably had 10+ quality scoring chances. Maybe 15. Kuzmenko needs to be signed ASAP. Pay him whatever he wants - insane chemistry with our best player, great attitude, probably going to be a consistent 70-80 point player going forward.
- Horvat is on some kind of run. He's figured out how to score goals in this league and is just lethal on the PP. At ES, that line was ... ok. Miller had some moments. Garland is really struggling.
- I don't understand the Joshua hate. This is a solid player. His forechecking is outstanding, his puck management is very good, he's positionally sound. Good bottom 6 player. Skating is fugly but he's a load below the hashmarks. Aman also continues to show well on that line.
- Studnicka is ... there. I'm not sure which way he's going to go. He looks pretty well coached, skates pretty well, looks like he can maybe be a low-event bottom-6 guy. But really isn't doing anything that pops yet.
- Podkolzin continues to struggle. Not moving his feet as well as he can, not looking confident.
- playing Stillman ahead of Burroughs is a travesty. They aren't even close as players. It's ridiculous. We had two pairings tonight that looked really sound and then Myers-Stillman came out and looked consistently disjointed.
- Bear was really good again. Coaches obviously agree as he played the 2nd most TOI and most of any RS defender. This trade looks really, really good based on early returns. Obviously we need to see more, but right now it's a top-4 RHD on $1.8 million for a 5th rounder. OEL looked night-and-day better with Bear than he has with Myers.
- Hughes skated the best he has all season.
- Martin was ... not good. Started well, but that 3-2 goal was yuck and could have been a backbreaker. His streak of results is getting ridiculous, though.
- PK still sucks ass. They need to try some different players. Boudreau fixed it last year by doing exactly that ... but then this year has defaulted to the same failing players constantly.
- Trevor Zegras is kind of a bad player, at ES at least. Insane talent but I'm not sure I've seen a worse defensive C in the cap era.
- Pettersson line was massive. Absolutely dominant. Just ripped them to shreds, probably had 10+ quality scoring chances. Maybe 15. Kuzmenko needs to be signed ASAP. Pay him whatever he wants - insane chemistry with our best player, great attitude, probably going to be a consistent 70-80 point player going forward.
- Horvat is on some kind of run. He's figured out how to score goals in this league and is just lethal on the PP. At ES, that line was ... ok. Miller had some moments. Garland is really struggling.
- I don't understand the Joshua hate. This is a solid player. His forechecking is outstanding, his puck management is very good, he's positionally sound. Good bottom 6 player. Skating is fugly but he's a load below the hashmarks. Aman also continues to show well on that line.
- Studnicka is ... there. I'm not sure which way he's going to go. He looks pretty well coached, skates pretty well, looks like he can maybe be a low-event bottom-6 guy. But really isn't doing anything that pops yet.
- Podkolzin continues to struggle. Not moving his feet as well as he can, not looking confident.
- playing Stillman ahead of Burroughs is a travesty. They aren't even close as players. It's ridiculous. We had two pairings tonight that looked really sound and then Myers-Stillman came out and looked consistently disjointed.
- Bear was really good again. Coaches obviously agree as he played the 2nd most TOI and most of any RS defender. This trade looks really, really good based on early returns. Obviously we need to see more, but right now it's a top-4 RHD on $1.8 million for a 5th rounder. OEL looked night-and-day better with Bear than he has with Myers.
- Hughes skated the best he has all season.
- Martin was ... not good. Started well, but that 3-2 goal was yuck and could have been a backbreaker. His streak of results is getting ridiculous, though.
- PK still sucks ass. They need to try some different players. Boudreau fixed it last year by doing exactly that ... but then this year has defaulted to the same failing players constantly.
- Trevor Zegras is kind of a bad player, at ES at least. Insane talent but I'm not sure I've seen a worse defensive C in the cap era.
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Really f***ing disappointed in this post. Every name is spelled correctly.
My hope is that some sucker GM out there surrenders assets to acquire him before the whole league realizes that he's a negative value asset. Benning was trying to move Boeser after the 2020 bubble but received low ball offers.
We aren't much better unfortunately. :-/
What's it going to take for the Canucks to learn to lock down a lead? Outside of that absolutely lifeless penguins team, every team is able to mount comebacks. Then you've got the league's worst pp scoring goals EASILY, something is just not right. I had a bad feeling that Brad Shaw was a big part of this team's defensive turn around last year and so far, looking correct.
To go further with Bear, he only played one second less than Hughes. Bear must feel great, goes from a healthy scratch all season to 20 minutes in his second game.
Apart from Stillman playing, the ice time management makes a lot of sense. Schenn is being limited to not overexpose him. OEL was under 20 minutes.
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Please remind me why does ogretown deliberately misspell names? 
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