Post-Game Talk: Game #15 November 12th - Canucks lose to Leafs - 2-3 - Horvat & Miller

[Ginger Papa]

Hi my Canucks friends,

I had this song stuck in my head all day and decided to try a parody for the GDT.

I dedicate this GDT to one of the Mentors /Older Best friends from my childhood, who recently passed and convinced me to learn to not only enjoy Rush, but also deeply appreciate their musicianship when I was a teenager. He had a good, long life , so please celebrate with me, rather than mourn.

On a very related note, thank you all for helping me to learn how to appreciate online relationships and their value. You folks have helped me more than you can ever know.


Please note that Lineups are very premature. I’ll update Saturday morning once information is available


(amazing intro for 5:00 minutes)

To seek the sacred Stanley Cup
To win it on Home ice
To break the drought for me & you
and drink bubbles of paradise.

I have heard the whispered tales
Of winning this trophy
For us a mystery
From the winners book, we need a clue

We topped the frozen salary cap
At JR’s hands we know
Running Allvin’s show
Searching for our first, Stanley Cup
Stanley Cup


Withstanding all the hurt we’ve known
Years one to Fifty one
To taste just once the winners life
The long suffering Canucks fan
To seek the sacred Stanley Cup
To win it on Home ice
To break the drought for me & you
and drink bubbles of paradise,..oh paradise

(Another amazing instrumental bridge)


Fifty Two years have come and gone
And time is passing by
Our patience you can’t deny
Frozen in an everlasting fugue


Waiting for the losing to end
Weary of our plight
Wanting the Team to fight

Another Season lost?, no Stanley Cup
Stanley Cup


Withstanding all the hurt we’ve known
Years one to Fifty one
To taste just once the winners life
The long suffering Canucks fan

But each year we shall return
On Home and Away ice
To break the drought for me & you
and drink bubbles of paradise,..oh paradise

(amazing outro)




Game notes as per NHL.com

Toronto Maple Leafs - Vancouver Canucks - Nov 12, 2022 | NHL.com

NHL Gamecenter - Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Vancouver Canucks, Nov 12, 2022 - summary, stats, boxscore, play by play, recap and more.

www.nhl.com

Lineups as per daily face off

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DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS
MORGAN RIELLY	TIMOTHY LILJEGREN
T.J. BRODIE	JUSTIN HOLL
MARK GIORDANO	RASMUS SANDIN

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GOALIES
ERIK KALLGREN	KEITH PETRUZZELLI

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[AppleHoneySauce]

99% chance we win. Team has scored like 18 with martin in net as they hate demko. I expect that number to balloon to 25. Plus toronto always plays down to us. Without out fail.

 

[Cancuks]

Horvat will probably get 5 goals in this game as he auditions for the Laffs.

 

[EpochLink]

We win with Martin in net

 

[RussianRacket]

We will win.


YOU KNOW WE WILL.

GO CANUCKS GO!!!!

 

[tantalum]

We win with Martin in net

The issue is that the Leafs will likely be playing a goaltender who will get his first NHL start.

Something has to give...either the Martin streak ends or the canucks manage to beat a rookie goaltender.

 

[rypper]

It's Pettersson's birthday so he'll probably have a heck of a game.

(It's my birthday too, so I'll channel my inner Petey and do my dekes into a bunch of beer. )

 

[rypper]

A small victory of the game would be, if as per usual the Canucks make a rookie goalie in his first game look like the second coming of Patrick Roy, and it inflates leafs fans hopes and dreams, only to have it severely crushed the very next time he plays.

(Man... is there something wrong with me that I'd take joy in that?)

 

[Vector]

 

[rypper]

Even if he wasn't great I still would have kept with Rathbone. And actually used him on PP2.

Burroughs needs back in the lineup too even if he plays in his off side or they dress 7 defense.

 

[LaVal]

The Hughes - Myers pairing has been tried like 47 times and looked awful every time.

 

[Vector]

 

[Baby Pettersson]

A small victory of the game would be, if as per usual the Canucks make a rookie goalie in his first game look like the second coming of Patrick Roy, and it inflates leafs fans hopes and dreams, only to have it severely crushed the very next time he plays.

(Man... is there something wrong with me that I'd take joy in that?)

Happy birthday!

 

[Soups On]

I don't ask for much from this hockey team. But I'll be at the game. I would love nothing more for the Canucks to win so I can unapologetically insult all my co-workers and so called friends that are Leafs fans.

 

[racerjoe]

I like the forwards, but wtf the defence... like why split what has been working? Keep Stillman out, and if you don't want Rathbone in, put Burroughs who I am not going to call dman Burrows. Hell I might try taking out Myers and putting Burrows with Rathbone.

 

[Kickassguy]

I absolutely cannot comprehend why Burroughs isn't playing. It's mind-boggling. The difference in his play vs that of Rathbone and Stillman to date this year has been severely evident.

 

[Egghead1999]

It is a winnable game because it is Leafs' B2B.

 

[rypper]

I absolutely cannot comprehend why Burroughs isn't playing. It's mind-boggling. The difference in his play vs that of Rathbone and Stillman to date this year has been severely evident.

For a handful of the first few games he was the team's best defenseman. That isn't debatable. It's not like his game fell off or anything to deserve a scratch. Bizarre.

 

[VanillaCoke]

What is that lineup yeesh

 

[Pastor Of Muppetz]

If the Canucks have any hope of winning a game, its tomorrow night in TO....The Leafs are playing tonight in Pittsburgh.

Realistically though, I'd say its probable the Canucks drop all 3 of their remaining games on the road..There's absolutely nothing to suggest that they can beat these 3 good teams right now...The goaltending isnt good enough, Demko has lost his franchise level goaltending (for the time being), and Martin is ok...This team needs stellar goaltending to win, and they're not getting it.

Also,they haven't shown up for their last two games..They only 'really' played in the 3rd period against OTT and MON, and thats it...Playing one period a game wont cut it.

Rutherford publicly called out the players and the coach..The team still failed to respond…They’ve run out of bullets in the chamber to get the team motivated.

They have a 2 day break in the b2b..The Buffalo game is their 3rd game in 4 nights (thats a team that embarrassed them 2 weeks ago)...I think that Bruce is out of ideas...(the likeable, funny wise cracking coach isn't there this season..his demeanour is downcast)

For the third consecutive year..we will get buried in an insurmountable pit.

 

[Pastor Of Muppetz]

The Hughes -Myers pairing doesnt really work from past history...The OEL-Bear pairing does..

Rathbone had a bit of a tough night in Montreal..As a young player its to be expected..It was the veteran players who were taking poor penalties, and making atrocious turnovers in our own end.

 

[BoHorvat 53]

This last weekend, the Leafs played the Bruins and Canes in a b2b and beat them both. The heat has been on them in the city, there is no shot they come out without giving a f***.

 

[kanucks25]

lol Stillman - Schenn

That'll be fun.

 

[PuckMunchkin]

A small victory of the game would be, if as per usual the Canucks make a rookie goalie in his first game look like the second coming of Patrick Roy, and it inflates leafs fans hopes and dreams, only to have it severely crushed the very next time he plays.

(Man... is there something wrong with me that I'd take joy in that?)

Happy bday!

 

[MS]

The refusal to play Burroughs is absolutely mindboggling at this point.

Stillman should have never seen another game for this team after his last performance ... but here we are. Right back in the lineup.