Based upon their play last night it is appropriate to say Myers and Juolevi had very good games in comparison to previous performances which varied from meh to bad. Was it because they woke up and decided to play at a higher level?
I fear there is an easier answer and that answer lies with the Calgary Flames. They do not play a fast game. They didn't display any kind of puck control. There was no finesse in their puck handling. They couldn't complete passes with wide open passing lanes. They turned the puck over more than Vancouver has in any single game this season. Calgary was plain and simple a terrible hockey team. They flat out stunk up the ice. Think back to how easily Toronto and Montreal skated through the Vancouver D like the Canucks were traffic cops directing them to the net. They couldn't skate with them. When Beagle, Sutter, and Roussel can out skate you, you are not skating well.
Maybe the Canucks had an epiphany and time will tell, but if Calgary is going to continue to play on a par with the Ottawa the Canucks saw earlier in the season, it will be Canucks on the run and Marky on his head. If the Flames get a couple ricochet goals and Demko/Holtby give up an easy one, it will once again become a coin toss game like Thursday was. Teams that skate fast historically give Juolevi trouble as well as Benn, Chatty, Hamonic, Myers, and even Hughes in his own end.
I hope this win was a new leaf turned over, but won't be shocked if the leaf wilts.