Post-Game Talk: GAME #31 - Canucks @ Kings - March 23, 2013

[petrishriekandgo]

Games like this remind me there is almost no skill in this lineup past the high end players

Plenty of skill in even this lineup BUT you're not going to beat the Kings at a skill game with this line-up... so that's not the gameplan. GP was to be hard on the puck, puck support everywhere and back check like mutha-Fers.

Solid.

 

[Bgav]

1 goal and only 13 shots LOL

Thank god Schnieder started

 

[enuck]

Burrows with a stupid penalty that could have cost the team but thankfully didn't.

Wouldn't mind he spent some time on the 4th line for abit.

Too bad there's no one that could take his spot with the Sedins ATM.

I dunno 6 seconds left we pretty much had it. With Brown being a godiver it might not have all been on Alex.

I'm not sure but I feel the concussion during the lock out is still affecting him.

 

[Pip]

"That is an NHL pass to an NHL player, to an NHL speedster, to an NHL finish"

-Garry Valk

 

[WetcoastOrca]

Raymond Hansen and Schroeder really stepping up agan. Tanev with 18 and a half minutes and played great. Just great to watch his development almost every game. I thought he was the calming influence again on the back end.

 

[petrishriekandgo]

This....With this lineup...This.

How can you not go back with Schneider tomorrow?

I think the concern about injuries for one thing and the need to get Luongo off the bench before the trade deadline in a week or so.

 

[NoRaise4Brackett]

Picture of Tanev now on my bedstand, family photo goes back into the album.

right beside the tissue box...

 

[Krnuckfan]

Why?

Because schnieder is better than luongo. You mad?

 

[David71]

good character win. simple hockey. with a depleted lineup. but how long can it last?

 

[petrishriekandgo]

right beside the tissue box...

 

[King of Anarchy]

Please don't have a broken foot, Hansen.

Please.

 

[Pip]

Games like this remind me there is almost no skill in this lineup past the high end players

I agree, past Kopitar there was no one on that Kings lineup, no finish

 

[Lindt]

Why?

Because Schneider is the future goalie of the team, he's playing far better than Luongo, and he should be playing consistently as the playoffs approach.

Why not?

 

[LiquidSnake]

The defensive games of Hodgson vs Schroeder are not even close to comparable.

Schroeder is so much better in his own zone and even was good against a massive size advantage by the Kings

 

[Addison Rae]

2-0-1 vs the kings this year. Without Kesler.

Probably should have won that SO loss too.

Not afraid of that team in he slightest. Chicago and Anaheim are so much better than them

Anaheim is playing out of there mind right now. They aren't nearly as good as they've been playing so far. I'm much, much more afraid of the Kings. But glad to see us play so well against them without Kesler.

 

[Pip]

Because Schneider is the future goalie of the team, he's playing far better than Luongo, and he should be playing consistently as the playoffs approach.

Why not?

not true, he is playing better, but Luongo has also been playing very well

 

[Tiranis]

Anaheim is playing out of there mind right now. They aren't nearly as good as they've been playing so far. I'm much, much more afraid of the Kings. But glad to see us play so well against them without Kesler.

Didn't we have a great record against the Kings all of last season? Can't read too much into it.

 

[Live in the Now]

Good game. You played the better goalie and the Kings didn't get much traffic. Pretty good defensive effort by the Canucks.

 

[canuckfromtoronto]

"That is an NHL pass to an NHL player, to an NHL speedster, to an NHL finish"

-Garry Valk

lold so hard when I heard this live

 

[Addison Rae]

Chris Tanev is a beauty, best MG pickup IMO.

 

[Pip]

Agreed, playoffs are a whole other animal, just look at the play of a guy like Penner, as well as Richards. I do not want the Kings in the first round

 

[Ozone]

I think the concern about injuries for one thing and the need to get Luongo off the bench before the trade deadline in a week or so.

I see your point, but Schneids (like Stella) got his groove back, and I hope they let him run with it.

 

[TheCrazedMadman]

Everyone's so surprised we're winning with this lineup, but you're really underestimating how awesome the Hansen/Schroeder/Raymond line is. Even when Kesler/Booth/Kassian come back they should stay together....would be criminal to split them up now.

Though 13 shots? Haha, whens the last time we had that little?

 

[Addison Rae]

Didn't we have a great record against the Kings all of last season? Can't read too much into it.

I thought we were 2-2 against them? I honestly don't remember.

 

[Addison Rae]

Valk is on crack, he wants Alberts to get more playing time