Post-Game Talk: GAME #60: Canucks 2 @ Sharks 3: At least our eSports team is off to a good start

[Ace of Hades]

does anyone else remember when our defense was:

Edler - Ehrhoff
Hamhuis - Bieksa
Salo - Tanev

I miss the days where we had 7 top 4 D in the lineup, now we have zero

Hutton and Stecher are playing as decent second pairing#4Ds logging big minutes. The rest are trash.

 

[ErrantShepherd]

Western conference playoff bubble:

8. Minnesota - 85 point pace
9. Vancouver - 81 point pace
10. Arizona - 81 point pace
11. Colorado - 81 point pace
12. Chicago - 79 point pace

dear lord

It's like we're stuck in purgatory, even when we lose we can't even seem to climb the draft lottery rankings, and then when we do actually get the wildcard spot we fall out ridiculously quick.

 

[VanJack]

Even in a game where he's relatively quiet, Pettersson has a few shifts where you just shake your head in amazement. He stickhandles his way by three forecheckers, making them look foolish in the bargain. Then after gaining separation in the neutral zone, he slows the plays down in the O-zone to create chances.

But it's also his work on the defensive side of the puck. For a 165 pound kid playing one of the toughest forward positions in the NHL at center, he makes some dazzling defensive plays.

I know Bure was a mercurial skater and scorer; and the Sedins probably had the best equivalent of a 'pick and roll' play in league history.

But the Canucks have never had a player like Pettersson. NEVER. From an interest standpoint, he's basically salvaging the Canuck season, no matter where they finish.

 

[ErrantShepherd]

does anyone else remember when our defense was:

Edler - Ehrhoff
Hamhuis - Bieksa
Salo - Tanev

I miss the days where we had 7 top 4 D in the lineup, now we have zero

Honestly that's what we should aim for again if we can't get a true #1 Dman... at least if you have a whole group of top 4 D, you aren't handicapped as much if one or two go down.

 

[Johnny Canucker]

@Johnny Canucker your thoughts?

Not sure what you are expecting. He can score goals yes. I never questioned that. But that’s ALL he does. Doesn’t hit, skate well, pass well, backcheck. He got a goal tonight. Awesome. And we lost. Maybe if he did more of the above mentioned things we would have won.

 

[Canucks1096]

Even in a game where he's relatively quiet, Pettersson has a few shifts where you just shake your head in amazement. He stickhandles his way by three forecheckers, making them look foolish in the bargain. Then after gaining separation in the neutral zone, he slows the plays down in the O-zone to create chances.

But it's also his work on the defensive side of the puck. For a 165 pound kid playing one of the toughest forward positions in the NHL at center, he makes some dazzling defensive plays.

I know Bure was a mercurial skater and scorer; and the Sedins probably had the best equivalent of a 'pick and roll' play in league history.

But the Canucks have never had a player like Pettersson. NEVER. From an interest standpoint, he's basically salvaging the Canuck season, no matter where they finish.

176

 

[Johnny Canucker]

He’s prob at work......

Salty eh kid? Hahahahaha. Boom.

 

[Johnny Canucker]

If we ever played the sharks in the playoffs we would get swept easily. Men vs boys. Don’t match up well at all

 

[Johnny Canucker]

I'm pretty much done with the Goldobin experiment.

You and the canucks both. Has 0 value. Can’t crack a terrible roster , so who wants him?

 

[DarrenX]

On the bright side, The fact that we made this such a hard fought game for San Jose, who are legitimate cup contenders tells me that we are close to being cup contenders as well. Much closer than most people think.

In the last month the Sharks lost 6-2 to the Panthers and 6-3 to the Coyotes. They must be close to contending too?

 

[PG Canuck]

You and the canucks both. Has 0 value. Can’t crack a terrible roster , so who wants him?

KHL

 

[Megaterio Llamas]

KHL

Correct. He can still realize his boyhood dream by donning the black, red and white jersey of Traktor Chelyabinsk.

 

[xtra]

Correct. He can still realize his boyhood dream by donning the black, red and white jersey of Traktor Chelyabinsk.

Apart from the giant pmk ad that’s a pretty sweet jersey

 

[I am toxic]

Even in a game where he's relatively quiet, Pettersson has a few shifts where you just shake your head in amazement. He stickhandles his way by three forecheckers, making them look foolish in the bargain. Then after gaining separation in the neutral zone, he slows the plays down in the O-zone to create chances.

But it's also his work on the defensive side of the puck. For a 165 pound kid playing one of the toughest forward positions in the NHL at center, he makes some dazzling defensive plays.

I know Bure was a mercurial skater and scorer; and the Sedins probably had the best equivalent of a 'pick and roll' play in league history.

But the Canucks have never had a player like Pettersson. NEVER. From an interest standpoint, he's basically salvaging the Canuck season, no matter where they finish.

This.

Very well said.

 

[timw33]

As I posted in another thread, the lowest point total for a playoff team under the wild card format is 87...which was also done by Minnesota. Now they are poised to do it again.

If there's one franchise we want to emulate, it's definitely the....Minnesota Wild...

 

[rypper]

I can't see any case made not to protect Hutton and Stecher in the expansion draft.

 

[Star Ocean]

Much better game against a much better team. Karlsson was the difference. Canucks trying their hearts out but we don’t have the strongest roster.

Typical bad luck karlsson coming back for this game or canucks would had won

 

[DomY]

Not that it really matters, but does anyone know who the Assistant Captains for this team are right now? Edler and Sutter are hurt, and Del Zotto is gone. Tanev is out as well. From the highlights I saw Horvat and Roussel have A's and Boeser doesn't. Who gets the 3rd one?

Horvat
Roussel
Gudbranson?
Pettersson?
Eriksson?

 

[Star Ocean]

Canucks hasnt scored more than 3 goals in 10 games

 

[tantalum]

My impression of the game is that the Canucks put forth a strong effort but whenever the Sharks wanted to pressure and control the play they did so.

C’est la vie. I didn’t expect much different.

 

[PuckMunchkin]

What was that MacEwan fight all about?

Tried to rewind and see if something happened but could find nothing... Was this just a case of "Shall we proceed to tangle up in some fisticuffs?" "Oh indeedio we shall!"

 

[David Bruce Banner]

Did better than I expected considering we're missing Edler and Tanev. Don't think we got a pedal to the metal Sharks squad, though.

Still, it's much more fun to watch a young team with guys like Pettersson, Horvat, Boeser, Stetcher, Hutton, Gaudette and MacEwen all making contributions than it was to see the moribund bunch of oldsters and AHL fodder we were trotting out a couple of years ago.

Now we just gotta jettison the last of our anchor players and replace them with some guys that can actually play the game... and we might even be dangerous. Another lottery pick would be just the thing.

 

[ProstheticConscience]

Typical bad luck karlsson coming back for this game or canucks would had won

Karlsson wasn't even all that good. You could tell he was just coming back from an injury.

 

[Spectrefire]

Not that it really matters, but does anyone know who the Assistant Captains for this team are right now? Edler and Sutter are hurt, and Del Zotto is gone. Tanev is out as well. From the highlights I saw Horvat and Roussel have A's and Boeser doesn't. Who gets the 3rd one?

Horvat
Roussel
Gudbranson?
Pettersson?
Eriksson?

Captain Bo, Roussel, and Beagle are all wearing A's at the moment.