Post-Game Talk: GAME #73 - Canucks def. Blackhawks - 3-2 (OT) (Edler, Granlund, Horvat)

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[polarbearcub]

Bear cheese might be back

 

[TruKnyte]

Bear cheese might be back

I'd rather they just shut him down for the rest of the year. Why risk another concussion in meaningless games?

 

[Hit the post]

"EPettersson is now tied with Ivan Hlinka and Pavel Bure for the most points by a #Canucks rookie in franchise history! (60)"

Hlinka - 32 year old rookie. Was a legit star in his prime, a shame he got him on the downside of his career - course I doubt he would've been let out of the country if he was in his prime (different world back then, eg., "cold war" and all).

I don't remember the entire story regarding his and Bubla's acquisition; only that it wasn’t hosher. Jake Milford (I think it was him) signed them anyway & I think the league fined the Canucks.

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

I'd rather they just shut him down for the rest of the year. Why risk another concussion in meaningless games?

This...I know he’s probably helping drive it and likely wants to get back in, but man. He should really take it slow.

Hoping for a Pettersson point to break Bure’s record in this one.

 

[MS]

I'd rather they just shut him down for the rest of the year. Why risk another concussion in meaningless games?

No kidding.

These games are meaningless. Give him another 6 months off to rest his brain. Rushing him back now is absolutely idiotic.

 

[Fire Benning]

Bear cheese might be back

Just shut him down FFS

 

[EbonyRaptor]

When is Hughes supposed to ready to play? I'm bummed because I was hoping to get a chance to see him when the Hawks play you guys tomorrow.

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

When is Hughes supposed to ready to play? I'm bummed because I was hoping to get a chance to see him when the Hawks play you guys tomorrow.

I believe he’s in a walking boot for at least a few more days recovering from a bone bruise.

 

[Melvin]

They can't possibly be serious about putting Baertschi in.

 

[EpochLink]

When is Hughes supposed to ready to play? I'm bummed because I was hoping to get a chance to see him when the Hawks play you guys tomorrow.

The rivalry ain’t what it used to be.
Here’s to a good game tomorrow

 

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[EbonyRaptor]

The rivalry ain’t what it used to be.
Here’s to a good game tomorrow

Yeah, kinda miss the old rivalry. Those were some great games. Just think of all the players that were so huge that are no longer with our teams anymore - especially you guys. I could be wrong but is Edler the only player left from your 2011 Cup team? Sedins, Burrows, Kesler, Hansen, Luongo and on and on. The Hawks still have Toews, Kane, Keith, Seabrook and Crawford but lot's of very important players are gone - Hossa, Sharp, Byfuglien, Hjalmarsson, Campbell, Ladd, Bolland and a bunch of others.

So yeah - here's to a good game and let's keep it clean, shall we.

 

[me2]

Yeah, kinda miss the old rivalry. Those were some great games. Just think of all the players that were so huge that are no longer with our teams anymore - especially you guys. I could be wrong but is Edler the only player left from your 2011 Cup team? Sedins, Burrows, Kesler, Hansen, Luongo and on and on. The Hawks still have Toews, Kane, Keith, Seabrook and Crawford but lot's of very important players are gone - Hossa, Sharp, Byfuglien, Hjalmarsson, Campbell, Ladd, Bolland and a bunch of others.

Benning managed to turn that into a mighty rebuild haul of Goldobin, Sutter and ..... no that's all.

So yeah - here's to a good game and let's keep it clean, shall we.

We can battle for 1st overall now (picks that is).

 

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is Edler the only player left from your 2011 Cup team

Edler and Tanev. Manny Malhotra is on the coaching staff and Chris Higgins is on the alumni team....?

 

[valkynax]

They can't possibly be serious about putting Baertschi in.

Well if he's ready then sure why not.

Although I personally see this as a desperately sad and pathetic attempt to make the season look salvageable.

 

[Melvin]

I finally saw the khudobin stick toss. That is absolutely absurd and I have no idea how the refs screwed that up. The rules do not make any distinction for intent, here.

 

[DL44]

I could be wrong but is Edler the only player left from your 2011 Cup team?

Yup.. pretty much.
Unless you want to include the current corpse of Tanev.. he didn’t play any of the hawks series tho. Played a mere 73 mins in those playoffs. Consider him part of the post 2011 run era.

 

[Pastor Of Muppetz]

Bear cheese might be back

Questionable that he should come back to play games in 'garbage time'...No doubt in my mind that he is a legit top 6 LW (when healthy?)...

 

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RIP Sedin back-pass

 

[David Bruce Banner]

Just because it’s never to late to screw the tank, this looks like a stellar opportunity for the Canucks to win back-to-back games

4-2

Pettersson x2
Boeser
Brisebois

 

[Cancuks]

They'll probably play Markstrom again. Gotta make that final playoff push.

 

[ErrantShepherd]

They'll probably play Markstrom again. Gotta make that final playoff push.

Think I saw something like a 75% chance somehow last game if they managed to go 11-0.

Not so sure about that math at all.

Anyways, it's frustrating that they didn't make a push earlier when it still mattered. But this section of the schedule is pretty soft, so I'm expecting us to make a very upsetting stretch of games for basically all the fans hoping for a high lottery pick.

I don't know how you can legitimately get a young team like this to drop games though. That's kind of the anti-thesis of competitive sport, could even be construed as cheating. Like... are we expecting Green to go in and tell the team to lose for hughes?

Are we just expecting the team to be so bad they lose every game to teams on the same level/even worse than them? These are still players who will always play to try to win, still players always playing for their next contracts or even just spots in the lineup. Even when the games aren't meaningful for fans in terms of playoff position, but more in draft position, every game in the NHL is meaningful for players especially fringe NHLers which the Canucks are stacked with.