Tonight we saw the real difference between "a bad team" and "the worst team in the whole NHL". Tonight we saw why the Canucks were never gonna be front-runners for the lottery....while also seeing why we would get torched in a series vs the Jets/Preds/Sharks. All I really want is for our young core to take these games as seriously as possible. Meaningful March....that was the mantra, no?
Thought Biega looked better than I've literally ever seen. Getting shots through, stepping up in the neutral zone, using his speed to be aggressive on the puck without sacrificing too much position, using his physicality to gain possession. I dunno where this form of Biega came from.
Sautner and Brisebois were...below average. Very poor with the puck, borderline without. Been a theme with both of them in their tenures so far. Still getting their feet wet, but I'm still waiting to be impressed by anything they do.
Schenn put up another rock solid effort. Physical in good spots, outlets are decent, reverses when prompted, and doesn't just give up the puck all the god damn time for no reason like so many of our D this year.
Bo Horvat, are you really gonna put up a 30-30 year with all this chaff sagging you down? Too lazy to write up the rest of the forwards...Petey had some dangles and a couple of great scoring opportunities....Boeser's shot looking deadly....Pearson might be working his way towards a regular spot on Horvat's wing (lord knows Bo could use some consistency in his linemates)...
edit: Virtanen had a REALLY good outing, forgot to mention.
