split the sedins for game 4.
The team was absolutely dominant in the regular season - one of the best teams in the history of the National Hockey League. There is no denying that.
Art Ross winners, Selkes, 40 goal scorers, great goaltending. The works.
Playoffs roll around and they face their arch rival - Chicago Blackhawks. A team that won the Cup the year before, but with different players because a lot of them had to be traded because of cap issues. But in the end, they knew they had to get it done and they did. But that's a different story.
At that point the Canucks were the laughing stock of the league when it came to the playoffs. Getting bounced by the same team two years in a row in embarrassing fashion. They had to win this one. They win the first three games and have the potential to sweep the team that had given them fits before. What do they do? Lose game 4. All fine and dandy because it was only one game. They still had two more opportunities to close the series. And did they? No.
It took them 7 games and OT to get the job done. This was a #1 seed facing a #8 seed. This was a team that was up 3-0 in the series and it ended up being 4-3. How do you justify that? People easily forget about losing those 3 games because in the end they won, but looking back now, wow. It really showed the mental fortitude of the team which clearly was not high. Alex Burrows single handedly saved AV his job as well as the rest of the core's.
The Nashville series was a weird one. They were a great defensive team with a world class goalie. Kesler turned on "beast mode" and finally decided to show up for a playoff series for the first time in his career. Luongo also played a great series. Though in the end, Canucks had the benefit of playing an inexperienced group.
Sharks series was their best series for sure and a personal favorite of mine. Sedins played the best series (offensively) of their careers, defense was good, Luongo stood on his head, a great series overall and I have no issues with this one.
Now onto the big cheese. The Boston series. Hopes were running high, the team was excited, the city was buzzing. Games 1 and 2 were won by the good guys, but in low scoring affairs. Game 3 rolls around and Canucks get obliterated. Not a problem because there was still Game 4, right? Nope. Another shelling.
That's okay, because now the boys were coming back home for Game 5 and what do they do? THEY WIN! YAY! Luongo gets a shutout, but how many goals do the Canucks score? A grand total of... wait for it... ONE! But who cares how many goals they scored, at least they won, right?
Game 6. Canucks can seal the deal and finally win the big one. Do they? Hell to the ****ing no, I tell you what. They get shelled AGAIN and the series is tied. Keep in mind that Boston was DOWN 2-0 in the series and at this point they have tied it up 3-3. Next game wins the Cup.
Biggest game in franchise history. The whole world is watching. The stars are aligned for a storybook ending. A team that has never won Lord Stanley in it's entire 40 years of pathetic existence. It just so happened that the team that was iced this year was the best regular season team in the franchise's history. They have a chance to seal it, at home, in front of their fans. In game 7.
What do they? Goose egg. Shutout. At home. Absolutely no heart. No emotion. Out classed, out played.
A total of 8 goals scored in 7 games by the regular season's best offense, best team. Luongo gets two shutouts and it's still not enough.
That team was lowest scoring team IN THE HISTORY OF THE STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS TO EVER MAKE THE STANLEY CUP FINAL.
Let me repeat that for you.
That team was lowest scoring team IN THE HISTORY OF THE STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS TO EVER MAKE THE STANLEY CUP FINAL.
I'm not going to go calculating stats, but it's been mentioned many times before.
You can put the blame on injuries all you want, but it's the playoffs. People play hurt all the time. Yzerman played on one leg and captained his team to the Cup. Canucks were hurt, but so were the Bruins.
They didn't deserve to be there, but they were there anyways. If that's not a fluke run, I don't know what is.
Why bother? How much tinkering does AV need to do to find offense? He's had most of the season to mess with different line up combinations in order to find some chemistry and when he finds it, he just switches it up anyhow...No, just keep the Sedins together and play the hell out of their line and Kesler's line...let the season live or die by this core.
Making the cup finals was no fluke, going 7 games was. let me make that clear for you
MAKING THE CUP FINALS WAS NO FlUKE, GOING 7 GAMES WAS.
This notion is nonsense. No team ever has, nor ever will, blow up this fast when they still have elite players. The Sharks have toiled in mediocrity lower than we have and despite countless whining about moving Marleau and/or Thornton - that neither were leaders. Both are still there and still leading the team. We will not trade the Sedins and anyone hoping so is better advised to cheering for another team - spare yourself the disappointment because it's not happening.
Coach and player not even on same page...
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AV asked about Bieksa's comments, "We're the embelishers." #canucks
The team was absolutely dominant in the regular season - one of the best teams in the history of the National Hockey League. There is no denying that.
Art Ross winners, Selkes, 40 goal scorers, great goaltending. The works.
Playoffs roll around and they face their arch rival - Chicago Blackhawks. A team that won the Cup the year before, but with different players because a lot of them had to be traded because of cap issues. But in the end, they knew they had to get it done and they did. But that's a different story.
At that point the Canucks were the laughing stock of the league when it came to the playoffs. Getting bounced by the same team two years in a row in embarrassing fashion. They had to win this one. They win the first three games and have the potential to sweep the team that had given them fits before. What do they do? Lose game 4. All fine and dandy because it was only one game. They still had two more opportunities to close the series. And did they? No.
It took them 7 games and OT to get the job done. This was a #1 seed facing a #8 seed. This was a team that was up 3-0 in the series and it ended up being 4-3. How do you justify that? People easily forget about losing those 3 games because in the end they won, but looking back now, wow. It really showed the mental fortitude of the team which clearly was not high. Alex Burrows single handedly saved AV his job as well as the rest of the core's.
The Nashville series was a weird one. They were a great defensive team with a world class goalie. Kesler turned on "beast mode" and finally decided to show up for a playoff series for the first time in his career. Luongo also played a great series. Though in the end, Canucks had the benefit of playing an inexperienced group.
Sharks series was their best series for sure and a personal favorite of mine. Sedins played the best series (offensively) of their careers, defense was good, Luongo stood on his head, a great series overall and I have no issues with this one.
Now onto the big cheese. The Boston series. Hopes were running high, the team was excited, the city was buzzing. Games 1 and 2 were won by the good guys, but in low scoring affairs. Game 3 rolls around and Canucks get obliterated. Not a problem because there was still Game 4, right? Nope. Another shelling.
That's okay, because now the boys were coming back home for Game 5 and what do they do? THEY WIN! YAY! Luongo gets a shutout, but how many goals do the Canucks score? A grand total of... wait for it... ONE! But who cares how many goals they scored, at least they won, right?
Game 6. Canucks can seal the deal and finally win the big one. Do they? Hell to the ****ing no, I tell you what. They get shelled AGAIN and the series is tied. Keep in mind that Boston was DOWN 2-0 in the series and at this point they have tied it up 3-3. Next game wins the Cup.
Biggest game in franchise history. The whole world is watching. The stars are aligned for a storybook ending. A team that has never won Lord Stanley in it's entire 40 years of pathetic existence. It just so happened that the team that was iced this year was the best regular season team in the franchise's history. They have a chance to seal it, at home, in front of their fans. In game 7.
What do they? Goose egg. Shutout. At home. Absolutely no heart. No emotion. Out classed, out played.
A total of 8 goals scored in 7 games by the regular season's best offense, best team. Luongo gets two shutouts and it's still not enough.
That team was lowest scoring team IN THE HISTORY OF THE STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS TO EVER MAKE THE STANLEY CUP FINAL.
Let me repeat that for you.
That team was lowest scoring team IN THE HISTORY OF THE STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS TO EVER MAKE THE STANLEY CUP FINAL.
I'm not going to go calculating stats, but it's been mentioned many times before.
You can put the blame on injuries all you want, but it's the playoffs. People play hurt all the time. Yzerman played on one leg and captained his team to the Cup. Canucks were hurt, but so were the Bruins.
They didn't deserve to be there, but they were there anyways. If that's not a fluke run, I don't know what is.
their line is doing nothing. every other line gets ****ed with for not producing. They get one **** goal and they are safe? Neither of them shoot. They aren't generating anything. They are completely solved by San Jose.
This notion is nonsense. No team ever has, nor ever will, blow up this fast when they still have elite players. The Sharks have toiled in mediocrity lower than we have and despite countless whining about moving Marleau and/or Thornton - that neither were leaders. Both are still there and still leading the team. We will not trade the Sedins and anyone hoping so is better advised to cheering for another team - spare yourself the disappointment because it's not happening.
The last time we were certain AV was going to be fired and there would be changes Alex Burrows came up huge with a GWG against Carolina. Reverse sweep?
The last time we were certain AV was going to be fired and there would be changes Alex Burrows came up huge with a GWG against Carolina. Reverse sweep?
Name me someone who is producing on a regular basis for this team.
The team was absolutely dominant in the regular season - one of the best teams in the history of the National Hockey League. There is no denying that.
Art Ross winners, Selkes, 40 goal scorers, great goaltending. The works.
Playoffs roll around and they face their arch rival - Chicago Blackhawks. A team that won the Cup the year before, but with different players because a lot of them had to be traded because of cap issues. But in the end, they knew they had to get it done and they did. But that's a different story.
At that point the Canucks were the laughing stock of the league when it came to the playoffs. Getting bounced by the same team two years in a row in embarrassing fashion. They had to win this one. They win the first three games and have the potential to sweep the team that had given them fits before. What do they do? Lose game 4. All fine and dandy because it was only one game. They still had two more opportunities to close the series. And did they? No.
It took them 7 games and OT to get the job done. This was a #1 seed facing a #8 seed. This was a team that was up 3-0 in the series and it ended up being 4-3. How do you justify that? People easily forget about losing those 3 games because in the end they won, but looking back now, wow. It really showed the mental fortitude of the team which clearly was not high. Alex Burrows single handedly saved AV his job as well as the rest of the core's.
The Nashville series was a weird one. They were a great defensive team with a world class goalie. Kesler turned on "beast mode" and finally decided to show up for a playoff series for the first time in his career. Luongo also played a great series. Though in the end, Canucks had the benefit of playing an inexperienced group.
Sharks series was their best series for sure and a personal favorite of mine. Sedins played the best series (offensively) of their careers, defense was good, Luongo stood on his head, a great series overall and I have no issues with this one.
Now onto the big cheese. The Boston series. Hopes were running high, the team was excited, the city was buzzing. Games 1 and 2 were won by the good guys, but in low scoring affairs. Game 3 rolls around and Canucks get obliterated. Not a problem because there was still Game 4, right? Nope. Another shelling.
That's okay, because now the boys were coming back home for Game 5 and what do they do? THEY WIN! YAY! Luongo gets a shutout, but how many goals do the Canucks score? A grand total of... wait for it... ONE! But who cares how many goals they scored, at least they won, right?
Game 6. Canucks can seal the deal and finally win the big one. Do they? Hell to the ****ing no, I tell you what. They get shelled AGAIN and the series is tied. Keep in mind that Boston was DOWN 2-0 in the series and at this point they have tied it up 3-3. Next game wins the Cup.
Biggest game in franchise history. The whole world is watching. The stars are aligned for a storybook ending. A team that has never won Lord Stanley in it's entire 40 years of pathetic existence. It just so happened that the team that was iced this year was the best regular season team in the franchise's history. They have a chance to seal it, at home, in front of their fans. In game 7.
What do they? Goose egg. Shutout. At home. Absolutely no heart. No emotion. Out classed, out played.
A total of 8 goals scored in 7 games by the regular season's best offense, best team. Luongo gets two shutouts and it's still not enough.
That team was lowest scoring team IN THE HISTORY OF THE STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS TO EVER MAKE THE STANLEY CUP FINAL.
Let me repeat that for you.
That team was lowest scoring team IN THE HISTORY OF THE STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS TO EVER MAKE THE STANLEY CUP FINAL.
I'm not going to go calculating stats, but it's been mentioned many times before.
You can put the blame on injuries all you want, but it's the playoffs. People play hurt all the time. Yzerman played on one leg and captained his team to the Cup. Canucks were hurt, but so were the Bruins.
They didn't deserve to be there, but they were there anyways. If that's not a fluke run, I don't know what is.
I agree Bieksa should take some accountability for the teams play, but on the other hand I don't disagree with what he's said. Or what people have quoted in this thread at least.
I have rarely been that pissed off about reffing before. Just like wow, what? How the **** do you make and miss calls like that in the playoffs with so much on the line. Make the weakest calls against Nucks yet miss the obvious and blatant penalties by Sharks? Why does this team always get **** on? That's what it feels like sometimes.
The last time we were certain AV was going to be fired and there would be changes Alex Burrows came up huge with a GWG against Carolina. Reverse sweep?
It wasn't a "fluke", it required some luck...and in most cases, teams don't get to the finals without some luck. If that's the case, the Bruins fluked their way into the finals by being ridiculously healthy (only missing Savard) and having the refs and Colin Campbell/Mike Murphy help carry them through the Tampa series.
The team gets **** on because they brought it upon themselves.
Whether people like it or not, this team is hated by teams, fans, media and apparently the refs. No one likes them.
They had a reputation for diving, etc. which was both true and not true. They tried to "reform" but it's essentially boy who cried wolf at that point. It's done; your imagine is already made in one light.
It is what it is and not much they can do besides get rid of the players that are the cause (which is essentially the core players).
This team made its bed with losing the first two games at home. Whether they got screwed by refs in game 3 is a moot point.