Post-Game Talk: GM 40: Flames 1 @ Canucks 0

[Mr. Canucklehead]

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(41 GP 21-17-3 | 5th Pacificic)______(39 GP 23-13-3 | 2nd Pacific)

WHEN: Saturday, January 10th, 7:00PM PST
WHERE: Rogers Arena, Vancouver BC
TV: CBC
RADIO: TSN 1040

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Vancouver Canucks
Speculated & Unconfirmed Lineup

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Calgary Flames

To Be Posted.


Notes:

- Dan Hamhuis is taking part in full practices as of January 9th.
- Chris Higgins (flu) is questionable.
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GO CANUCKS GO!


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[DCantheDDad]

These are always fun to watch. I expect the guys to bounce back, especially after the comments by WD about the team not being where they needed to be the day before.

 

[Nuclear Salo]

Calgary's 2nd game on back-to-back playing nights. Should be interesting to see how we respond.

 

[coldhands]

Can Corrado play? Please?

 

[MrShift4]

Time to start a new winning streak

 

[CherryToke]

Can Corrado play? Please?

not when NHL regular Yannick Weber is healthy and ready to go. maybe next month.

 

[Grumbler]

Probably lose again. This team is completely on cruise mode.

 

[Soups On]

not when NHL regular Yannick Weber is healthy and ready to go. maybe next month.

... I don't know whether to laugh or cry at the reality of this. Please play Corrado. He's played will in the A and deserves a shot over someone like struggling Weber

Any idea on the line ups?
I'd like to see Kassian with Bonino and maybe even Vey. Defensively this line may not be so hot but put them with Edler and Tanev and let their skill shine in the offensive zone.

On a side note, if Vey can add some real good mass in the offseason, I can see him really breaking out next season. He's been improving his NHL game as the season progresses and that's great to see.

 

[Grumbler]

It is not like I only make negative posts, I have come and made "positive" posts when the team played well during its winning streak. But the last month, it has mostly been poor effort from the team (this is not just me saying this, the players and coach admits this during interviews).

 

[FroshaugFan2]

Sbisa "rocks". Bieksa "rocks". Our powerplay "rocks".

 

[PM]

Sbisa is so good that I think we need a break from his awesomeness for a game or two. Swap him for Frankie and let the good times roll.

 

[PM]

It is not like I only make negative posts, I have come and made "positive" posts when the team played well during its winning streak. But the last month, it has mostly been poor effort from the team (this is not just me saying this, the players and coach admits this during interviews).

Amen. For some of us just making the playoffs isn't enough. We've been there, done that, we want a contender and are willing to go through the growing pains to get one. A lot of the issues we predicted in the offseason are coming to fruition as well (Santorelli being awesome, Sbisa being less than awesome, us missing Garrison, etc.)

 

[Reverend Mayhem]

I'm not endorsing what the crowd did at the last game. I simply think the crowd plays a lesser part in the grand scheme of things. Crowds don't win you games, being a good hockey team does. And if the players really need to feed off the crowd energy to succeed, send them away from here. The ticketholders at the game have always acted like they have last night. It's not a new development. Canucks fans as a majority are fickle ****ers.

That in no way does not excuse how careless those final 10 minutes of the game were last night. That kind of performance deserved to get boo'd. Teams that want to be good do not play like that. Teams that react to their situation, down 3-1 with 10 to go and show like they did last night is precisely what separates the Sharks and Blues of the hockey world from the Kings and Blackhawks. Sure, they might not win every time but they don't pack it in. That isn't a winning mentality. It is pretty damn concerning even if it was one game. Considering what happened last year, there is good reason to be concerned.

 

[polarbearcub]

I'm not endorsing what the crowd did at the last game. I simply think the crowd plays a lesser part in the grand scheme of things. Crowds don't win you games, being a good hockey team does. And if the players really need to feed off the crowd energy to succeed, send them away from here. The ticketholders at the game have always acted like they have last night. It's not a new development. Canucks fans as a majority are fickle ****ers.

That in no way does not excuse how careless those final 10 minutes of the game were last night. That kind of performance deserved to get boo'd. Teams that want to be good do not play like that. Teams that react to their situation, down 3-1 with 10 to go and show like they did last night is precisely what separates the Sharks and Blues of the hockey world from the Kings and Blackhawks. Sure, they might not win every time but they don't pack it in. That isn't a winning mentality. It is pretty damn concerning even if it was one game. Considering what happened last year, there is good reason to be concerned.

Good post. Thiugh for me I feel more comfortable knowing it's a new regime that I feel won't sit on their hands.

 

[Addison Rae]

Probably lose again. This team is completely on cruise mode.

5-2-1 in their last 8 games but hey the facts never stop you!!!

 

[DL44]

It is not like I only make negative posts, I have come and made "positive" posts when the team played well during its winning streak. But the last month, it has mostly been poor effort from the team (this is not just me saying this, the players and coach admits this during interviews).

I would imagine that you wouldn't have an issue with the team being in "cruise control" with their 5-1-1 run... or did you they just gear down last night and that's where you see em setting their cruise control?


Claiming they will likely lose because they are in cruise control after a loss following a 5-1-1 run is hardly a well thought out criticism. Seems like a clear cut troll post actually.

 

[DL44]

Ramblings

Last night's game was extremely frustrating.... constantly chasing the puck... placing it places difficult to retrieve by the D... fumbling passes... flat out missing passes.
They were off. <-- Understatement. Hopefully they got some sleep and some vitamin C. It's actually a good sign that Willie saw this coming based on how lethargic they were the practice before... Would of been frustrating if he didn't. NExt time let me know please so i don't to commit the time to watch.

Calgary on a Saturday seems like a good tonic... altho the Canucks, like myself, have been taking weekends off this season.

'Hitting the wall like last yr' theory is a bogus one and does not apply... circumstance and health are completely non-comparable.

The beauty of the this team so far is that different aspects of the team has stepped up at different times as other areas dropped... and big reason for that has been the coaching staff rolling the lines and consistently feeding players their ice to figure it out...

The Twins, the PP, the PK, Bonino, the 4th line, the 3rd line, goaltending, this D pair, that D pair.... For varying durations they've all been up, they've all been down, but rarely at the same time... Someone has managed to step up and come thru to help bank the points...
That's the big picture Pro of the this team and why they are where they are...

The consistency of each individual component has driven me crazy...
The 2nd line went from one of the highest scoring in the league for the first month to non-existent, and then showing signs of a pulse the last few games...
Kassian is skating and moving the best we've seen him... I think the 3rd line will soon be back to being 'our best line after the top line'.
Burrows over the last 10 games has shown his significant value to this team..
Tanev has been a black hole in the o- zone... I depress myself and curtail all expectation when the puck comes to him in that half of the rink. I have relabeled him a defensive defenseman in my mind so i can just release and don't allow the frustration to build.. Love him in our zone tho..
The good news there - Hamhuis is close!

Like i mentioned on the last page of the PGT... Horvat. Hopefully his 3rd period play carries over and sparks a little confidence in him to JUST try things with the puck... If he brings that spark of offensive aggressiveness to his line, combined with the 3rd line we'll be sitting with one of the best bottom 6's in the league...


Edit: just reread my post and i apologize for being all over the place... haha

 

[PM]

TSN 1040 was just saying that it looks like Corrado is going to draw in for Stanton either next game or the game after. How Sbisa keeps staying in this lineup is beyond me unless Benning is actually mandating that the guy gets used.

 

[thepuckmonster]

TSN 1040 was just saying that it looks like Corrado is going to draw in for Stanton either next game or the game after. How Sbisa keeps staying in this lineup is beyond me unless Benning is actually mandating that the guy gets used.

Sbisa probably was a Medicine Hat Tiger in another life.

 

[PM]

Sbisa probably was a Medicine Hat Tiger in another life.

It's the only thing that makes sense. Maybe he was just really noticeable to Willie when the Tigers played the Hurricanes in the 2007-08 season.

 

[Addison Rae]

Yikes, just yikes, how can you take out Stanton over Sbisa....

 

[Flik]

Hoping for a big bounce back game.

 

[biturbo19]

TSN 1040 was just saying that it looks like Corrado is going to draw in for Stanton either next game or the game after. How Sbisa keeps staying in this lineup is beyond me unless Benning is actually mandating that the guy gets used.

How is that going to work...4 RH shots in the same lineup?

I can understand not scratching Sbisa, but Stanton doesn't make sense as the guy to come out either. Weber is the natural guy to sit. Not only is he the least important piece, but he's a RHS where Frankie would slide right in nicely.

 

[BobbyJazzLegs]

Stanton had the game of his career against Florida... wtf

and I'm a Sbisa guy

 

[y2kcanucks]

How is that going to work...4 RH shots in the same lineup?

I can understand not scratching Sbisa, but Stanton doesn't make sense as the guy to come out either. Weber is the natural guy to sit. Not only is he the least important piece, but he's a RHS where Frankie would slide right in nicely.

That's certainly different...