Post-Game Talk: [GM26] Canucks lose to Devils | 5-6 (Miller, Joshua, Boeser, Lafferty, & Hoglander) | Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Adequacy

[dez]

I wouldn't mind a culling of Dan Mistein clients in the off-season.

 

[jd22]

Wow Van. I wake up at 0620, see it's 5-3, check again, 5-5 with a minute left. "Sweet, I'll get up and watch OT".

Get up, find a stream. "The game has ended". Wtf?

Check score. 6-5. Damnit, it was probably Myers.

It was Myers.

 

[Sedinery]

Really doubting this coaching staff’s ability to assess on ice talent

It took Hogs to stand on his head to get off the last line yet Myers f’s up continually yry somehow he is Tocchet’s shut down d man?

 

[logan5]

After that Myers gaff, the Canucks went into complete panic mode. I'm serious when I say Myers has a negative psychological effect on the rest of the team. When his teammates see him on the ice, it disrupts their game because they are worried about him being out there, and for good reason - he makes major mistakes time and time again. Why Tocchet was playing him in the last 2 minutes is beyond me.

 

[Flik]

4 goals pn 8 SOGs

he hasn't been good for a bit, if we are criticizing EP then we should criticize Demko too

I still think Demko should have been pulled after goal 3. It was obvious he was having a rough night

 

[LordBacon]

After that Myers gaff, the Canucks went into complete panic mode. I'm serious when I say Myers has a negative psychological effect on the rest of the team. When his teammates see him on the ice, it disrupts their game because they are worried about him being out there, and for good reason - he makes major mistakes time and time again. Why Tocchet was playing him in the last 2 minutes is beyond me.

That was exactly what happened.
The energy shifted the moment Myers f***ed it up. We all know what happened next.

 

[JanBulisPiggyBack]

I am as frustrated with Myers as I am with Petey, Petey man you need to get your head together your best play all game was a stick lift

 

[ahmon]

Canucks don't have 1 dependable RH defender, its simple as that.

Willander can't come to Vancouver soon enough

 

[Blue and Green]

Not sure why people are blaming Hronek for the final goal. Joshua was the guy who was lost on that one.

 

[wonton15]

I know no media member has the balls to ask Tocchet what he sees in Myers and why he played him against Jack Hughes lmao

 

[canuckking1]

I still can't get over this play by Ian Cole. He has literally every other Canuck on the other side for support and he does a behind the back rim where the Devils were overloaded

 

[docbenton]

The focus on Myers here is a bit crazy? Awful play by Hronek on the 6-5 goal. Zadorov with an awful giveaway earlier and then should give gotten a penalty on the Hughes breakaway.

I don't really blame Hronek or Zadorov (who was awesome, by the way, if you want to count his good plays). The last goal was on an idiotic giveaway by Cole, Hronek was wide open behind the net and he throws it softly up the boards; Hronek is playing crazy minutes, yes he could have been in better position but he can't be blamed too much on a crazy bounces like that after the puck is lost. That was literally an insane play by Cole.

Zadorov could have been in better position on the second goal, but he also can't anticipate Myers literally passing the puck right to Jack Hughes in that spot. He play strong defense all night, rushed the puck and made great passes in transition and in the O-zone.

 

[logan5]

We need a Mark Spector type media idiot who will ask Tocchet what the hell Myers was doing out there in the last 2 minutes. Everybody there at the arena and watching at home knew something bad was going to happen...

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

After that Myers gaff, the Canucks went into complete panic mode. I'm serious when I say Myers has a negative psychological effect on the rest of the team. When his teammates see him on the ice, it disrupts their game because they are worried about him being out there, and for good reason - he makes major mistakes time and time again. Why Tocchet was playing him in the last 2 minutes is beyond me.

I call it the Dan Cloutier effect.

Team folds like a cheap tent at this point expecting to be behind the 8 ball when he's out there.

 

[MS]

Some very good performances and the team did well to come back from an early 4-1 deficit. JT Miller in particular was a monster. Hoglander's 3rd period might have been the best of his career. Joshua played a great game other than the one penalty.

And also some really bad performances.

That was - by far - Hronek's worst game as a Canuck. Pettersson showed up for the last 10 minutes but was a ghost before that. Zadorov did not acquit himself well. Demko was poor. Terrible late shift for Ian Cole.

And Tyler Myers. f*** me. That was an embarrassment.

Coaches need to be asked some tough questions about how Jack Hughes ended up on the ice so often against Myers or Juulsen, and why the f*** Myers was on the ice with under 2 minutes left.

 

[PavelBure10]

I agree Myers needs to go, he was awful tonight

honestly Hronek wasn't much better. Lost his check a few times tonight, most importantly on the game winner.

Demko was brutal. He made one good save late on Marino but he didn't have a great game at all. Needs to be rested.

Why the f$&k has it taken so long for Tochett to put Hoglander in the top 6?!, It just kills me. We as fans been calling for it forever and what do you know, he was our best forward in the 3rd. I really hope Hogs is stapled as a top 6 player on this team and is given a proper shot.

If everyone had the heart of J.T. then we wouldn't be a subpar team like we've been the past few weeks. The guy wears his heart on his sleeve. Hitting everything that moves, winning faceoffs in the final minutes, scoring goals. He does it all.

Kuzmenko and Mikheyev have been duds.

Gotta do better. Can't battle back after losing by 4, to lose in the last 30 seconds by losing your check. Just brutal.

Coaching staff need to look in the mirror after this one.

 

[Sedinery]

This is NOWHERE near a playoff team defensively

Myers, Juulsen and Cole are not nhl calibre

 

[mriswith]

Jack Hughes 4d chess waiting for Myers to pass to him is hilarious.

The same 100% confidence in incompetence as that play in the bubble where Loui had an open net in the slot, Pettersson has the puck and looks over, sees Loui wide open with an open net and an open passing lane, and opts to pass back to the blueline instead.

 

[brock hughes007]

Really doubting this coaching staff’s ability to assess on ice talent

It took Hogs to stand on his head to get off the last line yet Myers f’s up continually yry somehow he is Tocchet’s shut down d man?

This was all on the coaching tonight.Hogs needs to stay in the top 2 lines,period.Demko should have been pulled,,,and ffs,,,SEND MYERS TO ABBOTSFORD...The guy is dumb as a bag of nails...

 

[EpochLink]

Onto Minnesota where we really need this W.
Also, f*** Myers.

Rutherford and Allvin had the balls to buy out OEL, they can f***ing out Myers on waivers.

I don’t f***ing care, this should’ve been at least 1 point out if this.

 

[VanJack]

Oh Well.....at least Boeser, Hughes. Petterson and Miller padded their league-leading stats.

But a couple of random observations. There is absolutely 'zero' chance, I mean zero, that Myers and Garland finish the season in Vancouver. Allvin and Rutherford are just biding their time.

And Demko has to be better. And this game isn't just a one-game anomaly. His positioning seems off; and he's coughing up some bad rebounds. You just can't give up a winning goal in the last minute. Canuck defense for some reason kept trying to force pucks up the wall, and then losing possession.

One of the worst games of the season for defensive breakdowns. Unfortunately the defensive diligence that was so evident early in the season, has really slipped recently. And their PK continues to trend in the wrong direction.

 

[cc]

Hronek has been great offensively and compared to the rest of our defense, he’s competent.

But he’s been below average defensively, which is exactly how he was advertised.

He’s an offensive defenceman, not an all around solid defenceman.

I think Hughes has been carrying hronek defensively. When he was paired with someone else, he was exposed

 

[Slapshot_11]

We need a Mark Spector type media idiot who will ask Tocchet what the hell Myers was doing out there in the last 2 minutes. Everybody there at the arena and watching at home knew something bad was going to happen...

As much as that guy is a clown, he'd actually ask tough questions

 

[MS]

It's worth noting also that the defensive decisions and matchups are largely Adam Foote, not Tocchet. Although obviously he ultimately carries the responsibility.

 

[Buresflyingelbow]

Is it time we as a fanbase boo Myers everytime he touches the puck? Everytime we voice our opinions in the arena some good things happen.