GDT: [GM56] Canucks vs Jets | Sat. Feb 17th, 7:00pm | HNIC/CBC/SNP | Good Team, Good Times

[SillyRabbit]

I think Miller is our best forward, Pettersson gets all the attention but I'd rather have Miller over Pettersson. Pettersson holding off on the contract, I don't see him as untouchable, especially when you consider the return we'd get. Miller Lindholm is a strong 1 2 center

Miller has been better than Pettersson in every single season of Pettersson's career except last season.

2020: Miller
2021: Miller
2022: Miller
2023: Pettersson
2024: Miller (so far)

Pettersson has the potential to be the better player but he hasn't consistently proven it.

This is more of a compliment to Miller than a knock on Pettersson however.

 

[CpatainCanuck]

The fancy stats will probably be in our favor.

Funny that a game where the “PDO” indicates the Canucks should have done better, in actuality represents a lot of shots from the outside and a lack of really good scoring chances.

 

[Tonystretcher]

Youre really blaming this loss on Juulsen and Myers??

No, but this game definitely showed how they get exposed in intense, tight checking games. 2 or 3 bad turnovers or defensive misreads and it’s game over.

 

[Reverend Mayhem]

rattled hughes is still a top 5 dman in the game but he has not been flawless on the breakout and walking the line he almost always is

he’s thinking out there with the puck on his stick

I don’t mind it, he has the puck half the time he’s out there, you’re going to make mistakes at that rate. He’s probably the only player i feel good having the puck at the moment.

 

[Nomobo]

We lost but I thought we were the better team…

 

[EpochLink]

Onto Minnesota for Monday.

 

[Brookbank]

The thing though is we need to show we can beat these top teams. Haven’t seen it yet. Big games coming up against Colorado, Vegas, and Boston again. If we don’t do win at least 2 out of those it puts a lot of doubt in this team being a real contender.

We lead the league. Boston lost 5 in a row. Vegas went on a skid. Colorado has been terrible at times.

 

[Reverend Mayhem]

No, but this game definitely showed how they get exposed in intense, tight checking games. 2 or 3 bad turnovers or defensive misreads and it’s game over.

Myers had a good game I thought. Just got stuck holding the bag for other players some.

 

[Jovofan]

Pretty even first 40 minutes. We fell apart in the 3rd though.

 

[TruGr1t]

We lost but I thought we were the better team…

We really weren't outside our skill players flashing a few times, the Jets solidly outplayed us defensively and in goal.

 

[VanillaCoke]

Canucks got canucked

 

[canuckking1]

Does anybody have ep40 stats against top .500 teams?

He has the best stats among the Canucks against Top 10 teams. Hughes has the worse once you remove the Oilers. There was an article about it a couple days ago

Canucks have matched up well against the top teams in the NHL

Elias Pettersson has scored at a higher rate against top-ten teams in the NHL this season than he has against bottom-ten teams.

www.vancouverisawesome.com

 

[DarrenX]

Welp, we weren't going to be 82-0

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

Reports are that Hanifin is not resigning in Calgary.

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

Pretty even first 40 minutes. We fell apart in the 3rd though.

The unnecessary fight bit us

 

[LordBacon]

I refuse to believe the answer to this problem is that the Jets cheat better, lol.

Cheating/grittier playstyle/etc.
Whatever you call it doesnt change the fact that it's the no.1 major problem this team faces.

Ice Hockey is a body contact sport and unless youre playing in the European league this will remain one of the most dominant and effective playstyles come postseason.
Gotta figure it out before playoff comes.

 

[EpochLink]

Reports are that Hanifin is not resigning in Calgary.

We ain't getting him.

 

[Hammer79]

Reports are that Hanifin is not resigning in Calgary.

Calgary needs to blow it up and get whatever they can for the future.

 

[TruKnyte]

We lead the league. Boston lost 5 in a row. Vegas went on a skid. Colorado has been terrible at times.

Yea but how’s our record been against the other contenders? I don’t care about how well we do against the mid tier and below teams. If we really want to win a cup we have to win games like this one.

 

[Reverend Mayhem]

Pettersson keeps talking about playing for a winning team and seems to fancy himself as one of the biggest tickets in the NHL, even though he ghosts it more than almost any other star in the league. The amount of times we've had to say "what is wrong with Petey tonight" this year (and almost every other year but last) is just too much for a franchise player.

I do find it incredibly annoying he has not looked like himself all season, the best team he’s been on for someone who talks about winning and he’s MIA for 70% of it.

I mean the guys still top 10 in scoring looking like this, you keep guys like that. But f*** if it doesn’t grind me.

 

[Lawzy]

Cheating/grittier playstyle/etc.
Whatever you call it doesnt change the fact that it's the no.1 major problem this team faces.

Ice Hockey is a body contact sport and unless youre playing in the European league this will remain one of the most dominant and effective playstyles come postseason.
Gotta figure it out before playoff comes.

I mean if this is true we're absolutely screwed come playoff time. The 2011 Canucks weren't good in these types of games either.

 

[Reverend Mayhem]

Reports are that Hanifin is not resigning in Calgary.

I can not wait to see which team it is that ends up overpaying him.

 

[Grip it N RYP it]

Are you guys going out after this ? Or staying home

Work 17 hours tomorrow.

Have to be up in 8 hours.

Prob gonna stay up to watch Miller on After Hours though.

 

[EpochLink]

Are you guys going out after this ? Or staying home

I'm already at home, I work on Sunday's.
Thankfully, it's not a busy day tomorrow.

 

[Play]

Work 17 hours tomorrow.

Have to be up in 8 hours.

Prob gonna stay up to watch Miller on After Hours though.

Brother tangibles the hustler