Post-Game Talk: [GM62] Canucks defeat Maple Leafs | 4-1 | Kuzmenko, Pettersson, Miller, & Aman

[Green Blank Stare]

Makes you seriously wonder where the Canucks would be at this season if Demko hadn't missed three months.

Last year he almost singlehandedly backstopped them to a 32-15 record down the stretch, on a team that didn't have the pieces that this one does.

Canucks are currently getting by with three Abby Canuck players on their blueline. But just goes to show, if you get the goaltending and play with some structure and discipline, you can beat anybody.

Quinn Hughes and Elias Pettersson are approaching superstar status in this league.....they were two of the best players on the ice tonight...a lot better than Marner, Matthews or Tavares.

This is why they are attempting to retool instead of rebuilding. They had ABOMINABLE goaltending all season. It was not NHL caliber.

If Demko is back to form, they are a playoff team. They have enough offensive firepower to play with anybody.

 

[bbud]

midget hughes cant play defense lol short

He hasnt played great d last 2 yrs and not because he cant there are games he uses his speed and skating to win battles but not enough ill say last few game he is think coaching helps but he needs to do that and last year half this he wasn't

 

[Uhmkay]

I'm all for the tank.... but wanted this win.

Now go on a losing streak please.

 

[bbud]

midget hughes cant play defense lol short

buttman

He will never be the guy that plays hard or wins you a cup playing d hes a great offensive d man but that is it

 

[bbud]

As usual you make no sense.

Really look deeper Arizona is owned by NHL buttman will not give in and move them and id bet they win lottery with no arena no long term plan i make no sense buttman makes no sense

 

[Svencouver]

All this being said, I am still hardcore pro-tank, because a team with a core thats already this good adding a guy like Bedard, Fantilli, Carlson, or Michkov would probably make them an unironic contender

 

[Pastor Of Muppetz]

Might be an idea to give Delia a start there Rick..?

 

[bbud]

As usual you make no sense.

What has nhl done for Canadian teams you tell me what has buttman done for canucks ever absolutely zip go find me examples that counter please .

 

[Uhmkay]

IF you want to feel even better..... go read the post game thread in the Leafs forum.

Don't say anything ofc.... go in peace.

 

[Cogburn]

I was cheering with Leafs fans to begin the game, in house. Surreal doesn't begin to describe it.

Then watching Demko gave me a change of heart. Guy is an anti-tank missile launcher.

Then two shorties, and it was all over but the crying.

I hate that someone (who wasn't me) spent money, tacitly supporting the Aquilini's, but hey, it was a fun night out.

 

[arttk]

I mean Megna is still in the NHL so thats something in its self

Well yeah that was surprising. His name popping up gave me ptsd

I was cheering with Leafs fans to begin the game, in house. Surreal doesn't begin to describe it.

Then watching Demko gave me a change of heart. Guy is an anti-tank missile launcher.

Then two shorties, and it was all over but the crying.

I hate that someone (who wasn't me) spent money, tacitly supporting the Aquilini's, but hey, it was a fun night out.

I mean if it makes you feel better, it was leafs fans throwing money away

 

[Cogburn]

I mean if it makes you feel better, it was leafs fans throwing money away

One poor SOB claimed he centered his families vacation around this game. He was more then a little unhappy.

 

[arttk]

One poor SOB claimed he centered his families vacation around this game. He was more then a little unhappy.

Pain is a great bonding tool

 

[Soups On]

midget hughes cant play defense lol short

buttman

Wow. Legit though you were bbud and I was about to throw some shade lmao.

Excellent impression

 

[Diamonddog01]

Really look deeper Arizona is owned by NHL buttman will not give in and move them and id bet they win lottery with no arena no long term plan i make no sense buttman makes no sense

How can you have so many posts on this board just babbling / ranting in this weird short manner about "Buttman"? WTF

 

[beachcomber]

All this being said, I am still hardcore pro-tank, because a team with a core thats already this good adding a guy like Bedard, Fantilli, Carlson, or Michkov would probably make them an unironic contender

Not happening. Drafting 7th or higher. The team is going on a heater.

 

[Jay26]

This is why they are attempting to retool instead of rebuilding. They had ABOMINABLE goaltending all season. It was not NHL caliber.

If Demko is back to form, they are a playoff team. They have enough offensive firepower to play with anybody.

I get that (nobody was emphasizing the goaltending this year more than I). But we could have still kept the picks for this draft and reinforced the roster this summer. I still don't buy any excuse for trading two top 40 picks NOW.

How can you have so many posts on this board just babbling / ranting in this weird short manner about "Buttman"? WTF

I swear bbud is perpetually drunk.

 

[MS]

LOL Leafs. And LOL at their loser fans spending so much money on gear and tickets tonight. It’s like spending $200 on a designer shirt that announces that you have a micropenis.

What a difference goaltending makes. We didn’t have a good 1st period and for most of the year we’d have been down 2-0. But Demko was rock solid and we came back and had the better of the chances in the last 40 minutes to win the game. Looks right back to the same goalie he was in the past couple years.

- Phil Di Giuseppe and Christian Wolanin are NHL players, full stop. Get both signed to $800k deals for next year ASAP. Brisebois might be, too. What an improvement over OEL and Stillman. Wolanin’s game tonight looked like Cam Fowler on a good night.

- credit to Myers who came out fired up tonight and had a terrific game. You wonder how a player can be so bad most of the time and then pull a game like this out of his hat.

- Quinn Hughes right now is dominant on a nightly basis. His last 10 or so games would be Norris-level if he could do it for 82.

- that JT Miller/Elias Pettersson PK sequence was awesome both for squishing the Leafs and for the team-building implications.

- Boeser was sluggish again most of the night but did play better in the 3rd.

- Aman-Joshua had a great game. Aman is really growing into his role. It isn’t easy being a rookie checker who doesn’t have wiles or veteran experience yet and he’s come a long way.

- Kravtsov backed up his good performance with a poor one. Struggled to get anything going, intensity and battle level dropped off.

- Beauvillier again wasn’t ‘bad’ but for the past few games has been carried by his linemates.

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

LOL Leafs. And LOL at their loser fans spending so much money on gear and tickets tonight. It’s like spending $200 on a designer shirt that announces that you have a micropenis.

What a difference goaltending makes. We didn’t have a good 1st period and for most of the year we’d have been down 2-0. But Demko was rock solid and we came back and had the better of the chances in the last 40 minutes to win the game. Looks right back to the same goalie he was in the past couple years.

- Phil Di Giuseppe and Christian Wolanin are NHL players, full stop. Get both signed to $800k deals for next year ASAP. Brisebois might be, too. What an improvement over OEL and Stillman. Wolanin’s game tonight looked like Cam Fowler on a good night.

- credit to Myers who came out fired up tonight and had a terrific game. You wonder how a player can be so bad most of the time and then pull a game like this out of his hat.

- Quinn Hughes right now is dominant on a nightly basis. His last 10 or so games would be Norris-level if he could do it for 82.

- that JT Miller/Elias Pettersson PK sequence was awesome both for squishing the Leafs and for the team-building implications.

- Boeser was sluggish again most of the night but did play better in the 3rd.

- Aman-Joshua had a great game. Aman is really growing into his role. It isn’t easy being a rookie checker who doesn’t have wiles or veteran experience yet and he’s come a long way.

- Kravtsov backed up his good performance with a poor one. Struggled to get anything going, intensity and battle level dropped off.

- Beauvillier again wasn’t ‘bad’ but for the past few games has been carried by his linemates.

I woke up my kids laughing out loud at that opening paragraph, you asshole.

Completely agree on all counts.

 

[bbud]

How can you have so many posts on this board just babbling / ranting in this weird short manner about "Buttman"? WTF

Do some homework who has pushed Arizona protected saved them guess no idea of how they are in a 5000 seat university arena and lose money makes sense but im babbling get educated

 

[bbud]

This is why they are attempting to retool instead of rebuilding. They had ABOMINABLE goaltending all season. It was not NHL caliber.

If Demko is back to form, they are a playoff team. They have enough offensive firepower to play with anybody.

Honestly with Demko healthier they probably are a wild card team with some real d which will require some magic tricks are a decent team .
Off season needs some smart moves and thats a big ?

 

[Slapshot_11]

How was schenn did he play soft against us?

 

[VanJack]

Rogers Arena has for some reason been a Chamber or Horrors for the Buds. They've lost thelast six games and for whatever reason can't seem to beat the Canucks even when they dominate for stretches as they did tonight.

Sad reality is that Kuzmenko and Demko are almost singlehandedly destroying the Bedard Tank. I can even see the Canucks passing a couple of teams before the end of the year.

But I suppose we should be used to it by now.

 

[arttk]

LOL Leafs. And LOL at their loser fans spending so much money on gear and tickets tonight. It’s like spending $200 on a designer shirt that announces that you have a micropenis.

Can we pin this comment? This is f***ing awesome

 

[Reverend Mayhem]

MISSED CONNECTION:

f***kkkkkin hell y'all. So at the Leafs game, and who do I run into on the concourse? John f***in Shorthouse. Some guys are trying to take pics with him so I back off, then this guy looks at me and says "can you take this pic?" I'm like "yeah dude". So i take the camera and ya boi is starstruck like is this real life? Easily the best PBP guy in the league, legend, hero to all kids unfortunate to cheer up Canucks fans, and I get tongue twisted between " Say Go Canucks" and "Say the f*** the Leafs"....not wanting to swear in front of Shorty so what comes out of my mouth is "Say Go Leafs". Everybody grimaces and Shorty gives me the dont say that gesture, but we shared a laugh too. I scampered off as I didn't want to bother the myth further. So now I don't even have the picture I took from someone else's phone.

If anyone on here met up with a little troll lookin guy with purple hair and a Reverse Retro EP40 jersey and had that dude take a picture with you and some buddies at the game with Shorty, A) I apologize. My wife says I take the worst photos. B) May I have a copy of the photo y'all took?