Post-Game Talk: Isles def. Canucks - 6-2 (Horvat x2)

[EpochLink]

What, two goals not enough for you?

which resulted in a fat L

 

[arttk]

Colorado has lost four straight and still are destroyed by injuries

Well lucky them they get to face us

 

[bbud]

Way to whip up CONTROVERSY!! EP 40 as the kids say is untouchable. If Glen Sather calls up the Canucks GM and says I'll give you McDavid (McMohammed) for EP 40 and QH43, the Canucks GM must say no, they are untouchable, but you can have proven all star Demko (even tough he has yet to be one.)

Go away mcmuffin cant play d either this team needs d Hughes cant play d to save his own balls lol EP is worth keeping after that Bo kuz trade rest

 

[VanJack]

Teams have a 'strategy' for playing the Canucks. Weather the storm early on, and then just wait for the d-men to self-destruct.

Tonight the implosion belonged to Myers. His contract is rapidly shaping up as being every bit as bad as Eriksson's before it mercifully came to a close. Myers can't skate; he cant turn; his positioning is poor because he's too slow; and the turnovers were always a bad part of his game. I can't believe a guy from Abbotsford would be any worse. At least a guy like Juulsen will hit somebody.

A tough night for Martin who just looked small in the net and kicked out far too many rebounds. They need Demko back and in his prime to have any chance.

Every team the Canucks play in January is above them in the standings. They could be firmly in the Bedard sweepstakes by the time they return. Might be for the best.

 

[Paulinbc]

If there is a year to not have a backup plan for Demko, this is the one.

Martin and Delia get hurt?

 

[bbud]

You do get to watch the Avs....

Twice )) Mackinnon

 

[Canucks LB]

If people are wondering, there was people trying to start booing, but it died down pretty fast

 

[Jay26]

I don't know why people expect any different. This is more or less the way it's going to go for the rest of the season. I have Bedard in my sights way more than wins.

 

[cabinessence]

Go away mcmuffin cant play d either this team needs d Hughes cant play d to save his own balls lol EP is worth keeping after that Bo kuz trade rest

Rather than exchange ideas you resort to name-calling and ask me to go away. Purple haired social justice millennial there?

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

Teams have a 'strategy' for playing the Canucks. Weather the storm early on, and then just wait for the d-men to self-destruct.

Tonight the implosion belonged to Myers. His contract is rapidly shaping up as being every bit as bad as Eriksson's before it mercifully came to a close. Myers can't skate; he cant turn; his positioning is poor because he's too slow; and the turnovers were always a bad part of his game. I can't believe a guy from Abbotsford would be any worse. At least a guy like Juulsen will hit somebody.

A tough night for Martin who just looked small in the net and kicked out far too many rebounds. They need Demko back and in his prime to have any chance.

Every team the Canucks play in January is above them in the standings. They could be firmly in the Bedard sweepstakes by the time they return. Might be for the best.

Myers has been coming apart for 4 years now. He looked brutal in early 2020 before the COVID break. Now, his skating is shot and he is just no longer a viable NHL player. It's like watching a tall Danny Dekeyser play D.

 

[arttk]

Martin and Delia get hurt?

I wouldn’t wish that on them.

 

[Paulinbc]

I wouldn’t wish that on them.

Course not

 

[God]

Ah, I was looking at 5v5 and 5v5 score adjusted.

That’s a fair comment on xGA/60, but I think it is more important to use score adjusted stats. Maybe on a team with more skewed usage you would need to better account for zone starts, but the difference between Myers and the most sheltered player Hughes is basically swapping 1-2 o-zone face offs for d-zone faceoffs per game. Don’t think that would change much on its own.

Oh yeah, I suppose "even strength" would include 4v4 and 3v3 too, which throws variability into the numbers a bit. Even with score adjusted 5 on 5 Myers comes out 3rd behind Hunt and OEL on xGF%.

Overall the point I'm making is that I thought he had turned a new leaf last year with more structure, and now it's just back to the same old. Have to wonder if Brad Shaw's departure has anything to do with Myers and OEL just cratering.

 

[sting101]

Should we add one more Bear/Studnicka/Pederson/Stillman?

It doesnt matter when your core in order of pay is Miller Hughes Pettersson OEL Boeser Myers Horvat Demko Garland Michayev Pearson

Miller is mercurial player. Solid top6 though. has been a issue this season
Hughes sucks at defense and shoots like Cassie Campbell
Pettersson is fantastic was quiet tonight though. PP goals is weird though
OEL is a #4 making #1 money
Boeser is drunk or something....cant skate cant check just a complete passenger who cashed in and doesnt give 2 Fs
Myers is a bad 3rd pair guy right now
Horvat is very good #2C you should be able to win with
Demko AWOL
Garland lots of effort but just gets rubbed out of the play and doesnt shoot well enough to be a top6 sniper
Michayev solid but is overpaid. Ideally helps drive a 3rd line. Paid like a top6
Pearson AWOL

These are the guys getting paid to carry the load.......they are what the results have shown

 

[mathonwy]

I love learning from my mistakes.

 

[Peen]

Rather than exchange ideas you resort to name-calling and ask me to go away. Purple haired social justice millennial there?

peak boomer post here

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

I love learning from my mistakes.

Two wrongs don’t make a right.

But two Wrights did make the airplane.

 

[me2]

I love learning from my mistakes.

Vancouver Canucks management don't.

Two wrongs don’t make a right.

But two Wrights did make the airplane.

3 lefts make a right

 

[quat]

IMO ... my Yuge opinion, I think they should ride these ponies hard. Really looking like a team heading for the bottom, so why try and change that? Horvat doesn't seem to have the room and lets get him to Carolina to win a cup. Don't care what happens after that. I doubt these folks have what it takes to trade Miller or Boeser or Schenn or Garland, so stasis to the bottom it is. Maybe the sun shines on the lottery for the Canucks this time? A bottom five seeding you're getting a solid player.

What else is there to do?

 

[Nucker101]

Not sure how any reasonable hockey fan can watch this this team and think they're only a year or two away from being good. Like how does ownership/management just refuse to see what's in front of them and keep putting off a rebuild?

Literally the definition of insanity.

 

[me2]

Rather than exchange ideas you resort to name-calling and ask me to go away. Purple haired social justice millennial there?

Millennials are just Zoomer's boomers.

 

[bbud]

Rather than exchange ideas you resort to name-calling and ask me to go away. Purple haired social justice millennial th

Rather than exchange ideas you resort to name-calling and ask me to go away. Purple haired social justice millennial there?

Well he cant if he did they went past 2nd round twice now we need d

 

[Hit the post]

I love learning from my mistakes.

Hard to believe Olenna used to be this (ok, it was many decades ago lol):

The *REAL* Avengers (not that MCU sh*t heh):

 

[bbud]

You do get to watch the Avs....

Makar and mckinnon worth tickets )

Well he cant if he did they went past 2nd round twice now we need d

And i said nothing about purple haired millennial pissed off some other old guy i guess

 

[cabinessence]

I am surprised the Islanders weren't intimidated by Cher blaring in the arena. This sport has become as pink hatted joke.