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Kesler had what Samuelsson and Raymond on his wings? Not superstars.
Pre-Game Talk: Series Talk: Canucks vs. Blues in the Western Conference Quarterfinals
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21-12-05 it's finally over.
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How could a returning champion not get up for the shot at repeating? I mean I hope it's true and they sleep their way through the series so they can get out of the bubble but that just seems crazy to me. Yeah you won a cup, now go for the repeat. Whatever though our benefit if their hearts aren't into it.
Hit the post
I have your gold medal Zippy!
If we had Sammy in 2011, I think he might've just been the difference. Or maybe that's just the biased fan in me.
VibinCanuck
No doubt about it, I am ready to get hurt again
It seems like the break was awful for them and are struggling to take things seriously. Drance gets to see these games live and he's stated they look like they don't even want to be there.
It's going to be a tall order here for the Canucks to make their way past STL, but it will be a good experience for everyone who has not had a taste of a real playoff. I love the push back from the Canucks in the Minny series - that's something we had not seen from this team in years. As great of people and players the Sedins were, I like the jam that Pettersson brings. It's a different sort of vibe where he is clearly not just going to sit there and take it like the twins did. I think that rubs off on the rest of the team.
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Even when the Canucks are good I am always wary of picking them to win a series... but I actually could see them taking this. Part of it is I just don't know enough about the Blues to be really afraid of them, and part of it is the Canucks having had a decent record against them in recent times.
But when you throw in the fact they've just come out of a less competitive round robin whereas the Canucks have already gone through an elimination series (true of all of these matchups of course), but as Drance has pointed out, STL kind of has the least to gain out of all this as incumbent champions and their hearts haven't looked in it... I could definitely see an upset here if Markström has a good series.
But when you throw in the fact they've just come out of a less competitive round robin whereas the Canucks have already gone through an elimination series (true of all of these matchups of course), but as Drance has pointed out, STL kind of has the least to gain out of all this as incumbent champions and their hearts haven't looked in it... I could definitely see an upset here if Markström has a good series.
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Cup hangover is a real thing. Covid19 shutdown might compound it.
Hope STL comes out flat and doesn't wake up until it's too late.
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Can someone just quickly do a mini scouting report on the differences between Minnesota wild and the St. Louis Blues, because they seem to be pretty even on paper except for goaltending and the centre position
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Off the top of my head:
1) STL has better goaltending
2) STL has superior defensive quality 1-6
3) STL has better forward depth and better high end offense
4) STL is much bigger and more physical
5) STL can generate offense off the rush and enter the O-Zone with possession
The Wild, for their part, are tirelessly hard working and slavishly adhere to their tight defensive system. Classic counterpunching team. But what was their undoing was their pop gun offense and lack of physical snarl.
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Was really hoping we'd get the 10-loss in a row Stars coached by Bowness. Would be extremely impressive to beat St Louis, but then again, this playoffs is going to continue to be pretty chaotic.
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Roussel and Myers need to keep their cool for us to have any chance. We won’t be getting many PPs this series either. Whoever wins the first game I’d bet wins the series, We need to keep the pace up since it’s true that STL wasn’t very interested or engaged during their play in and if they wake up it’ll be an uphill battle
The Stig
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Canucks vs Blues is that big of a mismatch?Damn, maybe I shouldn't have a bit of confidence.
Well...no. But they are the defending champs.
alicia
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The biggest take away I got from Game 4 against Minnesota was that this new Canucks team has a killer instinct. They’re hungry and have the talent to make some serious damage.
I picked Canucks in 4 last series and this time I’ll take Canucks in 6. Let’s go, the Blues might be a good team but our style always does well against them
I picked Canucks in 4 last series and this time I’ll take Canucks in 6. Let’s go, the Blues might be a good team but our style always does well against them
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Going Vancouver in 6.
I'm a homer here, and I'm looking at this matchup in the lens of a Canucks fan, but we're better than them in every way imaginable including: personal hygiene, attractiveness, personality, etc.
Wait, didn't they win the cup last year?
We beat them, I'm pretty sure we get the cup. That's how it works.
I'm a homer here, and I'm looking at this matchup in the lens of a Canucks fan, but we're better than them in every way imaginable including: personal hygiene, attractiveness, personality, etc.
Wait, didn't they win the cup last year?
We beat them, I'm pretty sure we get the cup. That's how it works.
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Myers doesn't get called for half of those penalties in a normal regular season game. Not sure what he did/which refs wife it was but he could play exactly the same way this series and generate way less penalties. We'll need his physicality against the blues.
Horvat isn't exactly 40 goal scoring selke winning back to back 70 point seasons Ryan Kesler either.
I'm not really sure where you're going, you think Bo and 2011 Kesler's lines are comparable? I don't. I'm not a Bo hater, I think he would be a 70 point guy right now with legitimate contender worthy top six linemates instead of Eriksson and Pearson, but he isn't 2011 Kesler.
My main thesis is that I think Pettersson will get shut down. Teams have figured out that you can double team Pettersson and his line won't punish it, and Pettersson hasn't figured out how to dominate despite this. I don't think Bo can take over a series like this so with Pettersson shut down we'll need our bottom six to do a lot of heavy lifting.
I love that we're playing the blues. They're going to do exactly the kinds of things that our young guys need to learn how to play against so the experience will be valuable especially if they can figure out a way to overcome it. If it's a special teams battle like vs the wild or if the blues are still sleepy I think we're favoured. If not, I don't and the above are my reasons.
Might well be compared to Eriksson, especially Samuelsson.
Horvat isn't exactly 40 goal scoring selke winning back to back 70 point seasons Ryan Kesler either.
I'm not really sure where you're going, you think Bo and 2011 Kesler's lines are comparable? I don't. I'm not a Bo hater, I think he would be a 70 point guy right now with legitimate contender worthy top six linemates instead of Eriksson and Pearson, but he isn't 2011 Kesler.
My main thesis is that I think Pettersson will get shut down. Teams have figured out that you can double team Pettersson and his line won't punish it, and Pettersson hasn't figured out how to dominate despite this. I don't think Bo can take over a series like this so with Pettersson shut down we'll need our bottom six to do a lot of heavy lifting.
I love that we're playing the blues. They're going to do exactly the kinds of things that our young guys need to learn how to play against so the experience will be valuable especially if they can figure out a way to overcome it. If it's a special teams battle like vs the wild or if the blues are still sleepy I think we're favoured. If not, I don't and the above are my reasons.
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That 2008-09 team was so good and Sundin was heating up.
Pivotal moment in Game 4. Canucks up 2 games to 1 and leading 1-0 with minutes to go in Game 4. Mitchell turnover and poor defending. Boom goal against and Chicago never looked back.
Didn't help that Luongo gave up crap goals in game 5 and completely unravelled in game 6.
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In a cap league once you spend money on the important positions, there is little cap space left for middle 6 wingers. Having several cheap wingers that outperformed their contract was huge.
Raymond and Samuelsson were actually perfect wingers for Kesler. Gillis said that Kesler sucked at zone entries, but was dominant once in the offensive zone. Samuelsson and later Higgins were brought in for that reason.
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