Post-Game Talk: WCSF GM 6 | Oilers def. Canucks 5-1 (Hoglander) | Anyone…anyone…Canucks?

[vadim sharifijanov]

everybody gets tomorrow off to rest for a full 24 hours

 

[Angry Little Elf]

We need a powerplay coach.

Adam Oates, Newell brown anyone

 

[HockeyWooot]

Embarrassing effort.

Oilers weren’t even good. Nucks were just awful.

1 game.

No excuses.

That’s not true. Oilers brought their A game, even after the first but couldn’t match as they elevated their play.

They won the 50/50 battles, outhit us, controlled possession.

 

[Jay26]

Bouchard has outplayed Hughes to an embarrassing degree. More disappointed in him than Pettersson.

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

Hockey is an interesting game with interesting swings of momentum. Canucks go from playing an incredible team game top to bottom in Game 5 to laying an absolute egg two nights later.

Flush this game aside. This, and all the others, now mean nothing. There’s just one battle to go, and we simply must be the better team for the full 60 to get through it.

 

[Michael Dal Swolle]

Can't expect to beat a team playing for their season with a pre-season level effort.

 

[crazychimp]

For all the heat on Petey I hope he’s the hero in 7.

 

[EpochLink]

I’m working from home on Monday.

I need a better Metallica song for game 7.

 

[aquaweenie]

When this team plays passive hockey it loses that simple

 

[canuckking1]

Miller has looked gassed since the final 10 minutes of game 5. Playing Mcdavid is wearing on him

 

[Baby Pettersson]

I’m working from home on Monday.

I need a better Metallica song for game 7.

Nothing Else Matters.

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

Canucks have been the better team in one game this series. We have no business being at 7 games.

 

[Slapshot_11]

Only positive is skinner is still skinner

 

[Svencouver]

Silovs turned back into a pumpkin, Oilers discovered we wilt under hard 2 man forecheck.

Tocchet failed to adjust to their adjustment, and for the second series straight didn't drop more forwards to relieve the forecheck pressure on his D. He didn't pull Silovs when he should have. They obviously haven't worked on the PP. A lot of this is on him. I get that they're on house money and he's still learning what the playoffs is about like the team is but come on. This is coaching 101.

The book they got on Silovs was to play him hard in transition. I think Silovs is pretty good at tracking and playing solid in his crease, but he really over commits hard and loses the inside when passing plays are made in tight. Oilers were desperate to get into that spot where RNH scored. If you just get up in tight he'll open five hole and you can slide it in under him without too much trouble. With the Canucks D playing flat-footed, that was how they opened up the game and won.

 

[canucksfan]

Last game 7 Nucks played was against the Knights correct?

 

[PavelBure10]

Bieksa is amazing, he knows exactly whats up. Canucks should of came out shooting, way too passive. Way too much respect for McDavid and Draisaitl.

 

[AD16]

Last thought because I don’t care to dissect this game much, but I don’t really agree with the line of thinking that we should just be happy about winning the division and pushing Edmonton to 7 games. Theres no guarantee we’re better next year or even make the playoffs. So much can change from year to year. These chances don’t come often (see our track record since 2011) so it feels terrible to squander these opportunities.

 

[Orca Smash]

Only positive is skinner is still skinner

We had one goal on him tonight...

 

[cc]

Among the worst beat downs all year and it happened in a playoff game.

 

[Nuck Bonino]

2nd goal was a complete joke, wtf is Myers doing falling over
3rd goal Im sure Silovs would like to have back
Team just gave up at that point after the Garland and Joshua penalties

 

[Bourne Endeavor]

All we can do is let this roll off us and wait for Monday night. Frustrating as tonight is, it really doesn't Matt anymore. One game, one chance. That's what's on the line now

 

[Baby Pettersson]

Last note. Only thing better than winning game 6 is winning game 7!

 

[mathonwy]

Everyone listen to Bieksa and everything positive motherf***ers!!

 

[s2kboi]

Pathetic performance by the team tonight. No, Edmonton did not shut us down. We were just playing poorly. It looked like they wanted to lose on purpose.

 

[Slapshot_11]

We had one goal on him tonight...

We were terrible and he looked clueless a couple times