-Buzzsaw-

Murph is actually a tall guy, but when there's a Giraffe wearing skates standing next to him he looks like Santa's helper. 

Myers:

(HUGE GRIN)  COOL !!!

1 minute ago, HKSR said:

A real luxury with 7 capable NHL defencemen that we can rotate guys in and out without missing a beat.

If you have an older guy like Cole... who maybe has a few aches and pains, why play him back to back when you've got a young stud, just a notch below Cole's skill level who is raring to play?

They do have additional back up D who they can call on as well.

2 minutes ago, JeremyCuddles said:

39 points in 38 games on a team with minimal offence. I think 7-7.5mil was pretty fair for him. I really do think he was offered 7mil and decided he wanted the whole bag instead. Looking at what Nylander got, maybe 8.5mil for him actually ain't that bad. Lol.

Actually Bo is being paid what he should be.... the fact is, a #2 centerman who can score 30+ goals is an expensive proposition.

2 minutes ago, Ghostsof1915 said:

I would cry tears of joy if we swept the Rags.

I'd be screaming SUCK IT MESSIER for the next 2 months.

You know MSG would drag Messier out of retirement to be a commentator, and would have to eat crow if the Rangers lost.

So it would be almost as good as beating him as a player.

Coilers won.... no surprise.

My prediction is Deadmonton will compete for the 4th place position and a Wild Card slot.

Where the Canucks will be is a question...  at the beginning of the season I was predicting 3rd place.

But with the great start and the fact they are continuing to pull out wins, I think 2nd in the division is a real possibility.

I do think Vegas and LA will be right there... especially Vegas... I think they will recover some of their early season form.

I am wondering if DeSmith starts against the Rangers.

He has to play one of the two games.

Coilers are probably going to win... Canucks need to put them in their place in first person.

2 minutes ago, Tusk said:

its kinda what you would expect, one line was amazing and the Garlund Blue Josh line looked better than the other.

This team needs its two top lines to both be threats.

It is a mistake to load up the top line with both our top centers.

The Coilers did that on and off for years, and got nowhere... They had the McDavid and Draisaitl line and nothing else.

The Miller line works decently, even if the only permanent members are Miller/Boeser.

And the Pettersson line can work equally well if you put a triggerman, i.e. Kuzzy, with Pettersson.

Look at all the recent Cup winners... they all had top two lines working well.

That was the situation with Vegas, with Colorado and with Tampa.

When you have two lines who are threats, the other team cannot key on one.

Tocchet needs to find a way for both lines to succeed.

Why would anyone think about putting Kuzzy in the Press Box when there were others who played much worse?

Aman had a horrible game... missed several goldplated scoring opportunities which were gimme's... including a perfect setup from Kuzzy for a tap in.

Aman was also responsible for missing his assignment and letting two D walk in and make perfect shots on Demko for two NJ goals.

Yank Aman, put Suter back on the 4th line center position and put Kuzzy with Pettersson and Mikheyev again.

1 minute ago, Elias Pettersson said:

 

It better not be a Tanner Pearson type.  And yes Tocchet is playing GM.  He’s basically calling out Allvin and telling him he doesn’t want Kuzmenko around…

And what's worse, he is driving down Kuzmenko's value.

Tocchet's Postgame tells me he is out of ideas.

Blaming the loss on missed opportunities is not an answer.

If the team is organized and playing well, it finds a way to get it done.

The fact Tocchet had Garland on the PP tells me he doesn't understand elite offensive players.

Garland is a decent playmaker, but he is not a goalscorer... he does not have the consistent shot.

Replacing Kuzmenko with him is not a solution.

35 minutes ago, Randy Marsh said:

Nah. Kuzy was playing in the KHL his whole career. "Score goals" was all they ever asked of him, but there are still aspects of the NHL game he needs to learn to stay in the line up. Tocchet et al. know what they are doing. "Tanking value" is not their concern... nor should it be.

 

If they are icing guys like Karlsson and Aman it's because they've shown they can do the job at a more consistent basis than others, whether Kuzy or anyone else. 'Show you can do the job and you get rewarded.'  The way it should be on any good team.

Bullsh*t.

Aman screwed up on his coverage of Thomas... left him open and let him score the winning goal.

Karlsson was on the ice at the same time.

Kuzmenko has 19 more points than Karlsson and 15 more than Aman.

1 minute ago, CanuckMan said:

Petey is a better winger than he is a center. I would throw him on Miller’s wing where he belongs with Boeser and find a 2nd line C flanked by Mikheyev and Kuzmenko.

Complete bogus drivel.

Petey is a center... he is a set up guy, who uses the center of the ice on zone entries to cut back, move laterally and give the defense fits.

Why Kuzmenko benched in favour of Aman and Karlsson?????

Sorry, but that is complete nonsense, and clearly Tocchet has a mental block when it comes to understanding Kuzmenko's value.

The team is having trouble scoring goals... WHY REMOVE A PROVEN SCORER???

If Tocchet is concerned about defense on the Pettersson line, then put someone else in place of Mikheyev... but leave Kuzzy on the line.

Better yet, leave both Mikheyev and Kuzzy on the line and let them play.

The first 15 games of the season the line was on fire... yes, it was Mikheyev who was scoring, but who cares... leave them together.

Now Mikheyev has cooled off, and Lafferty is not a fit... he just does not have the skills.

Tocchet needs to take a ton of laxatives, and just blow out all his bullsh*t ideas about Kuzzy.

40 minutes ago, Rocket-68 said:

 

Level of excitement :

 

Canucks go 3-3-1 ... Meh

Canucks go 4-3-0 ... respectable, not acceptable but respectable

Canucks go 5-2-0 or 5-1-1 and Hell YA! ... my prediction

Canucks go 6-0-1 or 6-1-0 ... Stand up and SALUTE

Canucks go 7-0-0 then hunt down Drance and 

Smacking a woman is not appropriate.

Team got a little too relaxed after the first period and gave Ottawa life.

As I mentioned before, this Ottawa team is better player wise than their record.

They should be challenging for the Division.

Hughes and Hronek were sloppy defensively, and had problems with clearing the net front... too many goals from rebound scrambles allowed.  Myers and Zadorov were better than last game and did a good job of controlling the boards.  Big Z still as a tendency to try to wander down ice too much... should be shooting it in 99% of the time, instead of trying to carry it across the blue line a couple times a period.

Pettersson a good bounce back game... his goals were a little flukey or lucky, but he's been unlucky lately in not hitting the back of the net on some of his shots so it evened out.

Pius Suter maybe the best player in both directions.  Tocchet has a dilemma... he needs a good center on the 4th line, Aman is not that guy... on the other hand, when Suter is pulled from centering the grinders and put on the wing on the first or second line he does good things.

Solution is finding another good 4th line center.

Don't like Lafferty on the Pettersson line.

1 minute ago, Plsdontdoit said:

We really not gonna score again this game 

Disagree... predict at least an empty netter.

2 minutes ago, -dlc- said:

Oh Giroux, you're so 2012

 

Giroux is a good player, but for whatever reason, the teams he plays on under-perform.

This Ottawa team is better on paper than they are playing... gotta wonder if there is some dressing room cancer.

Last year's team had fewer older experienced players but played better than their expected results.