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Offensively they are not being direct enough. If a Canuck has room, they need to take it to the net.

Ahh well... Best thing they can do now is just to try to get one... just play normally, not a lot of gambles.. just try for one.

Lets hope the Oilers get complacent.

Bad second period... lets see what they can do in the 3rd.

Unfortunately PP is sucking the life out of the team.

Weasel McDavid didn't get away with his jump into Silovs.

Draisaitl choking.

Game is going well.... the first period surge has been managed... now lets start to gain control.

Ain't it FUN folks... THE CANUCKS ARE IN THE PLAYOFFS !!!!

It was always by committee, but Miller will have the biggest share of the minutes. If McDavid and Draisaitl are split up, then the matchups will be easier. I predict they will be split up to start, and then if the Oil fall behind, they will be re-united.

I think there will be no need to remind them... but long way to go before that happens... 3 periods of hockey. Can't be over-confident... I know the team will be focused.

I think the goalie who wrote this review was one who didn't make the grade.

Millsy can do it... he can shut down McDavid again... and if he does that, we will win.

Dallas will be a really tough opponent. Really well balanced team... who has now beaten two Cup winners to get to the Conference... and seem to be healthy and uninjured. But let's not look at them yet... need to get past the Oil.

Ok Boys... FINISH THEM!!!

Yes, you are entirely correct... Clark is a genius. Not sure what they are paying him, but they should make sure he is happy.

Agree... I thought they would have beaten the Bruins if they didn't have the injuries and sickness. Bruins are cursed... and deserve it. Maybe the the ghosts of 2011 are looking down on them.

Yes.

He's not a great goalie. Doesn't have good positioning... doesn't have the consistency. He is decent with his catching hand and fairly mobile, but overall not a Class A goalie. With a really good D in front of him he could be like Corrie Crawford of the Black Hawks... who had an exceptionally good D in front of him and was able to win Cups.

Yep... He is nothing if not proud... he will be super pissed at that article... and the fact he was a non-factor last game. This is not going to be easy.... they need to withstand the first period Blitz the Oilers will put on... but if they can do that and either be up or not down by more than a goal, our good end game record should give a victory. McDavid and Draisaitl have to be getting tired... even though they only played 23:00 min. last game... they have been getting hit regularly.

If the Canucks don't bring their A game they will not win. Oilers will be desperate... they will be buzzing with adrenaline from their crowd which will be screaming. Need to shut down the crowd with goals and hits.

I expect the first few shots and the first Canuck goal to be a key regards Skinner... if he looks shaky and the Canucks score early, he will be bombed. But he will be completely motivated to play well, and had two games to look at his own failures and mistakes. Need to pepper him early and constantly with shots.

He's looking good.

Canucks fans don't realize how lucky we are to have the goaltending we have had over the last number of years. Even in the Benning/Green era we had excellent goaltending... Miller/Markstrom/Demko/Silovs... we have drafted or traded really well. Look at those poor b*stards in Edmonton... if they had a great goalie they would have won a cup by now. A great goalie can win you a Cup even if your defense is less than perfect... the '80's Oilers were exactly that... Fuhr was good, but by no means great, but he got the job done. Oilers haven't had a decent goalie yet in the McDavid era. Closest the Oilers had to decent goalie was Cam Talbot, but they didn't have enough patience with him and basically hung him out to dry.

They may still do this... but with a Skytrain tunnel instead of vehicle tunnel. Cars are a mistake in the downtown core... they just jam up the traffic and make the area less enjoyable. I have a house in Mt Pleasant and ride a bicycle a lot and I can get downtown and get around faster on a bike than in a car. I used to work downtown so it worked perfectly... now I work online so I can do what I want. I only take the car when I need to pick up something heavy or a really big grocery load... otherwise I prefer to shop more often and take the bike and an pack sack for a small load. You get fresher groceries in the fridge that way anyway.