PGT - Flyers at Canucks - 12/28/23

[Dr. Crossbar]

I'm not going to pile on with cancerous negativity. I'm as frustrated as anyone. The issue is we are still fine with giving games away. It's mental.

 

No way we should have let Philly take that game. We actually gave both games away to the Flyers.

[cusm]

There is still room for improvement. Good.

 

Bad game with some crazy mistakes by the key players. You can only lose like that.

 

3rd line good again.

[DeNiro]

1 minute ago, Dr. Crossbar said:

I'm not going to pile on with cancerous negativity. I'm as frustrated as anyone. The issue is we are still fine with giving games away. It's mental.

 

No way we should have let Philly take that game. We actually gave both games away to the Flyers.

Hate to lose more than you love to win.

 

They’re still not there yet.

[Canuckfanforlife82]

Miller has to start scoring again. Does anyone know the last time he scored and against which team? Feels like ages ago. Second line center with pp minutes needs to score to balance the scoring.

Edited December 29, 2023 by Canuckfanforlife82

[canuck73_3]

5 minutes ago, DeNiro said:

The ability for Canucks fans to still underestimate opponents always amazes me…

Mind boggling how many expect games to be easy especially against a well coached team like this. 

[Canuckfanforlife82]

Nevermind. It was Dec. 9th against Carolina but that is quite a slump in terms of scoring. 8 games ago. I think what frustrates me is that Miller and Petey never seem to have hot streaks at the same time. It’s either one or the other or neither. 

Edited December 29, 2023 by Canuckfanforlife82

[Dr. Crossbar]

2 minutes ago, canuck73_3 said:

Mind boggling how many expect games to be easy especially against a well coached team like this. 

 

Lol ... but ... but ... but ... according to Canucks fans, Torts is not a good coach. 

[canuck73_3]

9 minutes ago, MikeyD said:

This game actually ruined my night with how willing our coach was to just accept a loss.

 

I'm pissed I stayed up to watch this. 

I’m a night owl anyway so just irked or vexxed. But agree they need to be better. 

[canuck73_3]

Just now, Canuckfanforlife82 said:

Nevermind. It was Dec. 9th against Carolina but that’s is quite a slump in terms of scoring. 8 games ago.

Miller has needed to be better offensively for a while now only reason  he hasn't followed Kuz to the press box is at least defensively he’s getting it down more often than not. 

[Dumb Nuck]

16 minutes ago, KFAN said:

I agree with you, but Philly ain't that good. If we can't beat them, either are we.

They as we are 7-1-2 in the last 10 and since their rough start have the most points since mid November, the numbers seem to disagree with you. Mind you I’m sure Philly fans think we’re not that good either.

[Iron Man]

It was nice to see Nazzy in the house.

[N4ZZY]

33 minutes ago, Jaimito said:

I flew in from NYC.  

 

well, at least you got a beautiful city to explore the rest of your stay here

 

[Tocchet.A.Hockey.God]

I'm going to stay out of this one. You guys are being hard on them as is. 

 

Honestly I think you guys are being to hard on this team.

[KFAN]

12 minutes ago, Dumb Nuck said:

They as we are 7-1-2 in the last 10 and since their rough start have the most points since mid November, the numbers seem to disagree with you. Mind you I’m sure Philly fans think we’re not that good either.

You're probably right; an emotional reaction to a loss I didn't think should happen. 

[greenbean30]

42 minutes ago, Jaimito said:

I flew in from NYC.  

Ouch, I'm sorry. That definitely trumps my 3.5hr drive. Luckily I'm spending the night and just getting drunk, so not such a meaningless trip.

[N4ZZY]

26 minutes ago, Dr. Crossbar said:

 

Lol ... but ... but ... but ... according to Canucks fans, Torts is not a good coach. 

 

Well, to be fair, he wasn't good when he was here. 

 

[DeNiro]

Pretty obvious we need another top 6 winger.

 

Petey isn’t the play driver we all thought he could be this season. He needs help.

[Darius]

The third line + hughes have covered some warts for a while as far as the offence goes.

 

 EP was 27% in the FO circle, Miller was 36% - when you are getting owned like that on the dot you are going to be chasing play a lot.   Brock prob had his worst game of the year.  Overall the top 2 lines didnt dominate much of the play.

 

I like Mik and Kuzmenko as individual players but im not sure the three on that line are a good enough to dominate games.  EP needs a more physical presence on the wing that can win board battles and operate in the dirty areas.  

 

They need a physical top 6 winger. 

[Dr. Crossbar]

5 minutes ago, N4ZZY said:

 

Well, to be fair, he wasn't good when he was here. 

 

 

I think there's more to it than that. 

[Miss Korea]

19 minutes ago, CanuckFanForever said:

I'm going to stay out of this one. You guys are being hard on them as is. 

 

Honestly I think you guys are being to hard on this team.

 

Lol tired of making hate posts after every loss?

[N4ZZY]

3 minutes ago, DeNiro said:

Pretty obvious we need another top 6 winger.

 

Petey isn’t the play driver we all thought he could be this season. He needs help.

 

does this mean the cost to resigning him is lower? 

[wai_lai416]

1 hour ago, Rip The Mesh said:

 

despite the success we have had on the powerplay.. i always thought our powerplay look slow and sluggish compared to other top powerplay teams in the league.. very predictable they will not rush up the ice and drop the puck back into the D zone and try to skate thru the entire team.. and once setup in the zone.. the puck moment is very slow.. are lot of the teams they are just whipping the puck all over the ice back and forth.. meanwhile the canucks are very predictable.. either pass>one timer.. or pass.. and then slowly skate around with the puck.. and pass and then slowly skate around again.. the top teams powerplay the puck rarely on a players stick for more than 1-2 seconds.. feels like with the canucks the puck is on a players stick for 3-5 second with the exception of a 1 timer. it's almost like the sedin era where they are looking for the perfect pass rather than moving the puck all over the place and tiring out the defence. how often do we see the other teams PK literally just standing there hardly have to move.. 

[Elias Pettersson]

41 minutes ago, cusm said:

There is still room for improvement. Good.

 

Bad game with some crazy mistakes by the key players. You can only lose like that.

 

3rd line good again.

 

My issue is why is that 3rd line always ready to play and never takes a night off while the other lines seem to struggle during the same game?  The Miller line was atrocious tonight while the 3rd line was dominant. 

 

Even Tocchet said he kept the 3rd line intact because they were the only line that was going tonight.  

 

Coach needs to keep everyone accountable.  Lots of players deserve a scratch for the next game.  Boeser is at the top of that list…

[N4ZZY]

4 minutes ago, Dr. Crossbar said:

 

I think there's more to it than that. 

 

as is always the case, but at the end of the day, during his time here, he didn't perform well. 

 

his record was 36-35, so he wasn't terrible, but compared to Tocchet right now? Night and day. 

 

 

Edited December 29, 2023 by N4ZZY

[Tocchet.A.Hockey.God]

Just now, Miss Korea said:

 

Lol tired of making hate posts after every loss?

Hate post that's not extreme at all.

 

Plus Fans will place blame on the players and yet none will go to the guy who deserves it the most. I wonder what you guys think a coach should be faulted for. For me your team not being ready that's at the coaches fault. Philly was ready Canucks were not.