[GDT] Vancouver Canucks @ Boston Bruins, Feb 8 7PM EST (4PM PST) TD Garden, the Play 'em like it was Game 8 January 7, 2012 ... oh ya, Smash the Rat Too! Game

[Jaimito]

 

 

 

[HKSR]

Just now, -Buzzsaw- said:

Power Play unit needs a bit of a shakeup.

 

Maybe try Joshua in front of the net instead of Suter.... bigger body.

 

And just let the shots go from the point.

 

First thing they need to do though with the PP is move the puck FAST after the initial faceoff win or after the zone entry.

 

Got to prevent the other team pressuring and the best way to do that is move the puck around fast and get them too far behind to pressure.

Get Hronek on PP1 on the left side to have another cannon available for Hughes to feed.  One side has Petey, the other Hronek, and let Miller and Lindholm take care of the middle.

[HKSR]

Just now, Jaimito said:

 

 

 

2 straight wins for Calgary.

[CanuckDownUnder]

Definitely disappointing and forgettable game. They are going to happen. Expect a better showing in Detroit.

[Jaimito]

LOL

[Captain Kirk]

43 minutes ago, -dlc- said:

Yes because one game determines what a team is.

 

Forget those other games. Just this one.

 

And do we apply that same standard to the Bruins then? And their last game?

 

 

Guess we'll see if they're pretenders or not in two weeks when we play them again?

[-Buzzsaw-]

Kuzzy boy off the leash...  two goals in two games.

 

The thing about Kuzzy... he needs confidence.

 

He doesn't react well to being punished.

 

I bet Calgary sat him down and told him he had a clean slate... told him just to play.... that they believed in him.

 

Overall Lindstrom is a better all around player, but give Kuzzy some confidence and chances and he could easily pot another 40 a year.  (probably not this season with his start)

[RakuRaku]

We acquired Lindholm coz he's a RS two-way centre with decent skills. Why not bring back the Lotto line and put Lindholm at 2C??? 

[CanuckDownUnder]

3 minutes ago, -Buzzsaw- said:

Kuzzy boy off the leash...  two goals in two games.

 

The thing about Kuzzy... he needs confidence.

 

He doesn't react well to being punished.

 

I bet Calgary sat him down and told him he had a clean slate... told him just to play.... that they believed in him.

 

Overall Lindstrom is a better all around player, but give Kuzzy some confidence and chances and he could easily pot another 40 a year.  (probably not this season with his start)

 

Time will tell. A lot of players do well right after a trade - proving themselves, excitement of a new environment (esp. if coming from a bad situation). Let's see after ten games or so.

[JayDangles]

4 minutes ago, -Buzzsaw- said:

Kuzzy boy off the leash...  two goals in two games.

 

The thing about Kuzzy... he needs confidence.

 

He doesn't react well to being punished.

 

I bet Calgary sat him down and told him he had a clean slate... told him just to play.... that they believed in him.

 

Overall Lindstrom is a better all around player, but give Kuzzy some confidence and chances and he could easily pot another 40 a year.  (probably not this season with his start)

Well.. yes he scored.. but he also single handedly cost a goal too.

[Rick_theRyper]

Time to shake up the lines was period 2. Even the 3rd solely because they've been so good not to shake them up, reward them. Call up Bains let's see if he can play in the big leagues before the playoffs

 

Joshua Petterson Lindholm

Hoglander Miller Boeser

Mikheyev Blueger Garland

Bains Suter Lafferty 

 

PP 1 

Zadorov net front 

Petey Miller Boeser 

Hughes 

 

Try the old Buff technique haha could work.

PP needs something new, it's been on and off weak all year. Now it's giving up shorties every game. 

[CurtFraser24]

Canucks  10-1-2

[Canuck You]

[Jaimito]

 

 

 

[RolexSub]

Wow that must be one of the worst effort in today's game against the best team in the East. Not showing up is no excuse and especially a long rest after the all star game!!

All good teams will have off nights but the effort on both 1st and 2nd line was just horrible. 3rd line play well and 4th as well. 

 

Let's hope we rebound back on Saturday vs the Wings!!

[stawns]

1 hour ago, PeteyBoeser said:

Kuz back to scoring… man if only tocc was patient with him 

 

RT's not the right coach for kuz and, it appears, maybe petey

[viking mama]

53 minutes ago, RakuRaku said:

We acquired Lindholm coz he's a RS two-way centre with decent skills. Why not bring back the Lotto line and put Lindholm at 2C??? 

Exactly. 
 

Lotto-line might have been feeling it again, given the chance,

 

RT took another tack.  He made others play more & chose to sit rather than reunite the guys who were slumping a little.

 

I’m a little sad, that we didn’t get to see if the Lotto-line could find their groove, from their last road trip-out out East.  
 

 

 

[viking mama]

48 minutes ago, Canuck You said:

Shudders! 

[viking mama]

14 minutes ago, stawns said:

 

RT's not the right coach for kuz and, it appears, maybe petey

Scoring was never the issue. 
 

RT doesn’t want to shelter players from defensive zone starts. He’d like to roll lines, but if a player jumps and leaves a position out to dry, or stays out too long on a shift, things go bad in a hurry.
 

Perhaps, Kuzy is taking some of RTs  coaching-tips to heart.. or CGY’s coach is putting him in at the optimum times for him to succeed.
 

That’s great,..until there’s a defensive breakdown or an out-numbered/man rush & then it isn’t.

[viking mama]

Radio-talk says it was too much lobster at Garland’s house. A much talked about & anticipated dinner,…so just like having too much turkey at Thanksgiving - their guts couldn’t handle all of the gluttony. 
 

 

Edited February 9 by viking mama

[stawns]

5 minutes ago, viking mama said:

Scoring was never the issue. 
 

RT doesn’t want to shelter players from defensive zone starts. He’d like to roll lines, but if a player jumps and leaves a position out to dry, or stays out too long on a shift, things go bad in a hurry.
 

Perhaps, Kuzy is taking some of RTs  coaching-tips to heart.. or CGY’s coach is putting him in at the optimum times for him to succeed.
 

That’s great,..until there’s a defensive breakdown or an out-numbered/man rush & then it isn’t.

 

Sorry, I didn't see Kuz ignoring those parts of the game.  However, those were never his strong points and no matter how you try to beat it into someone, if that's not who they are, that's not who they are. 

 

Its starting to seem like RT isn't great at coaching highly skilled players......he doesn't seem to have those tools in his tool box.

[viking mama]

31 minutes ago, stawns said:

 

Sorry, I didn't see Kuz ignoring those parts of the game.  However, those were never his strong points and no matter how you try to beat it into someone, if that's not who they are, that's not who they are. 

 

Its starting to seem like RT isn't great at coaching highly skilled players......he doesn't seem to have those tools in his tool box.

Alain Vigneault was a niche coach, who used his players for their specific roles, and when injuries started to happen, they didn’t have the depth or the versatility to adjust.  
 

I think RT’s system is more like moulding cogs to fit the machine, and if someone gets injured or isn’t going great…he should be able to juggle-lines or insert any given player in or out of the line-up. 
 

4 on 4 or 3 on 3 play is show-boating time,…but 5 on 5 has been this team’s money game!  I for one, appreciate & respect that.
 

Special teams are so often the difference makers in games - too, & these Canucks may be losing that looser & more creative part of their play that takes a power-play to the next level. It’s that balance between strict adherence to structure & still playing full-tilt with creative skill & innovation going on….that every pro-hockey player must skate. Playing well within these odds & ends is called having hockey-IQ.
 

No doubt in the past few months Kuzy’s hockey-IQ has grown some. 
 

Edited February 9 by viking mama

[Pure961089]

2 hours ago, AnotherCanucksFan said:

I also think that this should be the cue for Tocchet to start playing DeSmith more games. The Bruins have fresher goalies. Tonight the Canucks should have rested Demko, because it was really a wasted game for him.

Fatigue shouldn't be an issue.  They had a lot of days off.

[AnotherCanucksFan]

Boston media article title "Bruins dominate Canucks in 4-0 win that looked a lot like 2011 Cup Final" and "

BOSTON -- Death. Taxes. And the Canucks playing horribly in Boston.

TD Garden has been a house of horrors for the Canucks for more than a decade, and it was again Thursday night as the Bruins dominated in a 4-0 win, highlighted by a pair of shorthanded goals and two tallies in 49 seconds to start the second period." https://sports.yahoo.com/bruins-dominate-canucks-4-0-031418430.html

 

As a current Canucks player that would piss me off to have Boston / US media reminding them of a team that lost 12 years ago.

[AnotherCanucksFan]

1 minute ago, Pure961089 said:

Fatigue shouldn't be an issue.  They had a lot of days off.

I'm talking about Vancouver and Boston's different approach to playing their goalies. I think DeSmith needs more games or we will impact Demko fatigue level later in the season.