[PGT] Canucks vs Quacks ... Huge Game

[IBatch]

One thing, i'm hoping is coming ... and think might be.   Is with this new era of Canucks, feel this team absolutely, has earned the right to start the playoffs with this: 

[Jaimito]

 

 

 

[Jaimito]

 

 

 

[Hairy Kneel]

Petie should skip today's practice too.

[Moeknows]

10 hours ago, Dom said:

I hope to hell he tears it up in the playoffs so you would stfu. 

I'm sure we all hope he comes alive and plays like a star.

[Rick_theRyper]

10 hours ago, I.Am.Ironman said:

And he was winning like 60% of his faceoffs. You'd expect a wrist injury to impact that.

Yeah if he does come back soon might see him play Wing if it is his wrist 

[Rick_theRyper]

2 hours ago, IBatch said:

One thing, i'm hoping is coming ... and think might be.   Is with this new era of Canucks, feel this team absolutely, has earned the right to start the playoffs with this: 

This would be so cool for me I was 6 going on 7 94' run. Bring back the whites too! Now I have 9&6 going on 7 year old boy/s.

So freaking cool if they wore even the black!! It think it's gonna happen, they've already got the one section done in black chairs no? 

[CanuckMan]

Let’s hope for a better effort the next few games. Next 4 games include Vegas twice and LA once. Will be a tough stretch and need better play than yesterdays game. 

[Gawdzukes]

2 hours ago, Jaimito said:

 

 

 

 

Coaching confidant Travis Green. 

[-dlc-]

I like Rick's balanced approach....have to commend the players for what they've done but work to do. They have to find their game and work out the kinks to get back on stride. 

 

Look, no team's perfect or going to kill it every game so I take the losses with a grain of salt knowing that..."it happens". If Petey finds his game again we'll be in much better shape. Need our top players scoring goals and that gives us a huge advantage when they do.

 

Whatever happens, just really happy with this team this year. Unfinished business for sure, but those who are so willing to trash them at every opportunity are missing the point. And a lot of supporting evidence in how far they've come. 

[-dlc-]

Photos courtesy of Jeff Vinnick

 

As much as I loved the Joshua goal (like everyone else), I also really loved how he "gtfoutta my way"d Lindstrom afterward. 

 

[Goal_thecup]

16 hours ago, kilgore said:

Ripping the dynamic affable Kuzmenko off the team, off the PP, and shoe-horning in Lindholm, an unknown quantity.

I don't miss Kuzmenko; he had little positional knowledge and at his age, it shouldn't be necessary to teach basic defense and systems.

 

Sure he was fun, but I think his greatest value was attained by PA by leveraging a free agent signing who had a very good initial NHL season into getting a good return in trade for found 'money'.  (PA & His Large Band have been tremendous imo finding needed pieces, ridding the team of chaff and underperformers, anointing Captain Huggy, etc.)

 

We got the 'W', which is the most important thing; we still have lots to work on; and we're going to be trying things out, resting some, and Look Out any team facing the Vancouver Canucks in the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs once we bring our Total A Game with Tocchet Leading Us Into Battle.

 

Did anyone else see Zlimy Zegras whack Pettersson in the head/helmet while he was down on the ice?  FN Punk.

Edited April 1 by Goal_thecup
Whack not what you stupid spell-checker.

[Bob Long]

12 hours ago, higgyfan said:

In their last 12 games, the Canucks record is: 8-3-1.  The 3Ls were not easy Wins for their opponents;

2 of which could have gone either way.

 

Of the 12 games, their #1 (all-star Vezina potential nominee) goalie only played in 3.

I'd say the team is coming off a pretty good run of games by winning a lion's share of the games.

This notion that they are entering the playoffs on a downward trend is ridiculous. 

 

My guess, is that they are one of the healthiest teams in the league heading into the playoffs, and

Demko is coming back well rested and ready to help his teammates win some playoffs games.

 

It's been a long, gruelling season, with many ups and downs, so I'm sure the boys are ready to finish this

business and start playing some serious hockey. 

 

The point about health is key, if Lindy can get back to form as well even just defensively we will be a tough out 

 

12 hours ago, higgyfan said:

Btw, the Oilers record in the past 12 games: 8-3-2.  I wonder if Oiler fans are talking down

their team like many Canuck fans see to be doing.

 

Nah, they seem to come here to remind us we don't have McBaby 

[Rip The Mesh]

 

[-dlc-]

Not sure if anyone else noticed/mentioned it....but JT went 16/21 in the dot. Pretty damn great. 76.2%

[Breadnbutta]

I really like the line of Garland with Dak and mills.

 

With everyone healthy.

 

Höglander Pettersson Boeser

Joshua Miller Garland

Mikheyev Lindholm Lafferty

Suter Blueger Podkolzin

 

Di Giuseppe/Åman/Bains

 

Hughes Hronek

Cole Soucy

Zadorov Myers

 

Juulsen/Friedman

 

Demko

DeSmith

 

[Rip The Mesh]

 

[Goal_thecup]

12 hours ago, Conscience said:

Pete sure as hell shouldn't 

Smart.  So smart this.

(= Ignore)

[-dlc-]

48 minutes ago, Rip The Mesh said:

 

"If you can find ways to win"

 

Some here used to use that against us....and when other teams barely beat us they came back with "good teams find ways to win" and "you have to be good to be lucky".

 

Now that we're scraping out some wins that people have penciled in as gimmes they're using them as a strike against this team to say they're not that good. Because they didn't just roll through everyone.

 

I see a lot of double standards being applied in an "us" and "them" way.

 

JT's right....no one cares in the end how teams win...it's THAT they win.

 

Is there reason for concern? Maybe. But no team just slays it every game, no turning  back. There are good teams out there battling to prove themselves and on any given night they can put it together and have a good game (or two). And good teams can fall away a bit...doesn't define them. It's the tally at the end of the season that gives a clearer picture of things.

[JayDangles]

3 hours ago, Jaimito said:

 

 

 

Tocchets just a beauty. We are so lucky to have him.

[Heretic]

9 minutes ago, -dlc- said:

"If you can find ways to win"

 

Some here used to use that against us....and when other teams barely beat us they came back with "good teams find ways to win" and "you have to be good to be lucky".

 

Now that we're scraping out some wins that people have penciled in they're using them as a strike against this team and to say they're not that good.

 

I see a lot of double standards being applied in an "us" and "them" way.

 

JT's right....no one cares in the end how teams win...it's THAT they win.

 

Is there reason for concern? Maybe. But no team just slays it every game, no turning  back. There are good teams out there battling to prove themselves and on any given night they can put it together and have a good game (or two). And good teams can fall away a bit...doesn't define them. It's the tally at the end of the season that gives a clearer picture of things.

 

 

[Jaimito]

1 hour ago, Gawdzukes said:

 

Coaching confidant Travis Green. 

Hence th TG line blender of late. 

[wai_lai416]

48 minutes ago, Breadnbutta said:

I really like the line of Garland with Dak and mills.

 

With everyone healthy.

 

Höglander Pettersson Boeser

Joshua Miller Garland

Mikheyev Lindholm Lafferty

Suter Blueger Podkolzin

 

Di Giuseppe/Åman/Bains

 

Hughes Hronek

Cole Soucy

Zadorov Myers

 

Juulsen/Friedman

 

Demko

DeSmith

 

i rather they stick with what worked previously.. have boeser miller with whomever ep hog an whomever and keep the joshua bluegar garland.. at least 2 of the lines worked before and continue tinker with the ep line.. rather than have 1 line that works and 3 lines that doesn't do much

[Rip The Mesh]

Where were you sitting?

 

[27 Percent]

The "winning is winning" argument only works while we're actually winning. If we fall flat once the playoffs start, well the signs were there that the team wasn't really playing well and the "winning is winning" argument becomes the neglected to fix the glaring issues argument. 

 

Only time will tell but I had a lot more confidence in this team earlier in the season.

 

 

In our last 5 wins, only 1 has come from a team with a winning record. We've lost to 4 teams with a winning record in that stretch. 

 

For those of you who don't know, teams with losing records don't typically make the playoffs so I don't see exactly where our wins are going to come from.