Canucklehead91 Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Tusk said: Myers plays better with more minutes, was better with Cole in second pairing. He can handle 20 minutes, and the 3 on 5 PK you saw in the second game. Whats more important is he has some canucks spirit like Hughes, JT, Boeser, Demko. We all see him makes mistakes but where is his defensive pair on those mistakes. I just think we need to see beyond the TV highlights. Wow... Someone who actually understands hockey on the forums for once. Myers made mistakes for sure... BUT he also broke up SEVERAL plays and stole the puck back behind our net and got the puck out. No one talks about the plays he does that helps. They only pick the few mistakes he makes. Totally agree, more time on ice = more flow = better consistency. For me the one that really stood out, aside from Demko was Boeser. His compete level along the boards or anywhere within a sticks length has sky rocketed. He has truly worked on being more of a 2way guy and doing anything at all costs to help the team. He took too much criticism the last few years. People ragged on him for being a 1 way guy, then shit on him the year his dad was sick. Then they expected him to turn it around completely after his dad passed away, meanwhile those fans with the unrealistic expectations of him having a stronger season after his dad passed away, COMPLETELY ignored the fact it was going to be the biggest distracting year of his career. His first Thanksgiving without his dad, first Christmas, New years, his bday, his dads bday.... All those firsts.... I am so glad to see Boeser get off to a good start and begin to elevate his game in both ends of the ice. Too many fans wanted to cast him away for a 2nd and laughed at the idea of him netting a 1st. I understand the season is still young, but since Tocchet took over, Boeser has bought in and I've noticed his work along the walls and anywhere within reach of the puck has gone way up and he does everything to win the puck or tie them up and wait for help. Demko is back baby!! Lmao you can go back to last year and see how many goals OEL and Myers were blamed for and look at the positioning of their partner or the lack of an easy save. There were games last season where Myers and OEL had their guys tied up and cleared out of the front of the net and the shot came in from the other side, free of a screen and it went in. Still those 2 were blamed. Yet you look at LDGA they had the highest LDGA on the team and our goalies had the worst GSAA. 51 minutes ago, Tusk said: If you just SCAN THROUGH THE GAME, Petterson sucked just as much as Myers. Just being honest. Cant talk shit about star players. Petterssons crappy start to the season cost us playoffs 2 seasons ago, no one mentions a thing. Meanwhile OEL and Myers were a top 5 shutdown pair in the league that season. That goes unmentioned as well as Petterssons horrendous first half. 49 minutes ago, Tusk said: You all realize Myers touched the puck more than Petterson tonight? Look at the game from Demko's perspective Funny how people can make that excuse when star players have 12946 giveaways in a season. "He holds the puck so much more so he is more likely to make a mistake" Yea? so? What about a guy in the dzone with far more pressure??? Who's likely to make a mistake, the guy who plays with the puck a bunch, or the guy under relentless forecheck/pressure? 47 minutes ago, Tusk said: And the first goal was Soucy and Juulsen on the ice and the second was a Penalty shot...... Canucks fans suck more than Myers Myers was in the lineup. Edited October 18, 2023 by Canucklehead91 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballisticsports Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 1 hour ago, Elias Pettersson said: Sam Lafferty was the best player tonight. Maybe we should trade more of our 5th round picks. While not being paid to be a difference maker. The players being paid to be the difference makers ,need to have Gretzky's attitude and always want to win and be the guy to lead the team with determination 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canucklehead91 Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 1 hour ago, Odd. said: You’re literally in a hockey forum bud. Your boy just isn’t good. I don’t even need to bring up stats, but I could if you’d like. be sure to add in LDGA also DPS aaaand factor in dZS% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnkNuk Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 It's inexplicable. Several of us used the "Happy Birthday Deb" charm/superstition in the game day thread and we still lost. The only thing I can thing of: did anyone remember to also sacrifice a goat this morning? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballisticsports Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 1 hour ago, Tusk said: When Myers is on a bad pairing, we all see him cause he is the only defensman anywhere near the puck or the offensive guy with the puck. THINK ABOUT IT PEOPLE What I THINK ABOUT is When I play a Comp. tennis double match, We always aim for the weaker player and one out of position Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hogs and Podz Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 Early game... But Tocc didn't have team ready to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DelPiLeo Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 Aside from the PK, nothing was good tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sargon Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 2 hours ago, Outsiders said: Love Tocs post game comments. Soft and no compete. Calls it exactly what it was. No babying these players Do you remember when he punched his teammate petr nedved out after warning him to stop antagonizing one of their teammates over how much that person’s contract was worth compared to his?golden! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canucklehead91 Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 3 minutes ago, Ballisticsports said: What I THINK ABOUT is When I play a Comp. tennis double match, We always aim for the weaker player and one out of position So how come Myers and OEL were a top 5 shutdown pair in the league for a full season? The 2 worst dmen to ever play the game apparently.... yet they successfully managed to make a huge difference when paired together? 2021-22 Pettersson first 40 games, 24 games pointless. 3 Multi point games. 20pts after 40gp. longest pt streak 3, how many points?? 3. Top PP unit, 1st line deployment, always on the ice for the net pulled and in OT.... Didnt deliver. We missed by 3 wins. You know how many games we lost in that first 40? 18 in regulation and 4 in extra minutes. You know how many times he registered a point in a win vs a loss? He registered atleast a point in 14 of our 16 wins. You know how many games he registered a point in our losses and OTL/SOL? 19 of those 21 total losses he didnt register a single point. NINETEEN. He was minus 15 in our losses through 40GP. If you want to pick on players for poor performances, stars cant be excluded. Everyone in 2021-22 showed up to play, Petey didnt. That ultimately cost us playoffs. Had he been ready to go like last season or even 1/2 of what he was last season, we would have certainly picked up 3 more wins in those 18 regulation losses. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tusk Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 15 minutes ago, Ballisticsports said: What I THINK ABOUT is When I play a Comp. tennis double match, We always aim for the weaker player and one out of position This aint tennis or big brother. When the big guy on the other team Deslauriers knocks Petey on the ice and then is stuck for icing on two shifts, Tocc didnt send Joshua? Soucy? what, you want Miller to do it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kirk Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 Help's a lot if guys shoot the puck on net......Sigh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canucklehead91 Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 1 minute ago, Tusk said: This aint tennis or big brother. When the big guy on the other team Deslauriers knocks Petey on the ice and then is stuck for icing on two shifts, Tocc didnt send Joshua? Soucy? what, you want Miller to do it? Its too bad we couldnt keep Pearson, he would have been in there in an instant. Really admired his willingness to do anything for his teammates.... Last season he was just tossin the mitts every other bloody game it seemed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pure961089 Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 1 hour ago, wai_lai416 said: can't drive the line when you have garland there hogging the puck taking it for a spin around the net and loses it.. i'm going to venture a guess EP have played with the most combination of linemates this season so far... which sucks.. i dunno what superstar in this league is constantly tossed into a blender for lines.. get the man some stability or get him some legit wingers ffs. Yeah, that was a short lived experiment. Garland can't be the play driver when he's on a line with Petey. Maybe he can be the play driver with Buevillier and Suter. I still like Hoglander and Rafferty together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tusk Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 1 minute ago, Canucklehead91 said: Its too bad we couldnt keep Pearson, he would have been in there in an instant. Really admired his willingness to do anything for his teammates.... Last season he was just tossin the mitts every other bloody game it seemed. 1 minute ago, Pure961089 said: Yeah, that was a short lived experiment. Garland can't be the play driver when he's on a line with Petey. Maybe he can be the play driver with Buevillier and Suter. I still like Hoglander and Rafferty together. Lol... We all talking about players who aint here anymore? I like when Bertuzzi banged someone to get the puck and fed Morrison who saw Naslund in front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canucklehead91 Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 2 minutes ago, Tusk said: Lol... We all talking about players who aint here anymore? I like when Bertuzzi banged someone to get the puck and fed Morrison who saw Naslund in front. Unfortunately yea... Sucks to lose a guy who stepped up for his teammates every time... Hate losing a guy like that. Too many guys in the lineup not willing to step up. I understand its hard to get the matchup on the road, but at least Pearson was in the top 6 and the chances of him being on the ice against Deslaurier were pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip The Mesh Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 Everyone has lost a wee bit of faith Just a bump as far as I'm concerned... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 25 minutes ago, Hogs and Podz said: Early game... But Tocc didn't have team ready to go. The team seems to just crash and burn on matinee or early games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergiomomesso Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 Need to tidy things up on the break outs and could really use some Mikhayev and Blueger in the lineup. Would like next game lines to look like this Beavillier EP40 Kuz PdG Miller BB6 Mikhayev Suter Garland Joshua Lafferty Hogz Hughes Hronek Cole Myers Soucy Juulsen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlockerHigh Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 (edited) 42 minutes ago, Canucklehead91 said: Wow... Someone who actually understands hockey on the forums for once. Myers made mistakes for sure... BUT he also broke up SEVERAL plays and stole the puck back behind our net and got the puck out. No one talks about the plays he does that helps. They only pick the few mistakes he makes. Totally agree, more time on ice = more flow = better consistency. For me the one that really stood out, aside from Demko was Boeser. His compete level along the boards or anywhere within a sticks length has sky rocketed. He has truly worked on being more of a 2way guy and doing anything at all costs to help the team. He took too much criticism the last few years. People ragged on him for being a 1 way guy, then shit on him the year his dad was sick. Then they expected him to turn it around completely after his dad passed away, meanwhile those fans with the unrealistic expectations of him having a stronger season after his dad passed away, COMPLETELY ignored the fact it was going to be the biggest distracting year of his career. His first Thanksgiving without his dad, first Christmas, New years, his bday, his dads bday.... All those firsts.... I am so glad to see Boeser get off to a good start and begin to elevate his game in both ends of the ice. Too many fans wanted to cast him away for a 2nd and laughed at the idea of him netting a 1st. I understand the season is still young, but since Tocchet took over, Boeser has bought in and I've noticed his work along the walls and anywhere within reach of the puck has gone way up and he does everything to win the puck or tie them up and wait for help. Demko is back baby!! Lmao you can go back to last year and see how many goals OEL and Myers were blamed for and look at the positioning of their partner or the lack of an easy save. There were games last season where Myers and OEL had their guys tied up and cleared out of the front of the net and the shot came in from the other side, free of a screen and it went in. Still those 2 were blamed. Yet you look at LDGA they had the highest LDGA on the team and our goalies had the worst GSAA. Cant talk shit about star players. Petterssons crappy start to the season cost us playoffs 2 seasons ago, no one mentions a thing. Meanwhile OEL and Myers were a top 5 shutdown pair in the league that season. That goes unmentioned as well as Petterssons horrendous first half. Funny how people can make that excuse when star players have 12946 giveaways in a season. "He holds the puck so much more so he is more likely to make a mistake" Yea? so? What about a guy in the dzone with far more pressure??? Who's likely to make a mistake, the guy who plays with the puck a bunch, or the guy under relentless forecheck/pressure? Myers was in the lineup. Watch out @Odd. will call Myers your “boy” because you look at things in a balanced, intelligent manner Vs he sucks sucks sucks (like a 4 year old having a tantrum) Edited October 18, 2023 by BlockerHigh 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wai_lai416 Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 the problem with the myers hate is everyone is making bad plays giveaways etc.. but they tend to glance over it and only notice it when it's myers.. because they are only focused on myers. what's funny though canucks looks like was only credited with 1 giveaway and that was boeser. myer made mistake for sure.. but it didn't cost the canucks anything.. but here we blow up like myers was the only reason why we lost the game or every game lol 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlockerHigh Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 5 minutes ago, Sergiomomesso said: Need to tidy things up on the break outs and could really use some Mikhayev and Blueger in the lineup. Would like next game lines to look like this Beavillier EP40 Kuz PdG Miller BB6 Mikhayev Suter Garland Joshua Lafferty Hogz Hughes Hronek Cole Myers Soucy Juulsen Mikhayev EP40 Kuz PdG Miller BB6 Beau Suter Garland Joshua Lafferty Hogz Hughes Hronek Cole Soucy Hirose Myers move Mikhayev up Beau down play Soucy on the right side because he can Hirose steps in to LD Myers bottom pair 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip The Mesh Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 2 hours ago, RU SERIOUS said: EARTH TO MANAGEMENT:(We can't all be wrong !) Myers was bad but did you hear our Captain? Hughes was pretty down on the whole team. I, for one, think this team will shake it off and have a better showing next few games. Rick doesn't have to play Myers if he doesn't want to. I'm curious to hear what Myers has ti say, next interview.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip The Mesh Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 1 hour ago, Coconuts said: You mean the boys are determined to get em next time, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sxqhfeh Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 24 minutes ago, Canucklehead91 said: Its too bad we couldnt keep Pearson, he would have been in there in an instant. Really admired his willingness to do anything for his teammates.... Last season he was just tossin the mitts every other bloody game it seemed. Tanner Pearson has as many goals as Petey and JTM combined. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tusk Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 5 minutes ago, sxqhfeh said: Tanner Pearson has as many goals as Petey and JTM combined. funny guy... But I wonder what Pearson could have done a few years back if they had played Toffoli with him. What a waste to not see what 2/3 of that 70s line could have done. If JT was there, or even Horvat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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