[PGT] New York Islanders at Vancouver Canucks // November 15, 2023

[Jess]

23 minutes ago, VegasCanuck said:

This has NEVER happened before for Canucks and I can't remember when it's happened for any team.

 

Obviously, we're not at the end of the season yet, so it's not the same, but in 1949-50, the top three scorers were all Red Wings:

 

1. Ted Lindsay

2. Sid Abel

3. Gordie Howe

 

The famous Production line. I can't imagine that's actually possible over 82 games in the modern NHL, but it's insane that it's even being done 16 games into the season.

[ManbeastMARK]

3 minutes ago, RookieFan said:

Quinn said they had dinner with BO last night.. how? Isn't it against team policy to mingle with corporate competitors. Its highly frowned upon you'll never see a FB/Meta exec having dinner with Apple exec that's crazy.

 

This is incredibly normal in sports. Not at all against team policy.

[WHL rocks]

6 minutes ago, Wing said:

I wonder if we're finally going to get some respect outside of Vancouver for our success so far. I'm still hearing some say they expect us to regress and crash hard. Well not today.

 

This is on TSN. They didn't even bother checking...

You see what you look for.

 

I think clawing back in a game is a compliment.  It's says they were down 2-0 and came back to win. 

 

Clawing back isn't a bad thing it's a good thing. To me it says our team has the grittyness and the fight to come back and win after being down a couple of goals. 

 

I'm seeing lots of media talking great things about this team. Watched a segment on the NHL network about EP40 saying he's a 12+ million dollar player.. 

 

Lots of media calling Q Hughes the best Dman or/and best player in the NHL.

There's talk about Canucks being the best team in Canada.

 

So really it's ones perspective and how they want to see things.  

[Alflives]

6 minutes ago, WHL rocks said:

Leads the league in scoring and in plus minus (+18) 

Very Orr like. 

[WHL rocks]

Just now, Alflives said:

Leads the league in scoring and in plus minus (+18) 

Very Orr like. 

He definitely is playing Orr like. 

 

Keeps doing this he could win the MVP.

[Dr. Crossbar]

Reacting to all the Hronek haters ...

 

[Rubik]

 

[Dr. Crossbar]

Just now, Rubik said:

 

 

Tocchet looking like Pauly from Rocky with that tie ... lol

[AatuD2]

9 minutes ago, Provost said:

I may keep this as my phone wallpaper for a while…

 

Tied for top scoring, crazy.  Even crazier that one of them is a D.

 

 

I'm so happy right now.  

 

Gonna wear my jersey to work tomorrow.  

 

I told the local pub to smarten up and play the Canucks' game sound. 

 

We're coming back boys and girls. 

[PeteyBOI]

5 minutes ago, RookieFan said:

Quinn said they had dinner with BO last night.. how? Isn't it against team policy to mingle with corporate competitors. Its highly frowned upon you'll never see a FB/Meta exec having dinner with Apple exec that's crazy.

what are you talking about... i have worked with many different surveying companies, the people i made friends with didnt have a contract associated with in terms of my employment a friend will always be a friend, even if they work fro the competition... life is too short for such trivialities

[conquestofbaguettes]

12 minutes ago, Dankmemes187 said:

well we ran out of time, so we extended the window...

 

Take away the pandemic, and they are right on time!  And I have no doubt they would have arrived earlier had it not happened.

[Miss Korea]

9 minutes ago, RookieFan said:

Quinn said they had dinner with BO last night.. how? Isn't it against team policy to mingle with corporate competitors. Its highly frowned upon you'll never see a FB/Meta exec having dinner with Apple exec that's crazy.

Quinn you are banned from seeing your brothers.

 

He will request a trade to NJ the next day.

[AatuD2]

Canucks' post-game show is the best piece of Canucks programming on the air waves these days.  Props to Sat and Bic.  I love listening to callers call in, reminds me of the good old days on 1040. 

[Chicken.]

[Metal Face Doom]

1 minute ago, AatuD2 said:

Canucks' post-game show is the best piece of Canucks programming on the air waves these days.  Props to Sat and Bic.  I love listening to callers call in, reminds me of the good old days on 1040. 

Miss 1040.

[JamesB]

Great time to be a Canuck fan as the Canucks continue their best start ever. Exciting come from behind OT win. Here are some random impressions.

 

1. I like Horvat. He is very decent guy who did his best during his time with the Canucks. I am glad there were lots of cheers and hardly any boos, and the video tribute was good.

 

2. The Canucks started slow and I said to myself -- looks like of those games when the team was not really ready to play coming off a successful road trip. Fortunately, the Canucks came back strong in the 2nd period.

 

3. Overall,  the Canucks dominated the underlying stats -- Corsi, expected goals, etc. at both 5-on-5 and overall. But I still feel we were pretty fortunate to get the win, including a late crossbar, a puck swept off the goal-line by Cole, and a pretty generous penalty differential.

 

4. It was weird game in that the bottom 6 played well at 5-on-5 and deserved a goal or two but all the regulation goals came on the PP . Blueger and Joshua in particular had the best expected goals differential on the team at 5-on-on, along with Garland, whereas the Miller line struggled against the Barzal/Horvat line at 5-on-5. But Miller and Boeser were great on the PP, as was Hughes. All 3 guys had 3 point nights. Hughes was deservedly named first star, playing almost 30 minutes, including a lot of tough minutes.

 

5. Really hope Kuzy is ok. The injury bug is hitting, with bad news on Soucy today (6-8 weeks), and suddenly Suter is out "day to day". And Myers and Petey are less than 100%. But credit to Myers who continues to play well--probably the best he has played since joining the team.  And congrats to Hronek on what seems to be the hardest shot of the year in the NHL so far on the game-tying goal.

 

6. Juulsen and Friedman were ok but they did not play much (11:25 and 9:48). That is not sustainable, but I can see the issue. Both guys are ok in sheltered minutes but any additional responsibility carries a pretty big risk. Hope Hughes, Hronek, Myers and Cole can continue to play big minutes effectively. I am guess that Hirose comes in against Calgary.

 

Be nice to keep the win streak going against Calgary.

Edited November 16, 2023 by JamesB

[PeteyBOI]

5 minutes ago, conquestofbaguettes said:

 

Take away the pandemic, and they are right on time!  And I have no doubt they would have arrived earlier had it not happened.

Plan the parade!!!

Edited November 16, 2023 by Dankmemes187

[WHL rocks]

2 minutes ago, AatuD2 said:

Canucks' post-game show is the best piece of Canucks programming on the air waves these days.  Props to Sat and Bic.  I love listening to callers call in, reminds me of the good old days on 1040. 

Good Old Days

CKNW 980 sports talk with Dan Russel

[Googlie]

43 minutes ago, AatuD2 said:

 

Friedman played 9 minutes, Juulsen played 11.  That's actually very reflective of how well I thought those two played.  Juulsen was better then Friedman. 

 

Friedman was in the concussion protocol room for 5 minutes, though.   Hard to get icetime in the basement

[WHL rocks]

12 minutes ago, Alflives said:

Leads the league in scoring and in plus minus (+18) 

Very Orr like. 

 

[Outsiders]

I can't believe how much better Boeser is this season. Complete 200ft player with his lethal shot back

[AatuD2]

1 minute ago, JamesB said:

Blueger and Joshua in particular had the best expected goals differential on the team at 5-on5

 

Come on James, how are you gonna leave Garly out of that anecdote?  He was winning pucks all night for his line and was forechecking like a man posessed. 

Garly has been the best forward going for us over the last 10 games.  JT's had more finishing ability, and Mikheyev has been great, however Garly's single-handedly dominated 5 on 5 with either the 3rd or the 4th line.  

 

I did think that Blueger's 2nd game was much better then his 1st game back from injury.  If we get Suter back in the lineup, we'll be looking at the best center depth in the league.  

 

1. JT Miller 

2. Elias Petersson 

3. Pius Suter 

4. Teddy Blueger 

5. Sam Lafferty 

6. Nils Aman 

7. Sheldon Dries 

 

We really have 7 centers that I'd feel comfortable throwing into an NHL game.  

[AatuD2]

7 minutes ago, Dankmemes187 said:

Plan the parade!!!

 

 

[Chronic.Canuck]

I was there tonight with the Larscheiders crew... Hughes was right, it felt like we were getting the win even when we were down 2-0.

 

Glad the crowd joined us in the BO chant during his video tribute.

 

Hughes is on another level. We're so lucky to watch a player of his caliber through his prime.

 

Also, loudest I've heard Rogers Arena in a while for Hronek's goal. It was overdue and came at the perfect time!

 

Great first game of the year to attend -  slow start but no complaints with the strong finish and some free overtime hockey for us in attendance.

[CRAZY_4_NAZZY]

Say what you want about Bo...but he truly cared about being the captain of this city.

 

I was miffed by his comment last season...but you can see he really wanted to end his career as a Canuck. I remember watching an interview where he truly cared about the history, the pain of this city and team. He wanted to bring success to this team badly. It pains me in some way that he isn't part of this process with us.

 

We love ya Bo.