oot?

oot and aboot

The stereotype is true, at least east of the Rockies

Is it bad I'm more excited about the after the game presser then the game its self?

watching the game relatively closely i cant say the Canucks look all that different from last year

whether that be due to not fully adapting to the new system or the lack of personnel changes cant say i'm too big allbeit it's game 1

besides the shot blocking, looks identical to last season

edit - Higgins needs to be a mainstay on the 3rd line, it's just too bad no one else can slot up to the 2nd line

higgins... wtf...

YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

its the same hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on, goal against, game over

SJ is a very good team though and at this point probably a better overall team than the Nucks for the first time in a long time

Game over. It's October.

dL

Jesus this team crumbles lol

What a shit defense...
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man wtf

atleast Calgary got a point

I honestly thought they were a better team than the Nucks last season, even before the playoffs started

Luongo deserves a better team

Canucks lose the first game and the season is over :(

lol.... brb don't need to watch game...just check here and see ppl rage

LOL @ making fun of other teams when again we don't fair any better
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Same ol' Canucks, getting owned by the Sharks

So the Canucks lost to Sharks 5 in a row now.... well 7 if you count preseason

Every opposing team's strategy

1) Shut down the Sedins
2) Win

Wait till next year!

inb4 we're battling the Flames






























for 6th place overall







































in the Pacific division

I've always hated DJ Dave. I wish we would start playing those classic hockey tunes at games like so many of the American Teams play at the arena between faceoffs etc. I feel like I'm listening to 94.5 when I'm at the game.

Here's an analogy that I think of when I see the Canucks and the current coach. You have a good chef, albeit with anger management issues, in Gordon Ramsay. -has a good kitchen stocked up with good ingredients and good equipment. The problem is that you have subpar staff that are cooking a shitstorm of undercooked food that people would not eat.

Coach Torts, with his own history of anger management issues, is implementing his own systems with a talented core of players like the Sedins, Kesler, Luongo (good ingredients). However, you have a general manager in Gillis who gives you subpar wingers (the lousy kitchen staff) who cannot produce clutch goals and create sustained offensive pressure in the opposing team's zone.

What is the result? Low goal production from a team that cannot generate high quality scoring chances on a consistent basis.

This is Gillis' fault. He thinks that Booth, Kassian, Higgins, Burrows, etc, can provide the offensive depth needed for this team to win.

The truth is that MG has not added one significant offensive player as a top 6 forward for this season.

Hopefully, Torts can work his coaching magic fast to get Kassian, Booth, and Burrows going. Otherwise, it's up to Gillis, or perhaps a new general manager, to do a proper "reset" of this team.

I envy teams like Washington that can score goals at will against other teams. Their captain Ovechkin steps up his game to score two goals to help his team mount a comeback. Their GM builds a team with a luxury of offensive skill. Although they played a weaksauce team in Calgary, Washington won the game because they have a clutch captain who puts the team on his back and scores goals. -nice to have a team with snipers and offensive D-men like Backstrom, Mike Green, and Grabovski.

Gillis, wake up! :swear::facepalm:

So we're Cactus Club?