you can't expect to go into the playoffs winning with that kind of outlook. the canucks should be looking to have that killer instinct when leading in the 3rd with less than 2 minutes left. too many times have we watched them give up leads in the final minute and then losing. this team just no longer have it and are now in the "pretenders" class.

-blowing another lead in the last mintue of play

- lack of physical response

-0 shots in the first 11 minutes of the 3rd period

-Sestito is on our second line

-Sedins continue to try and pass in triple coverage

#takingNotes

it's how we lost this game that's frustrating. Late goal, bad and lazy turnover by daniel in OT, and the last second OT loss.

Dreger and Bob McKenzie's "projected" list of Team Canada players:
Insider Trading: Canada's Olympic team projection

Goaltenders:

Carey Price, Roberto Luongo and Mike Smith

Defence:

(Left) - (Right)

Duncan Keith - Drew Doughty

Jay Bouwmeester - Shea Weber

Marc-Edouard Vlasic - Alex Pietrangelo

Dan Boyle (R) - P.K. Subban

Forwards:

(Left Wing - Centre - Right Wing)

Logan Couture - Sidney Crosby - Steven Stamkos

Jamie Benn - Jonathan Toews - Corey Perry

Matt Duchene - Ryan Getzlaf - Claude Giroux

Patrick Sharp - John Tavares - Rick Nash

Patrice Bergeron - Martin St. Louis

Fighting for Positions:

Forwards: Eric Staal, Chris Kunitz, Patrick Marleau and Jeff Carter

Defence: Mark Giordano, Dan Hamhuis, Marc Staal and Brent Seabrook

I don't understand these projections for mike smith being the 3rd goalie. The dude dives everywhere it's pathetic.

Skip to 4:30min mark to start episode 4 :thumbsup:

goddamn Canucks.

98shots allowed in past two games

I find it hilarious that Vlasic is ahead of guys like Seabrook (!!!!!!!), Hamhuis, Phaneuf, and Giordano according to the guys at TSN. He's not that good. A lot of his shortcomings are covered up by the fact that they have an insanely deep forward group that has the puck in the offensive zone much of the time.

Also note how his minutes have dropped through the floor come playoff time. Last year, he was an 18-20 minute dman in the playoffs. That's BARELY top 4. The 2 years prior, same story.

Also, Marc Staal shouldn't even be a consideration. The guy has been nowhere near Olympic quality since his eye injury.

They improve on their PP tonight but lose the handle on shots allowed.

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This...need pics.

I think even Murph stuttered when he saw them when he was announcing that the Ducks almost scored.

It was pretty focused, :fullofwin:

8/23 players out of the lineup

$20M of $64.3M out of the lineup

Facing best team in the league (who only have 1 player out of the lineup; Souray)

Flu is going through the team

Still got a point

#takingnotes

Forgot where I read this, but over the course of the past two years, Seabrook's play has dropped off. Duncan Keith has been playing BETTER without Seabrook as his partner as well. So this is why guys like Vlasic and Hamhuis are being considered.

I'd rather them lock it down defensively. Would rather not chase due to risk of taking dumb penalties

And yet Seabrook was playing 25 minutes/night (39 minutes in game 1) in the Stanley Cup Finals en route to a Stanley Cup ...

And Seabrook has literally played with Keith almost all year this year ... In a year where Keith is a Norris candidate.

Average ES TOI/G partners:
Keith - 19:22/game
Leddy - 0:46/game
Oduya - 0:37/game

You're telling me Keith plays his best hockey in the 2 shifts/game when he ISN'T playing with Seabrook? I find that difficult to believe ...

24/7 just further proves how fucking magnificent Henrik Zetterberg's beard is. That shit is glorious.

Fleury should definitely make the team. He's proven this year he's over what happened to him last year.

logged in to thank you breh

Not really. He's at 92.1 SV% playing behind an excellent team that:

- has given up the 7th fewest shots in the league
- has taken the 6th fewest penalties in the league
- has the 9th most powerplays in the league

Despite this, Pittsburgh has allowed 3 more 3rd period goals than we have (and Luongo has a better SV% despite facing more penalty kills, which is usually what kills a goalie's SV%).

So while we may grumble about blowing leads, the fact is that we've allowed the 5th fewest 3rd period goals. The problem is that we don't get the goal support that Pittsburgh gives Fleury, so ours end up being game-tying or game-winning goals (note: Pittsburgh is 2nd in 3rd period goals scored compared to the Canucks' 23rd ranking).

Also of note, Fleury has no experience on international ice aside from the World Juniors, which was over a decade ago.

Lol at the related content: Canucks fall. Canucks fall. Canucks fall.

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Torts should have a practise where they have a drill on learning how to clear the puck... I can't even recall how many goals we've given up because of potato decisions

Bieksa back to playing like trash as usual, Garrison had a bad game too....we miss Stanton bad

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:seriously: 2 games in a row with our goalies getting run over.

At least Hamhuis took it out on the net afterward and shoved it away forcefully.
:pokerface:

i remember there was a time when canucks were something like 99-0-2 when going into the 3rd with a lead... now THAT'S dominating.

now it seems like we can't hold on to any lead...

What about leafs game 7 vs Boston last year? :fullofwin:

Can't get enough of this 24/7 goddamn. And Phil Kessel is one hilarious dude.

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-Boston