The Official 2014/2015 Canucks & NHL Thread

[spoon.ek9]

3-2 ducks, Perry just scored.

[Obsideon]

Teemu in the house lol, Ducks vs Jets and he is a legend on both teams!
Playoff Hockey is freakin' exciting everyone is turning up the heat!

[Tim Budong]

Ducks decided to show up and did duck things.. GG

[6o4__boi]

Originally Posted by Obsideon

Playoff Hockey is freakin' exciting everyone is turning up the heat!

Canucks mustve missed the memo.

I wanna see some hate tmr.
I wanna see Gaudreau stapled to the boards and Bennett on his ass everytime he tries to dance thru the slot.

Game of the night?
Id say Ducks and Jets. Im not sure what i was smoking when i picked the blues over the wild.

[Tim Budong]

Another effort like tonights games by the Blues, we will see Sharks 2.0

[Tegra_Devil]

[spoon.ek9]

two ENG by minny lol, nice.

[Hondaracer]

Enough of this nut hugging for willy, especially from people from Don Taylor etc

The guy got out coached, plain and simple, and sat on the morning show today who is realy the only voice of reason between those 3 morons said that historically, the top lines of playoff teams play aMINIMUM of 20 minutes.

[68style]

Hahaha I might be 15 years old, but I couldn't stop laughing at the "nut hugging willy" part

[Tim Budong]

I've managed to shutoff all canucks talk radio in the car after game1. Will do the same today. Just want to see a better effort. There's really no excuses for piss poor efforts anymore. Sedins getting 16min is a joke.

Anyways...will be drinking from this again tonight...

[Bouncing Bettys]

Mike Gillis is at my work loading up a helicopter for a fishing trip. Thankfully no one from the Leafs head office is here to swoon him with the vacant GM position.

[pastarocket]

This "must win game" tonight is a big test not only for our players but for the coaching staff.

It's gonna be really interesting to see what kind of adjustments Coach Willie and the assistant coaches make to jump start this team.

-Increase the playing time of the Sedins? -More traffic in front of Hiller?
-A bigger physical presence in front of Eddie?

Where is the mean streak from our players, our D-men? I agree with whoever said that Bennett is getting in front of our net way too easy.

That's a "no fly zone" in front of Eddie. Edler, Pizzaman, any d-man needs to put that kid on the ice if he even dares to try to stay in that area.

I wouldn't mind seeing Dorsett mixes things up with the Flames.

What happened to the art of trash talking to get those Flames to take penalties?

Play hard and smart for 60 minutes!

One other thing. If the team is having big time trouble clearing the puck out of the defensive zone, for Pete's sake, ice the puck!

Willie needs to use a time out a little more often.

-wanna see the Sedins, Burrows, and the second line step up big tonight!

Henrik, Daniel, put your "A" game together now!

-so hard to relax with the Cardiac Canucks.

[punkwax]

Originally Posted by Hondaracer

historically, the top lines of playoff teams play aMINIMUM of 20 minutes.

[blkgsr]

ya look at his stats too

[Nabatron]

This would be an easy seriers for Canucks if they just put traffic on hiller! Canucks need to quit trying to do the pretty plays and just get puck on net...look at Bo's goal just a simple shot on net and boom scores!

Also this is the fucking playoffs WD is going to have to give more minutes to the top guys need those guys to get them going!

[Hondaracer]

Thing is there's already so much gucking traffic out in front that pucks aren't making it through. Then you have players like bieksa and Edler who can't even get a puck on net without traffic taking point shots it's fucking terrifying because there were probably AT LEAST 3 times last game where it was 1 on 1 at the blue line and if the flames player poked it through it would have been a clear break

[6o4__boi]

some post whistle scrums would be a good start.
Dorsett/Richardson/Matthias/Hansen/Kenins need to get out there and get emotionally involved in the game.
Heck, Burrows should do what he does best and try to get under the skin of anyone he plays against.
I can't stand watching another nice guys hockey at the library. Shit needs to get real.

WD better smarten the fuck up because there's no point keeping your best players fresh when there are no more games to play for

he's been a decent coach so far but when i read about that, i was like, pass me some of that shit you're smoking on cus that's some non-sensical shit.

[Hondaracer]

Keep em fresh for when you don't make the second round

[Tim Budong]

Originally Posted by 6o4__boi

some post whistle scrums would be a good start.
Dorsett/Richardson/Matthias/Hansen/Kenins need to get out there and get emotionally involved in the game.
Heck, Burrows should do what he does best and try to get under the skin of anyone he plays against
I can't stand watching another nice guys hockey at the library. Shit needs to get real.

WD better smarten the fuck up because there's no point keeping your best players fresh when there are no more games to play for

he's been a decent coach so far but when i read about that, i was like, pass me some of that shit you're smoking on cus that's some non-sensical shit.

You can stir shit. But that's at times testing the officials and it's a BIG risk. I don't know .... So on that note. Fuck Brad Marchand

[6o4__boi]

jimmy's need to be rustled.
every team in the playoffs are toeing that line

just being the canucks is testing the officials
might as well get a few licks in cus we're bound to get some shitty calls our way.


did i say shitty calls? i meant "game-management" calls

[Noir]

Originally Posted by Nabatron

This would be an easy seriers for Canucks if they just put traffic on hiller! Canucks need to quit trying to do the pretty plays and just get puck on net...look at Bo's goal just a simple shot on net and boom scores!

Also this is the fucking playoffs WD is going to have to give more minutes to the top guys need those guys to get them going!

Just a thought but maybe it's not a WD problem , but more a Sedin problem.

Considering how significant their quality of play dropped right after the first period, perhaps it doesn't matter if you're first line players/star players, if you're not going to skate and play at full tilt, might as well put someone else who will. :/

If the Sedins honestly kept up their intensity past the first period, i have a tough time believing that WD won't be riding on the twins to carry the whole game

[stylez2k4]

Originally Posted by Noir

Just a thought but maybe it's not a WD problem , but more a Sedin problem.

Considering how significant their quality of play dropped right after the first period, perhaps it doesn't matter if you're first line players/star players, if you're not going to skate and play at full tilt, might as well put someone else who will. :/

If the Sedins honestly kept up their intensity past the first period, i have a tough time believing that WD won't be riding on the twins to carry the whole game

You want to see how WD manages his roster? Here is how the line shifts went based off the centers:





WD is a complete moron.

He literally sends his lines out in sequential order for almost the entire game.

[credit does to God from Hfboards for creating the chart]

[murd0c]

Lets just hope he had rookie jitters being a new coach in the playoffs as well and hopefully he learnt that lesson quick

[Mike Oxbig]

Flames: bigger, stronger, faster,
Canucks: experience

[Tapioca]

Wow, people are already shitting on a coach who turned around a team in one year after 1 game that came down to a couple of defensive errors.

Relax, people. The Canucks aren't going to be contenders this year anyway. Just enjoy the games.