the Vancouver Canucks beat the Arizona Coyotes 2-1, Quinn Hughes and Conor Garland with the goals, Artur Silovs played great, and the Canucks are now just 6 games away from the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Needed that win, especially after Edmonton lost today. But Edmonton has four games upcoming that they can easily win. Two games against the Coyotes, one against the Sharks and one against Calgary. So the Canucks still need to be worried about the Oilers passing them in the division.
I'm a fan of the Canucks, but I'm also a realist. Canucks have too much dead weight on this team to win even the 1st round. In the playoffs you need all cylinders firing, and that's just NOT the case. Mykheyev, Suter, Myers, Lindholm, and even our illustrious Super Star have some kind of mental blocks. Because they are mentally fragile, they can't put on their "big boy pants" and simply stop sulking, and just work hard to get out of their funk they are in. The way Petey sulks, stops skating, and drops his head when he blows a play is very disturbing IMO ….a testament to how immature this kid still is
The hit on Pettersson was more Garland's fault for passing it when anyone could see the Coyotes lining up at the blueline. It would have been better to dump it in or pass it to the guy on the boards. The refs have to start being less biased against the Canucks. That second penalty against Hughes should NOT have been called. Too often the refs make a call on appearances. Like the Zadorov "high sticking" the night before. Also the refs seem to give the Canucks 5 minutes on borderline boarding calls. Yet they call the opposition for 2 minutes only? crikey the bias. There was another boarding call in the Devils Rangers game yesterday that was worse then Zadorov's play and it was only 2 minutes!!!
The Peterson hit was def a hospital pass by Garland lol. He lead him into the defender. Now Petey could of just tipped the puck in. But to say he needed more spacial awareness is kinda funny 😂
I think it's time we go beyond simply saying Mikeyev is unlucky as far as his goal-scoring ability. It is obvious he has hands of stone as far as goal-scoring proficiency. If he was at least contributing with assists, hits, shot blocks, or a high face-off win percentage you could justify his playing time. I also do not see Suter, Amman, or Lafferty playing with the same urgency and passion as Hoglander and Podkolzin. Maybe it is time to bring PDG or some more youth into the lineup?
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I am glad the canucks got the win
Stoked to hopefully get a w on Saturday over the 1-3-1 kings
Needed that win, especially after Edmonton lost today. But Edmonton has four games upcoming that they can easily win. Two games against the Coyotes, one against the Sharks and one against Calgary. So the Canucks still need to be worried about the Oilers passing them in the division.
Silovs got robbed of a shutty by the fucking refs….. that hughes penalty wasnt a penalty.
I'm a fan of the Canucks, but I'm also a realist. Canucks have too much dead weight on this team to win even the 1st round.
In the playoffs you need all cylinders firing, and that's just NOT the case.
Mykheyev, Suter, Myers, Lindholm, and even our illustrious Super Star have some kind of mental blocks. Because they are mentally fragile, they can't put on their "big boy pants" and simply stop sulking, and just work hard to get out of their funk they are in.
The way Petey sulks, stops skating, and drops his head when he blows a play is very disturbing IMO ….a testament to how immature this kid still is
Not even a mention of Hughes' amazing skating in the third to led to Garland's goal?
By the way ,the oil got stomped last night
That fricken pivot by Hughes on the Garland goal was just beautiful.
I don't think " the edge of their seats " is accurate. I think " breaking their seat in anger and disgust " would be more accurate.
This is the best team Vancouver ever had. Put the negatives towards other teams and give positive support to them.
This does not look like the same team.
Silovs should honestly be the back up next year
I had $100 on garland getting a point and OH BOY was I stressed until that last goal
The hit on Pettersson was more Garland's fault for passing it when anyone could see the Coyotes lining up at the blueline. It would have been better to dump it in or pass it to the guy on the boards. The refs have to start being less biased against the Canucks. That second penalty against Hughes should NOT have been called. Too often the refs make a call on appearances. Like the Zadorov "high sticking" the night before. Also the refs seem to give the Canucks 5 minutes on borderline boarding calls. Yet they call the opposition for 2 minutes only? crikey the bias. There was another boarding call in the Devils Rangers game yesterday that was worse then Zadorov's play and it was only 2 minutes!!!
Anyone notice the myers hit
Demko. Enough said
The Peterson hit was def a hospital pass by Garland lol. He lead him into the defender. Now Petey could of just tipped the puck in. But to say he needed more spacial awareness is kinda funny 😂
Conor Garland is amazing
I think it's time we go beyond simply saying Mikeyev is unlucky as far as his goal-scoring ability. It is obvious he has hands of stone as far as goal-scoring proficiency. If he was at least contributing with assists, hits, shot blocks, or a high face-off win percentage you could justify his playing time. I also do not see Suter, Amman, or Lafferty playing with the same urgency and passion as Hoglander and Podkolzin. Maybe it is time to bring PDG or some more youth into the lineup?
They played a great 2nd and 3rd period. I hope they can find a way to convert on their chances because they had a LOT