2023020596
VAN loses, 1 – 2 .
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we could’ve used Kuzmenko with the next empty…
I’m not even gonna blame Kuznenko if he wants out at this point. He’s not gonna change Tocch’s mind.
I am once again asking to get Petey some decent fucking wingers. I’m so sick of seeing him have to play with bottom 6 forwards then wondering why his line can’t produce.
This was mostly an even game but we needed our top 6 to score and unfortunately we missed our best chances. The faceoff losses also didn’t help give us a chance.
I know people are upset about Kuzmenko and agree Lafferty didn’t look good there tonight but I don’t think Kuzmenko is this scoring game changer like everyone is treating him as. He’s still struggling this year and he hasn’t scored in the past 2 games despite his line producing. With that all said, the constant line shuffling in the top 6 is a big issue and is ruining both lines chances of developing any chemistry together.
Canucks looking like Team Canada at the World Juniors with the inability to hit the net tonight.
Off topic but Avs pull their goalie down 4-3. They tie it.
LOOK WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU FUCKING SKATE AND HIT THE NET SOMETIMES??!?
We had our chances, didn’t get the bounces and didn’t hit the net enough. Can’t win them all
Pettersson can’t make 12
5.5 million in the press box is fucking brutal. Trade him or play him, you can’t keep doing this
What happened to the top six and the powerplay
We just could not hit the net tonight, I’d say we had the better chances overall but that could just be my homer glasses.
2-3-1 without Kuzmenko lol
They need to know what they have in those younger players.
I would think maybe they want to see what their development is like before coming considering moving players or not.
They need to give Pettersson help if they want him to produce in 5v5. You can’t just rely on him to carry his line all the time.
Tocchet being stubborn about his system will and has always been his biggest flaw.
When your 3rd line is your most consistent, productive line, something is wrong. Lafferty, Pettersson and Mikheyev isn’t working. I’d rather see Garland bumped up with Pettersson and Kuzmenko to get those guys going. Garland is absolutely a top 6 player, and although he is driving a line that’s doing quite well, we need to get our top guys into it.
This is Petey’s way of avoiding being voted into the All-Star game. People will vote for Miller instead.
Is our strategy to score goals is to cycle the puck back to the d man at the point and shoot it hoping for a tip?
What if we tried Petey with boes and kuz with millsy? Everything is in the blender at this point it can’t hurt
Bro why the fuck are we taking Kuzmenko out that is the dumbest shit ever
Nights like tonight you really notice the fact that we never really filled the Horvat-shaped hole in our top 6.
We did well out of that trade and added some important pieces, but our offensive top end took a hit that we haven’t really repaired.
You can point to our scoring stats this season, bolstered by smashing SJ and the Oilers early in the season if you want. But I don’t think we have enough avenues to goal right now.
Boeser did not have a good game tonight as well as well as ever forward in the top 6 minus pius suter
Friendly reminder that 16/24 (2/3) of our wins thus far have come against teams not in the playoffs
(Isles & Hurricanes were not in the playoffs when we played them)
Tough look on Toch when the team can’t score and they got Kuzy sitting in the press box. Listening to his post game interview, he says the guys had chances, they just needed to bury them.
Was karlsson in for Kuzmenko ?
Does anyone else feel like the Devils game on Saturday is an auto loss? I’m not trying to be negative, but it just feels like New Jersey may as well be the fucking 85′ Oilers to the Canucks. For that reason alone I was really hoping the Canucks would win tonight or at least lose in OT or something.
Bruh I thought the game was on 7 so I turned it on after my break at work and it was tied 1-1 into the 3rd. Why the fuck we lose the Blows better?
IS IT SO GOSH DARN UNREASONABLE FOR ME TO EXPECT THEM WIN EVERY GAME GOSH. /s
Stop scratching Kuzy, we are below 500 without him. Stupid decision.
NJ will be on 2nd end of b2b I’m not writing off the Canucks yet.
Geez some people crying about Kuzy sitting for Karlsson in a 2-1 game… Some short memory some of you guys have. Our offense showed no sign of slowing down after putting up 6 vs Sens. Blues usually play a stringy, physical game which is not Kuzy’s strong point. On paper it makes more sense to put in someone that’s more willing to go into corners and get into puck battles. Obviously not a fantastic showing from Karlsson but I dont think he was that bad and I definitely don’t think Kuzmenko was the missing answer in this game either.
Oilers only 12 points back with 3 games in hand btw 👀👀
So uh, how about Kuzmenko returning to the line up for more than 1 game and letting him get ice time with Petey and Mik?
Well. That sucked.
All these guys complaining about kuz not bring in . Mik was terrible tonight . Didn’t even notice him out there.
Frustrating to lose this one because the next game is against the Devils and we absolutely cannot buy a win against that team for some reason. The NJ game is a scheduled loss on this road trip IMO. I would be glad to be proven wrong though.
What did you expect.
The Canucks have lost to the Leafs, the Devils, the Rangers, the Avalanche, hell even the rebuilding Flyers .. twice.
Maybe the Canucks aren’t as good as some of you are making them out to be.
Did rick say wht Kuz was scratched? He’s been good lately I think
Close game and sometimes you just dont come out on top of them.
My concern is around faceoffs – we’ve been bad for several games now, and it is leading to a more consistent loss of maintaining possession in the O zone, and creates more havoc in the d zone
As well as PP is just not it, and hasnt been getting it done largely for a good while now. Yes, if you look at the stats on the season it paints a different picture, but we need to capitalize on these chances, especially since it seems like the refs in many games arent super favorable in calling them for us.
Top 6 needs to get going again – although 3rd line has been exceptional, this is a team sport. When we have a couple lines cracking together, this team is pretty unbeatable.. when its only the 3rd line getting in on the scoresheet, we are a bottom 15 team.
I’m all for being PDO merchants and all, but we need to actually learn to shoot more.