I'm not only criticizing Nolan but the whole team. The Canucks banded together and stood up for each other after every whistle.
We are supposed to let Bieska get into it with Quick?
Weiss slew foot Doughty?
Kassian try and punk Mitchell?
Teams like the Bruins, Blues, or Pens would have stood for any of this.
Those teams would have made Vancouver pay on the PP, and then came back at them. We didn't have that luxury because our PP is horrendous. When we couldn't capitalize, we couldn't afford to be taking dumb penalties ourselves, because one goal could have decided that game, like it did.
Good post. I don't really see why this game was an issue for some people from the physicality standpoint.
At the end of the day, it was an important 4pt game and instead of being tied, LA is up 4pts over VAN. They claim a moral victory... lol, good job. Those Nucks are always good for a laugh.
It's too bad we're done with them this year. We could've used a few extra points to climb in the standings.
Which is a big concern to me. Teams will keep playing hard against the kings not worrying about taking penalties until we make them pay for it.
No, not playing the Kings hard! What will the Kings do if that happens? It's not like the Kings have played 38 playoff games over the last 2 years, with a 25-13 record, two consecutive trips to the conference final, a 6-1 record in the 7 series they've played, and a Cup.
But oh no, some team might play hard against the Kings![]()
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This guy is the biggest blowhard on the Canucks board and probably HF
He was serious BTW. He told another poster who told him it was blue that he needs to adjust his monitor
LOL! yeah it's Dodger purple there numbnuts
Nucks sent a message to the league. "If you need a couple of points play Vancouver"
Could he perhaps be making a joke about how the Lakers' uniforms aren't purple, but are supposedly "Forum Blue"?
Kings did nothing on any of those power plays. They should have just fought back and still scored the one even strength goal.
Sorry guys, this was a hard one to stomach for me. Following the Kings since 1992 I don't think I have seen us pushed around that bad since the Ottawa brawl years back where Adam Mair had to jump off the bench.
Nolan - Did nothing
Clifford - Did nothing
RR - Did nothing
Dustin Brown, our captain - Pestered by Kassia and fought Kesler
Matt Greene, our assistant captain and oft injured - had to fight Bieska who was running guys all nigh and then stepped into Quick. Greene is all heart, but a terrible fighter.
The Canucks think they own us now. There is a game within the game and we lost that one.
I love the idea that if Clifford had fought Kassian, it would have made every other Canucks go, woah woah WOAH WOAH, maybe we should hang back a bit on this physical stuff eh?
Funniest post from the Canucks board
This guy is the biggest blowhard on the Canucks board and probably HF
He was serious BTW. He told another poster who told him it was blue that he needs to adjust his monitor
LOL! yeah it's Dodger purple there numbnuts
Funniest post from the Canucks board
This guy is the biggest blowhard on the Canucks board and probably HF
He was serious BTW. He told another poster who told him it was blue that he needs to adjust his monitor
LOL! yeah it's Dodger purple there numbnuts
Is this the guy that thinks he is some kind of genius international law lawyer?
This is where the Kings miss a guy like Carcillo.
Nolan and Clifford are too young to be doing the enforcing and deciding when is a good time to fight.
We won, that's fine. But Greene is out with a concussion, Brown's face looks like he got jumped in the alley, Quick got run, Doughty was slew footed...How is that okay?
Canucks have no one hurting after last nights game.
Those teams would have made Vancouver pay on the PP, and then came back at them. We didn't have that luxury because our PP is horrendous. When we couldn't capitalize, we couldn't afford to be taking dumb penalties ourselves, because one goal could have decided that game, like it did.
It's a valid concern. If we continue to no score on the PP we will have teams taking liberties with us not worrying about taking penalties.
No need to go full ****** bag on it.