tonight, my six year old, the one who became a hockey fan when we watched boeser win all star weekend and cried himself to sleep when we lost that game 7 to vegas: “we should find a new team to cheer for.”
tonight, my six year old, the one who became a hockey fan when we watched boeser win all star weekend and cried himself to sleep when we lost that game 7 to vegas: “we should find a new team to cheer for.”
How bout merchandise sales? All the fellow Canuck fans I know have stopped buying merchandise. Every sports store you go to there is shelves full of Canucks gear collecting dust. People are ashamed wearing Canucks mercy in public. I’d have to throw a paper bag on before I’d ever think of throwing on one of my Canucks jerseys right now. I sure as hell ain’t buying another jersey as long as this owner shows he clearly doesn’t give a shit.Does anyone know if there’s viewer ratings for Canuck games? I gotta assume ratings are way down for the Canucks?
Going back to Miller-Petey-Boeser may be worth trying.I mean one can try different players on the PK just for the hell of it. Perhaps they could have done better than 33% tonight.
Maybe jettison Chiasson from the lineup. Maybe realize Dickinson at his best is going to do nothing.
Or maybe…keep some lines together for more than 2 shifts.
and higher up…maybe find a president and clean house.
We started last season 8-14-2. If we beat the terrible Montreal and Ottawa teams to close out this road trip we will have the exact same start to the season this year as last year.
People were really burying their head in the sand about how lousy we were last year and then after the season ended they weirdly made up stupid narratives about how COVID ruined the season which made no sense.
It should be utterly no surprise to anyone that a last-place team from last season is a last-place team again this year, but somehow certain people are shocked and baffled by this.
tonight, my six year old, the one who became a hockey fan when we watched boeser win all star weekend and cried himself to sleep when we lost that game 7 to vegas: “we should find a new team to cheer for.”
Did you ground the little bandwagoner?
I think back when Markstrom was here and all those games they won when they played like crap as well they may of not won if it wasn't for Markstrom.
That 1st goal on Halak was absolutely putrid. CHL goalies would stop that shit, embarrassing.
Not as embarrassing as the refs watching Marchand blatantly slewfoot OEL, and making him go dangerously into the boards. It's amazing how much the refs turn a blind eye to that rat bastard's antics. Easiest call they could've made in this game.
And speaking of OEL... what a dumb penalty in the late going. Even Hoglander took a goddamned stupid tripping penalty that cost us the game(might have something to do with our PK too). A lot of low IQ plays being made every game, and there is no sign of it stopping, and no sign of change coming. I think I might stop watching for a while, I'm just cursing at the tv all game and not even cheering our goals anymore.
This. Tell that kid he must suffer like the rest of us.
Congrats, he is officially a Canucks fan.
my wife when she was pregnant: don’t saddle him with a loser
tonight, my six year old, the one who became a hockey fan when we watched boeser win all star weekend and cried himself to sleep when we lost that game 7 to vegas: “we should find a new team to cheer for.”
I f***ing hope so.This is a baaaad season. We might end up in Savoie territory soon.
Byron Bitz once scored 2 goals in a game playing with the twins. I wonder why he did not continue with them for the whole season.Hughes has played on the PK twice this season. No goals against and 1 assist.
Someone who isn't a regular killer is exactly whats needed, because they haven't practiced our history worst PK strategy yet.
Byron Bitz once scored 2 goals in a game playing with the twins. I wonder why he did not continue with them for the whole season.
Hughes on the PK would be like playing 5v3. He can barely defend at 5v5 when sheltered from tough matchups and you want to use him on PK where his weakness would be even more obvious just because he played on 2 penalty kills and has 1 assist.Let's use Horvat in goal because he was never scored on.
Plays most minutes with O-zone starts. Plays almost 2 mins/PP. He doest not play the heavy minutes. The last thing we need is for him to get injured from blocking pucks on PK. You think Shaw would not use him on PK if he was at least decent at it?Huggy plays the most minutes on the team, not sheltered at all.. Modern PK's have like zero physicality, its all puck retrieval and icing.... Hughes is by FAR our best puck retriever and long distance passer. Without using him, we have the worst PK in NHL history.. the floor don't get any lower.. may as well be 5v3.
If you, like I do, want the kid to up his battle, the PK on a lost season is the best place to do it. It will pay dividends for his ES play in the future where hopefully the results matter.
Big minutes are the heaviest minutes, he has the most responsibility on the team via puck control. He's splitting his PP time with OEL, certainly not getting the whole 2mins, though he should... Usually forwards block the shots on PK (unless ur Tanev), or nobody on this team... a minute a game for him will do some good, and isn't hurting the team overall.Plays most minutes with O-zone starts. Plays 2 mins/PP. He doest not play the heavy minutes. The last thing we need is for him to get injured from blocking pucks on PK. You think Shaw would not use him on PK if he was at least decent at it?