Post-Game Talk: Canucks defeat Oilers | 8-1 (Boeser[4], Garland, Pettersson, Miller, & Joshua) - It's So Beautiful

[I am toxic]

you slut

Janet!

Brad!

Janet!

Brad!

 

[VanJack]

It's safe to say that I don't have enough years left to ever see it again--an 8-1 demolition of the vaunted Oilers, and in the opener no-less.

The biggest opening night margin of victory in team history......the Quinn Hughes captaincy era is off to a roaring start.

 

[supercanuck]

Highlight of the night in an 8-1 beat down of the Coilers.

 

[WetcoastOrca]

One game. But remember earlier in preseason how many of us were concerned about the teams ability to score.
If Boeser is really back on form that’s like adding another top line player.

 

[HairyKneel]

There was a lot of drunk and rowdy people wearing all different jerseys tonight. We didn’t see that one happen, but saw the aftermath of people being taken out by security.

lol that’s what qualifies for a big fight these days? I remember being at a game around 99/2000 where a Flyers fan turned around to punch a Canucks fan - the guy ducked and he stoved some woman in the mouth. Within two seconds that guy had three or four guys feeding him. His posse jumps in and it was mayhem.

That was so much fun to watch


Yes.

You think 1 game should change this? Seriously?

I’m sure you know the inner workings of the room.

How are you going to spin the two ES points?

 

[Vector]

I had one of the best sleeps of my life last night. Must be related.

 

[vancityluongo]

should've been all canucks in this picture smh

 

[canuckking1]

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should've been all canucks in this picture smh

Bedard is a Canuck by heart

 

[EpochLink]

Wtf, Gary Bettman was at the game last night.

Meeting up with Aquaman maybe

 

[timw33]

All the pro scouting additions after one game look like hits. Noticeable jump in quality play from the bottom half of the roster compared to last year. PK looks so much more competent and regressing to even an average PK will win a few games.

One thing I noticed about Boeser, outside of being Johnny on the Spot for tonight, was his overall effort and compete level. Just night and day from the slumped shouldered Boeser who would give up on 50/50 plays easily. More of this form of Boeser.

If this is what we're to expect out of Hronek on a consistent basis then the price we paid to acquire is absolute peanuts (pending him signing a multi year extension).

 

[Iron Mike Sharpe]

It was so satisfying to watch that game, especially given that I still have the scars from all those games back in the 80s when Gretzky & the Oilers would blowout the Canucks like this. I had to wait 37 years or so for this game.

 

[andora]

All the pro scouting additions after one game look like hits. Noticeable jump in quality play from the bottom half of the roster compared to last year. PK looks so much more competent and regressing to even an average PK will win a few games.

One thing I noticed about Boeser, outside of being Johnny on the Spot for tonight, was his overall effort and compete level. Just night and day from the slumped shouldered Boeser who would give up on 50/50 plays easily. More of this form of Boeser.

If this is what we're to expect out of Hronek on a consistent basis then the price we paid to acquire is absolute peanuts (pending him signing a multi year extension).

i was only able to catch the 2nd - but yes, effort effort effort. you don't feel as tired when you're getting positive results, keep moving your damn feet.

 

[timw33]

On topic of running out PP1 when up by 5 goals or whatever: Good. It's the first game of the year, get the first unit going.

 

[StickShift]

What goal song did they use last night? Is it still the same?

 

[timw33]

23 year old captain speaking like he’s 33. When has Horvat ever shown this much leadership and accountability

I think the issue with Horvat was that he had the look and feel of a hockey captain (he's a hardworkin' farm boy from southern ontario!) but in practice actually wasn't able to do much more than spout off cliches just didn't have the awareness and humility needed out of someone in leadership.

What goal song did they use last night? Is it still the same?

Same as last year. I honestly hope they keep it—it's a fun change of pace from club remixes and boring rock songs.

 

[Svencouver]

Highlight of the night in an 8-1 beat down of the Coilers.

Forget how it happened, it actually really struck me just how much it seemed to mean to Boeser to have a night like last night. I haven't seen him that happy and relieved and carefree in years. He just looks like a huge weight that he's been carrying has been lifted off his shoulders, it's honestly pretty emotional considering what he's gone through

I know we want to get best value for all our guys and make the best team possible, but I actually think Tocchet vote of confidence on Boeser meant a tremendous amount not only to him, but to this team. Everyone in that locker room knows what an exciting and electric player he was coming into the league, how good he can be, and how much of a fantastic person and teammate he is. In interviews Brock has talked about just feeling awful and hopeless about his future here, really fighting it and feeling the pressure and anxiety of not wanting to make a bad impression on new management and his new coach, and Tocchet just gave him total reassurance that he believed in the player he could be and that it meant a lot to him.

That's a real defining moment for the character of Tocchet and what coach he wants to be - getting the most out of every single guy on the roster and giving them every resource and opportunity to do that. I'm really rooting for Brock, I think he wants to repay that kindness and prove that there's a lot of potential on the table for the taking. I think the character of all our young guys is off the charts. They've faced a lot of adversity and are way too talented to not let that put a chip on their shoulder. Hughes is going to be a tremendous captain for this franchise. And for Brock, before all that adversity, it wasn't that long ago when he was our most exciting prospect and young player in a decade. I still believe in that player and it's great to see him starting to believe in it too.

 

[TruGr1t]

One game. But remember earlier in preseason how many of us were concerned about the teams ability to score.
If Boeser is really back on form that’s like adding another top line player.

It was a great performance, though I'd take the scoring with a bit of salt. The Oilers were atrocious defensively and their goalies couldn't control a rebound to save their lives.

I'm interested to see how this system actually works against a defensively competent team with good goaltending.

Edmonton needs to stop trying to win playing pond hockey.

 

[WetcoastOrca]

It was a great performance, though I'd take the scoring with a bit of salt. The Oilers were atrocious defensively and their goalies couldn't control a rebound to save their lives.

I'm interested to see how this system actually works against a defensively competent team with good goaltending.

Agreed. The thing is though that we were 12th in scoring last year. Scoring goals wasn’t the issue why the team missed the playoffs. The D, PK and goaltending were dreadful. I’m still not sold on the D but goaltending and the PK should be improved. The Oilers PP is elite and Demko looked back in form even in the preseason.

 

[MS]

It was a great performance, though I'd take the scoring with a bit of salt. The Oilers were atrocious defensively and their goalies couldn't control a rebound to save their lives.

I'm interested to see how this system actually works against a defensively competent team with good goaltending.

Edmonton needs to stop trying to win playing pond hockey.

I think everyone knows the 8 part was ‘one of those nights’.

The actual impressive part was the way we limited shots/chances/goals to the runaway #1 offensive team in the NHL from last year.

 

[Bojack Horvatman]

I think the issue with Horvat was that he had the look and feel of a hockey captain (he's a hardworkin' farm boy from southern ontario!) but in practice actually wasn't able to do much more than spout off cliches just didn't have the awareness and humility needed out of someone in leadership.



Same as last year. I honestly hope they keep it—it's a fun change of pace from club remixes and boring rock songs.

To be fair to Horvat, he was captain of horribly managed, and horribly coached teams in a Canadian market. It's a lot easier to let loose and have fun if you are winning. If you constantly have to be interviewed after the team lost there aren't going to be a lot of people that don't spout cliches in a monotone voice.

 

[petterdaddy]

I think everyone knows the 8 part was ‘one of those nights’.

The actual impressive part was the way we limited shots/chances/goals to the runaway #1 offensive team in the NHL from last year.

This. I was honestly shocked at how complete of a game they played last night. I figured they could win given goaltending advantage but kind of expected to get caved on chances. Just a really fun game to be at and I’ve really missed having fun at Canucks games.

 

[TruGr1t]

I think everyone knows the 8 part was ‘one of those nights’.

The actual impressive part was the way we limited shots/chances/goals to the runaway #1 offensive team in the NHL from last year.

Yes, it was such a bad showing from the Oilers I can't take much away except that Tocchet's system looks pretty solid structurally and looks to compensate well for the Canucks general lack of speed.

I'd be interested in how this works against teams like Vegas and Seattle, for example, who have a lot of strengths the Oilers do in terms of general pace of play, but also play strong systems hockey.

I'm still shocked the Oilers came out and tried to basically play 1-on-1 pond hockey the whole game. Anytime I see guys trying to skate through the whole opposing team repeatedly you got problems.

 

[timw33]

To be fair to Horvat, he was captain of horribly managed, and horribly coached teams in a Canadian market. It's a lot easier to let loose and have fun if you are winning. If you constantly have to be interviewed after the team lost there aren't going to be a lot of people that don't spout cliches in a monotone voice.

Yeah they should have kept running 4 A's and saddling Benning's crummy veteran signings with the responsibility of facing the media. That would have at least been way funnier too.

 

[Svencouver]

I think everyone knows the 8 part was ‘one of those nights’.

The actual impressive part was the way we limited shots/chances/goals to the runaway #1 offensive team in the NHL from last year.

Like I said last night, the scheme they had where help defenders anticipated the redirections from the stickwork of guys like Suter, Beauvillier, PDG, and Lafferty and made quick breakouts was tremendous for changing the fortunes of our own-zone play. The most frustrating part of watching Travis Green hockey was how guys would just box out in passing lanes and play zone, but would have no plan at all for actually getting the puck on their stick and basically just hoped and prayed to god that some random bounce would end up out of the zone they seemed to rely more on their skates than their sticks to break up passes, and every blocked shot just came right back to the opponent and gave them another chance to continue the cycle, leading to the infamous Travis Green "are we on a penalty kill or something?" 2 minute shifts.

The superior active stick work was something I haven't seen this team do to this extent in years, and I wonder if its something they're emphasizing in player acquisition and systems coaching. Those "PK specialist" type guys are really good at it, and it's a boon at 5v5, too, not just shorthanded. It's interesting that every single line has at least one of those guys, and they're all pro scouting acquisitions:

Mikheyev - Pettersson - Kuzmenko
PDG - Miller - Boeser
Joshua - Suter - Beauvillier
Hoglander - Lafferty - Blueger

As you said, Beauvillier isn't always that profile of player - he has a tendency to settle into the perimeter - but when he's skating well and trying to actively break up plays he can be really good. Hughes himself mentioned that "it all starts with the forwards" and that their possession work and forecheck gave him less work, and I think that's a big part of Allvin/Tocchet's vision for the team. It's one of the things Vegas and Carolina do well, imo

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

Also, during the Captain ceremony they showed literally every guy who wore the C in Canucks history except a certain bald bastard. The Canucks PR team gets us.

Attached some pics from the game and my son meeting some of the players. It was a great experience.