Post-Game Talk: Canucks lose 2-0; Best player? Empty net

[Jimson Hogarth*]

Agreed. It's laughable.

The fact that Torts isn't taking any heat is puzzling.

He's turned this team into an injury riddled shot blocking gang of plugs.

Yes, the one area you'd think the canucks would look to improve is the break out. The coaching staff can really impress a break out on a team and its shocking how bad the Canucks have gotten at moving the puck up ice.

The break out is poor and is one of the reasons the Canucks can't generate a lick of anything off the rush.

 

[LiquidSnake]

No worries still in a playoff spot and everyone behind us is no good. We'll be like LA and come in 8 th and go all the way. Sedans have to do it this year before they get to old

Nobody buys Sedans anymore. Its all about the SUV

 

[iFan]

If the Canucks are in a win now mode which I assume they are and I was Gillis if call up Garth snow and say what do you want for vanek and I'd give it to him

We're not in a win now mode, this would be scary if this team was in win now hahah

 

[Jyrki]

This team has mailed it in so hard.

That's what Gillis gets after rewarding loyalty with seemingly fair contracts.

 

[Type Not Specified]

One of the better forwards over the last few games was Kassian at least from the viewing time I had. He gets benched. Stupid move.

That's just inexplicable to me. He's really the only player with any inclination to do anything with the puck right now.

 

[Pseudonymous*]

Daniel thinks their getting looks on the PP. Yikes

 

[RobertKron]

Santorelli, Henrik and co. were ablet to sustain some decent play during that stretch and the goaltending was great. It was also probably a bit of a lucky stretch on top of that. They were playing well defensively though. However with Santorelli gone for the season and Henrik playing injured, this team is going nowhere and they know it. It doesn't help that Dan Sedin does **** all.

Daniel looks to me like he's been playing with a bum shoulder for a good while. Gets no power on anything, and looks like a guy trying to compensate for an injury. Obviously, who knows - maybe he just decided he hates hockey.

 

[cc]

Burrows is getting too many chances on the pp. they need big screens with off-hand shots from the point. That's really the only thing they haven't tried all season... the simplest solution

 

[Lonny Bohonos]

Boy, that "everyone's accountable" philosophy sure looks hollow right now. Kassian pays for every little mistake, while others are free to play absolutely baffling hockey.

Pretty much. Not sure why people thought it would be different under Torts. Its pretty normal or common.

Kassian is Torts little project.l

 

[Craz1bo1]

They only had 3 shots in the third?

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

“Meh”

Pretty much how I feel about watching the product. Quite clear a lot of fans are feeling the same way. Stubhub ticket prices continue to drop...

Will be missing tomorrows game, and could care less. Feels like the late 90's again (can't comment about the 70's and 80's but I guess it could be worse).

 

[thepuckmonster]

I'm not sure why everyone puts so much stock into post game interviews. Players have a specific list of things they can address, and are told what to say by PR departments.

 

[Bad News Benning]

Tanev is definitely missed much more so than Bieksa. We seriously lack mobility back there without Tanev. We also need to get faster up front too many players with concrete boots. We need to target someone like Etem because we loose races all over the ice.

 

[VanCanucks53]

This is beginning to worry me. I cannot say if it's coaching related or personnel related, but something needs to change. We are so unbelievably static, the entire league knows exactly how to play us.

Yup. It's rinse recycle repeat every game. I think it's gotta be a mix of coaching and personnel. I like Torts but he was placed on some pedestal a month into his tenure but he's also showing some cracks now.

 

[EpochLink]

This team is sending a message to Gillis, get us help.
Gillis, for all the praise we've given him in the past...the expiry date is upon him.

I've stuck through the garbage that was the late 90's, I at least have the Jets to watch

 

[quat]

Will the reffing never be sensible? The only thing worse than the reffing were the Canucks "big guns".

Why is Burrows allowed to suck the life out of every game he's in, but Kassian get's benched for learning to play at this level?

If this is Tortorella's way of developing the more skilled players, then he can go suck an egg.

Why do the Canucks continually get penalized for getting attacked?

I stopped watching for a couple of months because it was so frustrating seeing this team get completely screwed by the league, and it's hard not to see why the team is simply giving up. I see the same rotten officiating in other games for sure, but EVERY SINGLE game it's the same weighted nonsense going against the Canucks.

Not simply marginal calls, but blatant illegal plays happen right in front of the refs and they refuse to penalize the other team. History bending penalties, refs openly caught hating on the coach ... during the freaking game, and nothing in the way of reprimands from the league brass.

Wow.

 

[LiquidSnake]

Why does sportsnet even waste time talking about Booth? Like seriously?

Just talk about Lack and that's about it.

 

[LiquidSnake]

I'm not sure why everyone puts so much stock into post game interviews. Players have a specific list of things they can address, and are told what to say by PR departments.

Bang on. But don't let it get in the way of people pushing their agendas.

 

[stuffradio]

Booth, Hansen, and/or Burrows need to be healthy scratches. They all need a kick in the ass so hard it's not even funny. Why can't anyone make a pass? Why can't anyone get open for a shot or drive to the net for a scrum? Daniel's shot is dead, that limp-dicked backhander in the 3rd was just unbelievable.

There were only two positives in this game. Henrik's passing was on point, and Eddie Lack continues to make saves off of brutal turnovers. Two players playing well do not a victory make though.

Booth was the only one playing tonight, Booth is the only one held accountable. Booth is always a healthy scratch, no one else is.

 

[opendoor]

This team is sending a message to Gillis, get us help.

Gillis, for all the praise we've given him in the past...the expiry date is upon him.

All the additions in the world mean nothing when pretty much every player on your team making big money is playing like absolute junk.

 

[Pseudonymous*]

I'm not sure why everyone puts so much stock into post game interviews. Players have a specific list of things they can address, and are told what to say by PR departments.

i put stock in it because theyre backing up what theyre saying with what theyre doing on the ice, in the interviews, they say they are getting the shots and looks but theyre not going in, then they go out and play the exact same way.so its pretty damn clear they actually think that

when you dont change anything when youre playing like garbage and then you rub it in peoples faces in an interview, expect backlash!

 

[Finkle is Einhorn]

I'm pretty sure the only reason Henrik is back is so he can go to Sochi.

 

[Burke's Evil Spirit]

The lack of scoring is absolutely coaching related. I wonder if they will figure things out.

 

[NoShowWilly]

Booth was the only one playing tonight, Booth is the only one held accountable. Booth is always a healthy scratch, no one else is.

Kassian wasn't benched tonight?

 

[Finkle is Einhorn]

Booth was the only one playing tonight, Booth is the only one held accountable. Booth is always a healthy scratch, no one else is.

Not true. Weise...oh wait.