Post-Game Talk: Canucks overcome Game Management to win in Shootout 5-4

[DL44]

Guys moving around, guys seem off, etc. Could just be early season jitters but things just don't seem to click.

I wouldn't say they are a mess though...
Top 3 and even the 4th showed flashes of extended effectiveness..

A healthy Boeser and Motte would bounce bodies into pretty effective positions on paper... but we can't count on a healthy Boeser for a couple of weeks still... so we are rolling with what we got which I don't think is a mess... Your Pros will see to that to the next couple weeks. I hope.

 

[LickTheEnvelope]

I wouldn't say they are a mess though...
Top 3 and even the 4th showed flashes of extended effectiveness..

A healthy Boeser and Motte would bounce bodies into pretty effective positions on paper... but we can't count on a healthy Boeser for a couple of weeks still... so we are rolling with what we got which I don't think is a mess... Your Pros will see to that to the next couple weeks. I hope.

That's the hope but most nights the Nucks won't have Carter Hart in goal playing like tonight.

 

[DL44]

That's the hope but most nights the Nucks won't have Carter Hart in goal playing like tonight.

True.. meanwhile... While they are trying to figure it out...they got Nedalelrjkouvichcic tomorrow..

 

[Nucker101]

Pod szn

OEL so far so good

Green still dumb

Garrett better come back asap, that was hard to listen to

 

[Ozone]

I love the second call: 'Podkolzin, put's.. Goals In!'

 

[Baby Pettersson]

Don't look now but the Nucks are tied for 1st place in the league...

 

[Diamonddog01]

I love the second call: 'Podkolzin, put's.. Goals In!'

Just noticed it was Dowling who went and grabbed the puck for Podkolzin.

 

[Hammer79]

Don't look now but the Nucks are tied for 1st place in the league...

VGK in 9th and out of a wild card. I'm lovin' it.

 

[bbud]

VGK in 9th and out of a wild card. I'm lovin' it.

Lets hold the excitement till oh Christmas but nice to see the 3 pts on the road when many posters had them 0 fer on the road trip .
And they did 2 season opening games away not an easy task .

 

[bbud]

Cheers boys, I’m hammered, goodnight

Go Canucks Go!!!!

Whew nothing against the guy having gourmet mushrooms who posted but that's a van fan cheers dude )

 

[ChilliBilly]

VGK in 9th and out of a wild card. I'm lovin' it.

technically tied for 7th but yeah

Edit - Hey the Canucks are only one of 2 teams that have played 2 games and are unbeaten!

 

[DarrenX]

oh man I’d forgotten about that. That was wild.

has John Shorthouse actually been doing PbP so long that he called Hirsch’s games?

Looks like he would have actually, 1998-99 was Hirsch's last season with the Canucks and Shorty's first.

 

[Sedinery]

Garland is a gem. I don’t get the hate. He carries the puck deep into the o zone instead of making our stupid traditional button hooks just inside the o zone

he plays a possession game and creates space. Not scared to get into dirty spots

 

[Sedinery]

Green can screw right off for sitting podz after he scores a great goal in the second game of the year!! Not like its a playoff game with the season in the balance


some reward, and we wonder why players like ep want out

 

[4Twenty]

You guys are standings watching after two games? Wow.

 

[AzNightmare]

That's the hope but most nights the Nucks won't have Carter Hart in goal playing like tonight.

To be fair, I don't think any goalie would have saved 2 of those goals that were a result of multiple deflections and fluke bounces.

 

[Sedinery]

All idiot Green needs to do is play the lines we all know need to be in place and then just stand there and shut up

but nope

- starts the season with Chiasson on the top line
- plays hogs on line 3
- plays podz on line 4
- sits podz after he scores a goal

The guy is utterly incompetent

 

[logan5]

Did Green explain why Podz was benched?

 

[SopelFanThe3rd]

Did Green explain why Podz was benched?

Playing too offensively. Not enough intangibles. Not being hemmed in and blocking shots fearlessly... too much scoring on the other end of the ice.

 

[alternate]

Did Green explain why Podz was benched?

Had left him on the bench too long and didn't think it was fair to Podz to expect him to be able to get his legs going after sitting too long. Sat because of the flow of the game, match-ups on the road etc. Has been that guy that sits for first 7-8 mins of a period, to be thrown over the boards and be expected to create some energy. Didn't think it was fair to Podz, nor putting him in a position for success and didn't want to risk his confidence in case a mistake cost them in a close game.

On the positive side, didn't sound like Green had a negative view of Podkolzin's game, just poor bench management I guess.

 

[tyhee]

1) We got the exact same game management when behind against Edmonton in the last game with a 3-0 3rd period PP advantage.

2) We got a couple big missed calls in our favour when we were getting dominated in the first period. Things evened out, at worst.

The blown icing call was much worse than the penalty call.

No doubt the Canucks benefit from game management, probably in the last few years more than an average team. Of course, fans always remember the games stolen from them more than the help given them. Obviously in their days as President Trophy winners, as a strong team that usually had the lead, they'd get hammered by the refs.

Reffing to help the team that is behind imo hurts the credibility of the league and makes the games more entertainment than sport.

 

[Fraser28]

Had left him on the bench too long and didn't think it was fair to Podz to expect him to be able to get his legs going after sitting too long. Sat because of the flow of the game, match-ups on the road etc. Has been that guy that sits for first 7-8 mins of a period, to be thrown over the boards and be expected to create some energy. Didn't think it was fair to Podz, nor putting him in a position for success and didn't want to risk his confidence in case a mistake cost them in a close game.

On the positive side, didn't sound like Green had a negative view of Podkolzin's game, just poor bench management I guess.

Thanks for sharing.

That might just be the dumbest excuse ever. Green is an idiot and I hate that he's our coach.

 

[brock hughes007]

And how many of those too many men and almost too many men penalties were on Baumer?

All about defence and keeping the puck out of the net,,7 goals against in 2 games already, smells like last season.

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

I like a happy jt but his attitude can be a problem when things don’t go his way. The kid needs to build some character.

He's not a kid anymore.

 

[krutovsdonut]

Had left him on the bench too long and didn't think it was fair to Podz to expect him to be able to get his legs going after sitting too long. Sat because of the flow of the game, match-ups on the road etc. Has been that guy that sits for first 7-8 mins of a period, to be thrown over the boards and be expected to create some energy. Didn't think it was fair to Podz, nor putting him in a position for success and didn't want to risk his confidence in case a mistake cost them in a close game.

On the positive side, didn't sound like Green had a negative view of Podkolzin's game, just poor bench management I guess.

that is a diplomatic way of saying he was afraid to put him out there.