Post-Game Talk: GM 1 | Vancouver Canucks lost to Calgary Flames | 5-6 (OT) | Sprong, Boeser(2), Garland, & Miller | Not Good Enough

[Diogenes92]

The Canucks have to be the greatest empty net team in recent memory. How many points did they clutch from the jaws of defeat last season, and now this season?

 

[LemonSauceD]

Trash 3rd pairing, Silovs is an AHL goalie, Petey still dogshit

 

[Bubbles]

That 3rd pairing is a nightmare

Their greatest weakness, and not addressed.

 

[TruGr1t]

Trash 3rd pairing, Silovs is an AHL goalie, Petey still dogshit

This is ... shockingly precise and accurate.

 

[PavelBure10]

Only one game and I am already scared to death of Pettersson bombing, our 3rd pairing and our goaltending until Demko gets back. I know there's rust, but that was pathetic.

Happy to have a point.

 

[Coffees]

Trash 3rd pairing, Silovs is an AHL goalie, Petey still dogshit

Nailed it , holy

 

[ephmrl]

Main concern I have from that game is that if Pettersson continues to play like that the team is in major trouble. Can’t have a player making 11.6m and playing like a passenger.

 

[Canuckle1970]

Demko makes a difference here, as he can save us when the play is sloppy. Tighten up on Friday and get Lankinen in goal.

 

[DFAC]

Hold me boys

 

[Quinton Byfield]

This D ain’t gonna hold up over the course of the season. We need a top 4 D to push everyone’s roles down. Maybe instead of Hronek, it would be a steady, fleet of foot guy, like a Hanifin.

 

[thecupismine]

This D ain’t gonna hold up over the course of the season. We need a top 4 D to push everyone’s roles down. Maybe instead of Hronek, it would be a steady, fleet of foot guy, like a Hanifin.

The issue is Myers looked like the third best guy on the team at moving the puck, and that is terrifying.

 

[Rotang]

Too early to hit the panic button but all of the team’s reasonable doubts heading into the season were on full display tonight. EP looking like a shadow of his former self, Silovs not up to the task, third pairing a disaster. We really need at least 2 of these to not be true over the course of the season.

 

[LickTheEnvelope]

Well Lankinen is gonna get at least a few games here.

 

[EpochLink]

They really need to put their foot on the gas full 3 periods, just ratchet after the first.

New goalie for Friday, onto the next.

 

[LemonSauceD]

Michkov is going to eat us up on his debut with our trash ass 3rd pair

 

[arttk]

People will be heated with terrible takes because that was awful after the first. Tocchet has to get the team to tighten up, as we've already blown as many leads as we did all of last year going into the third.

The real concerns for me going forward are the third pairing and goaltending. Silovs was god awful tonight, you score 5 and let up 25 shots, you shouldn't be losing. Third pairing couldn't pass or defend.

Everything else is fixable, but the goaltending and third pairing are the things that scare me the most after today.

Yeah I thought we had a lot of chance to score even in the 3rd but goaltending really let the team down. You can tell when it was 4-3 the team was kinda nervous.

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

People will be heated with terrible takes because that was awful after the first. Tocchet has to get the team to tighten up, as we've already blown as many leads as we did all of last year going into the third.

The real concerns for me going forward are the third pairing and goaltending. Silovs was god awful tonight, you score 5 and let up 25 shots, you shouldn't be losing. Third pairing couldn't pass or defend.

Everything else is fixable, but the goaltending and third pairing are the things that scare me the most after today.

Desharnais is as advertised. I can see why many Oiler fans hated this guy. Tends to miss assignments and turnover pucks under minor pressure.

Forbort used to be a decent #4/#5 guy 5-6 years ago but his legs are gone and he doesn't have the mobility to play at the NHL level anymore.

Myers is Myers. Can be a #4 guy with a very good partner but ideally a #5 guy at this stage of his career.

We need a legitimate 2nd pairing guy right now. Call Friedman up to take Forborts spot.

 

[logan5]

Silovs looking like Spencer Martin. No idea where the puck is.

It's worrisome because a new goalie can look good for a month or 2, then they get figured out. Remember Spencer Martin looked good at first. This is probly what is happening to Silovs.

 

[Three On Zero]

Silovs still showing the same flaws he had in the playoffs, can’t track long shots and gets himself out of position too easily.

Bright side, we didn’t lose 6-0

 

[moiderer]

Well, at least the wakeup call came in game 1 and we still got a point.

Lots to unpack, a lot that should be unsurprising:

- Silovs still can't track pucks from distance

- Shocking lack of urgency / spontaneous offence (particularly from one individual)

- 3D pair is not it (who could have guessed)

- Sprong not getting the trust from another coach (yet)

I actually liked a lot of performances from some guys, especially with some offensive pop by the Raty line and Blueger, but that's overshadowed by how all our trees turned to pylons in the DZ.

 

[cc]

Silovs couldn't bail them out when mistakes were made.

Third pairing got hemmed in constantly

 

[Donuts]

This current defense will not cut it in the playoffs.

Need major upgrade eventually by trade deadline.

Its early but Forbort-Desharnais aint it

 

[Luongos Knob]

 

[bbud]

Ep lazy soft f..k Miller gets us a point rest went on a beer break after 1st coaches kick some ass hack some nuts unexcusable loss

 

[LemonSauceD]

Silovs looking like Spencer Martin. No idea where the puck is.

It's worrisome because a new goalie can look good for a month or 2, then they get figured out. Remember Spencer Martin looked good at first. This is probly what is happening to Silovs.

he doesn’t want to play in the AHL but plays like one