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

[Slapshot_11]

This current defense will not cut it in the playoffs.

Need major upgrade eventually by trade deadline.

Its early but Forbort-Desharnais aint it

Buddy the current defense won't cut it for making the playoffs period

 

[thecupismine]

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.

It was a string of 4 goals on 5 shots. Was not tracking the puck well at all & rebounds were all over the place.

 

[ProviesGhost]

Wow, a lot of goals scored tonight around the league.

 

[Kryten]

We were doing pretty good until some of yall sinned with pride about Skinner

 

[pitseleh]

Natural Stat Trick had the high danger chances against as 14-7 in favour of the Canucks, which feels about right. Canucks were sloppier than they usually are, no doubt, but they also probably only give up 2-3 goals against with an average goaltending performance.

The third pairing was a problem but Myers had an ugly game too I thought.

 

[Huggy43]

Crazy how you can’t win a game only playing 20ish minutes.

 

[EpochLink]

The offense is there, defense needs to be fixed.
Foote and Gonchar, do your work.

 

[MS]

First period was great. Everything else was terrible.

JT Miller showed up.

#40 was useless and is now 33 games without an ES goal, but you aren't allowed to say that or people freak out because he's a special tulip who has a little knee boo-boo.

3rd pairing is a problem. Forbort is a pylon.

Silovs was horrible. Can't win with goaltending like that. Even with everything else, we should have won this game. We were listless the last two periods but it wasn't like Calgary had heaps of shots or Grade-A chances. Just fling long shots at net and one or two or three will go in eventually.

I guess this was still better than being an Oilers or Leafs fan tonight.

 

[Rick Rocket]

Meh, 1st game, Silovs had a stinker. Coaching staff has their work cut out.

If it makes you feel any better Stu Skinner still sucks and let in 5 tonight, coilers got blown out.

 

[Coffees]

How bout them Flames though ?

 

[David71]

sit out forbort put in juuelsson

 

[Quinton Byfield]

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

What do you mean looked like? He literally is.

One injury to any of Hughes/Hronek/Myers, we are f***ed.

No offense to some on this sub, but I’ve been screaming this. You need puck movement from the back end. Dump and chasing is NOT how the NEW NHL is played.

 

[dez]

This current defense will not cut it in the playoffs.

Need major upgrade eventually by trade deadline.

Its early but Forbort-Desharnais aint it

Playoffs? It aint going to cut it for the regular season. Still cant believe management thought two pylons were a good idea when speed is where the game is going.

 

[DimitriL07]

I miss when I was excited for the season to start

 

[nowhereman]

Tonight was a bit of a statement game for Pettersson. He needed to come out balls-to-the-wall, prove his doubters wrong and set the tone for the year.

Oh, well...

 

[Nuckles]

I do find the humor in sportsnet having a segment on Canada having its best chance at winning a cup in a long time with the Oilers, Leafs, and Canucks and all three teams shit the bed tonight

 

[VanJack]

Sloppy hockey......Canucks seemed almost punch themselves out in the first period. The slowest, erratic team by a mile in the second and third.

Really lucky to get a point......without Hughes and Miller, they wouldn't even have gotten that. Silovs how with a 6.00 GAA. About as ugly an opener as you can get.

The only consolation on the night is that the Leafs and Oilers lost as well.

 

[Luongos Knob]

Tonight was a bit of a statement game for Pettersson. He needed to come out balls-to-the-wall, prove his doubters wrong and set the tone for the year.

Oh, well...

I don't even know what could be possibly wrong with him, unless..... he's washed?

 

[Lawzy]

How many more of these games before I am legally allowed to put Pettersson's picture on the Dairyland cartons at Save-on?

 

[TruGr1t]

sit out forbort put in juuelsson

There are 2-3 guys on the farm I think might be able to do a better job than Forbort.

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

#40 was useless and is now 33 games without an ES goal, but you aren't allowed to say that or people freak out because he's a special tulip who has a little knee boo-boo.

In his defense...his knee injury does cause him to turn pucks over, give up on plays and sulk.

I don't even know what could be possibly wrong with him, unless..... he's washed?

Hubeardeauitus - Getting the bag and just mailing it in.

 

[canucksfan]

I still don’t get the third pairing. Zadorov was big but he wasn’t a pylon.

 

[LordBacon]

Pettersson for Werenski. (Dont ask me why CBJ would wanna do this trade)

 

[Canucks LB]

JT Miller is honestly my favorite canuck right now, He shows up

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

That was f***ing dogshit. The entire team quit skating after the opening 20 minutes. Too many times we've seen this happen in the Tocchet era.

Silovs...he's not a starting goalie. Let's hope Lankinen can hold the fort until Demko arrives.

Pettersson. I don't know what you can even say anymore. He looked worse than Kiefer Sherwood did tonight and we're paying him $11.6 million per season. That has the potential to be one of the worst value contracts in the league if he keeps this up. Looks like he won't even break 70 points.