Post-Game Talk: GM 16 | Canucks def. Blackhawks | 4-1 (Pettersson, Brannstrom, Miller, Blueger) | Arty Party!

krutovsdonut

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I find that I have a hard time staying interested in games the entire way through this year....

Quick notes:

-EP has been MUCH better lately.

-agree with Toc on the 4th line. Heinen was really noticeable and Raty and Hog played hard too. Nice line.

-Joshua looks Rusty but was so happy to see him back with Garland and Blueger.

-Lekkerimaki belongs up here.

-Soucy and Myers need to be separated. They are awful together this year.

-I am really pulling for Brannstrom. I love his break outs, his willingness to shoot and get his shots on net. He even engages physically and has been feisty. Absolutely our 3rd best d this season.

-it is absolutely ridiculous how Friedman is treated by this coaching staff. Hung around for months without playing last season and STILL re-signed here, had a nice camp, and gets to toil in te AHL while Soucy, Myers, Desharnais, Forbort and Juulsen all shit the bed nightly? We don't need FIVE f***ing big bodies. Friedman is a great passer, nice skater, and is ALWAYS engaged. He is more physical and feisty than any of those big bodies.

f***ing trade the guy. There's no reason he should be treated this way.

Move Brannstrom up with Soucy and drop Myers down to play with Friedman. I guarantee it'd be better.
friedman is on a one way and i am sure does not feel mistreated. he's also been concussed.
 
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AlainVigneaultsGum

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I find that I have a hard time staying interested in games the entire way through this year....

Quick notes:

-EP has been MUCH better lately.

-agree with Toc on the 4th line. Heinen was really noticeable and Raty and Hog played hard too. Nice line.

-Joshua looks Rusty but was so happy to see him back with Garland and Blueger.

-Lekkerimaki belongs up here.

-Soucy and Myers need to be separated. They are awful together this year.

-I am really pulling for Brannstrom. I love his break outs, his willingness to shoot and get his shots on net. He even engages physically and has been feisty. Absolutely our 3rd best d this season.

-it is absolutely ridiculous how Friedman is treated by this coaching staff. Hung around for months without playing last season and STILL re-signed here, had a nice camp, and gets to toil in te AHL while Soucy, Myers, Desharnais, Forbort and Juulsen all shit the bed nightly? We don't need FIVE f***ing big bodies. Friedman is a great passer, nice skater, and is ALWAYS engaged. He is more physical and feisty than any of those big bodies.

f***ing trade the guy. There's no reason he should be treated this way.

Move Brannstrom up with Soucy and drop Myers down to play with Friedman. I guarantee it'd be better.

Isn't Friedman still hurt? Agree though, would like to see him up for a bit.
 

Reverend Mayhem

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I find that I have a hard time staying interested in games the entire way through this year....

Quick notes:

-EP has been MUCH better lately.

-agree with Toc on the 4th line. Heinen was really noticeable and Raty and Hog played hard too. Nice line.

-Joshua looks Rusty but was so happy to see him back with Garland and Blueger.

-Lekkerimaki belongs up here.

-Soucy and Myers need to be separated. They are awful together this year.

-I am really pulling for Brannstrom. I love his break outs, his willingness to shoot and get his shots on net. He even engages physically and has been feisty. Absolutely our 3rd best d this season.

-it is absolutely ridiculous how Friedman is treated by this coaching staff. Hung around for months without playing last season and STILL re-signed here, had a nice camp, and gets to toil in te AHL while Soucy, Myers, Desharnais, Forbort and Juulsen all shit the bed nightly? We don't need FIVE f***ing big bodies. Friedman is a great passer, nice skater, and is ALWAYS engaged. He is more physical and feisty than any of those big bodies.

f***ing trade the guy. There's no reason he should be treated this way.

Move Brannstrom up with Soucy and drop Myers down to play with Friedman. I guarantee it'd be better.

Very prescient analysis. I agree with everything, especially on Friedman. My interest didn't pique until about this time last year, but I have a new job that I love that I am pouring my soul into, and then my side hustle as a musician.

Is there somewhere I can comb through game footage, I have a very specific situation I want to present about Heinen. He's the very least of our problems but his choice of attacking is very strange.
 
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MS

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1st period was weak/disappointing but by the same token we absolutely caved them for most of the last 40 minutes and they were probably lucky it wasn't 3-1 after the 2nd period. I don't recall a game, ever, where opposing D-pairings had so many shifts where they were caught out there for 90 seconds + and somehow we didn't burn them on it.

Brannstrom had a crazy good game after making a mistake on a 1-0 goal. Likely knows his spot is tenuous and love the way he attacked the game after a setback. Big hit, drew the penalty for the 1-1 PP goal by hustling and getting to the net, scored the 2-1 goal. Had several other good chances.

Raty probably had his best NHL game. Led the team in hits, skated well (or well for him, at least), got in a couple good offensive positions.

Lekkerimaki has shifts where he impresses and shifts where he looks not ready. To me he needs more AHL seasoning and 10 lbs of muscle and explosiveness and you can see where he would be in a good position next season.

Silovs really, really, really needed that game. About as important as one game can be for a player in this league.

Pettersson continues to compete well. Decision to pass up shooting on that one break was extremely frustrating.

Juulsen did OK after the 1-0 goal but there's one play in every game where he f***s up badly and the puck is in his net.

The one big negative in this game for me was Myers, who was just horrific with the puck on his stick. Did not look decisive or engaged. Multiple turnovers to create problems for the team. I thought Soucy actually played well and it's largely to his credit that Myers' errors didn't end up in our net.
 

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