Post-Game Talk: GM 22 | Canucks defeat Sabres | 4-3 OT | DeBrusk, Suter, Garland (2) | Short Kings Rule

[Big zZz]

Yeah we don’t have the D or the center depth to go offensive right now.
The gameplan should be similar to last year, conservative defense, win the special teams and get offense off the forecheck.

Somehow the PP is producing despite looking super ass and the PK is mostly good so we should be able to get by until Miller and Demko comes back. See how the team plays after that and then trade for a D early Jan.


He’s going to be worth every penny. The way he’s playing right now, you can throw him with like McWard and he’ll still win the matchup.

Which is why I think it's pathetic that we have to put Hronek with him... We're paying Hronek to do what Myers can..play with Hughes. We may as well just kept like schenn and horvat imo

 

[M2Beezy]

Missed tha game but saw the OT later and man that Hughes is something else. Just owned the puck everytime he was out there. Garland stepping up like a step, great to see

Man I love this teams resilience

 

[jd22]

Point per game defencemen were considered a thing of the past a decade ago. This new influx of talent Makar, Hughes, Fox, Josi etc. is revolutionizing the position.

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Prospect is any Canuck property aged 25 or less when Dec 31 rolls around, who has played in fewer than 50 NHL games (30 for goalies) including postseason. Thus, Raty, Bains, Silovs and Lekkerimaki are prospects even though they are on the Vancouver roster at the moment. On the farm, Brisebois is DQ'ed by age, Aman by games played. And I should mention, since the Kravtsov thread is The Thing That Never Dies... he is DQ'ed on games played.

Rank as many as you like, to a maximum of 20.

Team's still not connected well enough, but that was a game the goalie lost. Should have been enough to win

Lankinen was not good today.
Joshua needs a few months of grace to get his conditioning back, bu

Garland’s constant use of going down on a knee is so strangely unique but really cool. Like that play to corral the breakout pass by putting his stick flat on the ice.

That was such a unique, clever play. I don't think I've ever seen that before.

You know what’s weird ?

Both Garland and Boeser requested a change of scenery (trade) then both retracted after it couldn’t be accommodated quickly. Now both are thriving….


I still wanna know what happened with Nate Schmidt and wanting a trade out of here 20 games after signing here. Odd.

Schmidt was acquired from Vegas for a 3rd round pick because they needed to clear cap within 12 hours.

 

[David71]

He got it wrong

You play to your strength, this team can score goals even without Miller

You try to score your way out of the problem for now, not trying to defence the 1 goal lead for a period

they never play the full 60mins. always has to end in dramatic fashion. garland is such a fun player to watch