GDT: GM 24 | Vancouver Canucks vs. Vegas Golden Knights | Nov 30 | 7:00PM PST | SNET

[SillyRabbit]

You'd think that a PP with so many elite players like the Canucks would have an answer for an aggressive PK.

If you move the puck fast enough, you can get a ton of free space.

 

[just22]

Two goals where all 5 Canucks are too dazzled by the Knights to actually play defence.

 

[wonton15]

Ivan Barbashev would’ve been the perfect top 6 winger for us. Had a chance with Milstein but he found a home with the Knights.

 

[Flik]

Way too discombobulated tonight, almost zero structure to our d coverage as well. Wtf is going on. I knew we'd be in tough against Vegas, but we're handing them the game.

 

[Peen]

We need to try EP/Kuz/Hogs, they need the winger to muck and do the dirty work. Neither Mikheyev or Kuz has been doing that.

Same issue with Miller line. Boeser is improved this year but in terms of wheels he is what he is. If Miller is off, PDG has to be even more meat and potatoes than he usually is...but he's been in a slump for a few games now. They need to cycle in someone who will give them some energy and speed.

Basically we're playing the bottom-6 against Vegas.

Might be time to start cycling in Bains, Raty, Podkolzin to see if they can provide a solution as the "3rd guy" on any of those lines.

 

[Nucker101]

Ivan Barbashev would’ve been the perfect top 6 winger for us. Had a chance with Milstein but he found a home with the Knights.

He's actually been pretty pedestrian for them this season

 

[TruGr1t]

Way too discombobulated tonight, almost zero structure to our d coverage as well. Wtf is going on. I knew we'd be in tough against Vegas, but we're handing them the game.

Vegas makes most teams look pretty bad.

 

[mossey3535]

The difference between a team like Vegas and a team trying to learn to be Vegas:

Petey toe drags a Knight and gets past him but Stephenson hustles back, stick-checks and steals the puck.

Boeser skates back as first forward to cover Eichel on the rush against and then decides "my work here is done, I'm going back to my point" and Eichel scores on a wide open chance 2 seconds later.

In our good games we were doing this but there's been a lot of regression to the point where we look more like the Green-era team. It's just been masked by Hughes/Hronek eating so much possession and Miller mostly being a stud. Vegas's size and speed is exacerbating all of this.

They need to practice a lot more, which I understand hasn't really been possible because of the schedule. But they've lost so many of the habits they built up earlier in the season during this stretch of games without much of a break.

 

[Jay26]

We are too easy to play against and too easy to defend. If we're in a rhythm we can dominate due to our talent but if the game isn't going out way we don't really have the ability to force the issue.

 

[Aphid Attraction]

Playoffs? lol. Take out the first 10 games and see what our record is. There is no playoffs.

Are you talking about Vagas?

 

[Peen]

Sat followed me on twitter this week

 

[Slapshot_11]

Vegas makes most teams look pretty bad.

They've been shit lately and got outplayed by Edmonton before their shit goalie choked

 

[SillyRabbit]

Jack Hughes now has more points than Pettersson in 8 fewer games.

Hard to argue Pettersson over him at this point.

 

[Flik]

Vegas makes most teams look pretty bad.

That's totally fair, they are awesome. But we're acting like we have no idea wtf we're doing in the d-zone.

 

[RobertKron]

Sat followed me on twitter this week

Most weeks Sat follows Fri

 

[PuckMunchkin]

Playoffs? lol. Take out the first 10 games and see what our record is. There is no playoffs.

Where do you get the energy for this?

Presuming you are an actual person and not a bot.

 

[PavelBure10]

Zadorov for a 24 5th rounder and a 26 3rd rounder. That really is F%&k all for a player that the Canucks desperately needed.

Allvin is awesome.

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

Where do you get the energy for this?

Presuming you are an actual person and not a bot.

Every place needs a heel.

 

[mossey3535]

This is terrible analysis by Riccio. Zadorov is going to help probably with general competence but his size isn't really going to do much for clogging the ice...for that we need the forwards to do their jobs and we need more hustle from F2/F3 to get into place in the neutral zone and then to back pressure on the zone entry.

 

[Kryten]

Where do you get the energy for this?

Presuming you are an actual person and not a bot.

Who?

 

[Nomobo]

We’ve got a ways to. Upgrade the wings. Not a fan of Mikheyev or PDG there.

 

[LordBacon]

I mean I’m not exactly convinced by the first 10 games but to call them not a playoff team is just silly imho.

 

[arttk]

I want to believe that this team is different and we can come back from a 2-0 deficit against VGK

 

[kanucks25]

I really like mikheyev but in the two seasons hes been here I have yet to see this speed everyone has been talking about. i hope he proves me wrong tonight

IIRC the initial injury came in last year's preseason, so he was compromised before he ever played a regular season game for us.

 

[wonton15]

Allvin needs to work his magic and flip Myers, use $4m for a top 6/9 forward and the rest maybe on Bear