Post-Game Talk: [GM 31] Canucks lose to Blues | 1-5 | Mikheyev

[rypper]

It'd be pretty wild if somehow Silovs gets into a game and looks dynamite and we became one of those teams that signs a dirt cheap goalie to term.

Anyway i know for me personally, going to a canucks game has become a pretty taxing ordeal.

Coming from the valley, driving through both traffic Bermuda triangles, (Langley and Burnaby stretches, add like half hour + at least due to never ending accidents traffic etc)

Pay for parking, food, drinks, on top of what a ticket costs. All the to watch them put up 5 min of effort to get blown out 5-1? Then a long ass drive home through traffic etc?

It's getting harder and harder to subject myself to it.

 

[racerjoe]

It'd be pretty wild if somehow Silovs gets into a game and looks dynamite and we became one of those teams that signs a dirt cheap goalie to term.

Anyway i know for me personally, going to a canucks game has become a pretty taxing ordeal.

Coming from the valley, driving through both traffic Bermuda triangles, (Langley and Burnaby stretches, add like half hour + at least due to never ending accidents traffic etc)

Pay for parking, food, drinks, on top of what a ticket costs. All the to watch them put up 5 min of effort to get blown out 5-1? Then a long ass drive home through traffic etc?

It's getting harder and harder to subject myself to it.

Is transit better?

I ask as I come from the North Shore and find that super convent with all of that you mentioned. Plus I don't want to pay for parking that can be as muh as the game.

 

[Vector]

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

I think it will move the needle... but that has less to do with him and more to do with Stillman.

If Stillman’s spot in the lineup was contingent on a better player being available to dress, he wouldn’t have played a game this season.

 

[rypper]

Is transit better?

I ask as I come from the North Shore and find that super convent with all of that you mentioned. Plus I don't want to pay for parking that can be as muh as the game.

I still have to drive into Surrey or Coquitlam. Definitely easier, but if the team puts up that kind of effort, still not worth it.

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

Tonight is going to go just stupendously.

 

[Vector]

32 Thoughts Today:

-believes Horvat has instructed his side not to negotiate during the season; Canucks can present offers but Horvat's side will not initiate
-Canucks want to move salary
-will have no problem trading Tyler Myers after his bonus is paid out; plenty of teams that will be very happy to pay him 1m to play for them
-Canucks don't want to trade away any other draft picks; want to get back their second rounder they traded earlier; don't want to attach assets to get rid of players
-willing to move a core player to accomplish this; at least one, and have told people it's not Pettersson; "Pettersson is the guy"
-Hughes isn't on the block
-if you're interested in Hughes, it will take an enormous offer
-understand they "need to do this" and not just cap-dump deals; "this" being trade a core player
-can see them trading someone for picks and prospects if they believe it will give them flexibility to do something else
-believes they will extend Ethan Bear
-Marek asks about Miller and Friedman says the only thing he got is, again, Pettersson is the only untouchable
-Vancouver is motivated to do things
-believes that the David Pastrnak negotiations, same agent, will affect Pettersson

 

[Pastor Of Muppetz]

Home ice dis-advantage.
No Elias Pettersson.
Inconsistent goaltending.

The vibe is leaning towards ominous.

 

[Hoglander]

Home game, without EP or a bagskate?

Looks like I'll be PVRing and fast forwarding through yet another embarrassing loss.

 

[rypper]

32 Thoughts Today:

-believes Horvat has instructed his side not to negotiate during the season; Canucks can present offers but Horvat's side will not initiate
-Canucks want to move salary
-will have no problem trading Tyler Myers after his bonus is paid out; plenty of teams that will be very happy to pay him 1m to play for them
-Canucks don't want to trade away any other draft picks; want to get back their second rounder they traded earlier; don't want to attach assets to get rid of players
-willing to move a core player to accomplish this; at least one, and have told people it's not Pettersson; "Pettersson is the guy"
-Hughes isn't on the block
-if you're interested in Hughes, it will take an enormous offer
-understand they "need to do this" and not just cap-dump deals; "this" being trade a core player
-can see them trading someone for picks and prospects if they believe it will give them flexibility to do something else
-believes they will extend Ethan Bear
-Marek asks about Miller and Friedman says the only thing he got is, again, Pettersson is the only untouchable
-Vancouver is motivated to do things
-believes that the David Pastrnak negotiations, same agent, will affect Pettersson

Takeaways from that is that seems more and more likely that Horvat is gone. Unless the Canucks present an offer he likes, he has to be traded, but you get the feeling that the Canucks aren't going to be able to present an offer that gets it done. (Ie he's checked out. )

The stuff about the 2nd round pick makes the Stillman - Dickinson deal even more of a headscratcher.

I still have so much hope that Miller is moved before his next deal kicks in.

 

[wonton15]

This team without Pettersson is unwatchable.

It was unwatchable before but even more unwatchable now

 

[Vector]

Woops. Posted that in the wrong thread.

 

[Vector]

 

[Nucker101]

If that’s a real quote wow lol.

 

[racerjoe]

 

[Vector]

Some scoreboard watching for today.

Oilers @ Predators (5pm)
-an Oilers win would put them in a tie, points-wise, with the Kraken for the 3rd division spot but the Kraken have more wins and a higher P%
-Predators win, with a Canucks loss, would mean they swap places with the Canucks
-an overtime loss for either team does nothing notable to the standings

Islanders @ Avalanche (6pm)
-Avalanche win, with an an Oilers loss, would move them into the 1st wild card spot and push the Oilers to the 2nd
-a loss doesn't affect the standings

 

[me2]

talked about further improving the fan experience

They could start by halving the price of beers.

There are people who will spend nearly the whole game just wandering around. The game is secondary.

This about the fans not the defensemen.

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

Somehow, Ryan O’Reilly has only 1 career goal in regular season play against Vancouver. Fully expecting a five goal game from him tonight.

One of my low key “got an inordinate amount of pleasure from it” moments was when the Canucks beat the Blues in the bubble. DeBrusk in particular couldn’t stop salivating all over O’Reilly and how single handedly dominant he was and essentially how he was going to be the factor that neutered all the Canucks’ best players.

But that didn’t happen.

Feels like forever ago. Sigh.

 

[Nucker101]

Somehow, Ryan O’Reilly has only 1 career goal in regular season play against Vancouver. Fully expecting a five goal game from him tonight.

One of my low key “got an inordinate amount of pleasure from it” moments was when the Canucks beat the Blues in the bubble. DeBrusk in particular couldn’t stop salivating all over O’Reilly and how single handedly dominant he was and essentially how he was going to be the factor that neutered all the Canucks’ best players.

But that didn’t happen.

Feels like forever ago. Sigh.

To be fair, ROR was a stud back then and I do believe the Blues outplayed the Canucks at 5v5. But yes it was fun beating them, they’re a dirty team.

 

[Zippgunn]

The Silov's era is upon us.

JK, Delia just had a baby, so congrats to him and his wife, and he'll miss the next game or two.

Well that's it for Silovs then. Sad really...

 

[supercanuck]

That's an extremely telling quote, LOL Jersey thrown on the ice the last game and they need to stop having so much fun. Which player is leading this country club?

 

[wonton15]

That's an extremely telling quote, LOL Jersey thrown on the ice the last game and they need to stop having so much fun. Which player is leading this country club?

Nothing to base this off of but it gives me OEL/Myers vibes of country club complacent attitude (and suckage)

 

[arttk]

f*** another 730?

 

[supercanuck]

Nothing to base this off of but it gives me OEL/Myers vibes of country club complacent attitude (and suckage)

I was actually thinking the same thing. OEL choosing this team as one of his 2 preferred destinations shows he has no desire to win the Cup.

 

[Canuckle1970]

No Petey = no PP.

Gosh gee willickers, we do have some other guys who can step up, don't we?