Think the most one-sided home defeat the team has suffered during the Tocchet era. Just dismantled by a better team. Canucks might be the worse team in the NHL right now.
Good
Hughes - only core player close to adequate
Bad
Boeser - did more to screw up the PPs than anyone on the Kings. Just another crap outing. Now clear that last years good season had a lot more to do with the great year Miller was having, rather than it had to do with Boeser. Now that Miller has tanked, Boeser's play has fallen off a cliff. Stunk offensively, defensively and every other way in this game.
Miller - nothing offensively and making brutal turnovers. All over the map in his play - if he is hurt just shut him down. Season apparently going no where anyhow.
Pettersson - taken so easily out of the play. At a point, where people look to find some defensive plays to defend him. Looks and plays like he has little interest.
Demko - looked wretched. 5 goals on less than 20 shots. That's not helping the save % last time I inquired. Looked clumsy spinning around in his crease and losing sight of the puck. Rarely seemed square to the puck and couple of times just flat out fell down. Our saviour is proving a false idol.
Hronek - could expect some fall off in his play given the lenght of time away he was away. And those expectations were realized in this game. Plays like this and Canuck management will rue the day they signed that contract last off season. Usual good passing up from the back was big time missing in this contest and he fumbled with the puck way too often.
Heinen - skates around, takes a few swipes at the puck and then goes quietly to the bench. Seldomly seen a player less engaged.
Others
Desharnias - you get bet Jeannot won't be messing with any of our players after the thorough shirt tugging he got laid on him in this game. I guess we found another thing "big Daisy" can't do well. And who needed Zadorov anyhow.
Hoglander - don't think I've seen many players try so hard and get less done.
Myers - in the absence of much structure in the Canuck game, and need to produce offense, Myers has reverted to the wild play of former times. Might work sometimes, but mostly contributes to the further breakdown of any coordinated team play.
Couldn't help myself tonight and began glacing at scores to see who we still might catch in the lottery turtle derby.
