Post-Game Talk: GM 52 | Wings def. Canucks | 3-2 (OT) (Suter, Chytil) | No Power Plays for You.

[Bourdon]

Avs are a bottom 5 team without mackinnon

Avs without Mackinnon have a all-time record of 43-25-5.

And before you ask, Canucks w/out Hughes have a 40-41-11 record.

 

[Tact]

Pettersson and Boeser for Necas and Mittelstadt

 

[EpochLink]

We all know we're not trading him and he's going to walk for nothing. You can thank Aquaman for that.

Naw f*** that, Boeser as much as he's been a true solider here it's time.

 

[Lenny Levino]

3 on 3 is not and never will be real hockey

I like it.

 

[Bourne Endeavor]

Hughes really needs to take the 4 nations joke off. His health is more important to the Canucks than a stupid made up tournament.

I can't like this again. So I'm quoting it so we all can!

 

[Lemmiwinks]

I’m so f***ing tired of watching OT losses. This time Garland screwed the pooch with two poor plays.

 

[centipede2233]

I think that whole Benning core (minus Hughes) is done here, personally. They've had their shots to win and came up short far too often, and now they're making too much money.

Exactly. Boeser is at 6.5 mil and like all players, will want more on next contract. Canucks are paying debrusk 5.5 and garland 5 mil for same production. Fat chance if you think Rutherford is giving boeser 7 mil plus. Better to trade him, half retained and get whatever picks and use for future trades.

 

[Zanon]

Pettersson gets paid game-breaker money but doesn’t break games at all.

 

[Tact]

Pettersson gets paid game-breaker money but doesn’t break games at all.

What you mean? He missed the net on the 2on1

 

[Zippgunn]

Boeser playing like a guy that expects to be traded...

 

[Diogenes92]

Boeser is on borrowed time, he's a UFA this offseason and we should get whatever we can for him.
He can get his 8 million a year elsewhere, not here.

8mil wont look too bad for Boeser with the cap going up. He's one of the only pure scorers we have. Needs a centre he has chemistry with. Miller leaving hurts him.

Petey is the one that needs to be moved for a haul.

 

[Luck 6]

Just wanna say again but this is D Peteys first season in North America and he's only 20 and he looks freaking legit.

I’ve really liked him too…

If we can re-sign M Pettersson, and with him and hopefully Willander coming in, we have the makings of a good young D.

 

[Ernie]

Shouldn't get too down on this one. All the advance stats favour the Canucks by a lot. High danger chances were scored 14-2 in favour of Vancouver.

Not sure if D Petey has moved up the depth chart, but he played 16 minutes vs Juulson 11 minutes.

He actually played 18 shifts compared to Juulsen's 20. He's just staying out there longer. Not sure the coach is going to love him averaging nearly a minute a shift.

 

[Bobby9]

That looked like the team pre All Star Game 2024

 

[MS]

Annoying loss after a mostly good performance. Generally controlled the game and badly outshot/outchanced Detroit despite no Hughes. Reffing was horrible - sometimes there is legitimately a game where a team controls possession and doesn't take a penalty but that was not Detroit tonight. We could have had 4 PPs and it wouldn't have been controversial.

- Chytil had happy feet in the last 40 minutes and looked like the Chytil from the first half of the 22-23 season. Nice start for him, loved how excited he was after his goal. The caveat here is that he's always been able to do this for games and stretches but never able to sustain it.

- Marcus Pettersson had a terrific debut. Nothing flashy but played 26 minutes and barely put a foot wrong. Get his name on a contract ASAP.

- O'Connor was the player I've seen in the past watching Pittsburgh. He's big, he's fast, he competes and wins a lot of puck battles. Was very effective tonight.

- despite good debuts from all 3 new guys, best thing about this game was D Elias Pettersson. Looked like a 10 year vet. Skated well, moved the puck well, made all the right plays. If he can sustain what he did tonight, he's an NHL player who should stay here permanently.

- 1st line was a little better in the 3rd but good god was the first 40 minutes ugly. Pettersson has basically been handed the keys to the kingdom and openly challenged by the coach and GM to step up, and these first two games have been awful. Looks like a guy who just doesn't want the puck, doesn't want to be a difference maker. Perimeter player. In fairness, not helped by the fact that Debrusk was a ghost and Boeser totally ineffective.

- Garland had maybe his worst game of the season. Just lots of erratic play tonight, bad decisions with the puck, not effective.

- I love Joshua but he needs to be on the 4th line until he plays himself off of it. Not skating well, does not look sharp.

 

[iFan]

We need to move Pettersson before his NMW kicks in, we need to maximize his return

 

[sandwichbird2023]

Chytil is much faster than I thought, great at carrying the puck up ice and on the rush. I like the offensive confidence he has, hope Toc doesn't coach it out of him.

M. Petey looks solid.

Actually all Petey's played well I thought. Forward Petey made some nifty passes (the one he lopped to Hoglander who than made a nice pass to Boeser, that shows creativity). Forward Petey look much faster now, hope his knee is 100% now that JT is gone.

Detroit got away with so many infractions today it was kind of ridiculous, but NHL refs, what can you do?

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

I’m no stats guru, but I’m thinking…he should stay in the lineup?

Maybe over somebody wearing #47?

 

[iFan]

I’ve really liked him too…

If we can re-sign M Pettersson, and with him and hopefully Willander coming in, we have the makings of a good young D.

If we can’t re-sign M Pettersson then that trade was brutal.

 

[DimitriL07]

EP is gunna ask Chytil to teach him to play hockey.

 

[Bobby9]

EP is gunna ask Chytil to teach him to play hockey.

Lmao.

 

[DFAC]

Holy ****.... D Petey 78% CF.... 14 shots for, 2 against. Was up against seider and chairot most of the night... WTF

This kid is LEGIT

 

[Bourne Endeavor]

I’m no stats guru, but I’m thinking…he should stay in the lineup?

Maybe over somebody wearing #47?

Soucy either plays on his off wing (pls god) or stays scratched for Juulsen (why god why?!). There's absolutely zero argument he sits when Hughes draws back in.

 

[Ernie]

It's kind of maddening that Tocchet hasn't put Pettersson back with Sherwood. The handful of games they played together is arguably the best either player has looked all season.

 

[logan5]

You cannot trade Pettersson at this point. He still has a proven track record that right now outweighs this bad stretch that he is on. You wait and see if he gets back to his 100 point Selke form. Players like that are rare.