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Post-Game Talk: GM 53 | Canucks def. Avs 3-0 (DeBrusk, Boeser, O’Connor) | WE ARE SO F***ING BACK

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VanJack said:
Several post-game show callers pointed out that Tocchet sounded like last year's Tocchet after the game tonight......definitely more update, positive and animated.

I guess all the dressing-room drama and the losses weighed on him. But after watching his team win a spirited, emotional win over a very good team like Av's, he has a lot to be positive about.

There's just a totally different vibe around the team right now.
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Call me crazy but that sequence from Demko looked like it flipped a switch in him. Like he realized that he can still do this. Obviously the team in front of him was also playing better than earlier in the game but he seemed to be moving and tracking things much better than we have seen from him since his return (and even compared to the first).

You can see the huge difference having a bonafide top 4 D-man added to a roster makes. Even when the #1 guy is out they have 3 guys to lean on (I'm including Chaos Giraffe who has found a stable game of late...not always the case with him). That is massive moving forward. Add in the lightning fast development of EP2 and you start to see the making of an excellent blueline long term (I'm assuming MP re-signs).

More on EP2...loved to see him jump in. Even better I loved to see the veterans jump in so the rookie didn't need to handle it. That has been missing from this team this year. I hope it's back for good.

And man was it great to not have to see Juulsen on the ice. Works hard. Good guy. Should be nowhere near NHL ice.

To me the trades re-balanced the roster and in a good way. Work to be done yet but it's a start.
 
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LordBacon said:
Man oh man wait till big willy comes
We have ourselves a great back end.
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Y'know those chills that rip right down your spine when you are so sure of something?

God I love that when it's a positive thing.

EP25 looks like if he got his skating even faster, he'd be Mattias Ohlund's son.
 
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TruGr1t said:
Lots of great things, but I have to wonder why we had D.Pettersson available and proceeded to play that crap blue line for so long. It may cost you a playoff spot.
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While elements of what we're seeing now were available earlier, I think his reads and general positioning have improved rapidly this season, so that the EP25 we're seeing now isn't the same as the Canucks would have had in October and November.

It will be interesting to see how quickly the team increases the responsibility they give him. Tocchet appears to believe in slowly increasing responsibility with young players as they show they're ready. The increase in ice time from his first two games to his next two games is already pretty impressive given that he is a 20 year old who spent most of last season in the 2nd tier Swedish league.
 
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ExarKun80 said:
Sakic played it very safe for long term "compete" but when you have a special core like that you have to take risks and maximize the gains. Those players fit the team perfectly and Kadri played very well in the playoffs for Colorado despite his suspensions. He has 34 pts in 33 playoff games for them. His contract will suck at the end but he would have given them a solid 2nd line and excellent playoff production for another 3-4 years. He makes like 7 mil and that's nothing money in 2-3 years.
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I don’t think they had the cap to keep both Landeskog and Kadri.
 
Reverend Mayhem said:
Y'know those chills that rip right down your spine when you are so sure of something?

God I love that when it's a positive thing.

EP25 looks like if he got his skating even faster, he'd be Mattias Ohlund's son.
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I had the same thought. When D-Petey walked in from the blue line and ripped a shot, it was seriously shades of Ohlund, who used to do that on a regular basis. Walk in on a pass from the blue line and just drop a nasty snap/wrister.

Love it.
 
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thecupismine said:
Games like this are equally fun to watch but also frustrating as hell.

I swear if they got M. Petey or someone equivalent towards the earlier part of the year, 90% of this drama would've just gotten swept under the rug as they'd have the horses to play this way from the start of the year. Injuries have obviously played a huge role in things as well, as having this version of Demko & Hronek would've masked a lot of problems. Could've been a lot more fun/less frustrating year if management did it's job earlier in the year/summer.

Regardless, we move forward. Team looks good from a structural perspective, it just needs its gamebreaker up front to rediscover his old form. I'm not even sure that's possible anymore, but with the team's defensive form + Hughes gamebreaking ability, there's a shot they can really do something here if Petey wakes the f up (& Demko retains this form).
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Honestly, we were saying that about Petey in the playoffs last year. If the team had Petey playing like a franchise player against the Oilers, we probably beat them to take on Florida...just hasn't been the case for too long.

The team isn't miles away from being very good - I was in favour of trading our 1st for 3Petey earlier. Would have love to have seen the team with him and Miller. Without Miller, we need Petey to step up.
 
Loved that sequence from Hoglander

Pure effort,
Beats wood to the puck despite being a step behind
Draws penalty
Still gets shot off
Tries to fight entire avs roster after cheap shot

Teammates appreciate that shit
 
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Breakers said:
Loved that sequence from Hoglander

Pure effort,
Beats wood to the puck despite being a step behind
Draws penalty
Still gets shot off
Tries to fight entire avs roster after cheap shot

Teammates appreciate that shit
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That shift was funny because it encapsulated the best/worst of Hoglander in one shift.

Earlier in that same shift, he made a terrible clearance attempt in his own zone where he tried a one-handed poke to cheat on a breakout, failed, and Colorado got a quality scoring chance out of it. Just totally unaware of the situation in a 2-0 game with 10 minutes left and the need to make the safe play. The sort of thing that gets you benched and loses coach trust, and justifiably so.

Then goes up the ice and has a great sequence, draws a penalty, gets involved in the scrum.
 
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TruGr1t said:
Probably, but I'd argue more so, as many have been saying, having defenders who can actually move the puck up ice helps a ton. They've also added notable speed to the forward lines.
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EP25 coming out of nowhere is a very pleasant surprise. That means we can cut costs on the back end as we now have a surplus of defencemen, plus we have Willander coming as well.
 
PuckMunchkin said:
What do you think is causing Elias Petterssons bad play?

Also. Do you think his quality of wingers has:
0% effect on his production
25% effect on his production
50% effect on his production
75% effect on his production
100% cause of his lack of production
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At this point, we're just picking excuses out of a hat. Injuries, linemates, bad teammates, confidence, coaching, the weather...
 
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