Post-Game Talk: GM 73 | Blue Jackets def. Canucks | 7-6 (SO) (Raty x2, Karlsson, Boeser, Myers, DeBrusk) | Pain.

[PavelBure10]

I'm sorry but Lankinen was a sieve tonight. He didn't make the big save in this one.

 

[LemonSauceD]

They wouldn't be playing meaningful games in late March then.

Nothing to do with his extension.

 

[Reverend Mayhem]

Ain’t that this season though?

When we need one goal, we get none. When we score 6, they get 7.

 

[NoShowWilly]

I take responsibility for jinxing lankinen. Yuck!

How columbus continues with merzlikins though, yikes!

 

[LickTheEnvelope]

Canucks are getting into a rough space where the guys they extend then turn into sieves. Not good. Cannot have Lankinen with a sub .900 save % every game down the stretch letting in a softy or two every game he's in.

 

[Bleach Clean]

Ironic that the goalie that held them together for the year is the one that likely costs them the playoffs.

 

[eviohh26]

Lankinen cost us two games against the Rangers and now this one. Brutal since that contract extension.

He is also the reason we are not competing with the Hawks n Sharks. Guy has been great he is just burnt out. He has never played this many games.

 

[Nuckles]

Lankinen sporting an .869 SV% since March 1st. Just not good enough lately.

 

[SelltheTeamFrancesco]

You can’t lose games to teams like the Jackets .

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

They should have just sold at the deadline.

 

[Canucks LB]

Lankinen sporting an .869 SV% since March 1st. Just not good enough lately.

He has to be injured, right?

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

With Vegas (x2), Winnipeg, Dallas and Colorado all left on the schedule for us, it’s a steep, steep hill.

 

[M2Beezy]

Some nice positives: Hughes of course, Sherwood, Suter, Raty, Karlsson,

But the negatives far outweigh the positives: Lankinen brutal game, Myers, Forbort, EP2 with bad games. MP3 not great either.

This missed point is big, really big. Tough game on sunday against the Jets. Lets see who shows up..

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

He has to be injured, right?

He was clearly ill against NYR. But no idea what you’d say his excuse was this evening.

 

[dez]

This has to be the biggest discrepancy between conferences ever, Utah would be Wildcard 2 in the East.

 

[Icebreakers]

With Vegas (x2), Winnipeg, Dallas and Colorado all left on the schedule for us, it’s a steep, steep hill.

Its dead after this game.

 

[Ace of Hades]

He is also the reason we are not competing with the Hawks n Sharks. Guy has been great he is just burnt out. He has never played this many games.

Doesn't matter, what's the f***ing point when you finish likely 9th or 10th.

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

Too late to tank…can’t make the playoffs like what the f***? Why does this team love to not only destroy their current year but also mortgage their future.

who cares about the future

the future is while you still have Hughes until he signs an extension

 

[MarkusNaslund19]

Some bad bounces. Some uncharacteristically sloppy play from usually reliable players.

Lankinen shit the bed. With Demko (who needed a rest) that's probably like a 4-2 finish with an empty netter.

Should be a big confidence builder for Raty.

I will say, the fact that we're missing 3 of our top 5 offensive forwards and the team is still showing the gumption to come back with just a couple of minutes left game after game is seriously team building.
There's a lot to like here.


In terms of the quality of hockey though, both here and around the league, it feels like the 4 nations tournament, how it compressed the schedule and taxed the best players, it's led to some pretty sloppy and weird hockey all over.

 

[Reverend Mayhem]

Lankinen sporting an .869 SV% since March 1st. Just not good enough lately.

one way or another, $9.5 million is a lot for two goalies for this team. Maybe not another team, but for this team.

 

[Icebreakers]

Lankinen was trash on every single goal.

 

[thecupismine]

Lankinen has gotten 9 goals of run support his last two games, with close to 80 shots for vs 50 against. He’s lost both of them, giving up 11 goals on 50 shots.

He definitely bailed the team out early in the year, but he’s blown what should’ve been an easy 4 points. You can’t win with your goalie playing at a 0.78 level.

I feel for the guy as he’s likely exhausted from overplay, but these last two games hurt. Still have faith in this team for next year with this d core and a more healthy Demko, but the math for this season looks brutal now.

 

[EpochLink]

Haven't posted much on here since I went on vacation.
In fact, been busy with other stuff.

I'm tired and pretty much not feeling it at all this hockey year.

 

[MarkusNaslund19]

Doesn't matter, what's the f***ing point when you finish likely 9th or 10th.

Don't be silly. You try to make the playoffs. There's going to be a 9th and a 10th place team, that's just how numbers work.

 

[Dirtyclapper]

can try to unload him

there are def teams out there that would take him

Might wanna wait until we see demko play more than 5 games without an injury