GDT: [GM19] Canucks vs Sharks | Mon. Nov 20th, 7pm | SNP | Blood in the Water
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San Jose, embarrassed at home. They won't need incentive and the Canucks luck is starting to come down.
25 years ago you would expect a really big physical response from them, but now, maybe a note passed under the table.
SJ is better than their record, not much, but better and they are starting to get closer in results, they may not be a pushover this time.
In the past Canuck luck would have them lose this game.
Vancouver has reached the pinnacle, can they stay there?
Every stat line says they should win easily but then there is "game management", not quite as evident as in the past where the winning team would suddenly get stupid and take 2 or 3 penalties, but still there. Teams still seem to be fairly even in PP's. But not ir one is much better than the other.
Canucks should/could feast on the SJ PK.
The schedule is not as bad as some make out, other teams have had worse, much worse. Vegas has played the same number of games
25 years ago you would expect a really big physical response from them, but now, maybe a note passed under the table.
SJ is better than their record, not much, but better and they are starting to get closer in results, they may not be a pushover this time.
In the past Canuck luck would have them lose this game.
Vancouver has reached the pinnacle, can they stay there?
Every stat line says they should win easily but then there is "game management", not quite as evident as in the past where the winning team would suddenly get stupid and take 2 or 3 penalties, but still there. Teams still seem to be fairly even in PP's. But not ir one is much better than the other.
Canucks should/could feast on the SJ PK.
The schedule is not as bad as some make out, other teams have had worse, much worse. Vegas has played the same number of games
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That’s not an issue at all, though.
Paterson said it wasn’t really a practice today. Only one coach and goalie with a handful of players.
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The schedule from now to early December is rugged, not necessarily the competition but just the absence of a break. Gotta take it shift by shift.
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I would have liked to hear how the practice went. They were in desperate need of one but the schedule is tight so it may have exacerbated some of their fatigue issues. But overall I think it'll be more beneficial to practice. Tocchet has already said that he sees them losing their details without practice.
IMO this is a team that had so much success because the structured forecheck and neutral zone layering would help the blue line deny entries or cause turnovers just as the opposition entered our zone. That hasn't happened as consistently in the last 6 or so games to my eye.
Another issue is that they've lost a lot of counterattack power because they're coming from deeper in their zone (if they don't just get hemmed in their zone in the first place), whereas the turnovers they caused high at the blueline early in the season would be crazy chances the other way when the other team is caught on their heels. Haven't seen too much of that lately either.
IMO this is a team that had so much success because the structured forecheck and neutral zone layering would help the blue line deny entries or cause turnovers just as the opposition entered our zone. That hasn't happened as consistently in the last 6 or so games to my eye.
Another issue is that they've lost a lot of counterattack power because they're coming from deeper in their zone (if they don't just get hemmed in their zone in the first place), whereas the turnovers they caused high at the blueline early in the season would be crazy chances the other way when the other team is caught on their heels. Haven't seen too much of that lately either.
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They didn’t really practice today..they had a team video session.
“We need to take a step back, look at it, figure out what was not good enough, and fix it right away,” said Cole post game. “You know, fatigue should never be a factor. Yes, there’s a lot of hockey games. Yes, time zones, travel, all that, but it’s the NHL. There’s no excuses, like, ‘Oh, I was tired.’ You’ve gotta figure it out.”
“When you’re tired, you just got to play, you just got to be really smart,” said the Canucks’ bench boss. “You know, you’re out there for 30 seconds, you get the red, get it in deep. You know, get one guy safely off, get another guy, you know, standard structure. And then on the fourth goal, we make a switch then we leave the guts open. You know, we’re usually a pretty good team getting to the guts of the ice and we’re leaving that guts of the ice open. And then that’s when goalies have to play post to post. I hate when goalies have to play post to post. So you got to protect the guts of the ice even when you’re tired.”
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