Post-Game Talk: [GM38] Canucks lose to Predators | 0-3 | Will Never Score Again

[VanillaCoke]

If the Canucks trade Miller for Zibanejad I will stop watching

This morning I'd have said the chances were nearly nil, but now I'd say it went up by double digits.

I'd be pretty disgusted without a significant plus, and I don't think allvin does it straight up.

 

[wonton15]

man, allvin is really gonna chew out pettersson for this one

Next game: Hoglander benched for Bains, Brannstrom waived, Desharnais PP1

 

[Kryten]

Boeser played almost 20 minutes and had zero shots

 

[geebster]

Can’t tell if Miller is checked out or if his rumoured neck injury has hobbled him and he’s just playing because everyone else is injured.

Looked like he checked out to me. Then moped and took a year to get off the ice so someone who did care could get out there.

 

[quat]

Got to play for the crest.

Or, apparently you don't if you have any skill.

There's no reason for the forwards in this game not to score a couple of goals, despite how pedestrian the defense is. Miller doesn't look 100% and Boeser looks older than Stamko without the shot.

Garland can't do anything when his linemates fumble everything and all the mid guys are playing down. Gross

 

[Jay26]

I trust the mods had a more pleasant evening this time?

 

[Megaterio Llamas]

I'm afraid without all our best players, losing a close one is about the best this crew is capable of.

 

[Luongos Knob]

 

[AlainVigneaultsGum]

Looked like he checked out to me. Then moped and took a year to get off the ice so someone who did care could get out there.

Meanwhile he spazzes out at his goalies for not getting off fast enough while he stands around with the puck behind the net instead of moving it up ice.

 

[geebster]

If you pay for something and then dont receive that product... you can charge it back right?

Everyone who bought tickets today should charge it back immediately.

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

Can’t tell if Miller is checked out or if his rumoured neck injury has hobbled him and he’s just playing because everyone else is injured.

If he is checked out: trade him

If he has a neck injury when he’s in his 30’s: trade him

 

[pitseleh]

I might be alone but I was surprised how much the team generated through the first two periods. If Hughes were playing and they generated as much without him on the ice it would have been a hugely successful game.

At the same time they needed to be bailed out by Lankinen far too much for a team that is basically entirely defensive defenders and two-way forwards. They were ok against poor offensive teams in Calgary and Seattle but thought they struggled with a stronger Nashville team and were lucky that Nyquist decided to channel his inner Pius Suter.

 

[Megaterio Llamas]

Move the team to Kansas City.

You can't fix this problem.

 

[VibinCanuck]

Have you seen the roster right now? No coach is going to have a good record with this defense

They weren't playing well before Pettersson and Hughes got injured.
Tocchet wanted these big trees at defence to match what they're losing in Zadorov. Even if we had better puck movers, would he even play them? (as we see with Brannstrom getting scratched...)

 

[geebster]

Miller cant be 100%, as much as I hate his mentality when he checks out like this (which he hasnt done since Tocchet took over but was real often before that), he isnt THIS bad in his old angry and not paying attention days. We have lost or gone to OT 4 of the last 10 games because of him. We need Hughes (obviously) but we also need Pettersson so we can run him and Blueger more and give Miller fewer minutes while he improves his conditioning and starts to care again.

 

[pitseleh]

Can’t tell if Miller is checked out or if his rumoured neck injury has hobbled him and he’s just playing because everyone else is injured.

I thought he played well in the first - trying to do too much at times but at least he was engaged. Play fell off as the game went on though.

 

[Szechwan]

Had about 10x more fun in the GDT than I did watching the game

 

[the big nobody]

Move the team to Kansas City.

You can't fix this problem.

No, just play in the Pacific Coliseum with the flying skate jerseys for the rest of the season. Guaranteed that'd break the team out of it.

 

[Vector]

I trust the mods had a more pleasant evening this time?

Other than the game result, it was pretty standard.

 

[VanJack]

As long as Tocchet doesn't say in his post-game presser 'that's a tough team over there'.

This Predators team is really bad.....I mean reallllly bad.....the fastest guy on the ice was Vinnie
Hinostroza......yes the same Vinnie Hinostroza who's on his seventh NHL team.

Their blueline when Josi is off the ice, might actually be slower than Vancouver. Did I just stay that?

These are the kind of games you look back on when you miss the playoffs by a couple of points. Two losses to this sad-sack Predator's team on home ice is really a joke.

 

[VibinCanuck]

The core has tuned out 3 coaches.

Do you want to trade the whole core then? Even if you trade Miller, I think Tocc's public conduct has lost Pettersson.
You really think Tocc can win with this group when he can't adapt or evolve?

 

[wonton15]

Canucks fan here coming in pisces…

 

[Bleach Clean]

I might be alone but I was surprised how much the team generated through the first two periods. If Hughes were playing and they generated as much without him on the ice it would have been a hugely successful game.

At the same time they needed to be bailed out by Lankinen far too much for a team that is basically entirely defensive defenders and two-way forwards. They were ok against poor offensive teams in Calgary and Seattle but thought they struggled with a stronger Nashville team and were lucky that Nyquist decided to channel his inner Pius Suter.

Fair assessment.

"A team that is basically entirely defensive defenders and two-way forwards"... And they can't score. Hmmm.

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

fantastic game by lankinen

great last shift of the first period by joshua

surprisingly good 6-on-5 shift by myers

everything else was

 

[Vector]

I thought he played well in the first - trying to do too much at times but at least he was engaged. Play fell off as the game went on though.

Me too. Had that great breakaway chance, as an example. He’s increasingly invisible. I feel like people get checked out mixed up with frustration over injury and I really don’t know which it is.

The whole situation is bizarre.