Post-Game Talk: [GM55] Canucks defeat Maple Leafs | 2-1 | Hronek & Boeser | Dead Leafs on the Dirty Ground

[wonton15]

His only minus in 11 games now was the Toffoli goal assisted by Chytil in a 6 on 5 goalie pull. No even up minuses. At about 18 minutes a night. D zone starts, etc. And PK. He’s not coming out of the lineup.

Not even sure what the ideal pairings would be when Hughes is back because the current ones are working so well. Seeing this from Hronek really makes me want to keep him on his own pairing, but MPetey-Myers has been so good as a shutdown pair so who do you pair with Hughes? And, Forbort has been solid while D-Petey has been a revelation at both ends of the rink…

 

[Zanon]

gosh i like this squad

Love that Luongo mask. All-time favorite. His 2009 drip went hard.

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

Trade Demko this summer

 

[Vector]

gotta admit, that marner hold on the blueline at the end was impressive

mp3 with the stefan, oof

lankinen omg

this was exactly the kind of game we would have lost in OT for most of the year

It’s now the “Sissons” to me.

 

[CanucksMJL]

My concern with him is he’s mental toughness, he shut down for a year on us. He had a good game but I need to see him build of that and be that 11.6 million dollar player. He’s trending the right way after this one game

Impossible to not have concerns even after tonight. But without tonight it was looking bleak. Like damnation to the depths. That is no longer the case. There is genuine hope to replace the methadone like hopium many of us have been clinging to.

 

[arttk]

His only minus in 11 games now was the Toffoli goal assisted by Chytil in a 6 on 5 goalie pull. No even up minuses. At about 18 minutes a night. D zone starts, etc. And PK. He’s not coming out of the lineup.

Yeah he played 18min today, he’s been great.

 

[bbud]

Impossible to not have concerns even after tonight. But without tonight it was looking bleak. Like damnation to the depths. That is no longer the case. There is genuine hope to replace the methadone like hopium many of us have been clinging to.

Seems a few days of no crap in locker room hes waking up i certainly hope so )

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

Not even sure what the ideal pairings would be when Hughes is back because the current ones are working so well. Seeing this from Hronek really makes me want to keep him on his own pairing, but MPetey-Myers has been so good as a shutdown pair so who do you pair with Hughes? And, Forbort has been solid while D-Petey has been a revelation at both ends of the rink…

have we ever seen hughes - soucy?

that’s three pairs you can just roll:

hughes soucy
mp3 myers
ep2 hronek

and when you are pressing you just seap soucy and hronek

 

[Shareefruck]

One thought that came to mind-- while obviously he needs to consistently play better, the expectations people have for Pettersson seem a bit odd to me. From the way people talk, it's like they're thinking "He makes 11.6 million, therefore he needs to take the bull by the horns and completely take over games and dominate," but even in his peak 100+ point Selke-worthy season (which is what warranted that contract), since his initial major injuries forced him to change the way he played, he's never really been the type of player to "take over games" even at the best of times. At his best, he was still more of a "quietly do the right things all over the ice and make enough clever/subtle offensive plays that he somehow ends up with 3-5 points" kind of guy.

This game... pretty much looked like that, in my opinion. He could have easily had 2-3 points and was great defensively. Just need to see it consistently.

 

[arttk]

Trade Demko this summer

He’s going to have very very very little value. Might as well hold onto him and hope a healthy offseason will be good for him. Even if he has a good year the injury concerns would make him much cheaper to extend.

 

[geebster]

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The deserve to win ometer often doesnt match the eye test, but this is completely accurate. Leafs got outplayed.

 

[wonton15]

have we ever seen hughes - soucy?

that’s three pairs you can just roll:

hughes soucy
mp3 myers
ep2 hronek

and when you are pressing you just seap soucy and hronek

Honestly that’s not a bad idea to try at this point.

 

[Lenny Levino]

Watching Elias Pettersson II on the blueline, count me as being absolutely gob-smacked. I mean where did this kid come from? No way anybody could have predicted he'd be so good, so fast.

He's reminding me of a young Oliver Ekman-Larsson, during his salad days in Arizona. How can you take him out of the lineup?

To me, unless it's a mirage, D-Petey is one of the most encouraging things about this season so far.

Agreed. Too bad he's going back to Abbotsford once Hughes is back. Because I don't think Tocchet is benching Forbort.

 

[valkynax]

So we are 6-1-1 now?

Most of this without Hughes.

Yeah eat shit Leafs lol.

 

[Shareefruck]

hronek has always been good, it's just that now people don't get to watch quinn outplay him

Well, this season, anyways. Early in the year, he was better than Hughes, for my money (especially defensively). The second half of last season and in the playoffs, he wasn't at this level, though.

 

[Josepho]

I'd just plug in Hughes to EP2's slot when he comes back.

EP2 has looked great relative to expectations but is still playing very little and there's no way you can disrupt the other pairings.

 

[arttk]

So all 3 pettersons hit the post tonight, is there a stat for that

 

[TruGr1t]

Not even sure what the ideal pairings would be when Hughes is back because the current ones are working so well. Seeing this from Hronek really makes me want to keep him on his own pairing, but MPetey-Myers has been so good as a shutdown pair so who do you pair with Hughes? And, Forbort has been solid while D-Petey has been a revelation at both ends of the rink…

D.Pettersson is almost for sure coming out when Hughes is back and you’ll probably run Forbort-Soucy as the bottom pair pre-Willander.

 

[valkynax]

And if the Leafs board's reaction is of any indication, I'm afraid the Leafs' cup parade planning is officially cancelled.

Much sadness.

 

[Reverend Mayhem]

So all 3 pettersons hit the post tonight, is there a stat for that

The natural Canuck trick.

 

[Nopefully]

It's nice that we're winning but 2 goals a game ain't gonna cut it

To be fair the best player in the league who is somehow on our team is injured at this time

 

[wonton15]

D.Pettersson is almost for sure coming out when Hughes is back and you’ll probably run Forbort-Soucy as the bottom pair pre-Willander.

I agree with the other posters that they should first leave the other two pairings alone and just slot Hughes beside Soucy to see if that works. Exciting times ahead.

 

[ephmrl]

re-sign this man.

 

[ProviesGhost]

Seems a few days of no crap in locker room hes waking up i certainly hope so )

let's hope it is like this

 

[sensodyne17]

Remember when Drance was shaking his head and crying because we went out and traded for a 25 year old top 4 RD?

The legend of Filip Hronek grows. We really got our right-shot #2 D for the next decade in exchange for a mid first and second.

What a home run deal and signing. That 7.25M cap hit is going to look so good in a couple years. We really did our own version of Devon Toews. Great job from Allvin and co.