Mr. Canucklehead
Kitimat Canuck
I mean, we're going on 55 years of having some of the worst luck a franchise can have. Others merely adopted the dark, we Canuck fans were born in it.
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I mean, we're going on 55 years of having some of the worst luck a franchise can have. Others merely adopted the dark, we Canuck fans were born in it.
It's actually sickening thinking about the success this team has had (0) lol
Mr. Canucklehead
Kitimat Canuck
I thought we decided after the Rangers game that they had to run the table or it was over.
BenningHurtsMySoul
Unfair Huggy Bear
If they couldn't win in 2011, a season where virtually everything except for Malhotra went their way, they were never going to win. I've just made peace with that. Now the league expanding further and the talent is getting even more diluted.
Flik
Canucks fan for life
And yet, here we all are lmao.
BenningHurtsMySoul
Unfair Huggy Bear
I blame my parents. Why couldn't they have just been Avalanche fans
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That 2009-2012 period was utter bullshit. The most dominant Vancouver Canucks team in 55 years and it came during a very competitive era.
You had a generational Blackhawks team get in the way of this franchise 3 consecutive years. The Bruins team was probably the most well-rounded team in the post-cap era with insane depth at center, defense and a goaltender who decided to peak in 2011. For good measure, you saw this franchise go against the best #8 seed to make the playoffs in 2012 which pretty much finished off that 4 year window.
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My 10 year old keeps asking me why I'm so negative and don't have faith in the team. I just look at him and laugh..."You'll see my boy"
They gotta blast through the remaining games with flying colors AND hoping for other teams to screw up.
An unenviable position to be in, intensely so.
There's a stat for almost everything in the NHL. I'd love to know the last time a team overcame a five point deficit with just 10 games remaining on the schedule--and actually made the playoffs?
I wouldn't be surprised if it's happened only once or twice since the NHL adopted three point OT games. I also wouldn't be surprised to find out that it's 'never happened'.
Even with all hands on deck--the task is daunting. Without your top-two centers and a lineup sprinkled with AHL callups--basically forget about it.
I wouldn't be surprised if it's happened only once or twice since the NHL adopted three point OT games. I also wouldn't be surprised to find out that it's 'never happened'.
Even with all hands on deck--the task is daunting. Without your top-two centers and a lineup sprinkled with AHL callups--basically forget about it.
The Islanders did it just last season, but yeah they weren't facing injury concerns
Reverend Mayhem
Lowly Serf/Reluctant Cuckold
Sometimes you have to fight, scratch, and claw, even if you think you will lose.
Reverend Mayhem
Lowly Serf/Reluctant Cuckold
That playoff run absolutely gutted our depth, I wouldn’t say everything went right that season. I think there were more banged up guys playing for us in the Finals than healthy.
The amount of travel we do in comparison to any Eastern team is a ludicrous disadvantage.
TruKnyte
On the wagon
Calling it now, if we somehow win out to get into the playoffs this team gets to the Conference finals or later. Probably won't get in though, too many dropped points earlier.
As I recall:
Samuelsson - Out for the playoffs during Nashville series
Kesler - Torn hip labrum
Higgins - Broken foot
Raymond - Out for playoffs after Game 6 vs Bruins
Malhotra - Puck to eye
Ehrhoff - Separated Shoulder
Hamhuis - Out for playoffs after Game 1 vs Bruins
Edler - Broken Hand
Bieksa - MCL sprain
Rome - Suspender after Game 3 vs Bruins
Maybe we still hang on if Hamhuis never hip checks Lucic, or if Boychuk gets called for the major he deserved for his hit on Raymond.
Bourne Endeavor
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Considering the sheer number of injuries we accumulated throughout the playoffs, to the point every single one of our top six and top four except for Samuelsson, was injured. I dunno if I'd say everything went our way. Speaking of that, you just have to love the sick irony of the hockey gods. The near perpetually injured Samuelsson is healthy the ONE TIME nobody else is.
I'll forever maintain we beat Boston if not for Kesler barely able to skate and Hamhuis being knocked out in game 1. Just one of them changes that series instantly. Alas, c'est la vie.
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